The Goal Zero Yeti 1000 (6th Gen) is a 2026 model that pairs a 998 Wh LiFePO4 battery with a 2,000 W inverter, four AC outlets and a fast 1,000 W wall charger. It is built for home backup and van or cabin builds, with a 30A 12V port and automatic switch-over to battery in 15 ms. It weighs 35.3 lb, cannot take extra batteries and can be hard to find in stock.
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On one charge, the Yeti 1000 runs a full-size fridge for about 19 hours and a CPAP with a heated humidifier for about 25 hours, or three nights. A Wi-Fi router and cable modem last about 34 hours. It can also start a 1/2 HP well pump, and if the pump runs 5% of the time, the battery covers about 17 hours of it.
One device at a time, from a full charge. Devices that cycle on and off (fridges, freezers, heaters, pumps) use their average draw.
Battery Wh × 0.85 ÷ the device’s average watts. “Can’t run it” means the device needs more than 2,000 W or a start-up surge above 3,600 W. Try your own mix in the calculator.
A full answer for each device on the Goal Zero Yeti 1000 (6th Gen): hours, start-up surge and other units to consider.
Goal Zero built this one for people who wire things in. Besides four AC outlets, it has a 30A 12V High Power Port, four 12V DC ports and four USB-C ports up to 140 W. That suits a van, cabin or shed where 12V gear runs straight off the battery. It also takes up to 900 W of solar with no adapters.
Among the 1,000 Wh units on this site, its 2,000 W inverter and 3,600 W surge sit near the top. It runs an 1,875 W hair dryer, which the 1,800 W DELTA 3 Plus and Elite 100 V2 cannot, and it starts a well pump or an 8,000 BTU window AC. A circular saw is the exception: its roughly 3,700 W start-up is just over the surge limit.
The costs are weight and money. At 35.3 lb it is 10.4 lb heavier than the Anker SOLIX C1000 Gen 2, which holds slightly more energy, and it usually costs several hundred dollars more than other 1,000 Wh units here. It cannot take extra batteries, and its 15 ms switch-over is a bit slower than the 10 ms most of those rivals list. The 72-minute wall charge needs Fast Charge mode; the default is slower.
1,024 Wh · 1,800 W output · 27.6 lb
Pick the DELTA 3 Plus for plug-in home backup. It runs the same devices for about the same time, weighs 27.6 lb, refills in about 56 minutes and can grow to 5,000 Wh. It cannot run an 1,875 W hair dryer and has no 30A 12V port.
1,024 Wh · 2,000 W output · 24.9 lb
Pick the C1000 Gen 2 for the same 2,000 W of output in a lighter, lower-cost box. It weighs 24.9 lb and refills in about 49 minutes with UltraFast on, but has 3,000 W of surge and takes 600 W of solar.
| Spec | Goal Zero Yeti 1000 (6th Gen) |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 998 Wh |
| AC output (continuous) | 2,000 W |
| Surge | 3,600 W |
| Boost mode (heaters, kettles) | None |
| Battery type | LiFePO4 |
| Cycle life (rated) | 4,000 (to 80%) |
| Weight | 35.3 lb |
| Wall charge time | 1 h 12 min (0–100% in Fast Charge mode; default is slower) |
| Max solar input | 900 W |
| AC outlets | 4 |
| USB-C ports (max) | 4 (140 W) |
| USB-A ports | 2 |
| 12V / car port | Yes (4 DC ports) |
| Expandable | No |
| UPS switch-over | 15 ms |
| App control | Yes |
| Size | 15.7 x 11.4 x 10.5 in |
| Released | 2026 |
| Typical price | list price about $1,200 |
Specs come from the maker’s own pages, checked . Runtimes use our own watt-hour math. How we pick
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On the Jackery Explorer 1000 v2 (1,070 Wh), runtimes go from about 35 min for a microwave (1000 W) to about 36 hrs for a Wi-Fi router + cable modem, each running by itself.
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| Power station | CPAP with heated humidifier 34 W average | Wi-Fi router + cable modem 25 W average | Full-size refrigerator 150 W running, about 45 W average | 55-inch LED TV 90 W average | Microwave (1000 W) 1,500 W average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goal Zero Yeti 500 499 Wh | 12 hrs | 17 hrs | 9.5 hrs | 4.5 hrs | Can’t run it |
| Goal Zero Yeti 1000 (6th Gen) 998 Wh | 25 hrs | 34 hrs | 19 hrs | 9.5 hrs | 35 min |
| Anker SOLIX C1000 Gen 2 1,024 Wh | 26 hrs | 35 hrs | 19 hrs | 9.5 hrs | 35 min |
| Jackery Explorer 1000 v2 1,070 Wh | 27 hrs | 36 hrs | 20 hrs | 10 hrs | 35 min |
Estimates: battery Wh × 0.85 ÷ the device’s average draw. Real runtime depends on temperature, battery age and how hard the device works.
