{"id":158516,"date":"2025-08-19T13:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/158516\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T13:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:52:09","slug":"ankers-latest-power-station-is-compact-capable-and-temporarily-cheap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/158516\/","title":{"rendered":"Anker\u2019s latest power station is compact, capable, and temporarily cheap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">1kWh power stations like Anker\u2019s new Solix C1000 Gen 2 are in the sweet spot for most people in need of a big-ass battery. Its long-lasting LFP chemistry and 2,000W inverter combine during a blackout to keep devices like a router, fridge\/freezer, and some lights running for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/638547\/home-backup-power-watt-hours-battery-calculator\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">few hours<\/a>, and it\u2019s portable enough for a weekend barbecue, outdoor movie night, or to drop into the car for an outdoor getaway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">And like all power stations it comes slathered in ports, including 5x standard wall jacks, 3x USB-C (2x 140W, 1x 15W), 1x USB-A, and 1x 120W cigarette socket to power devices like a portable fridge or coffee maker. It weighs 24.9 pounds (11.3kg), can function as a UPS when otherwise idle, accepts up to 1600W of charging power from a standard wall jack, and up to 600W from attached solar panels so it can function as a solar generator.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The Anker Solix C1000 Gen 2 portable power station is available for just $429 if you <a href=\"https:\/\/\/Applications\/iA%20Writer.app\/Contents\/Resources\/Templates\/Sans.iatemplate\/Contents\/Resources\/ankersolix.com\">register interest<\/a> before September 8th, after which it increases to $799.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"1kWh power stations like Anker\u2019s new Solix C1000 Gen 2 are in the sweet spot for most people&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":158517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[50,10170,242,158,67,132,68,92038],"class_list":{"0":"post-158516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-smart-home","10":"tag-tech","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-work-anywhere"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115055764804863167","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}