10 Best Power Station of 2026, Ranked for Camping, Power Cuts and Garden Projects

If I could only keep one unit in the cupboard under the stairs, it would be this one, and it had editorial backing in my research too. The C1000 Gen 2 pairs a 1024Wh LiFePO4 battery with 2000W of continuous output and 3000W peak, spread over nine ports, and Anker lists a full recharge in 49 minutes at 1,600W. The UPS switchover is under 10 ms, so a router barely notices a cut. The downside is that the fastest charging has to be enabled in the Anker app, and at 11.3 kg it's a two-handed lift, heavier than the EcoFlow.

Picture a campsite pitch without electric hook-up, Scout asleep in the porch and a coolbox humming: that's where a 1070Wh Jackery earns its keep. The Explorer 1000 v2 gives 1500W continuous and 3000W surge, one-hour emergency charging through the app and a 30 dB quiet charging mode for overnight top-ups. It also has 100W USB-C in and out. I'd have liked more sockets, though, because the listing shows only two AC outlets among its six ports, half what the Oupes offers.

DJI's listing tells you almost nothing beyond the headline 1024Wh LFP battery, which is why this sits third rather than higher despite editorial backing. The spec fields that do exist contradict each other on output, so I'd check DJI's own figures before buying, and the unit weighs 13kg, more than the Anker. What it does have is two 140W USB-C ports, useful for laptops, and a listed very quiet running mode. With only a handful of buyer reviews on the listing so far, it's also the least proven of the big names here.

Home backup is where this one fits best. The Elite 100 V2 has a 1024Wh LiFePO4 battery, 1800W of continuous output and a UPS switchover under 10ms, so a desktop PC and router ride through a cut without rebooting. Bluetti lists a full recharge in about 70 minutes at 1200W and a 30dB silent mode, which matters if it sits in a bedroom during an overnight outage. My only reservation is Power Lifting: Bluetti mentions kettles, but UK kettles usually draw more than 1800W, so I wouldn't rely on it the way you might with the Anker's bigger output.

The walk from my car to the allotment shed is long enough that weight decides what comes with me, and at 7.8kg the River 2 Pro is the lightest proper power station in my top ten. You get a 768Wh LiFePO4 battery, 800W of AC output (1600W with X-Boost for some higher-draw devices), eleven outlets and a full AC recharge in about 70 minutes. Solar at 220W refills it in 3.5 hours. Less capacity than the Jackery means shorter evenings, so it's a weekend unit rather than a long-outage one.

Most 1kWh units stop at 1kWh. The Mega 1 doesn't, because the Oupes B2 extra battery takes it to 5120Wh, which turns a camping unit into something closer to a home backup system. Out of the box you get 1024Wh of LFP, 2000W continuous with 4500W surge across four AC outlets, and 0-80% in 36 minutes on AC. The UPS switchover is listed at 20ms, slower than the Anker's, and the listing doesn't give a clear weight.

Four AC outlets is the headline here, and in a garden that matters more than it sounds: hedge trimmer battery on charge, lights on the patio and a laptop all at once. The R1500 Lite pairs that with a 1056Wh LiFePO4 battery, 1600W continuous and a one-hour emergency charge via the app. No UK roundup I read mentioned it, and the listing's weight figures disagree with each other, so treat it as a spec-led pick.

Smaller and simpler than the 1kWh picks, the PS600 is the sort of unit that lives in a garage until a weekend away or a power cut. The title gives 616Wh, though other listing fields say slightly less, with 600W of AC output, nine ports and a built-in LED light. Ezviz rates the battery for 1000 cycles to 80%, well short of the LFP units here. It's also a brand-new listing with no track record.

Portable is a generous word for the P310. It has a 3840Wh LFP battery, 3600W of output and room to grow to 11520Wh, but the listing's weight figures, though inconsistent, both describe something you wheel rather than carry. It suits a garage-based backup for long outages. No reviewer covered it, and solar panels aren't in the box.

Small, cheap and easy to carry, the Panana suits phones, lights and a laptop on a camping trip. It offers 333Wh, 300W of pure sine wave output and recharging from the wall, a car or solar. Two things give me pause. The listing gives a 60 Hz output frequency, not the UK's 50 Hz, and it doesn't say whether the sockets are UK 3-pin.