The Anker SOLIX C1000 Gen 2 Portable Power Station is a 1,024Wh battery with a 2,000W inverter, enough to keep a refrigerator, a space heater, or a coffee maker going off a unit you can carry in one hand. It weighs 24.9 pounds. Ten ports sit across the front, including five AC outlets, USB-C, USB-A, and a car socket. A full recharge from a wall outlet takes 49 minutes.

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A portable power station to keep you juiced up no matter what happens

Portable power stations usually need a few hours to refill from a wall outlet. This one needs 49 minutes at 1,600W AC input, and Guinness certified it in August 2025 as the fastest recharging portable power station in the 1kWh class. UltraFast charging has to be switched on in the Anker app first, and it only engages when the battery is above 68 degrees. Below that, charging slows considerably.

A 1,024Wh battery will keep a 550W window air conditioner going for roughly an hour and a half. A CPAP machine lasts overnight. A phone charges dozens of times over. The 2,000W continuous output handles most household appliances one at a time, with 3,000W of surge headroom for the spike when a compressor or a power tool kicks on.