Anker · S series · Power Station Arena coverage · Anker’s launch announcement and the SOLIX S5000 page on ankersolix.com
Anker’s second S-series power station, on sale now: 5,024 Wh, 4,500 W and 240 V split-phase in a 97 lb wheeled cabinet, expandable to 30 kWh, at $2,499.99 through November 9.
The Anker SOLIX S5000 went on sale on October 27, 2026. Anker’s US store sells it at $2,499.99, read November 1: $1,100 off the $3,599.99 list price, taken automatically through November 9, with no sign-up and no code to type. Orders placed since October 29 ship within two to three weeks. The specifications match the rating label that surfaced in regulatory filings three weeks before the announcement, and fill in what it left out: a 5,024 Wh LiFePO₄ pack, 4,500 W at 120 V or through a 240 V split-phase outlet with an 8,000 W peak, two solar inputs worth 3,000 W, 97 lb on wheels with a pull rod, 6,000 cycles to 80 per cent and a five-year warranty. Five BP5000 batteries take it to 30,144 Wh. The ledger below grades every figure, and our own arithmetic is marked as ours.
Reporting and analysis by Ian SchneiderAnnounced Oct 9, 2026Updated Nov 1, 2026
Photo: Anker SOLIX · S5000 store listing
The short answer
5,024 Wh, 4,500 W and 240 V split-phase in one 97 lb wheeled cabinet, expandable to 30 kWh. On sale now at $2,499.99 through November 9; new orders on Anker’s store ship in two to three weeks.
Our read on the product is below, and so are the units you can buy today.
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01 · What was announced
Announced October 9, 2026 at Anker’s launch announcement and the SOLIX S5000 page on ankersolix.com. The framing below is ours; every figure in it is graded in the ledger that follows.
Anker built the S series around endurance. The S2000 pairs a 2,010 Wh pack with a deliberately modest 1,500 W inverter and sells the result as fridge backup measured in days, backed by a 10,000-cycle rating and a five-year warranty. The S5000 keeps the long-life LFP premise and drops the modesty: 5,024 Wh behind 4,500 W with an 8,000 W peak, and a 240 V split-phase outlet that is new to the series.
That puts it on the job Anker covers today with the F3800 and the E10: well pumps, ranges and central air. Against the F3800 it trades inverter for battery, 1,184 Wh more pack for 1,500 W less output, at 35 lb less weight. What sets it apart is the growth path, five BP5000 batteries through a 400 V port for 30,144 Wh, and a placement rating for residential non-habitable spaces that reads as a garage or utility-room machine. The wheels and the pull rod fit that picture.
The timing is its own story. Anker announced the S5000 on October 9 at 5,024 Wh; EcoFlow launched its TITAN 5000 line four days later at 5,017.6 Wh. Two of the biggest names in the category have converged on the same capacity, 6.4 Wh apart, in the same week, and the S5000’s $2,499.99 launch price lands $0.99 above the $2,499 EcoFlow lists for the cheapest TITAN.
In Anker’s pictures
The panel, as marked: USB-A 12 W, USB-C 15 W and USB-C 100 W beside the display, four 120 V household sockets, the 240 V L14-30 twist-lock, and the 120 V TT-30 RV outlet under it.
Photo: Anker SOLIX · S5000 store listing
Side on. The cabinet runs longer than it stands tall, with the wheels at the back end.
Photo: Anker SOLIX · S5000 store listing
The pull rod out. It leaves from the base of the front panel, on the end away from the wheels.
Photo: Anker SOLIX · S5000 store listing
The BP5000 expansion battery, the same 5,024 Wh as the base unit. Five of them take the S5000 to 30,144 Wh.
Photo: Anker SOLIX · BP5000 store listing
02 · Specs
Everything known so far, line by line, so you can tell which numbers are firm enough to plan around. Each figure is marked Anker-published or published by Power Station Arena; where we reason beyond the published figures, the reasoning is shown.
No sign-up and no code to type. Anker adds a gift to every order, claimed on its page after you buy, and offers a 180-day price guarantee. The BP5000 expansion battery is $2,499.99 on its own page, $500 off $2,999.99 through December 31. Added to an S5000 on the S5000’s page it is $2,000 each through November 9, which makes the 10 kWh pair $4,499.99.
Amazon’s listing, sold by AnkerDirect, read $2,939.00 with 15 per cent off at checkout on November 1, which works out at about $2,498, and quoted delivery within a week. No Canadian price or date: iPhone in Canada reports Anker has not announced one, and Anker SOLIX’s Canadian store had no S5000 listing on November 1.
Anker names its units for the pack, so S5000 pointed here before the label did.
Our pre-launch read from the S2000’s density was near 90 lb; Anker’s figure is 7 lb above it.
The S2000 is rated 10,000 cycles; Anker now states the S5000’s figure with the capacity each count is measured to.
The label’s cell code, IFpP72/175/208[5S], reads as five large prismatic cells in series, which is what 16 V and 314 Ah imply.
The batteries join through a 400 V DC port rated 9,000 W in and 7,500 W out; each one charges at up to 3,200 W and discharges at up to 3,000 W. A first for the S series.
Anker’s internal testing. It is the figure that decides how much of a multi-day outage the inverter itself eats.
In practice a garage or utility room, which fits the wheels.
The S2000 is AS220. Same scheme, same family.
Certified for Canada too (IC 23451-AS510), and the label carries the SGS C-US safety mark, certificate 800833.
How we knowRead from the S5000 product card inside the Anker app on September 20, 2026, three weeks before Anker showed it.
Anker’s label drawing of the back adds a foot step marked STEP ON at the base; the product page now calls it a foot pedal.
03 · Our arithmetic
Anker has published no runtimes and no charging-circuit requirement. These are estimates from Anker’s figures, and they are labelled Power Station Arena analysis everywhere they appear.
| Load | Base pack · 5.02 kWh | Expanded · 30.14 kWh |
|---|---|---|
| 150 W — Laptop, router and lights | 28 h | 171 h |
| 500 W — Lighting, chargers and a radio | 8.5 h | 51 h |
| 800 W — A domestic fridge cycling | 5.3 h | 32 h |
| 4,500 W — The full continuous rating | 57 min | 5.7 h |
Assumes 85% of rated capacity reaches the load — the same planning constant our comparison engine uses for every station. Real runtime at 4.5 kW will also depend on how the pack derates in heat, which nobody has measured yet.
Power Station Arena analysisWhat the charging claims imply
Anker quotes 0 to 100 per cent in 99 minutes at the unit’s 4,300 W single-unit charging power, which needs a 240 V supply: the AC input is 4,500 W at 240 V and 1,800 W from a standard 120 V outlet. From 120 V, 5,024 Wh at 1,800 W is about 2.8 hours before losses. The two solar inputs add up to 3,000 W.
Power Station Arena analysis Surge headroom
8,000 W peak is 1.8× the continuous rating.
Power Station Arena analysis Expansion arithmetic
Growing from 5.02 to 30 kWh means adding about 25 kWh in five BP5000 expansion batteries, each the same 5,024 Wh as the base unit, joined through a 400 V port.
Good to knowEvery estimate above updates automatically if Anker revises a published figure; nothing here is typed in by hand.
04 · Our take
Analysis by the Test Desk — not a summary of Anker’s release or anyone else’s coverage. Every comparison figure below comes from the named maker’s own page.
Start with the price, because Anker has made it two numbers. The list price is $3,599.99. The price at checkout is $2,499.99, with the $1,100 taken off automatically, and Anker’s launch page counts down to the end of November 9. Nothing on its pages says what comes after. That is the S2000 playbook again, where a $1,200 list opened at $599 for subscribers. At $2,499.99 the S5000 costs $0.50 per watt-hour of battery, and the list price would make it $0.72.
The label said 4,500 W and the announcement adds the number the label could not: an 8,000 W peak. That is the figure that decides whether a well pump or a central air compressor starts, and it is comfortably above the 4,500 W continuous rating. Bypass mode passes 4,500 W of wall power straight through, so the unit can sit in-line on a circuit without the battery doing the work on an ordinary day.
The weight came in at 97 lb, seven pounds above our pre-launch read from the S2000’s density, and Anker has answered it with wheels, a pull rod and a foot pedal that tips the cabinet back. The F3800 weighs 132 lb for 1,184 Wh less battery, so the S5000 carries more energy per pound than Anker’s own flagship. The size, 10.6 by 22.0 by 15.2 inches, is a carry-on suitcase stood on end.
The cycle rating is the most honest line on the sheet. Anker states 6,000 cycles to 80 per cent of capacity and 10,000 to 60 per cent, which is the same 10,000-cycle claim the S2000 carries with the capacity each count is measured to spelled out. At one full cycle a day the first figure is sixteen years; the five-year warranty is the part Anker commits to. The idle draw, 8.8 W with 120 V output on, is what makes a multi-day fridge runtime possible: at that rate the inverter itself costs about 210 Wh a day, four per cent of the pack.
Choose by your circuits and your timing. If you need 240 V, the S5000 at $2,499.99 gives 5,024 Wh and split-phase output for less than EcoFlow’s “from” price for the TITAN 5000 and the F3800 Plus’s price today. New orders on Anker’s store ship in two to three weeks, and Amazon quoted delivery within a week on November 1. If you would rather have more inverter than battery, the F3800 ships now with 3,840 Wh, 6,000 W and split-phase. For whole-home storage, buying the batteries with the S5000 by November 9 gets them at $2,000 each and a 30 kWh system at $12,499.99, about $415 per kWh. Add them later at the BP5000’s own $2,499.99 and the same system is about $15,000, roughly $498 per kWh and about $3,194 under a 30 kWh TITAN 5000 at EcoFlow’s figures.
05 · Buy today
Same capacity band, shipping now, with published outlet lists and prices we read twice a day. Bars share one scale with the SOLIX S5000 at the top; each card links to a head-to-head we have adjudicated.
Reference · this unit
97 lb (44 kg); 10.6 × 22.0 × 15.2 in, on wheels with a pull rod and a foot pedal for tipping it back (Anker-published) · $2,499.99 launch price on Anker’s US store, read November 1, 2026: $1,100 off the $3,599.99 list price, taken automatically through November 9
Anker
$2,200 listed · 132 lb
The one to buy if you cannot wait for delivery: 3,840 Wh and 6,000 W with 120/240 V split-phase, shipping now. The S5000 answers it with 1,184 Wh more pack and 1,500 W less inverter.
Anker
$4,299 listed · 191 lb
If the appeal of a 5 kWh number is whole-home backup rather than portability, Anker already sells past it: 6,144 Wh and 7,680 W, installed rather than rolled.
Anker
$730 listed · 36 lb
The smaller S-series unit. If what you want is the long, quiet fridge-backup behaviour rather than the size, this is that machine, on sale now.
Anker
$1,700 listed · 92 lb
The middle of Anker’s range: 3,072 Wh and 3,600 W, on sale now, for the buyer whose loads fit a 30 A RV outlet.
Anker
$1,000 listed · 42 lb
The Anker range you can grow: 2,048 Wh and 2,400 W with a matching expansion battery, the same grow-as-you-go idea the S5000 brings to the S series, at a smaller scale and on sale now.
06 · The line
Where the 5,024 Wh S5000 lands among the Anker units you can buy today: squarely in the gap between the F3800 and the E10.
2,010 Wh · 1,500 W
The first S-series unit: 2,010 Wh behind a deliberately modest 1,500 W inverter, sold on how long it lasts.
$730 listedCompare →
2,048 Wh · 2,400 W
2,048 Wh and 2,400 W, and the Anker range with a matching expansion battery.
$1,000 listedCompare →
3,072 Wh · 3,600 W
3,072 Wh and 3,600 W: the step up in both energy and inverter, at nearly three times the S2000’s weight.
$1,700 listedCompare →
3,840 Wh · 6,000 W
3,840 Wh and 6,000 W with split-phase output: the Anker unit the S5000 is measured against.
$2,200 listedCompare →
6,144 Wh · 7,680 W
6,144 Wh and 7,680 W: Anker’s installed home system, and the ceiling the 5,024 Wh S5000 sits just below before expansion.
$4,299 listedCompare →
For the whole Anker range as it stands today, see our Anker guide; for the two current units closest to this one in role, the F3800 and E10 side by side.
Anker SOLIX S5000 · Anker SOLIX S2000 · Anker SOLIX C2000 Gen 2 · Anker SOLIX F3000 · Anker SOLIX F3800 · Anker SOLIX E10
07 · Fit
Read from what Anker chose to announce and what it chose to leave out.
08 · Questions
Short answers, each with its own link.
$2,499.99 on Anker’s US store, read November 1, 2026. That is $1,100 off the $3,599.99 list price, taken automatically through November 9 with no sign-up. The BP5000 expansion battery is $2,499.99 on its own page, or $2,000 each when you add it to an S5000 on the S5000’s page through November 9.
October 27, 2026, at ankersolix.com and on Amazon, in the US. Anker announced it on October 9, three weeks after its rating label appeared in regulatory filings, and has not announced other markets. Anker’s store says orders placed on or after October 29 ship within two to three weeks.
Not yet. Anker sells the S5000 in the US only so far, at ankersolix.com and on Amazon, with no Canadian price or date; iPhone in Canada reports the same, and Anker SOLIX’s Canadian store had no S5000 listing when we checked on November 1, 2026. The groundwork for Canada is done, though: the unit is certified there (IC 23451-AS510), its safety mark covers Canada and the US, and its outlets are the NEMA types Canadian homes use, from the 120 V sockets to the L14-30R 240 V outlet.
From Anker: a 5,024 Wh LiFePO₄ pack, 4,500 W at 120 V or through a 240 V split-phase outlet with an 8,000 W peak, four 120 V household sockets, a 30 A RV outlet, charging at up to 1,800 W from a 120 V outlet or 4,500 W from 240 V (0 to 100 per cent in 99 minutes), two solar inputs worth 3,000 W, a 10 ms UPS switchover, 97 lb on wheels, 6,000 cycles to 80 per cent, a five-year warranty, and up to five BP5000 expansion batteries for 30,144 Wh.
97 lb (44 kg), by Anker’s figure, in a cabinet 10.6 by 22.0 by 15.2 inches. It rolls on wheels with a pull rod, and a foot pedal at the base tips it back onto them. That is 35 lb lighter than the F3800 with 1,184 Wh more battery.
Yes. Anker lists an L14-30R outlet at 240 V split-phase, 18.75 A and 4,500 W, and the unit can also charge from 240 V at up to 4,500 W. That makes the S5000 the first S-series machine with 240 V for a well pump, a range or central air, the job Anker’s F3800 and E10 do today.
New S5000 orders on Anker’s store ship in two to three weeks, and Amazon quoted delivery within a week on November 1. If that is still too long, Anker’s Anker SOLIX F3800 is $2,200 today and gives you 3,840 Wh, 6,000 W and 120/240 V split-phase, a known quantity in a season that keeps its own calendar. If what draws you is the S-series endurance rather than the size, the Anker SOLIX S2000 is that machine at $730.