Anker · SOLIX F series
Anker SOLIX F3800
The F3800 weighs 132 pounds, and Anker calls it portable the way Peloton does: it has a handle, and you moved it once. Owners run about the norm: two fridges and two freezers for seven hours a charge; the six serious reports are mostly about reaching Anker. It beat nine of twenty-seven rivals, a chest freezer in a footrace.
3.8 kWh · 6,000 W · 132.3 lb · 3,000 cycles · 27 head-to-heads
5,712
Power Score · The AC & Fridge Zone
- 3.8 kWh
- capacity
- 6,000 W
- output
- 132.3 lb
- weight
- 3,000
- rated cycles
Should you buy it right now?
Wait, or check the store first: $2,200 is 10% over its usual $2,000, and last time it came back within 8 days.
Real-world jobs
5 of 6
Falls short only on Van Life Daily
Head-to-head record
9–17–1
27 adjudicated matchups
Verdicts by Gunner Gustafson and the Test Desk·Figures computed 2026-09-07
01 · Six real-world jobs
What the SOLIX F3800 actually runs
The load profiles every comparison on the site is scored on, computed for this unit alone: energy needed against the usable tank after inverter losses, and whether the inverter holds and starts the biggest single load.
Weekend Camping
Clears it2 nights · Two nights off-grid with essential comfort
2,100Wh needed · 64% of the tank · 1,164Wh spare
Peak 75W: starts and holds
8-Hour Blackout
Clears it8 hours · Keep the essentials running through a night without power
1,645Wh needed · 50% of the tank · 1,619Wh spare
Peak 150W: starts and holds
CPAP Overnight
Clears it8 hours · Sleep therapy without interruption — the #1 medical use case
320Wh needed · 10% of the tank · 2,944Wh spare
Peak 40W: starts and holds
Remote Workday
Clears it8 hours · Full work day off-grid without power anxiety
910Wh needed · 28% of the tank · 2,354Wh spare
Peak 60W: starts and holds
Tailgate Party
Clears it4 hours · Game day power for the crew
670Wh needed · 21% of the tank · 2,594Wh spare
Peak 400W: starts and holds
Van Life Daily
Falls short24 hours · A full day of mobile living — the ultimate endurance test
4,685Wh needed · 144% of the tank · 1,421Wh short
Peak 150W: starts and holds
02 · Head-to-head record
9 wins in 27 written matchups
Every matchup is a full verdict scored on the six jobs above plus price, longevity and portability. This is the set shoppers search for, not a random sample.
Win share
9–17–1
- vs BLUETTI2–5
- vs EcoFlow0–6
- vs Anker1–3–1
- vs DJI3–0
- vs Goal Zero3–0
- vs Jackery0–3
winsSOLIX F3800 vs Anker SOLIX F3800 PLUS
1,004 searches reached this matchup
losesSOLIX F3800 vs Anker SOLIX F2000
28 searches reached this matchup
winsSOLIX F3800 vs DJI Power 2000
27 searches reached this matchup
losesSOLIX F3800 vs EcoFlow DELTA Pro
25 searches reached this matchup
losesSOLIX F3800 vs EcoFlow DELTA Pro Ultra
23 searches reached this matchup
winsSOLIX F3800 vs Goal Zero Yeti 6000X
18 searches reached this matchup
03 · From the verdicts
Who it is for, and when a rival won instead
Each line is lifted from a written matchup where it decided the verdict, and links to the page it came from. Repeated across many matchups means it is the unit’s signature, not one author’s opinion.
Buy the SOLIX F3800 if…
You already own Anker SOLIX solar panels or plan to buy them, and the proprietary-input friction owners describe [A1][A2] isn't a real cost to you.
Decided 4 matchups · read one →
It's also the pick if a five-year warranty and a faster transfer switch matter to you, or if you plan to lean on solar to refill it. A 2,400W ceiling means you're not waiting on the sun the way the Yeti's owners are.
Decided 3 matchups · read one →
You're wiring a fixed home-backup point and want the lowest price for 6,000W of continuous output and a 3,000-cycle cell.
Decided 3 matchups · read one →
You want to spend about half as much for a 3,840Wh unit that two people can still move.
Decided 2 matchups · read one →
A rival won when…
You want the lowest cost per kilowatt-hour across the unit's whole life and you intend to actually get there.
Decided 7 matchups · read one →
You already own a generic-panel solar array and want an input with fewer compatibility complaints, even at a smaller 600W ceiling.
Decided 4 matchups · read one →
The buyer who expects needs to grow but wants to start light: it takes Anker expansion batteries later.
Decided 2 matchups · read one →
It's also the buy if you want the better warranty economics — $190 a year of coverage against the F3800's $400 — and don't need a single circuit that can surge past 4,800W.
Decided 2 matchups · read one →
04 · Price history
What the SOLIX F3800 actually sells for
The number on the buy button, read twice a day, one point per day. Never the sticker, never a “was” price.
Read from us.ankersolix.com twice a day since July 17 · 53 days
Since August 24 · above usual on 23 of 53 days · last time back within 8 days
Built from the Sep 7, 5 AM UTC read.
$2,000
Usual price
57% of days tracked
$2,000
Best we've seen
August 23
$2,200
Today
10% over usual
$2,200
Highest seen
23 days above usual
How to read this
- Usual is the price the unit carried most of the time, tested for how long it held rather than how often we looked. A weekend promotion cannot move it.
- Best is the lowest price we have read on the store itself. Typed coupon codes, member-only prices and marketplace listings are not counted; anything applied automatically at checkout is.
- A gap in the line is a day we could not read a price. We never draw across one, and we never show the store’s own “was” price.
Method on the methodology page.
Share the numbers
Anker SOLIX F3800: usually $2,000, best $2,000 (Aug 23), today $2,200 on us.ankersolix.com. Tracked twice a day since Jul 17. https://stationarena.com/products/anker-solix-f3800#price-history
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05 · Voices
What 137 owner reports say about the SOLIX F3800
Owner reports are paraphrased from public YouTube comments and each links to its source; reviewer consensus is counted from cited excerpts, never quoted; our own verdicts are quoted. Specs on this page never come from any of them.
- 46%
- positive
- 76
- self-declared owners
- 26
- measured reports
- 53
- videos
- 56%
- Anker norm
- 2023–2026
- reporting period
57 for, 67 against
2 owned 6+ months
numbers, not impressions
10 channels
across 687 reports
2023-10-11 to 2026-07-17
Weighted read
46% positive weighted · corpus 51% · about typical
Raw counts reward whoever writes most, and people write when something breaks. Here each report is weighted by what the complaint costs a buyer (a failure outranks an app gripe) and by its evidence (a measured owner report outranks a shopper’s opinion), then compared with every report in the corpus.
- Failures, returns, support6 against · 3 for
- How it performs35 against · 34 for
- How it feels to use26 against · 20 for
The complaints that matter
- Essentially no customer service: each call or chat takes hours and gets a 2-day auto-reply. source ↗
- Little support or documentation online or in the manual to diagnose low solar output. source ↗
- Unit stopped charging after a month; the return label expired and a replacement has taken 2 weeks. source ↗
By topic, against the Anker norm
Bars count this unit’s reports; the tick is the share of positive reports for the same topic across every Anker unit in the corpus.
- General1 measured41% positive · brand 61%107
- Charging speed9 measured35% positive · brand 48%116
- Price & value4 measured63% positive · brand 67%610
- Solar input3 measured33% positive · brand 37%105
- Expandability1 measured50% positive · brand 53%55
- Capacity & runtime4 measured75% positive · brand 84%26
- Inverter & surge2 measured71% positive · brand 54%25
- Build quality67% positive · brand 67%24
- Durability & failures60% positive · brand 35%23
- App & firmware50% positive · brand 52%22
- Support & warranty0% positive · brand 63%4
- Shipping & availability1 measured33% positive · brand 13%21
- Noise0% positive · brand 57%3
- Idle drain1 measured0% positive · brand 31%3
- UPS switchover100% positive · brand 53%3
- Weight & portability0% positive · brand 68%3
left: negative · right: positive
When the reports were made
What owners compare it against
What owners praise
Charging speedmeasuredowner
Recharges from the grid directly at 240V and over 3000W.
JOHNNY'S WEEKENDS-Power Your World! Solar & More!· 7 likessource
Capacity & runtimemeasuredowner
Ran 2 fridges, 2 freezers, lights, pellet stove and Starlink for 6.5 hours using only 32%.
The Solar Lab· 61 likessource
Price & valuemeasuredowner
Bought both units at the Kickstarter 45%-off rate.
Jasonoid - Solar Power, Batteries, and More!· 4 likessource
What owners complain about
Inverter & surgemeasuredowner
AC charging kills 240V and caps output to one bank at ~1200W of the 6000W inverter.
Jasonoid - Solar Power, Batteries, and More!· 7 likessource
Price & valuemeasuredowner
Sarcastic about the $1600 price of each official expansion battery versus cheaper alternatives.
Jasonoid - Solar Power, Batteries, and More!· 20 likessource
Charging speedmeasuredowner
While in use, AC recharge is capped at 120V and 1440W, breaking whole-home backup.
The Solar Lab· 7 likessource
Reviewer consensus
4/14 positive excerpts, 2 sources
Owners consistently complain that the solar/DC input is restrictive, effectively locking users into pricier Anker-branded panels rather than generic arrays.
diysolarforum.com · thesolarlab.com · researched 2026-07-09
Anker, brand-wide
56% positive across 687 reports. The brand-wide complaint is durability & failures (65% negative); the brand-wide praise is capacity & runtime (84% positive).
From the test desk
“These are the same power station apart from one number.”
“For the loads most buyers actually run, an overnight CPAP, a remote workday, a tailgate, even a single-night blackout, the F2000 already has room to spare, and its cost per lifetime kWh (15 cents against the F3800's 17)…”
“The F3800 wins four of six real-world scenarios outright by simply carrying 1,792Wh more, backed by double the continuous output (6,000W vs 3,000W) and a stronger solar ceiling for off-grid growth.”
06 · Where each number comes from
Spec sheet, in four cards
Every field carries its source: green is the manufacturer’s own document, blue was adjudicated after sources disagreed, grey is the catalogue as imported. Then compare it line by line with the units people actually weigh it against.
Battery
3840
Capacity (Wh)
- ChemistryLiFePO4
- Charging Cycles3000
- Battery Expansion FeasibilityYes
Power out
6000
Output (W)
- Surge Peak9000W
- AC Outlets8
- 240V Outlets2
- 30A RV Outlets0
- 12V Car Outlets1
- USB-C Ports3
- USB-A Ports2
- USB-C Charging Outputs100W
Charging
2400
Solar Input (W)
- Solar Input TypeProprietary
Living with it
132.3
Weight (lbs)
- UPSYes (<20ms)
- App ControlYes
- Warranty (Years)5
Compare it with
SOLIX F3800 vs
leads on 1 · trails on 2
| Spec | SOLIX F3800 | SOLIX F3800 PLUS | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usual price | $2,000 ● | $2,600 | $-600 |
| Capacity (Wh) | 3840 | 3840 | 0 |
| Output (W) | 6000 | 6000 | 0 |
| Surge (W) | 9000W | 9000W | 0 |
| Rated cycles | 3000 | 3000 | 0 |
| Solar input (W) | 2400 | 3200 ● | -800 |
| Weight (lb) | 132.3 | 132.3 | 0 |
| Noise (dB) | N/A | N/A | |
| AC outlets | 8 | 9 ● | -1 |
| USB-C ports | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Warranty (yr) | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Chemistry | LiFePO4 | LiFePO4 | |
| UPS | Yes (<20ms) | Yes (<20ms) |
● marks the better figure where direction is clear. Price is each unit’s usual price.
Read the full verdict →07 · Anker SOLIX F line
Where it sits in the line
Capacity bars are to scale across the line; prices are each unit’s usual price, not today’s.
08 · At its usual price
Cost of ownership
Cycle life is the manufacturer’s rating to 80% capacity; the lifetime figure is that rating times the nameplate capacity.
$0.52
per Wh
at $2,000
$0.17
per lifetime kWh
11,520 kWh over 3,000 cycles
8.2 yr
if cycled daily
29 yr at weekends only
5 yr
warranty
$400 per covered year
09 · From the matchups
Questions people ask
What's the actual difference between the Anker SOLIX F3800 and F3800 PLUS?
Solar input, full stop. Both are 3,840Wh with a 6,000W inverter, 9,000W surge, 3,000 cycles, a 5-year warranty, and the same 132.3 lbs, with identical runtimes. The Plus costs $500 more and raises solar input from 2,400W to 3,200W, which reviewers say also lets it take standard MC4 panels the base struggles with [B11].
Is the Anker SOLIX F3800 just a bigger F2000, or a different tier of unit?
Mostly bigger, not proportionally. You get 3,840Wh against 2,048Wh, 1.875x the battery, for $1,999.99 against $899.99, which is 2.2x the price. It also steps up continuous output (6,000W vs 2,400W) and surge headroom (a 1.5x cushion over its own rating, against the F2000's 1.17x), so it's a real capability jump, just not a proportional dollar-for-watt-hour one.
Is the Anker SOLIX F3800 worth $700 more than the DJI Power 2000?
If your loads genuinely need the extra room, yes. The F3800 clears four of six real-world scenarios we tested that leave the Power 2000 short, including a full weekend camping load where it uses 64% of capacity against 121% for the Power 2000. If your typical draw is closer to a CPAP overnight or a tailgate party, both units handle it comfortably, and the Power 2000's lower price is harder to argue with.
Is the Anker SOLIX F3800 worth $1,300 more than the EcoFlow DELTA Pro?
Only if you need its bigger inverter. The F3800 holds just 240Wh more capacity than the Pro, but delivers 2,400W more continuous output and 1,800W more surge — real value for large loads, not for typical camping or blackout use.
Is the DELTA Pro Ultra worth $1,400 more than the SOLIX F3800?
If you'll keep it more than a few years, yes — it costs 19 cents per lifetime kilowatt-hour against the F3800's 23 cents, and $410 per warranty-year against $540, because its 3,500-cycle, 10-year rating amortizes the price further than the F3800's 3,000-cycle, 5-year rating. If you'll resell or replace within a couple years, the F3800's lower entry price wins instead.
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