BLUETTI · Apex series
BLUETTI Apex 300
The Apex 300 is the first block of a system: 3.8 kilowatts and not one USB port, a car with no cupholders, the hub sold separately. Nearly three kilowatt-hours at 84 pounds, a weekend camp cleared, 20 of 38 head-to-heads. Owners run above the norm; two paralleled units run a dryer, and firmware, they say, breaks what it fixes.
2.8 kWh · 3,840 W · 83.78 lb · 6,000 cycles · 45 head-to-heads
4,644
Power Score · Appliance Class
- 2.8 kWh
- capacity
- 3,840 W
- output
- 83.78 lb
- weight
- 6,000
- rated cycles
Should you buy it right now?
Buy it: $1,499 is 12% under its usual $1,699, and it clears 5 of 6 real-world jobs. The store shows $1,699; the discount comes off automatically and you pay $1,499.
Price now
$1,499
12% under usual · usual $1,699
Store sticker $1,699 · you pay $1,499
Real-world jobs
5 of 6
Falls short only on Van Life Daily
Head-to-head record
27–17–1
45 adjudicated matchups
Verdicts by Gunner Gustafson and the Test Desk·Figures computed 2026-10-04
01 · Six real-world jobs
What the Apex 300 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 · 89% of the tank · 250Wh spare
Peak 75W: starts and holds
8-Hour Blackout
Clears it8 hours · Keep the essentials running through a night without power
1,645Wh needed · 70% of the tank · 705Wh spare
Peak 150W: starts and holds
CPAP Overnight
Clears it8 hours · Sleep therapy without interruption — the #1 medical use case
320Wh needed · 14% of the tank · 2,030Wh spare
Peak 40W: starts and holds
Remote Workday
Clears it8 hours · Full work day off-grid without power anxiety
910Wh needed · 39% of the tank · 1,440Wh spare
Peak 60W: starts and holds
Tailgate Party
Clears it4 hours · Game day power for the crew
670Wh needed · 29% of the tank · 1,680Wh 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 · 199% of the tank · 2,335Wh short
Peak 150W: starts and holds
02 · Head-to-head record
27 wins in 45 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
27–17–1
- vs BLUETTI10–7
- vs EcoFlow4–4–1
- vs Jackery5–3
- vs Anker4–2
- vs Goal Zero2–1
- vs DJI2–0
losesApex 300 vs BLUETTI Elite 300
815 searches reached this matchup
losesApex 300 vs BLUETTI Elite 200 V2
412 searches reached this matchup
losesApex 300 vs BLUETTI Elite 400
340 searches reached this matchup
losesApex 300 vs Jackery HomePower 3600 Plus
338 searches reached this matchup
losesApex 300 vs BLUETTI Elite 320
312 searches reached this matchup
losesApex 300 vs EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3
260 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 Apex 300 if…
You want the option to grow later without buying a whole second system, and you know your target is above 5,120Wh.
Decided 8 matchups · read one →
The unit is staying in one place as home or RV backup, so its 83.78 lbs is a placement decision, not a packing problem.
Decided 4 matchups · read one →
Your worst night looks like the 1,645Wh blackout on this page rather than the 4,685Wh van day. The Apex covers it at 70% of usable and leaves you $1,800 better off.
Decided 3 matchups · read one →
You need a whole outage night, not part of one. Our 8-hour profile takes 1,645Wh and leaves the Apex 705Wh in reserve.
Decided 2 matchups · read one →
A rival won when…
You want the lowest lifetime cost per kWh in this matchup and your trips or outages don't clear 2,100Wh.
Decided 14 matchups · read one →
You want a 12V car socket on the unit itself for a DC fridge or a tire pump, without buying an accessory to get one.
Decided 3 matchups · read one →
Anyone who wants a unit that's been in the field for a year with a settled, well-reviewed firmware story [A0].
Decided 3 matchups · read one →
You move the unit regularly and 50.7 lbs against 83.78 lbs is the deciding factor over a $0.10 per-kWh cost difference.
Decided 2 matchups · read one →
04 · Price history
What the Apex 300 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 bluettipower.com twice a day since July 17 · 80 days
12% under usual · best seen $1,499 on October 4
Built from the Oct 4, 7 PM UTC read.
$1,699
Usual price
46% of days tracked
$1,499
Best we've seen
October 4
$1,499
Today
12% under usual
$1,899
Highest seen
7 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
BLUETTI Apex 300: usually $1,699, best $1,499 (Oct 4), today $1,499 on bluettipower.com. Tracked twice a day since Jul 17. https://stationarena.com/products/bluetti-apex-300#price-history
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Black Friday · 31 days out
Will the BLUETTI Apex 300 go on sale for Black Friday?
Price to beat $1,499Nobody knows until BLUETTI moves, but we know what a real deal would be: anything under $1,499, the lowest price we have recorded (October 4). Last Black Friday it was reported at $1,299 at Amazon. It has sat at least 5% under its usual $1,699 on 36 of the 80 days we have tracked. We read the store twice a day, and the moment it drops it shows on our Black Friday deals page.
05 · Voices
What 36 owner reports say about the Apex 300
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.
- 51%
- positive
- 18
- self-declared owners
- 6
- measured reports
- 19
- videos
- 50%
- BLUETTI norm
- 2025–2026
- reporting period
18 for, 17 against
tenure rarely stated
numbers, not impressions
6 channels
across 1,100 reports
2025-01-14 to 2026-08-01
Weighted read
61% positive weighted · corpus 51% · above the norm
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, support1 against · 1 for
- How it performs8 against · 9 for
- How it feels to use8 against · 8 for
The complaints that matter
- First unit failed outright; five days with no answer on his refund request for the second. source ↗
By topic, against the BLUETTI norm
Bars count this unit’s reports; the tick is the share of positive reports for the same topic across every BLUETTI unit in the corpus.
- Price & value3 measured70% positive · brand 69%37
- Solar input1 measured17% positive · brand 52%51
- Expandability75% positive · brand 66%13
- General33% positive · brand 58%21
- Capacity & runtime1 measured0% positive · brand 66%2
- Inverter & surge1 measured100% positive · brand 60%2
- UPS switchover100% positive · brand 72%1
- App & firmware0% positive · brand 29%1
- Support & warranty0% positive · brand 31%1
- Build quality100% positive · brand 53%1
- Shipping & availability0% positive · brand 4%1
- Weight & portability0% positive · brand 36%1
- Durability & failures100% positive · brand 30%1
- Idle drain100% positive · brand 38%1
left: negative · right: positive
When the reports were made
What owners compare it against
What owners praise
Solar inputmeasuredowner · 1 mo
Three Apex 300s with a Hub A1 give him 18kW solar input and 12kW output.
The Solar Lab· 10 likessource
Inverter & surgemeasuredowner
Two paralleled units give 7,680W and run dryer, 2-ton AC or oven plus fridges and sump pump.
Minute Man Solar· 5 likessource
Price & valuemeasuredowner
$2,600 for two units plus $659 for the Hub A1 was worth the extra over the Anker.
Minute Man Solar· 5 likessource
What owners complain about
Capacity & runtimemeasuredowner
TV, router, Tablo and Firestick drain it from 100% in 7-9 hours; runtime figures are lies.
The Solar Labsource
Solar inputowner
Dropping to a 60V PV max is a deal killer versus the 150V per string they run on the AC300.
Minute Man Solar· 1 likessource
App & firmwareowner
App is portrait-only.
The Solar Labsource
Reviewer consensus
1/12 positive excerpts, 0 sources
Multiple owners report firmware updates causing app glitches, mode-lock issues, error codes, or Bluetooth/Home Assistant disconnects shortly after updating.
· researched 2026-07-15
BLUETTI, brand-wide
50% positive across 1,100 reports. The brand-wide complaint is shipping & availability (96% negative); the brand-wide praise is ups switchover (72% positive).
From the test desk
“Buy the Elite 300 unless you have a specific reason not to.”
“The Elite 200 V2 costs $899 against the Apex 300's $1,699, weighs 53.4 lbs against 83.78 lbs, and delivers energy at $0.06 per lifetime kWh against $0.11 — roughly half the cost per kWh.”
“The Elite 400 wins on most of the axes a normal buyer cares about: $1,399 against $1,699, 3,840Wh against 2,764.8Wh, and 30dB against 45dB.”
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
2764.8
Capacity (Wh)
- ChemistryLiFePO4
- Charging Cycles6000+
- Battery Expansion FeasibilityYes
Power out
3840
Output (W)
- AC Outlets4
- 240V Outlets1
- 30A RV Outlets1
- 12V Car Outlets0
- USB-C Ports0
- USB-A Ports0
Charging
2400
Solar Input (W)
- Solar Input TypeMC4
Living with it
83.78
Weight (lbs)
- Noise Level (db)45
- UPSYes (<10ms)
- App ControlYes
- Warranty (Years)5
Compare it with
Apex 300 vs
leads on 2 · trails on 4
| Spec | Apex 300 | Elite 300 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usual price | $1,699 | $1,199 ● | +$500 |
| Capacity (Wh) | 2764.8 | 3014.4 ● | -249.6 |
| Output (W) | 3840 ● | 2400 | +1440 |
| Surge (W) | N/A | 4800W | |
| Rated cycles | 6000+ | 6000 | 0 |
| Solar input (W) | 2400 ● | 1200 | +1200 |
| Weight (lb) | 83.78 | 58.0 ● | +25.8 |
| Noise (dB) | 45 | Not Specified | |
| AC outlets | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| USB-C ports | 0 | 2 ● | -2 |
| Warranty (yr) | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Chemistry | LiFePO4 | LiFePO4 | |
| UPS | Yes (<10ms) | Yes (≤10ms) |
● marks the better figure where direction is clear. Price is each unit’s usual price.
Read the full verdict →Solar
Charge the Apex 300 from the sun
Every panel we track, checked against its solar input: which ones fit, the adapter each needs, and what it really delivers.
- Solar input
- 2400 W
- Plug
- XT60
- Panels that work
- 30 of 39
- Refill at full sun
- ~1.2 h
07 · BLUETTI Apex 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.
Apex 300
2.8 kWh · $1,699
Apex 300 + B300K
5.5 kWh · $2,599
Apex 300 + B500K
7.9 kWh · $3,299
Apex 300 + 2×B300K
8.3 kWh · $3,699
Apex 300 + 2×B500K
13 kWh · $5,399
Not yet on sale: BLUETTI’s smaller Apex: 2.56 kWh and 3,200 W in a 59.5 lb, 120 V unit built for home backup and the RV, expandable to 33 kWh, on sale November 4. BLUETTI Apex 200: Specs, Price, Release Date and What We Know
Not yet on sale: A 5 kW, 18 kW-surge battery generator on all-terrain wheels, aimed squarely at the jobsite fuel generator. BLUETTI Pioneer 5000 Debuts: 18 kW Surge, Aimed at Gas Generators
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.
$0.61
per Wh
at $1,699
$0.10
per lifetime kWh
16,589 kWh over 6,000 cycles
16.4 yr
if cycled daily
58 yr at weekends only
5 yr
warranty
$340 per covered year
09 · From the matchups
Questions people ask
What solar panels work with the Apex 300?
Any panel between 12 V and 60 V, through its XT60 inputs (2), up to 2400 W. 30 of the 39 panels we track work with it. Our pick: the Jackery SolarSaga 500 X. 4 panels deliver 1440 W.
Is the BLUETTI Apex 300 worth $500 more than the Elite 300?
Only if you need its 3,840W continuous output, 7,680W surge, or its expansion path. On cost per kWh delivered over the unit's life, the Apex 300 runs about twice what the Elite 300 costs ($0.11 versus $0.06), so the premium has to be earned by a specific need, not general preference.
Can the Elite 300 be expanded later like the Apex 300?
No. The Elite 300 is a sealed system rated at 3,014.4Wh for the life of the unit, while the Apex 300 supports BLUETTI expansion batteries to grow past its base 2,764.8Wh. If you have a concrete plan to add capacity, that's the strongest remaining argument for the Apex 300.
Is the Apex 300 too heavy to be portable?
At 83.78 lbs it's a braced, two-hand lift rather than a grab-and-go unit — one reviewer couldn't lift it onto a table alone. It has handles and a modular design that make it manageable, and easier still with two people, but if you need to move a power station solo on a regular basis, the 58-lb Elite 300 is the more honest fit.
Is the BLUETTI Elite 200 V2 cheaper to own than the Apex 300?
By a wide margin. The Elite 200 V2 costs $0.06 per lifetime kWh against the Apex 300's $0.11, roughly half as much — and it isn't cycle life doing the work, since both are rated for 6,000. It's the $800 lower price up front.
Which unit lasts longer, the Apex 300 or the Elite 200 V2?
The Apex 300, measured in total lifetime energy delivered. Both are rated for 6,000 cycles, so the bigger pack takes the total: 16,589kWh over its life against the Elite 200 V2's 12,442kWh. The Elite 200 V2's win is the cost of each of those kilowatt-hours, not how many of them there are.
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