DJI · Power series
DJI Power 1000
DJI has superseded the Power 1000 with the V2, same tank, same sticker, more inverter. It is a kilowatt-hour behind 2,200 watts, conducted at twenty-three decibels, which a library reading room would call showing off. Two hundred owner reports run above the norm, from people used to arguing with the sky: hardware beat paper; the app started the quarrels.
1 kWh · 2,200 W · 28.7 lb · 4,000 cycles · 61 head-to-heads
3,005
Power Score · Appliance Class
- 1 kWh
- capacity
- 2,200 W
- output
- 28.7 lb
- weight
- 4,000
- rated cycles
Should you buy it right now?
Superseded — buy the V2. Its successor is the Power 1000 V2. The history below still helps with used-market pricing.
Typical while sold
$699
Superseded — buy the V2
Real-world jobs
2 of 6
Falls short on Weekend Camping, 8-Hour Blackout, Remote Workday and Van Life Daily
Head-to-head record
25–34–2
61 adjudicated matchups
Verdicts by Ian Schneider and the Test Desk·Figures computed 2026-10-04
01 · Six real-world jobs
What the Power 1000 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
Falls short2 nights · Two nights off-grid with essential comfort
2,100Wh needed · 241% of the tank · 1,230Wh short
Peak 75W: starts and holds
8-Hour Blackout
Falls short8 hours · Keep the essentials running through a night without power
1,645Wh needed · 189% of the tank · 775Wh short
Peak 150W: starts and holds
CPAP Overnight
Clears it8 hours · Sleep therapy without interruption — the #1 medical use case
320Wh needed · 37% of the tank · 550Wh spare
Peak 40W: starts and holds
Remote Workday
Falls short8 hours · Full work day off-grid without power anxiety
910Wh needed · 105% of the tank · 40Wh short
Peak 60W: starts and holds
Tailgate Party
Clears it4 hours · Game day power for the crew
670Wh needed · 77% of the tank · 200Wh 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 · 538% of the tank · 3,815Wh short
Peak 150W: starts and holds
02 · Head-to-head record
25 wins in 61 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
25–34–2
- vs EcoFlow10–10
- vs BLUETTI6–9
- vs Anker3–7–1
- vs Jackery2–6–1
- vs Goal Zero4–0
- vs DJI0–2
losesPower 1000 vs Anker SOLIX C1000
914 searches reached this matchup
losesPower 1000 vs EcoFlow DELTA 3 Classic
837 searches reached this matchup
losesPower 1000 vs BLUETTI Elite 100 V2
790 searches reached this matchup
winsPower 1000 vs EcoFlow DELTA 3 1000 Air
615 searches reached this matchup
losesPower 1000 vs EcoFlow DELTA 3
498 searches reached this matchup
losesPower 1000 vs Anker SOLIX C1000 Gen 2
412 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 Power 1000 if…
You want the quietest unit made (23dB) and premium build, and can stretch to $699 (last listed price) [B1].
Decided 11 matchups · read one →
Buy the Power 1000 if weight is the actual constraint. At 28.7 lbs, less than half the F2000's weight, it's a one-hand carry with no wheels or ramps required.
Decided 7 matchups · read one →
You fly DJI drones and want fast SDC battery charging in the same box.
Decided 6 matchups · read one →
It's also the buy if you'll run it hard enough to make the lifetime economics matter — $0.17 per kWh over its life against the Mini's $0.31 — and if you want the quieter machine in the room despite being the much bigger one.
Decided 6 matchups · read one →
A rival won when…
You want the better value — $629, $70 less (on last listed prices) than the DJI — on the same 1,024Wh.
Decided 14 matchups · read one →
It's also the pick for higher continuous loads: 2,600W continuous against the Power 1000's 2,200W — useful if you're running more of a household at once.
Decided 8 matchups · read one →
You want a quiet unit and a strong 3,600W surge without paying for the DJI's extras.
Decided 6 matchups · read one →
Buyers who want the most usable watt-hours per dollar, with room to add EcoFlow expansion batteries later.
Decided 4 matchups · read one →
04 · Price history
What the Power 1000 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 store.dji.com twice a day since July 17 · 62 days · 18 gaps
Carried on 100% of days tracked · dips reach $699
Built from the Oct 4, 7 PM UTC read.
$699
Usual price
100% of days tracked
$699
Best we've seen
September 16
$699
Today
at usual
$699
Highest seen
0 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
DJI Power 1000: usually $699, best $699 (Sep 16), today $699 on store.dji.com. Tracked twice a day since Jul 17. https://stationarena.com/products/dji-power-1000#price-history
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Black Friday · 38 days out
Will the DJI Power 1000 go on sale for Black Friday?
Price to beat $699Nobody knows until DJI moves, but in 62 days we have tracked it, it has never been discounted, so any real cut would be a first. We read the store twice a day, and the moment it drops it shows on our Black Friday deals page.
05 · Voices
What 200 owner reports say about the Power 1000
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.
- 48%
- positive
- 98
- self-declared owners
- 31
- measured reports
- 25
- videos
- 45%
- DJI norm
- 2024–2026
- reporting period
86 for, 95 against
2 owned 6+ months
numbers, not impressions
7 channels
across 438 reports
2024-04-20 to 2026-08-17
Weighted read
58% 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, support3 against · 4 for
- How it performs47 against · 42 for
- How it feels to use45 against · 40 for
By topic, against the DJI norm
Bars count this unit’s reports; the tick is the share of positive reports for the same topic across every DJI unit in the corpus.
- Price & value18 measured65% positive · brand 57%1120
- Solar input1 measured33% positive · brand 29%168
- App & firmware17% positive · brand 30%194
- General32% positive · brand 40%136
- Charging speed6 measured67% positive · brand 72%612
- Expandability56% positive · brand 57%810
- Build quality1 measured55% positive · brand 41%56
- Capacity & runtime30% positive · brand 40%73
- Noise86% positive · brand 73%16
- Durability & failures40% positive · brand 14%32
- Idle drain3 measured0% positive · brand 0%4
- Weight & portability1 measured75% positive · brand 80%13
- UPS switchover1 measured100% positive · brand 75%2
- Support & warranty100% positive · brand 47%2
- Inverter & surge50% positive · brand 78%11
- Shipping & availability100% positive · brand 25%1
left: negative · right: positive
When the reports were made
What owners compare it against
What owners praise
Price & valuemeasuredowner
Got the Power 1000 for $379 on Black Friday and says it is still that price.
Jasonoid - Solar Power, Batteries, and More!· 10 likessource
Charging speedmeasuredowner
SDC ports charge Mavic 3 batteries about 50% faster than the 120V fast charger; USB-C rated 140W.
The Solar Lab· 5 likessource
Durability & failuresowner · 18 mo
Power 1000 has run 1.5 years with no problems.
The Solar Lab· 5 likessource
What owners complain about
Charging speedmeasuredowner
Bought and tested it: 140W is out of the USB-C port's league.
HOBOTECH· 9 likessource
Build qualitymeasuredowner
The 400W MPPT modules run hot and throttle solar watts until he added copper heatsinks.
HOBOTECH· 5 likessource
Idle drainmeasuredowner
Says the inverter draws about 50W, which DJI never mentions but which decides real autonomy.
Minute Man Solar· 1 likessource
Reviewer consensus
4/4 positive excerpts, 5 sources
Standout quiet operation (quieter than EcoFlow/BLUETTI), robust real-world output above its rating, and appeal to drone pilots and campers are the consistent themes.
thesolarlab.com · trailandkale.com · offgridbenchmark.com · superfashion.us · dronexl.co · researched 2026-07-10
DJI, brand-wide
45% positive across 438 reports. The brand-wide complaint is durability & failures (86% negative); the brand-wide praise is charging speed (72% positive).
From the test desk
“Take the Anker SOLIX C1000 unless you know you'll lean on this unit.”
“Take the DELTA 3 Classic.”
“Both boxes deliver the same 4,096kWh of lifetime energy, so the Elite 100 V2's $499 sticker settles the value question before the inverters get a word in: 15 cents per lifetime kWh against the DJI's 17.”
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
1024
Capacity (Wh)
- ChemistryLiFePO4
- Charging Cycles4000
- Battery Expansion FeasibilityYes
Power out
2200
Output (W)
- Surge Peak4400W
- AC Outlets2
- 240V Outlets0
- 30A RV Outlets0
- 12V Car Outlets0
- USB-C Ports2
- USB-A Ports2
- USB-C Charging Outputs140W
Charging
800
Solar Input (W)
- Solar Input TypeSDC / SDC Lite
Living with it
28.7
Weight (lbs)
- Noise Level (db)23 dB
- UPSYes (20ms)
- App ControlYes
- Warranty (Years)5
Compare it with
Power 1000 vs
leads on 4 · trails on 4
| Spec | Power 1000 | SOLIX C1000 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Usual price | $699 | $449 ● | +$250 |
| Capacity (Wh) | 1024 | 1056 ● | -32 |
| Output (W) | 2200 ● | 1800 | +400 |
| Surge (W) | 4400W ● | 2400W | +2000 |
| Rated cycles | 4000 ● | 3000 | +1000 |
| Solar input (W) | 800 ● | 600 | +200 |
| Weight (lb) | 28.7 | 28.4 ● | +0.3 |
| Noise (dB) | 23 dB | N/A | |
| AC outlets | 2 | 6 ● | -4 |
| USB-C ports | 2 | 2 | 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 · DJI Power 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.
Power 500
512 Wh · $299
Power 1000
1 kWh · $699
Power 1000 V2
1 kWh · $699
Power 2000
2 kWh · $1,299
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.
$0.68
per Wh
at $699
$0.17
per lifetime kWh
4,096 kWh over 4,000 cycles
11.0 yr
if cycled daily
38 yr at weekends only
5 yr
warranty
$140 per covered year
09 · From the matchups
Questions people ask
Anker SOLIX C1000 vs DJI Power 1000 — which should I buy?
For most buyers, the Anker SOLIX C1000: it's $250 cheaper (on last listed prices) at $449, expandable where the DJI is sealed, and cheaper to own over its life, while covering the same everyday loads. The DJI Power 1000 is the better machine — quieter under load, a 4,400W surge, a 4,000-cycle battery, more solar — and reviewers rate it top of its class for quiet [B1]. Pay the extra $250 (on last listed prices) only if you'll run it hard, need the surge, or want the longer-lived cell.
Is the DJI Power 1000 worth $250 more (on last listed prices) than the Anker C1000?
Only if you'll use what the premium buys. That's a 4,400W surge for big motors, a 4,000-cycle battery for a decade of daily use, 800W of solar, and near-silent operation under heavy load [B1]. If your loads are a CPAP, a fridge, and phones, you'll rarely touch any of it, and the Anker does the same job for $250 less (on last listed prices) — with an expansion port the DJI doesn't have.
Which one is quieter, the C1000 or the Power 1000?
The DJI Power 1000, clearly — it's whisper-quiet, only a soft whoosh past 1,500W, and reviewers rank it among the quietest stations in its class [B1]. But the Anker C1000 is also nearly silent under light loads, spinning its fan up mainly during fast charging or heavy output near its limit [A1]. For a low-load overnight job like a CPAP, both stay quiet; the DJI's edge shows most when you push it.
Can you expand the DJI Power 1000's capacity?
No — the DJI Power 1000 is a sealed unit at 1,024Wh, so outgrowing it means buying a second station. The Anker SOLIX C1000 is the expandable one: add a battery and it grows past its 1,056Wh base. If there's any chance your needs climb, that's a real point for the Anker, since a single 1kWh unit already falls short of a full blackout or a weekend camp.
Is the DJI Power 1000 worth the extra money over the EcoFlow DELTA 3 Classic?
For most buyers, no. Both store 1,024Wh; the DJI's $200 premium (on last listed prices) buys a quieter fan, a stronger inverter, and a longer cycle rating — refinements, not capacity. The EcoFlow costs less per lifetime kilowatt-hour, switches to battery faster, and can expand when your needs grow. Pay the premium only if near-silence beside a bed, or fast DJI drone charging, is the actual point.
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