Head-to-head test
Anker SOLIX C800 vs DJI Power 1000 V2
The pricier DJI is also the cheaper box to own and the more powerful one; the Anker's entire case is that it's 7.5 lbs lighter and comes with a warranty you can actually read.
Full profiles: Anker SOLIX C800 → · DJI Power 1000 V2 →
Written by Ian SchneiderUpdated
Solar & Off-Grid Tester, Station Arena Test Desk
Spec deltas
The DJI Power 1000 V2 is the better box and, oddly, the cheaper one to own. You pay $100 more (on last listed prices) up front and get close to double the lifetime energy for it. At $0.17 per lifetime kilowatt-hour against the Anker's $0.26, its bigger 1,024Wh pack and 4,000-cycle rating simply outlast the 768Wh, 3,000-cycle C800. It also puts out more than twice the watts. For most people choosing between these two, that settles it.
The Anker isn't outclassed everywhere, and the places it wins are real. It's 7.5 lbs lighter (23.8 vs 31.3), it's $100 cheaper (on last listed prices) the day you buy it, and it carries a 5-year warrantyA6 you can actually read. DJI doesn't put a warranty term on the table we can quote. If you lift this box by hand every trip or just want the lowest sticker, the Anker has a genuine case.
Set expectations before either one: neither of these is a weekend or a whole house. Both coast through a CPAP night and cover a tailgate, and both come up short of a full camp weekend's 2,100Wh, the Anker covering about a third of it and the DJI about two-fifths. So the real question isn't which box powers your life. It's which midsize box, and the DJI is the more capable one that also costs less to run.
What the Numbers Reveal
Each conclusion stated first — the numbers behind it on one line, the full analysis below.
continuous output
A 400W-wide surge shelf is exactly what a fridge or a circular saw knocks over. Those loads spike to 2-3x their rating for the half-second the motor spins up, and the Anker's own coffee-maker and space-heater tests already show it running near its limitA3A8. The DJI's 4,400W absorbs the same spike without noticing.
SOLIX C800: 1,200W continuous, 1,600W surge (1.3x ratio)DJI Power 1000 V2: 2,600W continuous, 4,400W surge (1.7x ratio)Fridge and AC compressors draw 2-3x their rated watts at startup; one reviewer pushed the C800 past its 1,200W rating with a 1,500W space heater until it throttledA8
Why it mattersAnyone who'll start a motor, a fridge in an outage or a power tool on a job site, should buy the DJI; the Anker is the one that trips when the compressor kicks.
rated cycles
Spread across the energy you'll actually use, the DJI is a third cheaper per kilowatt-hour despite the higher sticker. The $100 (on last listed prices) you save buying the Anker is the only round the Anker wins on money; every kilowatt-hour after that, it's the more expensive box.
SOLIX C800: $599 (last listed price), 768Wh, 3,000 cycles, 2,304 lifetime kWh at $0.26/kWhDJI Power 1000 V2: $699, 1,024Wh, 4,000 cycles, 4,096 lifetime kWh at $0.17/kWh
Why it mattersIf you're keeping this for years, buy the DJI. The upfront savings on the Anker evaporate the longer you own it.
solar input
Neither is a solar champion, but the failure modes differ. The DJI's real solar ceiling is 2x the Anker's, not 4x, and it costs $329 plus panels to unlock, a setup that can approach $1,000B6. The Anker's 300W is modest but native. If sun is your main recharge plan, both disappoint, and the DJI disappoints more expensively.
DJI Power 1000 V2 solar input rated 1,200W; SOLIX C800 rated 300WDJI's solar runs through a $329 proprietary adapter that caps real input at 600W, with no built-in solar charge controller, and a full solar setup can run near $1,000B6One reviewer called the C800's 300W solar 'middling' for its sizeA5
Why it mattersSolar-first buyers should budget for the DJI's adapter or look at a unit built for solar; for wall-charging buyers this whole line is a non-issue and the DJI's other advantages carry.
The specific dimensions that decide these two units — everything else is a tie.
Lifetime Value
Selected because: The $100-cheaper (on last listed prices) Anker costs more per lifetime kilowatt-hour ($0.26 vs $0.17); the DJI's 4,000 cycles on a 1,024Wh pack outlast it.
The cheaper box today is the expensive one over its life. The Anker saves you $100 (on last listed prices) at checkout and then quietly hands it back: at $0.26 per lifetime kilowatt-hour against the DJI's $0.17, every unit of energy you pull from it costs about a third more. The math is just capacity times cycles. The DJI's 1,024Wh over 4,000 cycles is 4,096 lifetime kWh; the Anker's 768Wh over 3,000 is 2,304. Same hundred dollars, 1,792 more kilowatt-hours.
There's one line the Anker owns here. Its 5-year warranty works out to about $120 per covered yearA6, and it's a real number the DJI can't match, because we don't have a warranty term on file for the Power 1000 V2 to set beside it. If you'd rather have a long, documented warranty than the lower running cost, that's a defensible trade. For everyone keeping the unit long enough to care about cost-per-kWh, it isn't.
What the Specs Don't Tell You
Selected because: Surge headroom and a published-vs-missing noise figure separate these two more than capacity does: 4,400W vs 1,600W surge, 45dB vs no number at all.
rated cycles
The surge numbers decide more than the capacity numbers. The DJI holds 2,600W continuous with a 4,400W surge, a 1.7x cushion, while the Anker runs 1,200W with a 1,600W ceiling, a 1.3x cushion that's the narrowest kind. A fridge or a power tool pulls 2-3x its rated watts for the half-second its motor spins up; the Anker's shelf is only 400W wide, and one reviewer already ran a 1,000W coffee maker on it for 42 minutes and pushed a 1,500W space heater past its 1,200W rating until it throttledA3A8. The DJI has room to spare for the same startup spike.
The catch runs the other way on noise. The Anker publishes 45dB, about a running refrigerator, and the DJI publishes nothing at all. That isn't proof the DJI is louder; it's the absence of a number. For a bedroom, an RV, or a CPAP, the Anker is the only one of these two you can check on paper before you buy. And on growth: the DJI takes expansion batteries where the Anker is sealed at 768Wh, but at this size that buys longer runtimes on the same loads, not a path to home backup. More hours, not more house.
Portability & Form Factor
Selected because: Weight is the Anker's one physical win: 23.8 lbs against the DJI's 31.3.
weight
Weight is the Anker's one physical win, and it's a real one: 23.8 lbs against 31.3, a 7.5-lb gap you feel every time the box goes in and out of a trunk or over a tailgate. One reviewer dropped the Anker 30 inches onto gravel with only scuffing to show for itA1. At just under 24 lbs it's still a two-hands lift rather than a backpack, and a tester flagged it as too heavy to carry far on footA12, but it's the lighter of these two by a checked-bag margin.
The DJI makes its extra weight feel worse than the number. Its handles sit on the sides, and a reviewer found one-handed carrying unbalanced at just over 31 lbsB11. If this unit lives in one spot, a closet, an RV bay, a workshop bench, none of that matters and you can ignore the whole paragraph. If you're the one carrying it to the campsite every weekend, the 7.5 lbs is the best argument the Anker has.
Brand Trust
Selected because: Anker's documented 5-year warranty and longer track record against DJI's more advanced but two-year-old power-station lineup.
This is a known quantity against a newcomer. Anker has been building SOLIX stations for years and backs this one with a documented 5-year warrantyA6; the tradeoff is that its once-excellent support has been trending toward AI-agent replies and awkward hazmat-return logistics on heavy units. DJI arrived to power stations in 2024, so there's less long-term field data, but newcomer here means a company with 700+ battery patents and a global drone-repair network, not a no-name.
Two brand-specific cautions matter for this pick. DJI has shipped several revisions of the Power 1000, so confirm the listing is the V2 and not the original. And its solar story runs through a proprietary adapter with no built-in charge controller, covered in the chain above. Anker's ecosystem is simpler and its warranty is the longest number on this page; DJI's hardware is the more advanced. Which reassurance you want, a paper trail or a patent portfolio, is most of what separates the two names.
Strengths & trade-offs
Anker SOLIX C800
Strengths
- +Lighter by 7.5 lb
Trade-offs
- –Weaker inverter (-1,400W) limits appliance compatibility.
- –Sealed capacity — the Power 1000 V2 can add batteries to grow past 768Wh; this one can't.
- –Shorter-lived battery — rated for 3,000 charge cycles vs the Power 1000 V2's 4,000, so it wears out sooner.
DJI Power 1000 V2
Strengths
- +Larger battery capacity
- +Higher AC output
- +Faster solar charging
- +Rated for 4,000 charge cycles — much longer battery lifespan
Trade-offs
- –No major technical downsides compared to rival.
Will It Power Your Gear?
Scenario math and per-appliance runtimes, modeled from the spec record.
Scenario verdicts
We ran the math on six real-world scenarios. Here's which unit survives your actual life.
SCN-01 · 2 nights · needs 2,100Wh
Weekend Camping
Two nights off-grid with essential comfort
Neither unit
Neither unit covers this scenario's 2,100Wh: the SOLIX C800 comes up 1,447Wh short (about 31% covered), the Power 1000 V2 1,230Wh (41%). Treat this as partial cover — enough for the essentials in it, not the whole list.
Battery budget usedlower = more headroom
LOAD Phone Charger 15W×6h · LED Lights 40W×8h · Box Fan 75W×14h · CPAP Machine 40W×16h
SCN-02 · 8 hours · needs 1,645Wh
8-Hour Blackout
Keep the essentials running through a night without power
Neither unit
Neither unit covers this scenario's 1,645Wh: the SOLIX C800 comes up 992Wh short (about 40% covered), the Power 1000 V2 775Wh (53%). Treat this as partial cover — enough for the essentials in it, not the whole list.
Battery budget usedlower = more headroom
LOAD Fridge 150W×8h · Router + Modem 20W×8h · LED Lights (4 bulbs) 40W×6h · Phone Charger 15W×3h
SCN-03 · 8 hours · needs 320Wh
CPAP Overnight
Sleep therapy without interruption — the #1 medical use case
Either unit
A CPAP pulls about 40W, so eight hours of it barely dents either tank; the Anker still holds 333Wh in reserve, the DJI 550Wh. Capacity decides nothing here. The tiebreak is the fan a foot from your pillow, and only one of these publishes a number for it: the Anker's 45dB. The DJI may well be quieter, but you'd be buying that on faith, not on a spec.
Battery budget usedlower = more headroom
LOAD CPAP Machine 40W×8h
SCN-04 · 8 hours · needs 910Wh
Remote Workday
Full work day off-grid without power anxiety
Neither unit
This scenario needs 910Wh and neither unit quite finishes it. The Power 1000 V2 lands within 5% of it — close enough that trimming one appliance, or accepting a shorter evening, gets you there on the day.
Battery budget usedlower = more headroom
LOAD Laptop 60W×8h · External Monitor 30W×8h · Router + Modem 20W×8h · Phone Charger 15W×2h
SCN-05 · 4 hours · needs 670Wh
Tailgate Party
Game day power for the crew
Power 1000 V2
The SOLIX C800 comes up just short — it needs 670Wh and has 653Wh usable, a 17Wh gap (its nameplate 768Wh actually clears this — the flat 15% conversion allowance is what tips it under). Trim that much — one small appliance's worth across the day — and it finishes. The Power 1000 V2 covers it outright with 200Wh to spare.
Battery budget usedlower = more headroom
LOAD Blender 400W×0.5h · LED TV (55") 80W×4h · Bluetooth Speaker 15W×4h · Phone Charger (×3) 45W×2h
SCN-06 · 24 hours · needs 4,685Wh
Van Life Daily
A full day of mobile living — the ultimate endurance test
Neither unit
Neither unit covers this scenario's 4,685Wh: the SOLIX C800 comes up 4,032Wh short (about 14% covered), the Power 1000 V2 3,815Wh (19%). This is well outside what either unit is for; the right answer here is a larger station, not a choice between these two.
Battery budget usedlower = more headroom
LOAD Mini-Fridge 150W×24h · Laptop 60W×4h · Phone Charger 15W×3h · LED Lights 40W×5h · Fan 75W×8h
The Load Test
RUNTIME = (Wh × 0.85) ÷ LOAD
None of the scenarios above exactly yours? Build it. Toggle what you'd plug in; both units are tested against the combined draw.
Essentials
Comfort & Convenience
High-Draw Appliances
Test duration
8h
Continuous draw
205W
Projected runtime
For this load: Power 1000 V2 runs 4.2h vs 3.2h.
$699 list · direct from DJI
Planning for more than this? Describe your whole setup and get it sized →
Modeled from the spec record — same math as the tables below. Methodology
Runtime by appliance
Real-world runtime estimates for common appliances, modeled at 85% inverter efficiency.¹
Essentials
The basics you need runningscale 0–58hComfort & Convenience
Makes off-grid life actually enjoyablescale 0–11.6hHigh-Draw Appliances
These reveal the real limitsscale 0–0.9h¹ Runtime = (capacity × 0.85) ÷ appliance watts. Within each group, all bars share one time scale (the group's longest runtime), so lengths are comparable across appliances; identical runtimes collapse into a single blue/orange bar. Actual runtime varies with battery age, temperature, and simultaneous loads — see methodology.
Conclusion
August 30, 2026
Verdict: the Power 1000 V2, on Power Score margin
Buy the DJI Power 1000 V2. For $100 more (on last listed prices) it gives you 33% more capacity (1,024 vs 768Wh), more than double the continuous output (2,600 vs 1,200W), a surge ceiling that actually starts fridges and power tools (4,400 vs 1,600W), and the counterintuitive part, a lower cost per lifetime kilowatt-hour ($0.17 vs $0.26), because 4,000 cycles on a bigger pack is close to double the Anker's lifetime energy. The Anker wins three things and they're all real: it's 7.5 lbs lighter, $100 cheaper (on last listed prices) today, and backed by a documented 5-year warrantyA6 where the DJI's term is a question mark. Take the Anker if you carry it by hand every trip or want the lowest sticker; take the DJI if you want the box that does more and costs less to run over the years you'll own it.
Editor-assigned confidence, based on cited owner research and spec analysis.
List prices as of August 30, 2026. The links below open DJI's current price.
$699.00 · direct from DJI
Last checked 16 days ago. Prices move — check before you buy.
Written by Ian Schneider, Solar & Off-Grid Tester · Station Arena Test Desk · Updated August 30, 2026
Black Friday · 38 days out
Price to beat:Power 1000 V2 $699
We have never seen it discounted, so any real cut would be a first.
Measured Data
Benchmark scores and the full spec record, side by side.
Benchmark scores
Not rated for both units (minimum threshold unmet): RV Living, Home Backup, Food Truck.
Full specifications
ᵈ Derived: price ÷ rated capacity. See the data behind our comparisons →
Comparison ToolAdd more power stations, side by sideOpen Tool →How these numbers are produced
Numeric verification
Every figure on this page traces to our spec database or arithmetic on it — no estimated numbers.
Owner claims
Statements about owner experience are cited to published reviews — see Sources & Research Notes below.
Runtime model
Runtime = (rated capacity × 0.85 inverter efficiency) ÷ device wattage. Solar recharge estimates assume panels deliver 70% of rated output. Cold weather, battery age, and stacked loads reduce real-world results.
Power Score
Computed from 14 published spec dimensions, weighted per use-case bench. Higher is better; a unit must meet a bench's minimum threshold to be rated.
See the full weight table and data sourcing on our methodology page →Class ranking (the star rating)
Each unit's star score is a category ranking, not customer reviews — no buyer opinions feed it. We score every station on size-independent quality (value, output, portability, endurance, ports, warranty, and more), then percentile-rank it against the other units in its capacity class, so a class-leading compact unit and a class-leading whole-home unit can both earn 5★. Here, SOLIX C800 rates 4.1/5 (47th percentile of 20 Compact-class units), and Power 1000 V2 rates 4.9/5 (92nd percentile of 27 Everyday-class units).
How the class ranking is computed →Test Notes & Caveats
Hidden gotchas and advantages we spotted that you won't find on the product page.
SOLIX C800: 45dB Published
45dB is about as loud as a running refrigerator. It is Anker's own rating rather than a reading on a shared bench — makers differ on whether they quote a best case or a figure under load, so treat it as a starting point rather than what you would hear at a bedside. For most people, fan noise around 45dB and up is where sleep starts to suffer.
SOLIX C800: Fixed Capacity
The SOLIX C800 is sealed at 768Wh — fine if that covers you, but it's the ceiling. By contrast the Power 1000 V2 can add expansion batteries, though the first thing it has over the SOLIX C800 is its own 1,024Wh base — expansion is the step after that, for the buyer who would outgrow 1,024Wh as well.
Surge Power: Inverter Quality Indicator
The Power 1000 V2 has a 1.7× surge-to-continuous ratio vs the SOLIX C800's 1.3×, and the higher absolute ceiling with it — 4,400W against 1,600W. Neither clears the 2× rule of thumb usually quoted for motor startups, so read these as two ceilings rather than two grades of inverter. What decides whether a given motor starts is the ceiling, not the ratio: the SOLIX C800 still surges to 1,600W, so check the startup draw of the heaviest thing you plan to run against that figure rather than assuming it trips.
UPS Switchover: ≤10ms vs ≤20ms
Both list a UPS mode, at different rated speeds. The Power 1000 V2 is rated ≤10ms — quick enough on paper that desktop PCs and routers should ride through, treating that as the rating it is. The SOLIX C800 is rated ≤20ms — fine on paper for routers and most electronics; the fussiest PC power supplies sit right at this line. If a computer with unsaved work is the thing being protected, the stated class is worth the attention; nothing here is a lab result.
Warranty: No Difference
Both units carry the same 5-year warranty, so coverage isn't a tiebreaker here. The Power 1000 V2's figure is a maximum rather than a guarantee — it depends on buying from DJI's own store, which is where the full five years is advertised.
Battery Lifespan in Real Years
The Power 1000 V2 is rated for 4,000 cycles vs 3,000. In real life: at daily use, that's 11 vs 8.2 years. At weekend use (twice a week), it's 38 vs 29 years. One caution reading years across different sizes: a cycle is 1,024Wh on the Power 1000 V2 and 768Wh on the SOLIX C800, so count lifetime energy — roughly 4,096 kWh against 2,304 kWh over the rated life. After hitting the cycle limit, the battery doesn't die — it drops to ~80% of original capacity, which is still very usable.
Power 1000 V2: Noise Level Not Disclosed
The SOLIX C800 publishes its noise level (45dB); the Power 1000 V2 doesn't publish one. That isn't evidence the Power 1000 V2 is louder — it means there's no figure to hold it to, and no way to compare the two on this without hearing them. If you're buying for a bedroom, a CPAP, or an apartment, treat the SOLIX C800's 45dB as the only published number on the table — a spec-sheet figure, not a measurement — and look for hands-on reports of the Power 1000 V2 before deciding.
Full record above — the Test Desk pick is the Power 1000 V2.
Check Power 1000 V2 price →Ownership Analysis
What happens after you buy — true cost of ownership, brand trust, and growth potential.
Lifetime value
Service lifeyears at one full cycle per day
Lifetime energy delivered
Cost per delivered kWh
│ warranty ends · Reaching the cycle rating means ~80% capacity remains — degraded, not dead.
Analyst note
The SOLIX C800 is no longer sold, so there is no price to work its cost per kWh from, and this comparison doesn't quote one. On what you can actually buy today, the Power 1000 V2 works out at $0.17/kWh over its rated life. If you already own the SOLIX C800, the hardware comparison still holds: over its rated life the SOLIX C800 delivers about 2,304 kWh and the Power 1000 V2 about 4,096 kWh.
Brand trust
Anker
Ecosystem
7-8 SOLIX portable power stations across C-series (compact) and F-series (flagship), plus the X1 home energy system
Support
US-based support. Historically known for incredible no-hassle replacements, but recent reports describe AI-driven support agents giving generic responses and complex return logistics for heavy units (hazmat shipping). The Anker brand reputation is still strong, but SOLIX-specific support quality is trending down.
Community
Moderate — active Reddit (r/Anker, r/AnkerSOLIXCommunity) and growing. Benefits from Anker's massive consumer electronics brand awareness.
App experience
Rated 4.5/5 iOS (~1,100 ratings) · 4.3/5 Android
Unique strength
Parent brand trust from Anker's consumer electronics dominance. InfiniPower technology for long cycle life. Strong $/Wh value in the mid-size and larger units — the S2000, F2600 and C1000 are among the better buys per watt-hour in the catalog.
Worth knowing
Anker's support was long a category benchmark for no-hassle replacements, and that reputation has been slipping toward AI-agent replies and awkward hazmat-return logistics on heavy units. The 5-year warranty is still the longest term in this matchup.
DJI
Ecosystem
New entrant (2024) — five power station models to date: Power 500, Power 1000 (since superseded by the V2 but still sold), Power 1000 V2, Power 1000 Mini, Power 2000. Buying a "Power 1000" listing? Check which revision it actually ships.
Support
Leveraging DJI's established global support and repair center network from the drone business. Generally positive reputation inherited from drone operations, but limited power-station-specific track record.
Community
No dedicated power station community yet. Discussions happen within r/dji (~250K members, mostly drone users). Very small power-specific presence on Facebook and forums.
App experience
Rated 3.5/5 iOS and Android (DJI Home app ratings reflect entire DJI ecosystem including drones/cameras, not power-station-specific). Users report the on-device screen is more reliable than the app.
Unique strength
Runs quiet — 23-30dB published on most of the range (manufacturer best-case figures), at the quiet end of the category; our record carries no figure for the Power 1000 V2. Fast wall charging, quickest on the Power 1000 V2 at ~56 min — that figure is the V2's, not the whole line's. 700+ battery patents from drone R&D. SDC ports for ultra-fast DJI drone charging. Premium industrial design and build quality. LFP batteries rated for 4,000+ cycles.
Worth knowing
DJI has already shipped several Power 1000 revisions, so confirm any listing is the V2, not the original. And its solar input runs through a proprietary adapter with no built-in charge controller, so budget for it if solar is your plan.
Analyst note
A known quantity against a newcomer with better hardware. Anker brings years of power-station iteration and a warranty spelled out to five years; DJI brings 700+ battery patents, a global drone-repair network, and a two-year-old power-station track record. Want a paper trail, take the Anker; want the more advanced box, take the DJI.
Growth path
SOLIX C800
FIXED CAPACITYFixed at 768Wh, with no expansion — so size it for your needs up front rather than planning to add capacity later.
Accepts up to 300W of solar. Limited to a single portable panel.
Adequate ports for most setups, but heavy users may want a power strip.
Power 1000 V2
EXPANDABLESupports DJI expansion batteries, so you can add capacity later without replacing the base unit — useful if your needs may climb past 1,024Wh.
Accepts up to 1,200W of solar. Enough for a serious multi-panel array.
Adequate ports for most setups, but heavy users may want a power strip.
Expansion batteries are DJI-specific. You're investing in the DJI ecosystem.
Realistic full solar rechargeat 70% of rated panel output — see methodology
Analyst note
Growth only counts if you can still buy in, and the SOLIX C800 is no longer sold (Anker points owners to the SOLIX C800X). That leaves the Power 1000 V2: it starts at 1,024Wh and takes DJI expansion batteries, so the ceiling moves if your needs do. The SOLIX C800's fixed 768Wh still matters if you already own one, but it isn't a reason to pick it over the Power 1000 V2.
What Owners Report
Patterns from published owner reports and long-term reviews — every claim cited to its source below.
Anker SOLIX C800
Field data on the plain C800 is thin. No genuine owner-forum threads turned up, so what exists is hands-on reviewer testing rather than long-term owner consensusA0. Within that, the loudest praise is the recharge: testers hit a full charge in 58 minutes on a 600W adapter and called it faster than rivals like the Jackery 700A9A15. Drain it all evening, plug in, ready by morning.
The consistent caution is the ceiling. One reviewer ran a 1,000W coffee maker for 42 minutes and pushed a 1,500W space heater past the 1,200W rating until it throttled, robust for its size but a signal it won't sustain a full-size fridge plus extrasA3A8A11. The chassis shrugged off a 30-inch drop onto gravelA1, though there's no IP rating, so keep it covered outsideA2. And at just under 24 lbs, one tester flagged it as too heavy to carry far on footA4A12.
“We dropped it from a tailgate (30 inches) onto gravel—only minor scuffing, no damage.”
Sources
backuppowerhub.com · portablepowergeek.co.uk · batteryskills.com · batteryessence.com · toolsandtoys.net · bikmantech.com
DJI Power 1000 V2
The DJI has more of a track record: roughly six months of hands-on reviews across five outlets, though still professional testers rather than a settled owner communityB0. The near-universal note is how quiet it is, with reviewers describing the fan as barely audible even at 1,400W charging, one of the quietest in its classB1. A couple separately noticed a faint plasticky smell when the fans do spin up, though the app showed internal temps staying normalB2. Build quality gets called genuinely premiumB3.
The friction is in the accessories, not the box. The AC charging cable is a non-standard C19 that's easy to lose and hard to replaceB5, the solar setup runs through a $329 proprietary adapter that caps input at 600WB6, and the two shared SDC ports mean an expansion battery and a solar accessory can't both be plugged in alongside the 12V outletB7. Idle draw measured about 18W, enough to flatten the pack in roughly two and a half days sitting unusedB8. Worth knowing before you buy the ecosystem, not just the unit.
“The fan barely makes a sound even during full-speed charging around 1,400-1,450W — one of the quietest power stations in its class, nearly silent under normal loads.”
Sources & Research Notes
Every owner claim in this report is traceable to a published source. The bracketed references above resolve here.
Recurring owner themes
- Build quality/chassis is repeatedly called solid and drop-resistant, but reviewers flag the lack of an IP weather rating as a real-world caveat for outdoor use. [SOLIX C800 · 3 entries]
- The 58-minute AC fast-recharge is the single most-mentioned standout feature, praised as faster than rivals like the Jackery 700. [SOLIX C800 · 2 entries]
- Reviewers note the unit can briefly exceed its 1200W rating for heavy appliances, but caution it can't sustain full-size continuous loads like a full-size fridge. [SOLIX C800 · 2 entries]
- Long 5-year warranty and strong retailer star ratings are cited as reassurance/value signals. [SOLIX C800 · 2 entries]
- Weight (~23-24 lbs) is repeatedly flagged as a downside relative to lighter rivals despite the compact footprint. [SOLIX C800 · 2 entries]
- Quiet operation is the standout, consistently praised across independent reviewers, though a couple of testers separately noticed a faint smell when the fans do spin up. [Power 1000 V2 · 2 entries]
- Charging is dramatically faster than the original Power 1000, but real-world charging setups bring their own friction: a non-standard AC cable and, for solar, an expensive proprietary adapter with limited throughput. [Power 1000 V2 · 3 entries]
- The two shared SDC expansion ports are a recurring bottleneck — using them for an expansion battery or solar accessory can leave no capacity for other add-ons. [Power 1000 V2 · 2 entries]
- UPS switchover speed and overall build quality are the two things independent reviewers most directly credit as concrete improvements over the original Power 1000. [Power 1000 V2 · 2 entries]
- A1
“We dropped it from a tailgate (30 inches) onto gravel—only minor scuffing, no damage.”
backuppowerhub.com — Anker SOLIX C800 Review: Best Budget Power Station? · 2025-12 · [positive]
- A2
“However, the C800 lacks IP weather rating. Keep it covered when camping.”
backuppowerhub.com — Anker SOLIX C800 Review: Best Budget Power Station? · 2025-12 · [negative]
- A3
“A 1,000W coffee maker ran 42 minutes straight.”
backuppowerhub.com — Anker SOLIX C800 Review: Best Budget Power Station? · 2025-12 · [positive]
- A4
“The Solix C800 is nearly 3kg heavier than the River 2 Pro, and 2.5kg heavier than the Grecel T1000.”
portablepowergeek.co.uk — Anker Solix C800 Review · 2024-11 · [negative]
- A5
“Only allows a middling amount of solar charge at 300W max solar panels, when compared to its equivalently-sized models.”
portablepowergeek.co.uk — Anker Solix C800 Review · 2024-11 · [mixed]
- A6
“It's backed by a warranty of 5 years – which, by the way, is fully 3 years more than its direct rivals.”
portablepowergeek.co.uk — Anker Solix C800 Review · 2024-11 · [positive]
- A8
“Powered a 1500W space heater (surpassing its 1200W rating) for 25 minutes before throttling—unexpectedly robust for its size.”
batteryskills.com — Anker SOLIX C800 Portable Power Station Review · 2025-10 · [positive]
- A9
“Achieved a full charge in 58 minutes using a 600W AC adapter (matching Anker's claim), while competitors like the Jackery 700 take 2+ hours.”
batteryskills.com — Anker SOLIX C800 Portable Power Station Review · 2025-10 · [positive]
- A11
“The 1200W output won't run a full-size refrigerator (700-800W startup) plus other essentials for long.”
batteryessence.com — Anker SOLIX C800 Portable Power Station 768Wh Review · 2026-03 · [negative]
- A12
“At 23.15 lbs (10.5 kg), this is too heavy for carrying far on foot. For hiking, a smaller, lighter power bank under 5 lbs is a better fit.”
batteryessence.com — Anker SOLIX C800 Portable Power Station 768Wh Review · 2026-03 · [negative]
- A15
“The 58-minute fast charge means you can drain it all evening and have it ready by morning. No more planning days ahead for recharging.”
backuppowerhub.com — Anker SOLIX C800 Review: Best Budget Power Station? · 2025-12 · [positive]
- B1
“The fan barely makes a sound even during full-speed charging around 1,400-1,450W — one of the quietest power stations in its class, nearly silent under normal loads.”
DroneXL / Haye Kesteloo (Medium mirror) — DJI Power 1000 V2 Review: 2,600W Output In A Package That Won't Wake The Neighbors · 2026-01 · [positive]
- B2
“It's easier to notice when the fans are on by a faint, warm, plasticky smell rather than by sound; a separate reviewer likewise noted an unusual electronics smell on first use but confirmed via the app that internal temperature stayed normal.”
T3 — I tested the DJI Power 1000 v2, and it's the best power station upgrade you shouldn't ignore (month-long test) / corroborated by Android Authority — DJI Power 1000 V2 review · 2026 · [mixed]
- B3
“DJI gear tends to feel really premium — nothing feels cheap or fragile, and it wouldn't look out of place in an office or studio.”
T3 — I tested the DJI Power 1000 v2, and it's the best power station upgrade you shouldn't ignore · 2026 · [positive]
- B5
“The non-standard C19 AC charging cable is just asking to get lost, since most people won't have a spare on hand the way they would for a common C13 cable.”
Android Authority — DJI Power 1000 V2 review: Mobile power for drone lovers and more · 2026 · [negative]
- B6
“Solar charging is where things get a little odd: the $329 adapter only allows 600W of solar input despite '1.8kW' branding on the box; pairing solar panels with the adapter runs close to $1,000, which is extremely difficult to justify.”
TheSolarLab — DJI Power 1000 V2 Review: A Quieter, Faster Upgrade? · 2026 · [negative]
- B7
“You only get two SDC expansion ports, and if both are occupied (e.g. an expansion battery plus an MPPT solar accessory) that leaves no spare socket for something like the 12-volt cigarette outlet — described as really odd and potentially annoying in real-world use.”
TheSolarLab — DJI Power 1000 V2 Review: A Quieter, Faster Upgrade? · 2026 · [negative]
- B8
“Idle/standby consumption was measured at roughly 18 watts in testing, enough to drain the battery in about two and a half days if left connected with nothing else drawing power.”
TheSolarLab — DJI Power 1000 V2 Review: A Quieter, Faster Upgrade? · 2026 · [mixed]
- B11
“Side-positioned handles make one-handed carrying feel very unbalanced at just over 31 lbs.”
Android Authority — DJI Power 1000 V2 review: Mobile power for drone lovers and more · 2026 · [negative]
Research compiled August 30, 2026.
Who Should Buy Which
Buy the SOLIX C800 if you…
- →The solo camper who carries the box by hand every trip. 23.8 lbs against 31.3 is 7.5 lbs you lift over the tailgate every weekend, and the Anker is the one you can still one-hand.
- →The buyer who wants the lowest upfront spend and a warranty they can read: $599 (last listed price) and a documented 5-year termA6, versus the DJI's $699 and a warranty question mark.
- →Someone whose loads are small and known, a CPAP, phones, lights, a laptop, who'll never touch the DJI's extra output and would rather bank the $100 (on last listed prices) and the weight.
Buy the Power 1000 V2 if you…
- →The person who wants the most capable box for the money and plans to keep it for years. You'll pull 1,024Wh and 2,600W out of it, start a fridge or a circular saw without it flinching, and pay $0.17 per lifetime kWh doing it.
- →Anyone who runs motor-driven loads: a fridge in a blackout, power tools on a job site, a blender at a tailgate. The 4,400W surge is the headroom the Anker doesn't have.
- →Drone owners and anyone already in the DJI ecosystem, where the SDC ports and fast charging pay off for you specifically.
If neither fits
If your list is a real camp weekend (2,100Wh), a whole-house blackout, or van-life daily draw (4,685Wh), neither of these finishes the job. They cover a third to a half of the midsize scenarios and only a fraction of van-life's load before quitting. Buy a 2,000Wh-plus station instead. And if you need to carry power on your back down a trail, both are two-hands lifts; a sub-5-lb power bank is the right tool, not either of these.
The Bottom Line
Take the DJI Power 1000 V2. It's the counterintuitive call: the box that costs $100 more (on last listed prices) is the one that costs less to own, because 1,024Wh across 4,000 cycles is close to double the lifetime energy of the Anker's 768Wh and 3,000 cycles, at $0.17 per kilowatt-hour against $0.26. Stack the 2,600W output and 4,400W surge on top and it's not just cheaper to run, it's the box that starts things the Anker won't.
The Anker earns its place for exactly three buyers: the one carrying it by hand who wants those 7.5 lbs back, the one who wants the lowest sticker, and the one who values a warranty spelled out to five yearsA6 over a lower running cost. Everyone else is buying the DJI and pocketing the difference in energy. Pay the extra hundred; you'll get it back a kilowatt-hour at a time.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers drawn from the spec record and cited owner research.
Is the DJI Power 1000 V2 worth $100 more (on last listed prices) than the Anker SOLIX C800?
For most buyers, yes. The extra $100 (on last listed prices) buys 33% more capacity (1,024 vs 768Wh), more than double the output (2,600 vs 1,200W), and a lower cost per lifetime kilowatt-hour ($0.17 vs $0.26). You'd skip it only if you specifically need the lightest box or the lowest sticker price.
Which is quieter, the Anker C800 or the DJI Power 1000 V2?
Nobody can tell you for certain, and that's the catch. The Anker publishes a 45dB figure, about a running refrigerator, while DJI publishes no noise number at all for the Power 1000 V2. Independent reviewers describe the DJI as very quiet, but if noise is critical, for a bedroom or a CPAP, the Anker is the only one with a spec you can hold it to.
Can either of these run a refrigerator?
Briefly, yes; continuously through an outage, not really. Both can start a typical fridge, but the Anker's 1,200W output and 1,600W surge leave little headroom for a compressor's 2-3x startup spike plus other loads, while the DJI's 2,600W and 4,400W surge has room to spare. Neither holds enough energy to run a fridge and the rest of a house for a full 8-hour blackout: the Anker covers about 40% of a 1,645Wh outage, the DJI about 53%.
Does the DJI Power 1000 V2 come with a good warranty?
We don't have a warranty term on file for the Power 1000 V2, which is worth confirming with the seller before you buy. The Anker C800, by contrast, ships with a documented 5-year warranty, roughly $120 per covered year. If a long, spelled-out warranty matters to you, that's a real edge for the Anker.
Is the DJI's expandable battery a reason to pick it over the Anker?
Only if you actually plan to expand, and even then, know what it buys. The DJI accepts add-on batteries where the Anker is sealed at 768Wh, but at this size extra batteries mean longer runtimes on the same loads, not a jump to whole-home backup. If you might outgrow 1,024Wh the DJI has somewhere to go; if 768Wh already covers you, it's not a deciding factor.
Brand matchup
Anker SOLIX vs DJI: measured across every matchup →Where to buy
Anker SOLIX C800
No longer sold
DJI Power 1000 V2Pick
$699.00
$699.00 · direct from DJI
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