Head-to-head test
EcoFlow DELTA Pro vs Jackery HomePower 3600 Plus
Every scenario we ran came back a dead heat, so the decision is the box around the inverter: the HomePower 3600 Plus is the same 3,600W machine as the DELTA Pro built 22 lb lighter, far quieter, and years longer-lived, and EcoFlow's whole rebuttal is the $220 it hands back at checkout.
Written by Gunner GustafsonUpdated
Whole-Home Backup Tester, Station Arena Test Desk
EcoFlow
DELTA Pro
5,338Power Score · The AC & Fridge Zone
$1,599.00 list · direct from EcoFlow
Jackery
HomePower 3600 Plus
5,667Power Score · The AC & Fridge Zone
$1,699.00 list · direct from Jackery
Spec deltas
Take the Jackery HomePower 3600 Plus, and know that it never out-muscles the EcoFlow DELTA Pro even once on the way to winning. Both deliver 3,600W and surge to 7,200W. Their batteries sit 16Wh apart, under half a percent, and both switch over in 20ms. We ran six real-world days through the scenario engine; five came back dead even and the sixth rejected both units equally.
The separation is everything wrapped around that identical inverter. The Jackery is a fifth lighter on its wheels, carries a 30dB-lower noise rating, is built for 2,500 more charge cycles, and takes 400W more solar. Not one gap on the sheet points the other way.
The DELTA Pro's rebuttal is real: $1,399 to the Jackery's $1,619, plus the deepest accessory shelf, the biggest community, and the best app in portable power. If you already live in EcoFlow's world, that's a case worth hearing out. If you don't, you're accepting the heavier, louder, shorter-lived edition of the same machine to save a couple hundred at checkout, and this page exists to talk you out of it.
What the Numbers Reveal
Each conclusion stated first — the numbers behind it on one line, the full analysis below.
rated cycles
Run the ratings out and the DELTA Pro delivers about 12,600kWh over its life while the HomePower delivers 21,504, an extra 8,904 kilowatt-hours from a pack the same size. That inverts the price tags: 11 cents per lifetime kilowatt-hour for the EcoFlow, 8 for the Jackery. Cheaper at the register, pricier per unit of everything it will ever do.
Both units output 3,600W with a 7,200W surgeCapacities are 16Wh apart: 3,600Wh vs 3,584WhRated cycle life: 3,500 (DELTA Pro) vs 6,000 (HomePower 3600 Plus)Prices: $1,399 vs $1,619
Why it mattersAnyone planning to actually use the thing, not just shelve it for emergencies, should pay the difference once and stop paying it forever.
30dBA is a library; 60dBA is a window air conditioner running in the room with you. The DELTA Pro earns its rating precisely when the house is dark, silent, and running on it: Pro-line testing describes a high-pitched whine under heavy loadA4, while the HomePower's reviews single out how quiet it staysB4. The blackout is the one evening you can't shut it off.
Noise ratings: 60dBA (DELTA Pro) vs 30dBA (HomePower 3600 Plus)Both switch to battery in 20ms, built to sit inline with a fridge and routerPro-line owner testing reports a high-pitched fan whine once draws pass 2,000WA4Amazon reviewers consistently praise the HomePower's quiet operationB4
Why it mattersIf the unit will share your living space during an outage, or a bedroom with a CPAP, the noise column should outvote the price column.
weight
99 lb becomes a two-person carry the moment the ground stops cooperating, and reviewers say this unit's wheels prefer smooth surfaces anywayA2. 77 lb is one determined adult with a grunt. Every staircase converts the DELTA Pro back into the heaviest object in the house; the HomePower stays a heavy but honest one-person jobB2.
Weights: 99 lb (DELTA Pro) vs 77.2 lb (HomePower 3600 Plus)Both roll on built-in wheels with pull or telescoping handlesA2B2Reviewers note the DELTA Pro's wheels want flat, smooth ground and a cart for anything rougherA2
Why it mattersIf the unit will ever leave flat ground, truck bed or basement or campsite, the Jackery is the one you can move without scheduling help.
The specific dimensions that decide these two units — everything else is a tie.
Lifetime Value
Selected because: Performance ties across the board, so ownership economics (cheaperToOwn: p2) is the actual decision axis.
cost / lifetime kWh
The engine splits its own verdict here: the DELTA Pro is cheaper to buy, the HomePower is cheaper to own, and the second claim is the heavier one. At daily cycling the DELTA Pro's rating runs out around 9.6 years while the HomePower's runs to 16.4. That's roughly seven extra years from a battery the same size, and it's why the lifetime cost gap never closes.
One line on this table genuinely favors the EcoFlow: cost per warranty-year, $280 against $324, because the warranties match at five years and the DELTA Pro's sticker is lower. If you only trust a battery as far as its paperwork, the cheaper unit is the rational buy. If you believe the cycle ratings, and both are LFP packs rated by serious manufacturers, the math flips to the Jackery and doesn't flip back.
What the Specs Don't Tell You
Selected because: All three fired cards (weight, the 60dB noise warning, cycle life) stack against p1; the tiebreak lives here.
rated cycles
Three cards fire on this pair and every one of them lands on the same unit. The weight and cycle-life cards are labeled info, the DELTA Pro's noise card is the page's only warning, and no card anywhere dings the HomePower. When a spec-sheet tie arrives with three cautions stacked on one side, it stops being a tie.
Read them as one card: this pair matches on everything measured in watts and separates on everything measured in pounds, decibels, and cycles. The HomePower's own catches live off the spec sheet entirely, in the app and support record covered in the brand column.
Your Life, Your Pick
Selected because: Five ties plus a shared van-life failure prove runtime can't decide this pair; frees the reader to decide on ownership.
Six simulated days and the engine couldn't pick a favorite: a 2,100Wh camping weekend takes 69% of either battery, an 8-hour blackout 54%, a CPAP overnight about a tenth. The one decisive line is a double rejection. Van Life Daily's 4,685Wh outruns both packs by about half again, so that life needs add-on batteries no matter which badge you buy.
The tie is the finding. You're free to stop comparing runtimes and choose on the things these scenarios can't see: which one your back can move, which one your ears can live with, and which one is still cycling when the other's rating expires.
Brand Trust
Selected because: Cross-brand pair where p1's strongest genuine case (ecosystem/app/community) and p2's real weakness (support/app) both live.
This is the DELTA Pro's best section, and it isn't close. EcoFlow runs the deepest catalog in portable power, a Reddit community around 31K members to Jackery's roughly 2,000, and an app rated 4.6 on iOS where Jackery's manages 2.3 to 3.3 and demands a login even when you're offline, in the exact blackout it was bought for. If you want a power station that behaves like a platform, EcoFlow is the one selling that.
Support is where both brands earn the same advice: buy from Costco or Amazon and keep the receipt. EcoFlow's record is polarized, hassle-free prepaid replacements at one end and long waits with refurbished units at the other, plus an October 2025 recall of the DELTA Max 2000 (a different model) and a brief test of app-feature subscriptions before backlash shelved it. Jackery's support reputation is simply worse: slow, scripted, receipt-strict. That's the HomePower's real cost. The hardware wins this page; the company behind it doesn't.
Strengths & trade-offs
EcoFlow DELTA Pro
Strengths
- +Costs $100 less
- +Larger battery capacity
Trade-offs
- –Significantly heavier (+21.8 lbs), making it harder to move.
- –Very heavy unit that may be difficult for one person to lift.
- –Can receive complaints about fan noise under heavy load.
- –Shorter-lived battery — rated for 3,500 charge cycles vs the HomePower 3600 Plus's 6,000, so it wears out sooner.
Jackery HomePower 3600 Plus
Strengths
- +Lighter by 21.8 lb
- +Faster solar charging
- +Rated for 6,000 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
Either unit
A 2,100Wh weekend takes 69% of either battery, so the campsite can't tell them apart. The tailgate can: the Jackery is 22 lb easier to lift over it, and campsite gravel is exactly where both units' wheels stop helping.
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
Either unit
Eight hours of essentials draws 54% from either unit. A dead heat, with margin to spare. They only separate if the outage ignores the schedule: the HomePower takes 2,000W of solar to the DELTA Pro's 1,600W, so on day two the same panels get it back to full sooner.
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 sips about a tenth of either battery overnight, and at that trickle both keep their fans mostly down. The rating still picks your bedside unit: if it's also carrying the fridge circuit while you sleep, 30dBA is the one you want within earshot.
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
Either unit
Both power your workstation all day without breaking a sweat. At these utilization levels, prioritize the unit with better USB-C output for direct laptop charging. It's more convenient than using the AC inverter and wastes less energy.
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
Either unit
Both handle game day easily. Since capacity isn't the deciding factor, consider weight: the lighter unit is easier to load into a truck bed. Also check if either has Bluetooth speaker-level noise. Fan sound matters in social settings.
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
The one scenario with a real verdict, and it's a rejection: a 4,685Wh day overruns both packs by about half again. Neither unit does this life bare. Plan on add-on batteries from day one, and make that expansion decision the real purchase.
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 six 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
Dead heat — both run this 205W load for roughly 14.9h. Pick on price, weight, or ports.
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 0–204hComfort & Convenience
Makes off-grid life actually enjoyablescale 0–40.8hHigh-Draw Appliances
These reveal the real limitsscale 0–3.1h¹ 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
July 13, 2026
Verdict: the Jackery HomePower 3600 Plus
Both units put out 3,600W with a 7,200W surge, hold about 3.6kWh, and switch to battery in 20ms; all six of our scenarios scored a tie. The HomePower 3600 Plus wins everything around that hardware: 77.2 lb with wheels against 99, a 30dBA noise rating against 60, 6,000 rated cycles against 3,500, and 2,000W of solar intake against 1,600W, which is why it costs $0.08 per lifetime kilowatt-hour to the DELTA Pro's $0.11. The EcoFlow's honest case: it's $1,399 to the Jackery's $1,619, and its app, community, and accessory ecosystem are the strongest in portable power, where Jackery's software and support are its known weak points. Unless the up-front saving or the EcoFlow ecosystem decides it for you, take the Jackery.
Editor-assigned confidence, based on cited owner research and spec analysis.
List prices as of July 13, 2026. The links below open EcoFlow's and Jackery's current prices.
$1,699.00 list · direct from Jackery
or check the DELTA Pro price$1,599.00 list
Written by Gunner Gustafson, Whole-Home Backup Tester · Station Arena Test Desk · Updated July 13, 2026
Measured Data
Benchmark scores and the full spec record, side by side.
Benchmark scores
Not rated for both units (minimum threshold unmet): Tailgating.
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, DELTA Pro rates 3.9/5 (33rd percentile of 16 Home Backup-class units), and HomePower 3600 Plus rates 4.3/5 (60th percentile of 16 Home Backup-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.
Both Roll. Only One Lifts.
Wheels flatter the DELTA Pro's 99 lb right up to the first stair, curb, or tailgate, where it turns back into a two-person object. The HomePower's 77.2 lb is still heavy, nobody is backpacking it, but it's a one-adult move, which is rare at this capacity. Weight is the spec you re-meet every time the unit changes rooms.
The Page's Only Warning Card
The 60dBA rating fires on the DELTA Pro because of when the noise arrives: under heavy load, which for a backup unit means mid-outage, in a house that's otherwise silent. The HomePower is rated 30dBA, library territory. If your unit lives in a garage, ignore this card. If it lives with you, this is the tiebreak.
The Info Card Carrying the Verdict
Rated cycle life is where these twins split: 3,500 for the DELTA Pro, 6,000 for the HomePower, from packs 16Wh apart in size. Same days, very different number of days. Cycle one daily and the rating has the Jackery still working years after the EcoFlow's count runs out.
Full record above — the Test Desk pick is the HomePower 3600 Plus.
Check HomePower 3600 Plus price →or check the DELTA Pro priceOwnership 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 DELTA Pro is cheaper to buy, but the HomePower 3600 Plus is cheaper to own. At $0.08/kWh over its lifetime vs $0.13/kWh, the HomePower 3600 Plus's higher cycle life and capacity make each dollar go further over the years.
Brand trust
EcoFlow
Ecosystem
Largest in portable power — 12-15 models across DELTA Pro, DELTA 3, and RIVER 3 series, plus solar panels and smart home panels
Support
US-based phone/email/chat support (1-800-368-8604). Experiences are polarized — many report hassle-free prepaid-label replacements, but others report long waits and refurbished units sent for new claims. Pro tip: buying from Costco or Amazon gives you a stronger return safety net.
Community
Largest community in the space — Reddit r/Ecoflow_community (~31K members), multiple Facebook groups, and an official community forum
App experience
Rated 4.6/5 iOS (~8,400 ratings) · 4.2/5 Android (~17,000 ratings)
Unique strength
Fastest-charging technology (X-Stream), deepest product ecosystem, and most active innovation cadence. Supports up to 180kWh modular expansion with DELTA Pro Ultra X.
Worth knowing
EcoFlow offers no parts or service once the five-year warranty ends, and it briefly tested subscription paywalls for app features in early 2025 before community backlash shelved the plan. The app is the category's best today; the mood behind it is worth knowing.
Jackery
Ecosystem
12-15+ models across Explorer (portable) and HomePower (home backup) series, plus SolarSaga panel ecosystem and innovative form factors
Support
US-based support but widely criticized. Reddit reports describe slow/dismissive responses, scripted AI agents, strict receipt requirements for warranty claims, and refurbished replacements for clearly defective units. Strongly recommended: buy from Costco or Amazon for return protection.
Community
Smallest community of the major brands — Reddit r/Jackery has ~2,000 members. YouTube presence is solid due to brand recognition.
App experience
Rated 2.3-3.3/5 iOS and Android — the weakest app experience of the major brands. Multiple confusing apps (Jackery app vs Jackery Home) and mandatory login even offline.
Unique strength
Highest brand recognition and widest retail distribution (Costco, Home Depot, Best Buy, Amazon). The "Toyota" of power stations — dependable, proven, wide availability. Innovative form factors like the Solar Gazebo and Solar Mars Bot.
Worth knowing
Jackery was the slowest major brand to adopt LFP chemistry, but this unit has it, with a 6,000-cycle rating. The app is the category's weakest and requires a login even offline, so buy the HomePower for its hardware and expect little from its software.
Analyst note
EcoFlow sells a platform: the deepest catalog, the biggest community, the best app, priced mid-to-premium and moving fast, sometimes fast enough to generate a recall and a paywall experiment. Jackery sells a shelf brand: recognized everywhere, distributed everywhere, dependable hardware behind weak software and criticized support. Either way, buy from a retailer with painless returns. Between them, choose whether you're paying for the software around the battery or the battery itself.
Growth path
DELTA Pro
EXPANDABLESupports EcoFlow expansion batteries, so you can add capacity later without replacing the base unit — useful if your needs may climb past 3,600Wh.
Accepts up to 1,600W of solar. Enough for a serious multi-panel array.
Generous port selection supports complex multi-device setups.
Expansion batteries are EcoFlow-specific. You're investing in the EcoFlow ecosystem.
HomePower 3600 Plus
EXPANDABLESupports Jackery expansion batteries, so you can add capacity later without replacing the base unit — useful if your needs may climb past 3,584Wh.
Accepts up to 2,000W 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 Jackery-specific. You're investing in the Jackery ecosystem.
Realistic full solar rechargeat 70% of rated panel output — see methodology
Analyst note
Both expand, so neither locks you out of growth — decide on capacity, price, and the rest, not the expansion checkbox.
What Owners Report
Patterns from published owner reports and long-term reviews — every claim cited to its source below.
EcoFlow DELTA Pro
The DELTA Pro's field record is the establishment resume: long treated as a gold standard for home backup, running fridges, lighting, and space heaters through outagesA1, with one reviewer using it as primary backup across months of overnight outages without incidentA3. The wheels and telescoping handle earn praise with an asterisk: they want flat, smooth ground, and reviewers recommend a cart for rough terrainA2.
The one recurring knock is noise under load. Past 2,000W the fans pick up a high-pitched whine that testers found hard to ignore in a quiet room, though it stays civil at lighter drawsA4. Worth noting: coverage of this line increasingly blends the original Pro with the newer Pro 3, but the traits above hold across the familyA2A4.
“Long regarded as a gold standard for home backup — designed for high-draw appliances and full-scale battery expansion, running home essentials like a fridge, lighting, and a space heater through outages.”
Sources
backuppowerhub.com · us.ecoflow.co · outdoorgearlab.com · bobvila.com · powerstationadvisor.com · robbsutton.com
Jackery HomePower 3600 Plus
HomePower 3600 Plus owners lead with exactly what the spec sheet promised: the 6,000-cycle EV-grade LFP packB1 and how manageable 77 lb feels with wheels and a pull handle under itB2. The best field story in the ledger: during a three-day regional blackout, one owner ran a fridge, a microwave, string lights, fans, and a CPAP for two straight days on a single chargeB3.
It holds a 4.5-star rating on Amazon, with quiet operation and ease of use the consistent themesB4. The ledger here is younger than the DELTA Pro's, but every entry in it points the same directionB1B2B4.
“EV-grade LiFePO4 battery rated for 6,000 cycles, giving well over a decade of service life.”
Sources
jackery.com · batteryskills.com · poweraic.com · tipselite3s.com · greattips3s.com · powerelectrichub.com
Sources & Research Notes
Every owner claim in this report is traceable to a published source. The bracketed references above resolve here.
Recurring owner themes
- Established home-backup platform with wheeled portability and massive expandability; the consistent knock is fan noise under heavy load. [DELTA Pro · 3 entries]
- Light weight (with wheels), a 6,000-cycle EV-grade battery, quiet reliable operation, and strong owner ratings are the standout praise. [HomePower 3600 Plus · 3 entries]
- A1
“Long regarded as a gold standard for home backup — designed for high-draw appliances and full-scale battery expansion, running home essentials like a fridge, lighting, and a space heater through outages.”
backuppowerhub.com / us.ecoflow.com — EcoFlow DELTA Pro review · 2025-2026 · [positive]
- A2
“Heavy but wheeled — integrated wheels and a telescoping handle help move its considerable weight, though they work best on flat, smooth surfaces; a cart is needed for uneven ground.”
outdoorgearlab.com / bobvila.com — DELTA Pro-line review · 2025-2026 · [mixed]
- A3
“Reliable through extended outage use — served as primary backup across multiple overnight outages over months, powering essentials simultaneously; LFP battery rated for thousands of cycles and 10+ years of daily use.”
powerstationadvisor.com / robbsutton.com — DELTA Pro-line review · 2025-2026 · [positive]
- A4
“Not silent under heavy load — under 2000W-plus draws the fans emit a noticeable high-pitched whine that's distracting in a quiet room, though it runs quietly enough at lighter loads.”
outdoorgearlab.com — DELTA Pro-line noise testing · 2025-2026 · [negative]
- B1
“EV-grade LiFePO4 battery rated for 6,000 cycles, giving well over a decade of service life.”
jackery.com / batteryskills.com — HomePower 3600 Plus review · 2026 · [positive]
- B2
“About 77 lbs with built-in wheels and a pull handle for easy mobility — light and manageable for a 3.6kWh-class unit.”
jackery.com / poweraic.com — HomePower 3600 Plus review · 2026 · [positive]
- B3
“In a three-day regional blackout, one owner ran a fridge, a microwave, string lights, fans, and a CPAP machine for two straight days on a single charge.”
tipselite3s.com / greattips3s.com — HomePower 3600 Plus owner review · 2026 · [positive]
- B4
“Holds a 4.5-out-of-5 rating on Amazon, with customers consistently praising ease of use, quiet operation, and reliable performance; expandable to a very large bank.”
batteryskills.com / powerelectrichub.com — HomePower 3600 Plus review · 2026 · [positive]
Research compiled July 13, 2026.
Who Should Buy Which
Buy the DELTA Pro if you…
- →You want this capacity class at its floor price. The outage performance is identical, and the sticker is the DELTA Pro's clearest win.
- →You're already in EcoFlow's world, panels and expansion packs and the app, or you want the category's biggest community a search away when something acts up.
- →The unit will live in a garage or utility room where nobody hears it work, pulling backup duty a few times a year rather than cycling daily.
Buy the HomePower 3600 Plus if you…
- →You'll cycle it hard: daily solar, regular outages, real use. The cycle rating gives it roughly seven more years of daily duty than the DELTA Pro before the math retires it.
- →It will ride out outages in your living space, or anywhere near a sleeper. A 30dBA rating is the difference between backup power and a roommate.
- →You'll move it over tailgates, down basement stairs, to campsites. At 77 lb with wheels it's a one-person job; the DELTA Pro at 99 often isn'tA2B2.
If neither fits
If your day looks like van life, the engine fails both units on the same math. Start from expansion batteries or a bigger platform instead of buying either bare. And if you're covering a desk, a router, and a phone through storm season, both are overkill; a 1kWh-class station costs a fraction of either and your back will thank you.
The Bottom Line
Take the HomePower 3600 Plus. Six scenarios came back even, which means you're not choosing performance. You're choosing which box carries it for the next decade, and the Jackery's is the lighter, quieter one with roughly seven more years of daily cycling in its rating. Same machine, better body.
Take the DELTA Pro if the $220 matters this month, if you're building inside EcoFlow's ecosystem, or if the unit will live where nobody hears it. Those are the only three reasons on the page, and they're honest ones. Everyone else: buy the Jackery, park it where you live, and forget it's there.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers drawn from the spec record and cited owner research.
Is the Jackery HomePower 3600 Plus worth $220 more than the EcoFlow DELTA Pro?
For most buyers, yes. The two match on output (3,600W with a 7,200W surge) and capacity within 16Wh, but the Jackery is rated for 6,000 cycles to the DELTA Pro's 3,500, carries a 30dBA noise rating to the EcoFlow's 60, and weighs 77.2 lb to 99. That premium buys the longer-lived, quieter, lighter version of identical performance. Skip it only if the up-front price or EcoFlow's ecosystem decides for you.
Which is quieter, the DELTA Pro or the HomePower 3600 Plus?
The HomePower, by rating and by reputation. It's rated 30dBA to the DELTA Pro's 60, Pro-line testing reports a high-pitched fan whine once loads pass 2,000W, and HomePower reviews consistently single out its quiet operation. If it will share a room with people, especially sleeping ones, take the Jackery.
Can either one run a refrigerator through a long blackout?
Yes, easily. Our 8-hour blackout scenario, a fridge plus essentials, uses about 54% of either unit, and both surge to 7,200W, far beyond any household fridge's startup spike. In a three-day blackout, one HomePower owner ran a fridge, microwave, fans, and a CPAP for two straight days on one charge. For multi-day outages, both extend with add-on batteries and solar.
Which charges faster from solar?
The HomePower 3600 Plus accepts up to 2,000W of panel input to the DELTA Pro's 1,600W. From empty in strong sun that's roughly two hours against a bit over two, the same morning either way. The gap matters most in a multi-day outage, where refilling faster means the same panels bank more of each day's sun.
Do these work as a UPS for a home office?
Both switch to battery in 20ms, the identical spec, so neither wins this tiebreak. That's quick enough for routers, modems, and most home-office electronics to ride through a grid drop without a blink. Wire either between the wall and your essentials and an outage becomes a notification instead of an event.
Where to buy
EcoFlow DELTA Pro
$1,599.00
$1,599.00 list · direct from EcoFlow
Jackery HomePower 3600 PlusPick
$1,699.00
$1,699.00 list · direct from Jackery
Prices may vary by retailer and are subject to change.