Head-to-head test
Goal Zero Yeti 300 vs Goal Zero Yeti 700
Goal Zero Yeti 300 vs Goal Zero Yeti 700: Buy the Yeti 700. Two numbers settle this page: 350 watts of inverter and 252 usable watt-hours a night, and whether you clear both is the entire case for the Yeti 300 over the Yeti 700.
Full profiles: Goal Zero Yeti 300 → · Goal Zero Yeti 700 →
Written by Wenny ZhengUpdated
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Spec deltas
The Yeti 700 is the buy, and the reason is the inverter more than the battery. It runs 600W continuous with 1,000W of surge against the Yeti 300's 350W and 600W. Capacity decides how long something runs. The inverter decides whether it runs at all.
The money backs it up. At $700 against $350, the step up costs exactly what the small unit costs, and it hands over 677Wh instead of 297Wh. Price those extra watt-hours on their own and they come in cheaper than the ones the Yeti 300 sells you, which is a strange thing to be able to say about the more expensive box. Almost everything else on the two spec sheets matches, right down to 4,000 cycles, a 5-year warranty, 200W of solar input, 100W USB-C, and a rated 20ms switchover on both. That last one is a stated ceiling off the spec sheet, not a figure anyone put a meter on.
Here is the part the price gap does not tell you. Across the six load profiles we model, the Yeti 300 covers none and the Yeti 700 covers one: a 320Wh CPAP night, where the small unit finishes 68Wh short and the big one finishes with 255Wh spare. Every other profile is out of reach for both units. The extra capacity buys you one scenario. The extra inverter buys the rest of the argument.
What the Numbers Reveal
Each conclusion stated first — the numbers behind it on one line, the full analysis below.
continuous output
The upgrade beats its own alternative on every axis. Spend the second $350 on a Yeti 700 rather than a second Yeti 300 and you gain 323 usable watt-hours (575Wh against 252Wh) instead of another 252Wh, in one box instead of two, behind an inverter that reaches 600W instead of a pair that each stop at 350W.
Yeti 300: $350, 297Wh, 350W continuous inverterYeti 700: $700, 677Wh, 600W continuous with 1,000W surgeUsable capacity in our scenario model after a flat 85% derate: 252Wh for the Yeti 300, 575Wh for the Yeti 700
Why it mattersAnyone planning to start small and add a second unit later should skip that plan and buy the 700 now, because the pair costs the same and delivers less.
A constant gap only matters where it lands across a line, and on this board it does that once: the 320Wh CPAP night, where 252Wh usable finishes 68Wh short and 575Wh finishes 255Wh clear. The other five profiles are lost by both units by margins that 323Wh cannot touch.
Usable capacity: 252Wh for the Yeti 300, 575Wh for the Yeti 700Weekend Camping shortfalls: 1,848Wh for the Yeti 300, 1,525Wh for the Yeti 700Van Life Daily shortfalls: 4,433Wh for the Yeti 300, 4,110Wh for the Yeti 700
Why it mattersIf a CPAP is not on your list, the capacity half of this upgrade changes nothing you will ever notice, and you should be deciding on the inverter instead.
Typical price
One reviewer's Yeti 300 shut down about two minutes into a coffee maker run near its inverter ceilingA3, which is what the rating predicts rather than a defect. The Yeti 700's 600W continuous puts kettles, blenders and 400W-class appliances inside the working envelope instead of inside the surge window.
Yeti 300: 350W continuous, 600W surgeYeti 700: 600W continuous, 1,000W surgeTailgate Party calls for a 400W peak; the Yeti 300 cannot start it, the Yeti 700 can
Why it mattersIf anything on your list has a heating element or a motor in it, the inverter is what your money is buying, and the battery is a side effect.
cost / lifetime kWh
Those 2,708 kilowatt-hours only exist if you fill and empty the bigger pack. A buyer who draws a small fraction of 677Wh on a typical day has not bought cheap energy, they have prepaid for cycles they will never spend, while the smaller unit asks half the cash for the same discipline.
Lifetime energy at 4,000 cycles: 1,188 kWh for the Yeti 300, 2,708 kWh for the Yeti 700Cost per lifetime kilowatt-hour: $0.29 for the Yeti 300, $0.26 for the Yeti 7004,000 cycles works out to about 11 years of daily use on either unit
Why it mattersLight and occasional users should ignore the per-kilowatt-hour column entirely, because it rewards the person who runs the pack flat every day and nobody else.
The specific dimensions that decide these two units — everything else is a tie.
Your Life, Your Pick
Selected because: Six load profiles, and the Yeti 300 clears none while the Yeti 700 clears one. That single flip is the whole return on the step from $350 to $700.
The board is mostly a wall, and it is worth saying so before anything else: the Yeti 300 covers none of the six profiles and the Yeti 700 covers one. A weekend of camping wants 2,100Wh and leaves the Yeti 700 1,525Wh short. Eight hours of household essentials wants 1,645Wh and leaves it 1,070Wh short. Van life wants 4,685Wh a day and leaves it 4,110Wh short. Neither of these is an outage unit, and no amount of picking between them makes one.
Lay those shortfalls side by side and the same figure keeps surfacing. The Yeti 700 is short by 323Wh less than the Yeti 300 every single time, because 575Wh usable against 252Wh usable is the only capacity difference in play. The distance between these two never changes. All that changes is whether it happens to land across a line, and on this board that happens exactly once, at the 320Wh CPAP night.
Lifetime Value
Selected because: Twenty-nine cents a lifetime kilowatt-hour against twenty-six, on two packs rated for the same 4,000 cycles. The money argument is far closer than the price tags suggest.
cost / lifetime kWh
Twenty-nine cents a lifetime kilowatt-hour against twenty-six is the entire per-energy argument, and three cents is not an argument. The Yeti 700 is technically the cheaper unit to own and practically a tie. Both packs are rated for 4,000 cycles, both carry 5 years of warranty, and the model gives both about 11 years of daily use, so longevity does not separate them either.
That edge comes with a condition nobody prints on the box: the Yeti 700's 2,708 lifetime kilowatt-hours against the Yeti 300's 1,188 only materialise if you actually cycle the bigger pack. Buy 677Wh, habitually use a sliver of it, and the per-kilowatt-hour figure is an accounting entry rather than a saving. Heavy daily users collect it. Everyone else is really just weighing $350 against $700.
Portability & Form Factor
Selected because: 13.7 lbs against 20.3 lbs, and the 6.6 lbs between them is most of what the smaller unit is for.
weight
13.7 lbs against 20.3 lbs is the difference between a unit you swing out of the trunk one-handed and one you set down before you open the gate. The 6.6 lbs between 13.7 and 20.3 reads like nothing on a spec sheet, and it quietly decides which box gets packed. A Yeti 300 on the trip beats a Yeti 700 in the garage every time.
The weather sealing runs the same direction, which is the genuine surprise here. Published ratings put the Yeti 300 at IP54 and the Yeti 700 at IPX4A2B2, and that X is not shorthand for fine: it means dust resistance is unrated on the bigger unit while the smaller one carries it. If the thing lives in a truck bed, a boat locker or on sand, the cheaper unit is the better-protected one.
Growth Path
Selected because: Neither unit expands, so the 297Wh or 677Wh you pay for today is the ceiling you keep for all 4,000 cycles.
The size you buy today is the size you own for 4,000 cycles. Neither of these expands, and that is no knock on either one, since both are complete boxes at a fixed size. It does turn the purchase into a one-shot guess, though, and a guess is easier to make well when the bigger ceiling is also the cheaper watt-hour.
The fixed ceiling has a twin that rarely gets mentioned: both units cap solar input at 200W. From empty, that is roughly an hour and a half of full-rated 200W sun for the Yeti 300's 297Wh and roughly three and a half hours for the Yeti 700's 677Wh, and panels only make their rating in ideal conditions. Bigger tank, same hose. If the plan is multi-day solar-only living, buying up does not buy independence. It buys one more day before you meet the same wall.
Strengths & trade-offs
Goal Zero Yeti 300
Strengths
- +Costs $350 less
- +Lighter by 6.6 lb
Trade-offs
- –No major technical downsides compared to rival.
Goal Zero Yeti 700
Strengths
- +Larger battery capacity
- +Higher AC output
Trade-offs
- –Substantially more expensive (+$350) than the Yeti 300.
Will It Power Your Gear?
Scenario math and per-appliance runtimes, modeled from the spec record.
Scenario verdicts
We ran the math on seven 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
2,100Wh across a weekend is out of range for both units: the Yeti 300 finishes 1,848Wh short and the Yeti 700 1,525Wh short. The 323Wh separating their usable capacity (575Wh against 252Wh) barely registers against a gap that size. This is a job for a much larger station, not a choice between these two.
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
Eight hours of household essentials runs 1,645Wh, which is nearly three times the Yeti 700's 575Wh usable and more than six times the Yeti 300's 252Wh. Neither is a blackout unit. Buy one of these to keep phones, a router and lights alive, and plan for the fridge some other way.
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
Yeti 700
320Wh of machine over one night against 252Wh usable in the Yeti 300: it stops 68Wh before your alarm. The Yeti 700 clears the same night with 255Wh still in the pack, which is most of the way to a second night. Neither unit has a published noise rating in our data, so if the fan at 3 a.m. is the thing you actually care about, that is a question for the seller rather than the spec sheet.
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
A 910Wh workday leaves the Yeti 700 335Wh short and the Yeti 300 658Wh short, so neither carries the full list. Read the Yeti 700 as partial cover: it takes the laptop, the monitor and the phones a long way into the day before handing you a decision about what to unplug. The Yeti 300 hands you that decision much earlier.
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
Neither unit
The Yeti 300 never reaches the capacity question. Its 350W continuous rating sits below the 400W peak this scenario needs, and its 600W surge figure covers a brief inrush rather than a sustained draw. The Yeti 700 starts the load comfortably on 600W continuous and 1,000W surge, then runs 95Wh short of the 670Wh the afternoon calls for. That is the difference between the wrong unit and a slightly small one.
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
4,685Wh a day is eight times over what the Yeti 700 holds usable at 575Wh, and it ends the day 4,110Wh short. The Yeti 300 ends it 4,433Wh short. Full-time van electrics are a wiring project with a house battery at the centre, not a portable station 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
SCN-07 · an afternoon · needs 100Wh
Afternoon Off-Grid
Phones and a speaker at the park, beach, or campsite — the small-unit job description
Either unit
This is the job small stations are actually for, and both do it: the Yeti 300 finishes at 40% used, the Yeti 700 at 17%. At this size the decider is what rides in the bag — 13.7 lbs for the Yeti 300 against 20.3 for the Yeti 700 — and price, not the leftover watt-hours.
Battery budget usedlower = more headroom
LOAD Phone Charger (×2) 30W×2h · Bluetooth Speaker 10W×4h
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: Yeti 700 runs 2.8h vs 1.2h.
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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 0–38.4hComfort & Convenience
Makes off-grid life actually enjoyablescale 0–7.7hHigh-Draw Appliances
These reveal the real limits¹ 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 9, 2026
Verdict: the Yeti 700, on Power Score margin
Buy the Yeti 700. It costs $700 against the Yeti 300's $350, and that extra $350 buys 380Wh more capacity (677Wh against 297Wh) at about 92 cents a watt-hour, which undercuts the $1.18 a watt-hour the Yeti 300 charges for its own. It also steps the inverter from 350W continuous and 600W surge to 600W and 1,000W, which is the half of the upgrade that changes what will actually start. Two honest limits on that: of the six load profiles we model, the extra capacity changes exactly one outcome, and the Yeti 700's field record is thin next to the 300's, which has at least been pushed to its inverter ceiling in testingA3B3. If your list is phones, a laptop and some lights, the Yeti 300 does that job for half the money and 6.6 lbs less to carry (13.7 lbs against 20.3), and you should take it without a second thought.
Editor-assigned confidence, based on cited owner research and spec analysis.
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Written by Wenny Zheng, Portable Power Tester · Station Arena Test Desk · Updated August 9, 2026
Measured Data
Benchmark scores and the full spec record, side by side.
Benchmark scores
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, Yeti 300 rates 3.7/5 (24th percentile of 22 Personal-class units), and Yeti 700 rates 3.6/5 (16th percentile of 20 Compact-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.
Warranty: No Difference
Both units carry the same 5-year warranty, so coverage isn't a tiebreaker here. Worth saying because the per-dollar framing can suggest otherwise: the Yeti 300 works out at 14.3 years of cover per $1,000 spent against the Yeti 700's 7.1, but that spread is the price gap, not the terms.
Full record above — the Test Desk pick is the Yeti 700.
Check Yeti 700 price →or check the Yeti 300 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 Yeti 300 is cheaper to buy, but the Yeti 700 is cheaper to own. At $0.26/kWh over its lifetime vs $0.29/kWh, the Yeti 700's higher cycle life and capacity make each dollar go further over the years. One thing to know reading the table: both carry the same 4,000-cycle rating, so the lifetime rows are sticker price and capacity in disguise — the wear horizon is identical and decides nothing here.
Growth path
Yeti 300
FIXED CAPACITYFixed at 297Wh, with no expansion — so size it for your needs up front rather than planning to add capacity later.
Accepts up to 200W of solar. Limited to a single portable panel.
Adequate ports for most setups, but heavy users may want a power strip.
Yeti 700
FIXED CAPACITYFixed at 677Wh, with no expansion — so size it for your needs up front rather than planning to add capacity later.
Accepts up to 200W of solar. Limited to a single portable panel.
Adequate ports for most setups, but heavy users may want a power strip.
Realistic full solar rechargeat 70% of rated panel output — see methodology
Analyst note
Neither expands, and that's no knock on either — each is a complete unit at a fixed size. Buy the capacity that covers your needs now (the Yeti 700 gives you the larger ceiling); you can't add to either later.
What Owners Report
Patterns from published owner reports and long-term reviews — every claim cited to its source below.
Goal Zero Yeti 300
The Yeti 300 has been pushed harder than most units this size. One reviewer ran it near its inverter ceiling with a coffee maker and had it shut down about two minutes in, and the same testing puts realistic light-duty use at four to six hours of laptop or twenty to thirty phone chargesA3. Build notes are consistently warm: 13.7 lbs, an IP54 rating, rubberised corners and a handle meant to be used, with a 0 to 100% recharge quoted at 50 minutesA2.
The standing caveats are the two the price tag invites. Capacity is genuinely limiting for anything beyond devices and a laptop, and one reviewer's summary is simply that $350 stings for 297WhA3A4. Neither complaint is about the unit misbehaving. Both are about people expecting a bigger box than they bought.
“A 297Wh LiFePO4 pack behind a 350W pure sine inverter (600W surge), rated 4,000 cycles — Goal Zero backs it with a long service life rather than raw output.”
Sources
goalzero.com · batteryskills.com · campingsolar.us · trailandkale.com · the-gadgeteer.com
Goal Zero Yeti 700
The Yeti 700's record is thinner and mostly descriptive. What exists is one independent review that lands it as a portability pick rather than a power pick, right for quick trips and device charging and not for anything demandingB3, alongside spec-level notes on the LiFePO4 pack and its 4,000-plus cycle ratingB1 and an IPX4 weather ratingB2.
There is no long-term ownership record here to lean on. Nobody in this evidence has lived with one through a winter or a few hundred cycles, so treat the durability case as a chemistry argument rather than a field-proven oneB1B2B3. That asymmetry is worth holding in mind given the recommendation on this page: the unit we are not picking is the one that has actually been tested to its limit.
“A 6th-generation 677Wh compact power station on upgraded LiFePO4 chemistry rated for 4,000+ cycles — daily use for over 10 years.”
Sources
goalzero.com · amazon.com · campingsolar.us · outdoorgearlab.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
- Modern LFP (4,000+ cycles), IP54 ruggedness, and fast charging are the praise; small capacity and high price are the caveats. [Yeti 300 · 3 entries]
- Modern LFP (4,000+ cycles), IPX4 ruggedness, and light, simple portability are the highlights; modest power and capacity. [Yeti 700 · 3 entries]
- A2
“At 13.7 lbs, meets IP54 for dust and water resistance, with top-tier build quality — rubberized corners and a sturdy handle; recharges 0-100% in 50 minutes.”
campingsolar.us / trailandkale.com — Yeti 300 review · 2026 · [positive]
- A3
“The 297Wh capacity limits it to lighter-duty use — 4-6 hours on a laptop or 20-30 phone charges — and it struggled near its 300W limit, shutting down after 2 minutes with a coffee maker.”
batteryskills.com — Yeti 300 review · 2026 · [mixed]
- A4
“A modern LFP (not NMC) rugged compact unit, though at $349.95 the price stings for the capacity.”
the-gadgeteer.com — Yeti 300 review · 2026 · [mixed]
- B1
“A 6th-generation 677Wh compact power station on upgraded LiFePO4 chemistry rated for 4,000+ cycles — daily use for over 10 years.”
goalzero.com / amazon.com — Yeti 700 · 2026 · [positive]
- B2
“Carries an IPX4 water-resistance rating and can handle extreme temperatures — a rugged, outdoor-ready design.”
goalzero.com / campingsolar.us — Yeti 700 review · 2026 · [positive]
- B3
“Ideal for quick camping trips and device charging — not the most powerful or capable, but lightweight and simple, appealing to portability-focused users.”
outdoorgearlab.com — Yeti 700 review · 2026 · [mixed]
Research compiled August 9, 2026.
Who Should Buy Which
Buy the Yeti 300 if you…
- →Your whole list is phones, a tablet and a laptop for an afternoon. Testing puts that at four to six hours of laptop or twenty to thirty phone chargesA3, and none of it comes near the 350W the inverter will hold.
- →You carry it more than you use it. 13.7 lbs and an IP54 dust-and-splash ratingA2 make the walk from the car to the site a non-event, which 20.3 lbs quietly does not.
- →You want in at $350 rather than $700 and you are honest with yourself that the extra 380Wh between 297Wh and 677Wh would sit unused. Capacity you never draw is the most expensive kind there is, whatever the label says.
Buy the Yeti 700 if you…
- →A CPAP is on the list. That 320Wh night leaves the Yeti 300 68Wh short and the Yeti 700 covered with room in hand, and it is the one outcome on this page the extra money actually changes.
- →Something you own draws more than 350W. A 600W continuous rating with 1,000W of surge starts kettles, blenders and 400W-class loads that the Yeti 300's 350W turns away before capacity gets a vote.
- →You are buying once. Neither unit expands, so the ceiling you pay for is the ceiling you keep, and at $350 for the 380 watt-hours between 297Wh and 677Wh the bigger ceiling works out around 92 cents a watt-hour against the smaller unit's $1.18.
If neither fits
Anyone shopping for a blackout, and anyone wiring a van. Eight hours of household essentials runs 1,645Wh against the Yeti 700's 575Wh usable, so you are not one size up from the right unit, you are roughly three times off it. Van life at 4,685Wh a day is eight times that same 575Wh. Close this tab and shop a class several times this size with an inverter rated well past 600W, because buying either of these for that job means buying twice.
The Bottom Line
Take the Yeti 700. Capacity is the headline and the inverter is the actual purchase: 600W continuous with 1,000W of surge starts loads the Yeti 300's 350W turns away, and the 380Wh between 297Wh and 677Wh still lands cheaper per watt-hour than the capacity the Yeti 300 already charges you for. Same cells, same 4,000 cycles, same 5-year warranty, same 200W solar ceiling. Your money is going to the two specs that differ, and they are the two that decide what turns on.
The exception is real and worth naming out loud. If your list is phones, a laptop for an afternoon and some lights, nothing on it comes near 350W and nothing needs 252Wh, and the step from $350 to $700 would buy you 6.6 lbs of extra battery to lug around (20.3 lbs against 13.7) that you never drain. That buyer takes the Yeti 300, keeps the difference, and does not look back.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers drawn from the spec record and cited owner research.
Is the Yeti 700 worth twice the price of the Yeti 300?
Yes, if anything you plug in draws more than 350W or you need more than 252Wh in one sitting. The step from $350 to $700 buys 380Wh more capacity (677Wh against 297Wh) at about 92 cents a watt-hour, undercutting the $1.18 a watt-hour the Yeti 300 charges for its own, and it lifts the inverter from 350W continuous to 600W. Stay under both of those lines and the money buys headroom you will carry and never use.
Can the Yeti 300 run a CPAP all night?
Not on the profile we model. That night draws 320Wh and the Yeti 300 has 252Wh usable after the model's flat 85% derate, so it stops 68Wh short of morning. The Yeti 700 covers the same night and ends with 255Wh still in the pack. Your own machine's draw swings with pressure and humidifier settings, so measure yours before trusting either number.
How long do these take to refill from solar?
Both cap solar input at 200W, so the bigger battery takes longer through the same door: about an hour and a half for the Yeti 300's 297Wh and about three and a half hours for the Yeti 700's 677Wh at that full 200W. Treat those as floors rather than forecasts, since a panel only makes its rating in ideal sun. If you plan to live off a single panel, the Yeti 700 is the one that can fall behind its own consumption.
Should I buy two Yeti 300s instead of one Yeti 700?
No. Two Yeti 300s at $350 each come to the same $700 as one Yeti 700, and their 297Wh apiece adds up to 594Wh against the 700's 677Wh, split across two boxes, with neither inverter going past 350W. The single larger unit gives you more energy, more inverter and one thing to carry. The only reason to run a pair is if you genuinely need power in two places at once.
Are these the same as the older Goal Zero Yeti X models?
No. Both of these are the newer LiFePO4 generation rated at 4,000 cycles rather than the older NMC X-series, and it is worth confirming on any listing you buy from, because the two generations share the Yeti name and chemistry is the main thing that changed between them. Between these two units it is not a factor at all: same cells, same 4,000 cycles, same 5-year warranty.
Where to buy
Goal Zero Yeti 300
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Goal Zero Yeti 700Pick
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