{"id":497843,"date":"2023-06-27T19:00:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T17:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=497843"},"modified":"2023-06-28T12:54:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T10:54:11","slug":"portable-power-station-price-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/energy\/497843-portable-power-station-price-showdown.html","title":{"rendered":"Portable power station price showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anker recently launched portable power stations \u2014\u00a0 the Anker PowerHouse 521 and 535 \u2014\u00a0 to help South Africans handle Eskom&#8217;s rotational power cuts.<\/p>\n<p>MyBroadband compared its new portable power station offerings to those from EcoFlow, Gizzu, Elecstor, and Romoss regarding capacity, power output, and pricing.<\/p>\n<p>We compared the power stations on a price-per-watt-hour (Wh) basis to determine which units offer the biggest bang for one&#8217;s buck. However, there are other aspects that customers should consider before making a decision.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to choosing a suitable power station, some of the most important aspects to consider include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Peak power output in watts (W)\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 The maximum amount of power the station can provide for a brief period. Particularly important for appliances that have high peak usage at startup.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Continuous power output in watts (W)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 The maximum power the station can provide over a long period.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capacity in watt-hours (Wh)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 How much power the battery can store and discharge. With 100Wh, for example, an appliance that uses 100W of power continuously will deplete the battery in an hour.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Anker announced the launch of its PowerHouse portable power stations on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The PowerHouse offers consumers resilience against power disruptions, enabling them to maintain their lifestyle and productivity even during power outages,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>The units feature lithium-iron phosphate batteries, which offer enhanced discharge and recharge capabilities compared to traditional lithium-ion batteries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To ensure energy optimisation, the PowerHouse series features an energy-saving mode that automatically switches off the station once all connected devices are fully charged,&#8221; said Anker.<\/p>\n<p>Anker&#8217;s PowerHouse portable power stations will compete with the likes of EcoFlow, Gizzu, Romoss, and Magneto in South Africa.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"my-4\">Portable power station price comparison<\/h2>\n<p>Units from each brand are available through Takealot, and to keep the comparison consistent, all pricing used is as per Takealot&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p>On a price per Wh basis, Gizzu&#8217;s 242Wh unit is the most cost-effective option under 500Wh, while its 518Wh backup is the cheapest option available for capacities over 500Wh.<\/p>\n<p>At R3,594, the 242Wh unit works out to approximately R14.85 per Wh. The larger 518Wh unit works out to R13.51 per Wh.<\/p>\n<p>Gizzu also offers two other options under 500Wh \u2014 its 155Wh and 296Wh units \u2014 which cost R16.12 and R16.89 per Wh, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Romoss&#8217; Thunder 400Wh power station isn&#8217;t far behind regarding cost-effectiveness. It costs R7,399 or R18.50 per Wh.<\/p>\n<p>Romoss also performs relatively well when it comes to capacities of more than 500Wh. Its 933Wh unit costs R13,799 and works out to R14.79 per Wh.<\/p>\n<p>Anker&#8217;s new PowerHouse portable power stations, of which only the 521 and 525 models are available, cost more than R20 per Wh.<\/p>\n<p>The 521 model packs a 256Wh-capacity battery and, at R5,999, works out to R23.43 per Wh. This is similar to the price per Wh of EcoFlow&#8217;s 256Wh unit. However, the EcoFlow&#8217;s power output is 100W higher.<\/p>\n<p>Anker&#8217;s Powerhouse 535 unit has a capacity of 512Wh and costs R10,999.<\/p>\n<p>The company will also offer a larger unit in late July \u2014\u00a0 the Anker PowerHouse 757 \u2014\u00a0 that packs 1,229Wh of battery capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Elecstor&#8217;s portable power stations perform relatively well on a price-per-Wh basis, with its 300W unit coming in at R16.89 per Wh.<\/p>\n<p>Its 1,500W unit also offers significant bang for one&#8217;s buck at 16.83 per Wh.<\/p>\n<p>While EcoFlow&#8217;s portable power stations are generally quite pricey compared to some of the alternatives, it offers the broadest range with 256Wh, 288Wh, 512Wh, 720Wh, 1,024Wh, 1,260Wh, and 2,016Wh units.<\/p>\n<p>EcoFlow also says its units offer the world&#8217;s fastest recharge times when it comes to portable power stations \u2014 something worth considering for a load-shedding defence system.<\/p>\n<p>Prices for portable power stations from EcoFlow, Gizzu, Anker, and Romoss are compared in the table below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mybb_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #003366; font-weight: bold; color: #fff;\">\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"5\">Portable power station price comparison<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #cccccc;\">\n<td><strong>Power station<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Capacity<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Continuous power output<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Price per Wh<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #f5f5f5;\" colspan=\"5\"><strong>Under 500Wh<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Gizzu 155Wh<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>155Wh<\/td>\n<td>150W<\/td>\n<td>R2,499.00<\/td>\n<td>R16.12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Elecstor 100W<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>155Wh<\/td>\n<td>100W<\/td>\n<td>R3,499.00<\/td>\n<td>R22.57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Gizzu 242Wh<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>242Wh<\/td>\n<td>150W<\/td>\n<td>R3,594.00<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>R14.85<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Romoss Thunder 231Wh<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>231Wh<\/td>\n<td>300W<\/td>\n<td>R4,899.00<\/td>\n<td>R21.21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Gizzu 296Wh<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>296Wh<\/td>\n<td>300W<\/td>\n<td>R4,999.00<\/td>\n<td>R16.89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Elecstor 300W<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>296Wh<\/td>\n<td>300W<\/td>\n<td>R4,999.00<\/td>\n<td>R16.89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>EcoFlow River 2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>256Wh<\/td>\n<td>300W<\/td>\n<td>R5,998.00<\/td>\n<td>R23.43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Anker PowerHouse 521<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>256Wh<\/td>\n<td>200W<\/td>\n<td>R5,999.00<\/td>\n<td>R23.43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Romoss Thunder 400Wh<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>400Wh<\/td>\n<td>500W<\/td>\n<td>R7,399.00<\/td>\n<td>R18.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>EcoFlow River<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>288Wh<\/td>\n<td>600W<\/td>\n<td>R7,888.00<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>R27.39<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Elecstor 500W<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>499Wh<\/td>\n<td>500W<\/td>\n<td>R10,284.00<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">R20.61<\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #f5f5f5;\" colspan=\"5\"><strong>Over 500Wh<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Gizzu 518Wh<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>518Wh<\/td>\n<td>500W<\/td>\n<td>R6,999.00<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>R13.51<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Anker PowerHouse 535<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>512Wh<\/td>\n<td>500W<\/td>\n<td>R10,999.00<\/td>\n<td>R21.48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>EcoFlow River 2 Max<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>512Wh<\/td>\n<td>500W<\/td>\n<td>R12,499.00<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>R24.41<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>EcoFlow River Pro<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>720Wh<\/td>\n<td>600W<\/td>\n<td>R13,499.00<\/td>\n<td>R18.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Romoss Thunder 933Wh<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>933Wh<\/td>\n<td>1,000W<\/td>\n<td>R13,799.00<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #000000;\">R14.79<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>EcoFlow Delta<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1,260Wh<\/td>\n<td>1,800W<\/td>\n<td>R19,999.00<\/td>\n<td>R15.87<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>EcoFlow Delta 2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1,024Wh<\/td>\n<td>1,800W<\/td>\n<td>R22,639.00<\/td>\n<td>R22.11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Electstor 1,500W<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>1,485Wh<\/td>\n<td>1,500W<\/td>\n<td>R24,999.00<\/td>\n<td>R16.83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>EcoFlow Delta Max<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>2,016Wh<\/td>\n<td>2,400W<\/td>\n<td>R39,999.00<\/td>\n<td>R19.84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/energy\/497837-mtns-head-office-getting-massive-hybrid-power-plant.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">MTN&#8217;s head office getting massive hybrid power plant<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MyBroadband compared the portable power station offerings available from from EcoFlow, Gizzu, Romoss, and Anker regarding capacity, power output, and pricing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":497847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27995],"tags":[87449,70311,181,79548,35,8487,87451,62670],"class_list":["post-497843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-energy","tag-anker-powerhouse","tag-ecoflow","tag-eskom","tag-gizzu","tag-headline","tag-load-shedding","tag-portable-power-stations","tag-romoss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497843"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497843"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":498043,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497843\/revisions\/498043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}