How Long Will It Run

How long will an Anker SOLIX C1000 run a garden inflatable (christmas or halloween)?

About 13 hours — 12 h 35 min typically, from 11 h 50 min in the worst case to 13 h 19 min at best. That assumes a garden inflatable (christmas or halloween) pulling 50 W continuously, plus the station's 11 W AC mains socket overhead — 61 W in total out of 767 usable watt-hours.

The fan runs the whole time it is standing up, so the hours it is on decide the cost.

The numbers

Anker SOLIX C1000 · 1,056 Wh · new pack at 20 °C, 10% reserve
SetupAverage drawCautiousTypicalBest case
1 × garden inflatable (christmas or halloween), UK 230 V61 W11 h 50 min12 h 35 min13 h 19 min
2 × garden inflatable (christmas or halloween), UK 230 V111 W6 h 31 min6 h 55 min7 h 19 min
1 × garden inflatable (christmas or halloween), US 120 V61 W11 h 50 min12 h 35 min13 h 19 min
  • 1.6 nights of eight hours, or 0.52 days of continuous running.
  • Usable energy: 767 Wh of the 1,056 Wh on the box, after chemistry, inverter losses and the reserve.
  • To keep it going for a full 24 hours you would need about 2,014 Wh of rated capacity — 1.9× this station.
  • Start-up: the garden inflatable (christmas or halloween) asks for 50 W at switch-on against this station's 2,400 W peak — comfortable.

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What changes the answer

If instead…Typical runtimeChange
The pack is two years old11 h 34 min-8%
The pack is five years old10 h 4 min-20%
It is −10 °C outside10 h 41 min-15%
You run it flat, no reserve13 h 59 min+11%
You keep 20% back11 h 11 min-11%

If you need it to run longer

These run a garden inflatable (christmas or halloween) for at least twice as long as the Anker SOLIX C1000 does, cheapest first.

StationWhTypicalIndicative price
Dabbsson DBS23002,33026 h 53 min£1,499 / $1,599
Bluetti Apex 3002,76430 h 26 min£1,799 / $1,699
Anker SOLIX F30003,07233 h 50 min£1,899 / $1,999
Bluetti AC300 + B3003,07232 h 50 min£2,499 / $2,699

The cheapest step up: Dabbsson DBS2300

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Smaller options that still work

StationWhTypicalWeightIndicative price
EcoFlow DELTA 31,02412 h 12 min12.5 kg£649 / $649
EcoFlow DELTA 3 Plus1,02412 h 12 min13.6 kg£599 / $799
Bluetti Elite 100 V21,02412 h 12 min11.3 kg£599 / $649
Anker SOLIX C1000 Gen 21,02412 h 12 min12 kg—