How Long Will It Run

How long will a Bluetti Apex 300 run a garden inflatable (christmas or halloween)?

A little over a day — 30 h 26 min typically, from 28 h 39 min in the worst case to 32 h 14 min at best. That assumes a garden inflatable (christmas or halloween) pulling 50 W continuously, plus the station's 16 W AC mains socket overhead — 66 W in total out of 2,009 usable watt-hours.

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

The numbers

Bluetti Apex 300 · 2,764 Wh · new pack at 20 °C, 10% reserve
SetupAverage drawCautiousTypicalBest case
1 × garden inflatable (christmas or halloween), UK 230 V66 W28 h 39 min30 h 26 min32 h 14 min
2 × garden inflatable (christmas or halloween), UK 230 V116 W16 h 18 min17 h 19 min18 h 20 min
1 × garden inflatable (christmas or halloween), US 120 V66 W28 h 39 min30 h 26 min32 h 14 min
  • 3.8 nights of eight hours, or 1.27 days of continuous running.
  • Usable energy: 2,009 Wh of the 2,764 Wh on the box, after chemistry, inverter losses and the reserve.
  • To keep it going for a full 24 hours you would need about 2,180 Wh of rated capacity — which this station has.
  • Start-up: the garden inflatable (christmas or halloween) asks for 50 W at switch-on against this station's 7,680 W peak — comfortable.

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What changes the answer

If instead…Typical runtimeChange
The pack is two years old28 h-8%
The pack is five years old24 h 21 min-20%
It is −10 °C outside25 h 52 min-15%
You run it flat, no reserve33 h 49 min+11%
You keep 20% back27 h 3 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 Bluetti Apex 300 does, cheapest first.

StationWhTypicalIndicative price
Zendure SuperBase V64006,4382 days 14 h£3,699 / $3,999

The cheapest step up: Zendure SuperBase V6400

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Smaller options that still work

StationWhTypicalWeightIndicative price
Dabbsson DBS23002,33026 h 53 min25 kg£1,499 / $1,599
DJI Power 20002,04824 h 1 min22 kg£1,299 / $1,399
Bluetti Elite 200 V22,07323 h 55 min24.5 kg£1,199 / $899
EcoFlow DELTA 3 Max2,04823 h 38 min20.3 kg£1,199 / $1,499