How Long Will It Run

How long will an EcoFlow RIVER Pro run an electric skillet?

It will not. An electric skillet draws 1,200 W and the EcoFlow RIVER Pro's inverter is rated at 600 W, so the station will refuse the load rather than run it slowly. Capacity is irrelevant here — you need a bigger inverter, not a bigger battery.

Thermostat-controlled, so it averages well below its rating once hot.

The numbers

EcoFlow RIVER Pro · 720 Wh · new pack at 20 °C, 10% reserve
SetupAverage drawCautiousTypicalBest case
1 × electric skillet, UK 230 V730 W———
2 × electric skillet, UK 230 V1,450 W———
1 × electric skillet, US 120 V730 W———
  • Usable energy: 496 Wh of the 720 Wh on the box, after chemistry, inverter losses and the reserve.
  • To keep it going for a full 24 hours you would need about 24,107 Wh of rated capacity — 33.5× this station.
  • Start-up: the electric skillet asks for 1,200 W at switch-on against this station's 1,200 W peak — comfortable.

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What changes the answer

If instead…Typical runtimeChange
The pack is two years old—-9%
The pack is five years old—-21%
It is −10 °C outside—-21%
You run it flat, no reserve—+10%
You keep 20% back—-12%

If you need it to run longer

These run an electric skillet for at least twice as long as the EcoFlow RIVER Pro does, cheapest first.

StationWhTypicalIndicative price
Jackery Explorer 2000 v22,0422 h 1 min£849 / $999
ALLPOWERS S2000 Pro1,4511 h 22 min£899 / $549
Bluetti AC180P1,4401 h 26 min£899 / $649
OUKITEL P2001 Ultimate2,0001 h 59 min£999 / $1,099

The cheapest step up: Jackery Explorer 2000 v2

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Smaller options that still work

Nothing smaller than the EcoFlow RIVER Pro runs an electric skillet for a useful length of time.