How Long Will It Run

How long will an EcoFlow RIVER Pro run a fridge-freezer (full size)?

About 9.5 hours — 9 h 32 min typically, from 8 h 58 min in the worst case to 10 h 5 min at best. That assumes a fridge-freezer (full size) pulling 120 W for 35% of the time (average 42 W), plus the station's 10 W AC mains socket overhead — 52 W in total out of 496 usable watt-hours.

The compressor runs roughly a third of the time in a normal room, so the average draw is far below the label. Opening the door, a hot kitchen or a full freezer push the duty cycle up.

The numbers

EcoFlow RIVER Pro · 720 Wh · new pack at 20 °C, 10% reserve
SetupAverage drawCautiousTypicalBest case
1 × fridge-freezer (full size), UK 230 V52 W8 h 58 min9 h 32 min10 h 5 min
2 × fridge-freezer (full size), UK 230 V94 W———
1 × fridge-freezer (full size), US 120 V63 W7 h 28 min7 h 56 min8 h 24 min
  • 1.2 nights of eight hours, or 0.4 days of continuous running.
  • 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 1,717 Wh of rated capacity — 2.4× this station.
  • Start-up: the fridge-freezer (full size) asks for 700 W at switch-on against this station's 1,200 W peak — comfortable.

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If this is for a power cut

If the power goes and the battery is not there, the food still has hours if the doors stay shut. These cheap things tell you whether it stayed cold enough and keep the doors closed.

Fridge and freezer thermometers. The only way to know whether the food stayed cold enough, rather than guessing from the clock.

Look for: One for each appliance, readable without opening the door for long.

Cool box and ice packs. Move what you need for the day into a cool box so the fridge and freezer stay shut, and keep ice packs frozen in the freezer as extra cold.

Look for: A hard box big enough for a day of food, and flat ice packs that fill the gaps in the freezer.

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More: How long a freezer stays frozen in a power cut, and the power cut essentials list (US edition).

What changes the answer

If instead…Typical runtimeChange
The pack is two years old8 h 46 min-8%
The pack is five years old7 h 38 min-20%
It is −10 °C outside7 h 38 min-20%
You run it flat, no reserve10 h 35 min+11%
You keep 20% back8 h 28 min-11%

If you need it to run longer

These run a fridge-freezer (full size) for at least twice as long as the EcoFlow RIVER Pro does, cheapest first.

StationWhTypicalIndicative price
Jackery Explorer 2000 v22,04226 h 59 min£849 / $999
Bluetti AC180P1,44019 h 23 min£899 / $649
OUKITEL P2001 Ultimate2,00026 h 26 min£999 / $1,099
Bluetti AC2401,53619 h 56 min£1,099 / $999

The cheapest step up: Jackery Explorer 2000 v2

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Smaller options that still work

StationWhTypicalWeightIndicative price
Bluetti EB70S71610 h 1 min9.7 kg£449 / $429
UGREEN PowerRoam 6006809 h 41 min8.4 kg£449 / $499
Goal Zero Yeti 7006779 h 39 min9.2 kg— / $700
Jackery Explorer 600 Plus6329 h 11 min7.3 kg—