How Long Will It Run

How long will a Goal Zero Yeti 1000 run a garden inflatable (christmas or halloween)?

About 12 hours — 11 h 53 min typically, from 11 h 11 min in the worst case to 12 h 35 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 725 usable watt-hours.

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

The numbers

Goal Zero Yeti 1000 · 998 Wh · new pack at 20 °C, 10% reserve
SetupAverage drawCautiousTypicalBest case
1 × garden inflatable (christmas or halloween), UK 230 V61 W11 h 11 min11 h 53 min12 h 35 min
2 × garden inflatable (christmas or halloween), UK 230 V111 W6 h 9 min6 h 32 min6 h 55 min
1 × garden inflatable (christmas or halloween), US 120 V61 W11 h 11 min11 h 53 min12 h 35 min
  • 1.5 nights of eight hours, or 0.5 days of continuous running.
  • Usable energy: 725 Wh of the 998 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 — 2× this station.
  • Start-up: the garden inflatable (christmas or halloween) asks for 50 W at switch-on against this station's 3,600 W peak — comfortable.

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What changes the answer

If instead…Typical runtimeChange
The pack is two years old10 h 56 min-8%
The pack is five years old9 h 31 min-20%
It is −10 °C outside10 h 7 min-15%
You run it flat, no reserve13 h 13 min+11%
You keep 20% back10 h 34 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 Goal Zero Yeti 1000 does, cheapest first.

StationWhTypicalIndicative price
Bluetti Elite 200 V22,07323 h 55 min£1,199 / $899
DJI Power 20002,04824 h 1 min£1,299 / $1,399
Dabbsson DBS23002,33026 h 53 min£1,499 / $1,599
Bluetti Apex 3002,76430 h 26 min£1,799 / $1,699

The cheapest step up: Bluetti Elite 200 V2

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Smaller options that still work

StationWhTypicalWeightIndicative price
EcoFlow RIVER 2 Pro7689 h 18 min7.8 kg£499 / $549
Bluetti AC707689 h 18 min10.2 kg£449 / $359
Anker SOLIX C800 Plus7689 h 18 min10.7 kg—
Bluetti EB70S7168 h 40 min9.7 kg£449 / $429