How Long Will It Run

How long will a Goal Zero Yeti PRO 4000 run a garden inflatable (christmas or halloween)?

About 1.8 days — 42 h 41 min typically, from 40 h 10 min in the worst case to 45 h 11 min at best. That assumes a garden inflatable (christmas or halloween) pulling 50 W continuously, plus the station's 18 W AC mains socket overhead — 68 W in total out of 2,902 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 PRO 4000 · 3,993 Wh · new pack at 20 °C, 10% reserve
SetupAverage drawCautiousTypicalBest case
1 × garden inflatable (christmas or halloween), UK 230 V68 W40 h 10 min42 h 41 min45 h 11 min
2 × garden inflatable (christmas or halloween), UK 230 V118 W23 h 9 min24 h 35 min26 h 2 min
1 × garden inflatable (christmas or halloween), US 120 V68 W40 h 10 min42 h 41 min45 h 11 min
  • 5.3 nights of eight hours, or 1.78 days of continuous running.
  • Usable energy: 2,902 Wh of the 3,993 Wh on the box, after chemistry, inverter losses and the reserve.
  • To keep it going for a full 24 hours you would need about 2,246 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 7,200 W peak — comfortable.

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What changes the answer

If instead…Typical runtimeChange
The pack is two years old39 h 16 min-8%
The pack is five years old34 h 8 min-20%
It is −10 °C outside36 h 16 min-15%
You run it flat, no reserve47 h 25 min+11%
You keep 20% back37 h 56 min-11%

If you need it to run longer

Nothing in this catalogue runs a garden inflatable (christmas or halloween) for twice as long as the Goal Zero Yeti PRO 4000. Either it is already near the top of the range, or this appliance is beyond what portable batteries do well — see the garden inflatable (christmas or halloween) page for the full ranking.

Smaller options that still work

StationWhTypicalWeightIndicative price
Anker SOLIX F38003,84041 h 2 min60 kg£2,999 / $3,499
EcoFlow DELTA Pro3,60038 h 28 min45 kg£2,499 / $2,699
Anker SOLIX F30003,07233 h 50 min41.5 kg£1,899 / $1,999
Pecron E3600LFP3,07233 h 50 min36 kg— / $999