How Long Will It Run

How long will a Goal Zero Yeti PRO 4000 run a heated clothes airer?

About 9.1 hours — 9 h 8 min typically, from 8 h 35 min in the worst case to 9 h 40 min at best. That assumes a heated clothes airer pulling 300 W continuously, plus the station's 18 W AC mains socket overhead — 318 W in total out of 2,902 usable watt-hours.

No thermostat on most models, so it draws its full rating for as long as it is on — a cover over the load dries it faster and saves hours.

The numbers

Goal Zero Yeti PRO 4000 · 3,993 Wh · new pack at 20 °C, 10% reserve
SetupAverage drawCautiousTypicalBest case
1 × heated clothes airer, UK 230 V318 W8 h 35 min9 h 8 min9 h 40 min
2 × heated clothes airer, UK 230 V618 W4 h 25 min4 h 42 min4 h 58 min
1 × heated clothes airer, US 120 V318 W8 h 35 min9 h 8 min9 h 40 min
  • 1.1 nights of eight hours, or 0.38 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 10,502 Wh of rated capacity — 2.6× this station.
  • Start-up: the heated clothes airer asks for 300 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 old8 h 24 min-8%
The pack is five years old7 h 18 min-20%
It is −10 °C outside7 h 46 min-15%
You run it flat, no reserve10 h 8 min+11%
You keep 20% back8 h 7 min-11%

If you need it to run longer

Nothing in this catalogue runs a heated clothes airer 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 heated clothes airer page for the full ranking.

Smaller options that still work

StationWhTypicalWeightIndicative price
Anker SOLIX F38003,8408 h 47 min60 kg£2,999 / $3,499
EcoFlow DELTA Pro3,6008 h 14 min45 kg£2,499 / $2,699
Anker SOLIX F30003,0727 h 4 min41.5 kg£1,899 / $1,999
Pecron E3600LFP3,0727 h 4 min36 kg— / $999