How Long Will It Run

How long will a Jackery Explorer 1000 Plus run a garden inflatable (christmas or halloween)?

About 15 hours — 15 h 4 min typically, from 14 h 10 min in the worst case to 15 h 57 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 919 usable watt-hours.

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

The numbers

Jackery Explorer 1000 Plus · 1,264 Wh · new pack at 20 °C, 10% reserve
SetupAverage drawCautiousTypicalBest case
1 × garden inflatable (christmas or halloween), UK 230 V61 W14 h 10 min15 h 4 min15 h 57 min
2 × garden inflatable (christmas or halloween), UK 230 V111 W7 h 47 min8 h 17 min8 h 46 min
1 × garden inflatable (christmas or halloween), US 120 V61 W14 h 10 min15 h 4 min15 h 57 min
  • 1.9 nights of eight hours, or 0.63 days of continuous running.
  • Usable energy: 919 Wh of the 1,264 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 — 1.6× this station.
  • Start-up: the garden inflatable (christmas or halloween) asks for 50 W at switch-on against this station's 4,000 W peak — comfortable.

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What changes the answer

If instead…Typical runtimeChange
The pack is two years old13 h 51 min-8%
The pack is five years old12 h 3 min-20%
It is −10 °C outside12 h 48 min-15%
You run it flat, no reserve16 h 44 min+11%
You keep 20% back13 h 23 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 Jackery Explorer 1000 Plus does, cheapest first.

StationWhTypicalIndicative price
Bluetti Apex 3002,76430 h 26 min£1,799 / $1,699
Anker SOLIX F30003,07233 h 50 min£1,899 / $1,999
Bluetti AC300 + B3003,07232 h 50 min£2,499 / $2,699
EcoFlow DELTA Pro3,60038 h 28 min£2,499 / $2,699

The cheapest step up: Bluetti Apex 300

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Smaller options that still work

StationWhTypicalWeightIndicative price
Bluetti AC1801,15213 h 30 min16 kg£749 / $499
ALLPOWERS R15001,15213 h 30 min16.7 kg£699 / $539
Jackery Explorer 1000 v21,07012 h 58 min10.8 kg£419 / $549
Anker SOLIX C10001,05612 h 35 min12.9 kg£699 / $799