How Long Will It Run

How long will a Jackery Explorer 5000 Plus run a garden inflatable (christmas or halloween)?

About 2.2 days — 2 days 6 h typically, from 2 days 3 h in the worst case to 2 days 9 h 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 3,663 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 5000 Plus · 5,040 Wh · new pack at 20 °C, 10% reserve
SetupAverage drawCautiousTypicalBest case
1 × garden inflatable (christmas or halloween), UK 230 V68 W2 days 3 h2 days 6 h2 days 9 h
2 × garden inflatable (christmas or halloween), UK 230 V118 W29 h 13 min31 h 2 min32 h 52 min
1 × garden inflatable (christmas or halloween), US 120 V68 W2 days 3 h2 days 6 h2 days 9 h
  • 6.7 nights of eight hours, or 2.24 days of continuous running.
  • Usable energy: 3,663 Wh of the 5,040 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 (230 V) / 14,400 W (120 V) peak — comfortable.

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What changes the answer

If instead…Typical runtimeChange
The pack is two years old2 days 2 h-8%
The pack is five years old43 h 5 min-20%
It is −10 °C outside45 h 47 min-15%
You run it flat, no reserve2 days 12 h+11%
You keep 20% back47 h 53 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 Jackery Explorer 5000 Plus. 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
Zendure SuperBase V46004,60847 h 50 min53 kg£2,999 / $4,999
Goal Zero Yeti PRO 40003,99342 h 41 min52.5 kg— / $4,000
EcoFlow DELTA Pro 34,09642 h 32 min51.5 kg£2,799 / $3,199
Anker SOLIX F38003,84041 h 2 min60 kg£2,999 / $3,499