Best Off-Grid Power Stations for Camping & Campervans

The v2 is Jackery's mid-range workhorse, and the LiFePO4 cell swap is the headline change — rated for around 4,000 charge cycles versus the older chemistry's 500, so it should genuinely last a decade of regular van use rather than degrading after a season or two. 1500W continuous is enough for a kettle, a small fridge, or a laptop and lighting setup simultaneously, and at 10.8kg it's realistically liftable into a campervan locker solo. Solar input tops out at 200W, which pairs neatly with a single SolarSaga 100W panel.

DJI's first serious power station leans on the same battery-management expertise it built for drones, and it shows — 2200W continuous output is the highest on this page, enough to run a kettle and a hairdryer at the same time without tripping. The trade-off is weight: at roughly 13kg it's the heaviest here, noticeably more to haul in and out of a van than the Jackery. Recharges to full from the mains in about 70 minutes and stays remarkably quiet at 23dB, which matters more than it sounds like it would when you're parked up overnight.

The standout feature here is charge speed — Anker's HyperFlash tech takes this from flat to full via a UK mains socket in about 49 minutes, a genuine Guinness World Record for this capacity class. That matters most if you're topping up at a service station stop rather than overnight. It also accepts up to 600W of solar input, more than double the Jackery, so it recharges fastest off-grid too if you pair it with larger panels. The trade-off versus the Gen 1 model is no expansion battery option, so what you buy is the ceiling on capacity.

EcoFlow's newest entry-level Delta strips back the expansion-battery complexity of the Plus and Max models and focuses on three things: fast charge, quiet running, and solid output. 45 minutes to 80% is genuinely useful if you're topping up between pitches, and the sub-30dB fan means it won't be the thing that wakes up the campsite. The trade-off for the lower price is that what you buy is the ceiling — no add-on batteries later, unlike the wider Delta 3 range.

At 6.4kg this is the lightest unit on this page by some margin — comfortably carried in one hand from car boot to tent. 512Wh covers phones, lights, a laptop and a speaker for a full weekend without needing a top-up, and the LiFePO4 cell is rated for a genuine 10-year lifespan. The 500W ceiling means it won't run a fridge compressor or a kettle, so it's a camping companion rather than a campervan's main power source.

This is the one to pack when you're not driving right up to the pitch. At under 4kg it's the most genuinely portable unit here, with 140W two-way fast charging that tops it back up quickly once you're back near a socket. 288Wh and a 300W ceiling are modest — this isn't for a fridge or a kettle — but for a weekend of phones, lights and a speaker it does exactly the job it's built for.

The cheapest genuinely capable option on this page. 245Wh won't run much beyond phones, lights, and a laptop, but the GaN-based electronics keep it compact and the sub-20ms UPS switchover is a nice touch if you ever use it as a router backup at home too. A sensible entry point if you're not sure yet how much power station you actually need.

Not a power station itself — this is the accessory that lets any of the Jackery units above actually go off-grid for more than a weekend. Folds in half for storage, weighs about the same as a small daypack, and is IP-rated for splash resistance so a surprise shower mid-pitch won't kill it. On a genuinely sunny UK day expect somewhere in the 60-80W range rather than the full 100W rating — normal for any folding panel, not a fault. Pairs directly with Jackery power stations; other brands typically need their own matched panel or an adapter cable.