Anker SOLIX C1000 Portable Power Station review
A household wanting a dependable ~1kWh backup to keep phones, laptops, the router, lights and a fridge going through a power cut.
By Tom Calder
A well-built, quiet 1kWh unit with safe LiFePO4 cells and unusually fast recharging, making it one of the more sensible mid-size backups for a British home. Just wait for a discount, as the RRP rarely reflects the real price.
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- Long-life LiFePO4 battery rated for 3,000 cycles with a 5-year warranty
- Very fast recharge (roughly a full charge in under an hour from the mains) and 600W solar input
- Clear app monitoring and 11 ports cover almost any small-appliance need in an outage
- At 12.9kg it is portable but not light to carry far
- The 1800W ceiling and ~1kWh capacity won't sustain high-draw appliances like kettles, electric heaters or ovens
Who shouldn't buy this
You need to run high-wattage appliances such as a kettle or electric heater, or want more than a few hours of fridge-plus-essentials runtime — step up to a 2kWh+ station. Equally, if you only need to keep phones and a laptop topped up, this is overkill and a power bank costs a fraction.
Key specs
| Capacity | 1,056 Wh |
| Output | 1,800 W |
| Weight | 12.9 kg |
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