EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3 vs Anker SOLIX F3800 Plus vs Jackery Explorer 5000 Plus: which to buy

It has the higher continuous and surge rating of the two picks that have one, and it takes the most extra batteries; take the EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3 if you would rather start with more nominal capacity in the box itself, and the Jackery Explorer 5000 Plus if you want the most battery and the most output on this table and will go and find the price yourself. If the load you are really buying for is wired into the house, a well pump, a furnace blower, central air, then none of this class is the answer, and a 240-volt socket on the front of a battery does not make it one: that is an inlet or transfer switch fitted by a licensed electrician, or a generator standing outside. Buy the EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3 ($2,799 at Amazon).

The biggest boxes you can buy without calling an electrician, judged against a refrigerator, Wi-Fi, a few LED lights and phone charging for 24 hours. Of the 82 units we track, 20 cover that day on the best case and none covers it on the worst, these three included.

Erin RoseUpdated November 1, 20267 models from the makers’ own figuresListings checked November 1, 2026

	Model	Usable	Output	Typical day	Per usable kWh	Price
More battery in the box	EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3	3,216 Wh	4,000 W	needs a recharge	$870	$2,799 at Amazon

Side by side
Against one plan
Our pick
Buying it right
Questions

Who this is for

You want a refrigerator, the router, a few lamps and everyone's phones to survive a refrigerator, Wi-Fi, a few LED lights and phone charging for 24 hours, indoors, with nothing to start and no fuel to store, and you have already decided the answer is one of the large boxes rather than something you carry in one hand. Everything on this page is wheeled, waist-high furniture. Decide which room it lives in before you order it.

Side by side, from the makers’ own documents

“Not listed by the maker” means the maker pages we read do not state it. It is not a zero, and we never fill it from a sibling model. A dash in the price row means we show no Amazon price for that model tonight.

Model	Battery	Continuous output	Peak output	Weight	Solar input	Expandable	Warranty	Chemistry	Output	Verified listing
EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3	4,096 Wh	4,000 W	8,000 W	114 lb (51.5 kg)	2,600 W	Up to 2 extra batteries via one expansion port	5 years	LiFePO4	120V/240V	$2,799
Anker SOLIX F3800	3,840 Wh	6,000 W	9,000 W	132 lb (60.0 kg)	2,400 W	Up to 6 add-on batteries, 26.88 kWh in all with the station	5 years	LiFePO4	120V/240V	—
Anker SOLIX F3800 Plus	3,840 Wh	6,000 W	9,000 W	137 lb (62.0 kg)	3,200 W	Up to 6 extra batteries, 26,880 Wh total capacity	5 years	LiFePO4	120V/240V	—
Jackery Explorer 5000 Plus	5,040 Wh	7,200 W	14,400 W	134 lb (61.0 kg)	4,000 W	Expandable with up to 5 extra battery packs	5-year standard warranty; 2-year extension available for a fee	LiFePO4	120V/240V	—
Jackery HomePower 3600 Plus	3,584 Wh	3,600 W	not listed by the maker	not listed by the maker	not listed by the maker	not listed by the maker	not listed by the maker	not stated on its product page	120V	$1,899
Goal Zero Yeti PRO 4000	3,994 Wh	3,600 W	7,200 W	116 lb (52.5 kg)	3,000 W	not listed by the maker	not listed by the maker	LiFePO4	120V	—
EcoFlow DELTA Pro	3,600 Wh	3,600 W	7,200 W	99 lb (45.0 kg)	1,600 W	Yes, 3.6 to 25 kWh with DELTA Pro Smart Extra Batteries	not listed by the maker	LiFePO4	120V	$1,799

Against the same plan

A refrigerator, Wi-Fi, a few LED lights and phone charging for 24 hours, sized on the harder end of every range.

1,738Wh, best case

5,116Wh, worst case

860W running, worst case

3,060W starting surge

The refrigerator is almost the whole number. Wi-Fi, lights and phone charging together barely register; the compressor is most of the energy and all of the starting surge. A new fridge in a cool kitchen with the door mostly shut runs about a fifth of the time and needs 1,738 watt-hours across the day; an older one in a warm kitchen, opened often, runs half the time and needs 5,116. All three start it easily, even at the top of the 3,060 watt surge.

The worst case is out of reach for every battery here, and it is not close. Nominal capacity is not what comes out of the sockets: each usable figure sits below the number on the box, and one independent measurement of the original F3800, the same battery and inverter as the Plus, put its real inverter losses at around fifteen percent of what you draw. The gap from the largest battery here to the smallest is narrower than the gap between a single fridge's own best and worst case, which is why 20 of the 82 units we track cover the easy end and not one covers the hard end.

Model	Covers the energy	Carries the running load	Clears the surge	Typical day	Verdict
EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3	best case only	worst case	Refrigerator/freezer: starts it	needs a recharge	Clears the best case only
Anker SOLIX F3800	best case only	worst case	Refrigerator/freezer: starts it	needs a recharge	Clears the best case only
Anker SOLIX F3800 Plus	best case only	worst case	Refrigerator/freezer: starts it	needs a recharge	Clears the best case only
Jackery Explorer 5000 Plus	best case only	worst case	Refrigerator/freezer: starts it	needs a recharge	Clears the best case only
Jackery HomePower 3600 Plus	best case only	worst case	Refrigerator/freezer: maker gives no peak figure	needs a recharge	Clears the best case only
Goal Zero Yeti PRO 4000	best case only	worst case	Refrigerator/freezer: starts it	needs a recharge	Clears the best case only
EcoFlow DELTA Pro	best case only	worst case	Refrigerator/freezer: starts it	needs a recharge	Clears the best case only

Where the energy goes, load by load

Load	Hours	Running watts	share of time running	Energy	Share of worst case
Refrigerator/freezer	24	100–700	see note	1,300–3,100 Wh	61%
Wi-Fi router and modem	24	15–40	100%	360–960 Wh	19%
Phone charging and small USB devices	24	10–40	20–60%	48–576 Wh	11%
A few LED lights	8	15–80	25–75%	30–480 Wh	9%

Refrigerator energy comes from ENERGY STAR’s certified models plus our allowance for the station and real use, from an efficient new fridge to an old, big one: see how much power a fridge uses. For every other load, energy = running watts × share of time running × hours, at each end of the range. The right-hand end of every row is what the plan is sized on.

More battery in the boxEcoFlow DELTA Pro 3

More capacity, close second

$2,799 at Amazon, November 1, 20264,096 Wh (3,216 usable)4,000 W continuous8,000 W peak114 lb

It suits someone buying one unit, registering it, and leaving it where it stands.

How we picked it: the cheapest unit that covers a typical day of this plan (2,900 Wh).

One charge covers a typical day of this plan (about 2,900 Wh). A hard-working refrigerator/freezer may need up to about 5,100 Wh.

$2,799 at Amazon Full specs and sources

Price as of November 1, 2026; the listing for this model on its own.

A refrigerator, Wi-Fi, a few LED lights and phone charging for 24 hours:

Energyonly in the best case
Running loadyes, even in the worst case
Starting surgeRefrigerator/freezer: starts it

What you give up: Output headroom and money.

Owner reports and tester figures are on the model page.

Figures from us.ecoflow.com, captured September 29, 2026; recall screen: no published recall names this exact model (screened 2026-10-09) (how we screen, CPSC).

Past the first day

Over three days (72 hours) of the same loads, you need 5,214 watt-hours at the efficient end and 15,448 at the hard end. None of these batteries covers that, so past the first day you need a way to recharge.

Buying it right

A search for these models returns bundles, sibling models and the same unit under two prices. We link only a listing whose own title states the unit on its own with its exact battery and output. Match the model number on the label to this page. How we check a listing.

EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3: we link the model on its own, checked November 1, 2026. We turned down 8 other listings (bundles, sibling models, repeats); see which and why.

What this page can’t promise

Nothing here was tested by us. The specifications are the makers' own, read off their product pages and manuals, and where a marketing page and the manual behind it disagree, which happens more than once in this group, we say so rather than quote the better number. What owners found is labelled as theirs, and there is little of it: no owner forum threads turned up for any of these three, so the reports below come from a handful of hands-on review sites.

It also cannot tell you which end of the range your own fridge sits on, the question that decides everything else, and it cannot price the Jackery Explorer 5000 Plus, because no listing we found matches that exact unit.

Questions people ask

Other plans we sized

EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3Our pick

$2,799 at Amazon