Anker 757 PowerHouse Battery Review: Crazy Fast and Powerful

In case you go on outside adventures and tenting journeys or dwell someplace with frequent energy outages, having a approach to recharge all of your devices is important. And whereas Anker is a well-known model for charging equipment, its new huge 757 PowerHouse portable power station is one other beast fully.

A transportable energy station is a lunchbox-sized battery pack filled with ports permitting you to energy and cost the whole lot you personal. I’m speaking about telephones, laptops, drones, followers, an electrical grill, heated blankets, audio system, small home equipment, medical gear, and even an e-bike. The Anker 757 clocks in at 1500W of energy due to a 1229Wh LFP battery.

Lately, energy stations are the most effective devices you may personal. Plus, since they use batteries as an alternative of combustion like a generator, they’re fully protected to make use of indoors or in autos.

At $1,400 and over 43 kilos, the 757 PowerHouse is pricey and never all that “transportable.” Nonetheless, it strikes a very good stability of portability, affordability, and energy choices in comparison with others available on the market. Actually, it gives extra ports than most, to not point out as much as 100W USB-C energy supply charging.

After utilizing the Anker 757 PowerHouse tenting and at my household cabin, I can safely say it’s one of many quickest and greatest choices round.

Specs

• Battery Capability: 1229Wh
• AC Output: 1500W (Pure Wine Wave)
• AC Energy Surge: 2400W
• Dimensions: 18.2 x 11.3 x 9.3 inches
• Weight: 43.9lbs
• AC Retailers: 6 (3 two-prong and three three-prong)
• Ports: 4 USB-A, 2 USB-C, 1 120w automobile socket
• Gentle: 3-Stage LED Gentle Bar
• AC Enter Recharge Time: 80% in an hour, 100% in 1.5 hours (1000w wall plug)
• Photo voltaic Cost Time: 80% in 3.6 hours
• Usability: Cost 13 gadgets concurrently
• Different: Photo voltaic enter and breaker reset on the again

Out of the Field

Out of the field, the 757 PowerHouse is just a little greater than a automobile battery or YETI cooler, and it’ll be greater than midway charged, however you’ll have to plug it in as soon as to “activate” it. The field comes with the Anker 757 PowerHouse, an AC wall charging cable, a automobile charger, a parallel photo voltaic connection cable, and a pleasant dust-proof bag to maintain it lined throughout your adventures.

You’ll discover the house AC charging plug doesn’t have an enormous energy provide or transformer field in-line, which makes it simple to pack and retailer the 757’s charging cable. I hate these, so I’m glad to see Anker did away with it right here.

An enormous advantage of the Anker 757 is you could recharge it utilizing photo voltaic panels. You may get Anker 625 solar panel for $329. Or, use the included parallel photo voltaic connector cable within the field to pair a number of photo voltaic panels (even from totally different manufacturers) collectively for a sooner recharge. It’s a super gadget for Overlanding, RVers, or dwelling the van life.

Design and Ports

The Anker 757 PowerHouse is heavy, sturdy, and constructed to face as much as your outside adventures. And whereas it appears like a pleasant aluminum end, your complete factor is made out of plastic. It options two outsized handles that will help you carry it, which is important given the load.

There are massive fan vents on each ends, lined with fancy blue-accented plastic, giving it a bit of favor. You’ll hear these followers while you cost the Anker itself or add a heavy load to the machine, nevertheless it’s extraordinarily quiet. There’s no comparability between the small followers for cooling and the roar of an enormous, loud, obnoxious gas-powered generator. The Anker 757 Powerhouse is almost silent.

Anker packed the 757 filled with charging ports to maintain something and the whole lot powered up or recharged. Up high, there’s a handy amber LED gentle bar with three totally different brightness settings, and it’s nice for supplying you with a comfortable glow in a trailer or tent.

Underneath the LED gentle is a show filled with useful info. Exhibiting the battery share, energy saving mode, estimated battery life given the present energy draw, and even just a little icon for USB-C or A if these ports have one thing plugged in. The display is vibrant, simple to see, and auto-dims after just a few seconds to cut back battery utilization.

I additionally actually like that when something is drawing energy you’ll see just a little “output” standing that reveals how a lot energy is actively in use. For instance, I’ll plug in my Galaxy S22 and see it suck down 26w of energy, or once I use the 100W USB-C port on my MacBook, it attracts over 90 watts, which is spectacular. It additionally helps you understand the whole lot is working proper.

Underneath the show is a 120w automobile socket to the left, one 100W USB-C port, one 60W USB-C port, and 4 12W USB-A ports within the center. Then, to the precise, you’ll discover three common AC retailers for typical home items and three extra greater 3-prong AC retailers. Sure, that’s six AC plugs in whole. For comparability, the Jackery Explorer 1500 solely has three AC retailers and three USB ports, and it’s dearer, nevertheless it additionally packs an even bigger 1534Wh battery.

There’s a devoted energy swap with a tiny blue LED to ship energy to the AC or automobile outlet, and also you’ll must push that button to activate these areas of the battery.

Charging Efficiency

The Anker 757 is loopy quick and highly effective. At one level, I had eight issues plugged in directly, together with my Ryobi drill’s battery pack, a speaker, an electrical chainsaw, three telephones, a DJI Mavic controller, and my small 10,000 mAh transportable battery.

Having 3-prong AC choices is nice for plugging in greater objects like a fridge. Final weekend I powered a corded electrical chainsaw to chop down some bushes overgrowing the cabin. Total, it combines to supply 1500W of whole energy, or an influence surge of 2400W to fireside up and run one thing like a Keurig machine. We ran the Keurig six instances on the primary morning, solely utilizing like 7% of the battery.

Throughout your complete time I’ve loved the Anker 757 PowerHouse, I’ve by no means drawn a lot energy that it shut down, I by no means had to make use of the reset swap, and it charged the whole lot I plugged in with none fuss. Having the ability to watch the show share all of the related stats is kinda enjoyable. And, in fact, one of many pups got here to see what I used to be doing out within the bushes.

If I took this tenting and solely needed to recharge my cellphone, run a small gentle or two and a fan within the tent, and high off my laptop computer, it may simply final greater than a whole week. Anker says the 757 PowerHouse can recharge a smartphone 97 instances, a laptop computer 17 instances, run a fan for days, or preserve a fridge operating for 22 hours in an emergency energy outage.

Significantly, that’s a variety of energy. It can be used as a UPS (uninterrupted power supply), with fixed energy that’s secure sufficient to run a pc, home equipment, or a medical CPAP machine. Simply take into account that this system isn’t constructed for big house home equipment like a Microwave.

That each one mentioned, I do want extra of these USB-A ports had been USB-C, as virtually the whole lot I take advantage of runs on a Sort-C connector. On the plus aspect, you may plug 13 issues into all 13 ports concurrently, and it really works, as long as you’re not going past the battery’s restrict.

Talking of reaching the Anker 757’s limits, nothing I plugged in took issues too far. As you may see above, I plugged a large heater into the battery, drawing 1,222W, and it immediately began blowing scorching air and warming up the cabin.

That’s fairly spectacular, as most smaller programs don’t have sufficient of an preliminary energy surge to run one thing like a heater.

Anker 757 PowerHouse vs. Anker 545 PowerHouse

I shortly wished to share just a few pictures evaluating the brand new Anker 757 to the older Anker 545 portable power station, which is about half the scale with a 778Wh battery and 770W output energy. The older Anker on the precise solely prices $699 and nonetheless has loads of ports and two AC retailers, nevertheless it’s additionally smaller and extra transportable.

Relying on what kind of gadgets it is advisable energy or how a lot energy you want will assist you to select which measurement is best for you. The Older Anker 545 has an analogous LED gentle on the again.

Truthfully, this new Anker 757 PowerHouse is severely spectacular, nevertheless it’s additionally large and heavy. I’ll possible go for the smaller sibling for small day journeys or tent tenting. Nonetheless, every time I am going on an prolonged journey, head to the cabin, or know a number of individuals are coming, I’ll completely cost up the 757 and guarantee I’ve sufficient juice to go round.

Charging the Anker 757 Again Up

On the again of the Anker 757, you’ll discover a flap hiding the photo voltaic and automobile charger inputs, the overcharge reset button, and the AC enter to recharge the transportable energy station itself.

Probably the most spectacular options of this system, and precisely why I selected it over others available on the market, is how briskly the unit itself can recharge. You plug it right into a typical house AC wall plug, and it prices at an insane 1000W. Because of this, it recharges your complete battery from lifeless to 80% in an hour.

For example, the Jackery Explorer 1500 takes practically 5 hours to recharge. That’s an enormous distinction and price noting. Having the ability to plug it in an hour earlier than a tenting journey (or after a climate alert warning) and realizing I’ll have loads of energy offers me peace of thoughts.

Whereas I’m speaking concerning the inner battery and the competitors, the Anker 757 has a brand new LFP (LifeP04) battery inside as an alternative of a standard lithium-ion cell. Anker says that is nearer to what you’d discover in a contemporary electrical automobile, and it’ll stay wholesome after 3,000 charging cycles, which is why they’re capable of provide a 5-year guarantee on the system.

For comparability, typical lithium-ion choices from the competitors solely final round 500-700 recharge cycles and solely include a one or two-year guarantee. Once more, the Anker 757 PowerHouse offers me peace of thoughts.

Energy Saving Mode

One other factor I wished to shortly point out is the handy “energy saving” mode Anker added. To the left of the show is a swap to allow or disable the ability saving mode, and with good motive.

In energy saver mode, when one thing like a smartphone or laptop computer battery will get full, the PowerHouse will flip itself off after a couple of minutes. Nonetheless, a number of bigger gadgets like a fridge don’t want fixed energy and can draw juice intermittently. Turning off the ability saver mode will make sure the AC ports are all the time on and prepared at the same time as your CPAP machine, fridge, or heater turns on and off as wanted.

It’s mainly a swap to show off the clever overcharging and auto-shut-off mode for gadgets you need to have the ability to get energy when needed.

Conclusion (Ought to You Purchase It?)

On the finish of the day, your fundamental query is whether or not or not you can purchase one. That is a simple YES. Not solely does this factor provide an insane quantity of silent energy, nevertheless it’s good for tenting and the outside with a built-in gentle and photo voltaic panel assist. Add in the truth that I can cost virtually each gadget, espresso machine, and accent I would like concurrently, and it’s a win-win.

Personally, having six AC retailers AND a 100W USB-C port is what made me need it. To not point out that no different transportable energy station of this measurement can fully recharge from zero to 100% as quick because the Anker 757 PowerHouse.

In order for you insane wall energy on the go on your adventures or as an emergency backup, get the 757. The one motive I’d suggest one thing else is for those who want absurd quantities of energy or need one thing extra transportable just like the smaller model proven above.

Whereas $1,400 is a reasonably steep value, you get what you pay for, and the Anker 757 PowerHouse transportable energy station is pretty much as good because it will get.