Best all-around backup power
EcoFlow
EcoFlow DELTA 2 Power Station
Enough power to run your fridge, charge every device, and keep a few lights on through a multi-day outage — and it recharges scary-fast.
$599–$899
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What we love
- ✓Recharges 0–80% in under an hour from a wall outlet
- ✓Runs a full-size fridge for hours; expandable with extra batteries
- ✓Quiet, fume-free, safe to use indoors (unlike gas generators)
The DELTA 2 is the power station we point most families to first. It hits the sweet spot: big enough to matter during a real outage, small enough to live in a closet, and simple enough that anyone in the house can use it.
During a power outage, you’d typically use it to keep your refrigerator cold in rotation, charge phones and laptops many times over, run a CPAP overnight, and power a lamp or two. It won’t run your central AC or electric oven — nothing this size will — but for keeping a family comfortable and connected, it’s plenty.
The killer feature is recharge speed: if you know a storm is coming, you can top it off in about an hour. And because it’s battery, not gas, it’s safe to run indoors with zero fumes — a real advantage over a traditional generator when you’ve got kids in the house.