Power for Camping & Overlanding

Run lights, a 12 V fridge, camera batteries and your satellite messenger for a long weekend — then let a folding panel refill the station while you hike.

Recommended for camping and overlanding

Light enough to carry, big enough for a fridge and a week of charging, with folding panels that pack flat.

How to size it

Three things our team checks before recommending a station.

Weight versus capacity

Under 20 lb, a RIVER 2 class station (500–800 Wh) runs lights, phones, drones and a satellite messenger for a couple of people all weekend. Bring a DELTA 2 Max if a 12 V fridge or a bigger group is coming.

Budget for the fridge

A 12 V compressor fridge averages 30–60 W, so plan on roughly 1 kWh a day. That is the load that decides your station size and whether you need solar.

Pick a panel you will actually deploy

A 100–220 W folding panel is the sweet spot for camp: quick to set up, easy to angle at the sun, and enough to keep a mid-size station topped off between drives.

Other situations

Same catalog, sorted for a different trip.

Which size power station do you need?

Four EcoFlow sizes cover almost everyone. Runtimes are estimates at a steady 30 W Starlink Mini draw.

RIVER 2 ProDELTA 2 MaxDELTA ProDELTA Pro Ultra (inverter + 1 battery)
Capacity768 Wh2,048 Wh3,600 Wh (expandable with extra batteries)6 kWh (expandable with more batteries)
AC output800 W2,400 W3,600 W7,200 W
Weight17.2 lbAbout 50 lb99 lb, on wheelsAbout 186 lb with one battery, on wheels
Starlink Mini runtimeAbout 20 hoursAbout 2 daysAbout 4 daysAbout a week
Best forStarlink Mini, laptops, weekend campFridge, RV, basecamp with several peopleHome essentials during an outageWhole-home backup, HVAC, well pumps
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Camping and overlanding power questions

Sizing, solar and charging on the road — answered by the team that outfits overlanders with satellite gear. Still unsure? Call (619) 238-0205.

For phones, lights, camera batteries and a satellite messenger, 250–500 Wh is plenty. Add a 12 V fridge and you want 700 Wh or more, or a panel to refill during the day. A week off-grid with a fridge calls for 1–2 kWh plus 100–220 W of solar.

In good sun a 100–110 W folding panel makes roughly 400–600 Wh a day — enough to cover phones, lights and a messenger and to offset most of a fridge. If the fridge is the main load, step up to a 160–220 W panel.

Yes. The 12 V car outlet charges slowly (around 100 W); an alternator charger is several times faster and refills a mid-size station on a long drive. Solar at camp and driving between sites usually keeps a station full for the whole trip.

Battery stations make no noise or exhaust, so campground generator hours and quiet rules do not apply to them the way they do to gas generators. They are also the reason you can run a fridge at 2 a.m. without waking the site next door.

A messenger battery lasts days on its own, so a small power bank such as the Goal Zero Sherpa 100AC plus a compact folding panel covers a week. Save the power station for basecamp. See our satellite phones and messengers.

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