Anker SOLIX F3800 Portable Power Station and 400W Solar Panel, 3,840Wh

So far this is worked great. We plan on getting many more of these. We let these charge during the day and we let it power the window AC unit that’s in our children’s bedroom and so far it has done really well. We live in Florida and so we deal with a lot of weather and cloudy days, but it seems to do the job even on those days. We have it sitting inside of our enclosed porch and the cords running through the window onto the roof. My husband runs it with his phone and it seems to connect well. It’s portable and easy to move around. The solar seems to charge well and it typically takes six-ish hours to fully charge. We do plan on buying more batteries and maybe even another tower to try and power our entire house. We have about a 1500 square-foot house and we think we would need 2 to 3 towers and the batteries that come with it plus a few additional batteries. We are thinking it would cost about $15,000 to get all of that to power our entire house. Compared to $30-$50,000 to get real solar install installed.

Amazingly easy set up and a great app. Works great with the solar panel, and the battery last forever.

I purchased an Anker Solix F3800 in March of 2024 with the intention of using it as I develop my property in Idaho. It has proven to be an invaluable tool, and as I've used it in various scenarios, I've learned a lot about its quirks and undocumented "features". I use the F3800 to power my tools and recharge batteries, to provide light where I'm working, run my well pump and more recently to provide power to my 40ft. Class A diesel pusher motorhome. It's been quite reliable, but it does have a few issues. First, should you purchase one, be sure to hook it up to wifi and update the firmware. Prior to doing that, I was unable to use AC power (from my RV Generator) along with solar to recharge it. I'm currently running firmware 2.1.5, which does allow simultaneous AC and DC charging. Second, the MPPT controllers built in for solar are optimized for Anker's proprietary solar solutions, which are relatively expensive. Pay close attention to how you configure your solar panel wiring to optimize charging. Assuming you can find the right combination of serial/parallel connections, you can charge the F3800 with up to 2400 watts of solar power, but it's not easy to get to that number. Third, the built-in BMS limits charging current when the batteries are colder than 10c/50f. I've discovered that you won't be able to put more than about 710 watts DC or 685 watts AC into the F3800 if the battery temp reads below these figures. (Quick tip - put a heavy AC load on it to get those electrons flowing and warm up the batteries in the morning!) IF the batteries are above 10c, it will charge quickly with solar or AC input. I manage to push about 1500 - 1600 watts into it at peak sunlight with my two strings of panels, and at that rate it only takes a few hours. If you're charging a warm unit with AC power, it will charge completely in under two hours, assuming you have not limited the AC power for charging via the app. Overall I'm very pleased. the phone app (I use IOS) is good, but could be improved by adding input and output power over time. It has graphs, but since those numbers are constantly changing, there's no way to track usage. Overall, I'm very pleased with my purchase. Anker support is responsive, although it took almost a week of emails back and forth to find out that my "charging problem" was because the batteries were cold and current was being limited by the BMS. For those of us who understand solar, batteries, BMS, etc. 50 degrees F is a pretty high threshold under which to limit current. Hopefully Anker will reduce that to a more reasonable level in a future firmware update. With such a high temp. hurdle the usefulness of this device will be less than desired as the cold weather approaches. For those wondering, it *does* allow you to use a plug-in EV charger to charge your EV. I've tried it on my Rivian R1T, although the capacity of the Anker is a drop in the bucket for an EV with a 131kW battery! Highly recommended due to typical Anker quality, flexibility of use and expansion capabilities. It offers a reasonable value proposition when purchased on sale or in bundles.

The product is great except the solar panel. It says it's 400w. The highest rate I've seen on the unit is 218w in full mid-day Texas sun. It's a little disappointing but other than that, im satisfied with my purchase.

Super impressed with this! Decided to try this instead of the gas generator at my transfer switch. Once this went on sale, I decided to buy it. We coincidentally lost power on 6/30/26 for 6 hours due to an excavator hitting a pole and knocking out power to 2000 people! I ran the F3800 and usage fluctuated between 260-450 watts while running. Back in early 2025, I purchased a Solix C1000 that came with a 200w anker portable solar panel. I plugged that solar panel into the 3800 (generating between 70-105 watts). Despite using more energy than I was generating, I found the 3800 did the job and kept our fridge, some lights, hot water tank's inducer motor, and radon motor running the entire time, taking the battery from 100% to about 66% over these 6 hours! I am going to keep an eye out for the expansion battery or another 3800 so I can double our capacity. If you want a simple "generator" to cover the occasional power outage, I highly recommend this!

Very pleased with quality for price. Came as advertised and are functioning perfectly. Definitely a new Anker fan!

7months in - EDIT. Solix required firmware update, unable to do update without WiFi- found a way to update firmware, now we are no longer able to charge solix by generator. Customer service is all AI, have yet to hear back from anyone real. AI customer service email says we need to plug solix into a powered wall socket- unable to do that because we don't have any other source of power.... at a loss. This is NOT the power station you want for off grid living! Waiting to see if Anker will make this right!!! After two months of continuous use, I'm here to say this solix is not worth the money we've put into it. Our solix and two attachment batteries, has 2chest freezers on it full time which will carry us about a day. We are up to two days now with the extra 2 batteries which is maybe 1.5 to two days tops if we don't use anything else (tv, Xbox, internet) This solix does not charge well via generator (do your research!) using the generator, it is approximately 10% an hour. It is a FULLTIME job charging this thing! 4 hours in the am, 4 hours at night. Currently, we have not been able to charge past 85%, which is new. We don't have this problem till recently. While charging w/gas generator, the extension cords get very hot. During the first month, the heavy duty extension cord we used sparked and started to fill our house with smoke. It was around 85 degrees that day (VT summer) and had only been charging for about 2 hours. Very scary. The 400 watt portable solar panel we bought on sale with this, is also not great. It's heavy, and you need to have a system set up to turn it around easily to follow the sun throughout the day. the max watts we've seen come in is about 220. Between the solix, panel, the two battery packs, the electrical panel kit and 500$ worth of cords (YEP 500 in cords alone for this thing if you intend on having a full solar set up) we are out almost 8grand for approximately 2 days worth of power for 2/3 appliances. Please do your research before buying to ensure this is the right setup for your home.

Easy to install and easy to use. I have the unit connected to a 10 circuit manual transfer switch. My power went out two days after I installed the unit and it performed as it should powering all of my crucial loads. People complain that it's very heavy, that's because it's full of batteries you guys. Good quality batteries that are capable of storing large amounts of Watt hours are going to be heavy. Package arrived by Fedex in very good shape. Inside box unit was very well protected for shipping.

The Good: I've bought this unit about 2 months ago to provide off-grid power to a 400 square foot shop. I was able to connect several existing solar panels of different sizes into the two solar inputs with great results. I'm able to run lights, a medium size compressor, table saw, and a dust collector with ease. This is probably one of the best value power stations that offer 240V output. DC and 12V ports all work well, and I was able to get 100W output from USB C without issue. I was also able to easily connect some existing Lifepo4 batteries to extend run time (I have both a 12V and 24V battery). The unit is very quiet, the display is easy to read, and the App works fairly well. Its nice being able to see how much power is being consumed for both AC and DC outputs. I sent a few inquiries through support in the app, and got a detailed and timely reply from Anker. I would rate my support experience as very good. I'm happy with my purchase and would recommend this product to others. The Bad: -XT60 connectors are not included. This is a little frustrating, but not a big issue. Make sure you buy 10AWG cables if you want to get max power. -60V max input makes panel selection a little tricky, but its still possible to get over 2000W of solar input. -I've had a couple instances where wifi disconnected and the unit needed to be reset to reconnect. This only took a few minutes, but it would be frustrating if you're not home. -The App does not track power that has been captured. I'd love to be able to see how much power was generated or used.

Very impressed ! I've been using this unit along with 48v server batteries , and it's been powering my house on bright sunny days, without a glitch. On average, we pull steady 1500W (mini-split, Well Pump, small appliances and lights ) , so the occasional 3-4000W draws and the unit has no issues with the demand. It's quite heavy but for our application being stationary , it works well ! I'm not sure if I'd be carrying this thing around camping though. Overall, Very good and amazing unit. Recommended

Produit de qualité, très simple à utilisé et il fonctionne tel que présenter avec les mêmes spectres d’autonomie. Fidèle à la description. Je suis très satisfait cette station de recharge sera parfait lors de panne d’électricité

Livraison rapide arrive avant la date prevu Fonctionne tres bien

Says found fault when I plug in my 24 amp EV Charger. Bought this thing and it’s useless as a back up emergency battery for my ford lightning