Runtime & Sizing Guides
What Size Power Station Do You Need for a Home Office Blackout? (Laptop + Monitor + Router).
If the power goes out mid-workday, most guides tell you to add up your laptop, monitor, and router wattage and match it to a power station. That math isn’t wrong, exactly — it’s just missing the one detail that changes the answer the most: your laptop already has its own battery. The power station’s real […]
How to Keep Medication Cold During a Power Outage Without a Generator.
If you or someone in your household takes insulin, biologic injections, or any other medication that needs refrigeration, the moment the power goes out, a countdown starts — and it’s a much shorter one than most people assume. Here’s what actually protects your medication, based on real cold-chain guidance rather than guesswork, plus where a […]
Portable Power Station Size Chart: What You Actually Need for a 3-Day Outage.
We’ve now run the real math on three of the biggest outage priorities — a CPAP machine, a wifi router and modem, and a full-size fridge — and each one told the same story: the number on the box doesn’t tell you what you actually need. This article pulls those numbers together into one sizing […]
Can a Portable Power Station Run a Full-Size Fridge? The Real Math, Not the Marketing.
Of everything we’ve run the numbers on for this series — CPAP machines, wifi routers — the fridge is where the marketing gets the most misleading. Product listings love to show a power station “running a refrigerator,” and it’s technically true, but the number that actually determines whether your food survives a multi-day outage isn’t […]
How Many Watts Does Your Wifi Router Actually Draw During an Outage?
Here’s some genuinely good news, after all the CPAP math in our last runtime breakdown: keeping your internet alive during an outage is one of the cheapest, easiest things you can do with a power station. A wifi router barely sips power compared to almost anything else in your house — which means the […]
How Long Will a 1000Wh Power Station Actually Run a CPAP Machine? (Real Wattage Math)
If you rely on a CPAP machine and you’re staring down a hurricane forecast or a winter storm warning, “will my power station last the night” isn’t a hypothetical question — it’s the one that actually decides whether you sleep safely. Most articles on this topic hand you a vague “it depends” and move […]