allpowers R1500 Lite vs Anker SOLIX C1000

allpowers R1500 Lite portable power station

Anker SOLIX C1000 portable power station

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allpowers R1500 Lite

List price: $389 vs $600
Cost per watt-hour: $0.37 vs $0.57
Max solar input: 650 W vs 600 W
Rated cycles: 3,500 cycles vs 3,000 cycles

Budget buyers who want a station and a panel together at the lowest total price.

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Anker SOLIX C1000

Continuous AC output: 1,800 W vs 1,600 W
Weight: 28.4 lb vs 33.1 lb
Watt-hours per pound: 37.2 Wh/lb vs 31.9 Wh/lb

Buyers who want a well-made, well-supported unit and will use the app.

Spec by spec

A green arrow marks the better figure on each row. Rows where only one unit publishes a number are shown without a winner rather than guessed.

Metric	R1500 Lite	C1000	What it means
Capacity	1,056 Wh	1,056 Wh	How much energy the unit stores. Sets how long everything else can run.
Continuous AC output	1,600 W	1,800 W	The largest load the inverter will run continuously, not counting surge.
Weight lower is better	33.1 lb	28.4 lb	The spec buyers most often regret ignoring.
List price lower is better	$389	$600	Vendor list price at the time of collection; street prices move.
Cost per watt-hour lower is better	$0.37	$0.57	Price divided by capacity. The fairest single value metric.
Watt-hours per pound	31.9 Wh/lb	37.2 Wh/lb	Capacity you get per pound carried.
Max solar input	650 W	600 W	Caps how large an array is useful, and therefore off-grid recharge speed.
AC recharge time lower is better	90 min	—	Vendor-stated time to full from a wall outlet.
Rated cycles	3,500 cycles	3,000 cycles	Vendor claim for charge cycles before capacity degrades to 80%.
UPS switchover lower is better	15 ms	—	How long the unit takes to switch to battery. Under 20 ms keeps a desktop alive.
Max expandable capacity	—	2,112 Wh	How far the system can grow with add-on batteries.
Warranty	60 months	60 months	Stated warranty length from the vendor listing.

How each one ranks overall

allpowers R1500 Lite

#14 of 104 for Best value (cost per watt-hour) ($0.37)
#78 of 103 for Most portable (Wh per pound) (31.9 Wh/lb)
#31 of 106 for Most inverter headroom (152 W/100Wh)
#26 of 49 for Fastest AC recharge (704 W)
#40 of 83 for Highest solar input (650 W)
#52 of 96 for Longest service life (3696 kWh)
#2 of 103 for Most output per dollar (4.11 W/$)
#32 of 106 for Best for home backup (68/100)
#72 of 105 for Longest warranty (60 mo)
#22 of 29 for Quietest under load (35 dB)

Anker SOLIX C1000

#53 of 104 for Best value (cost per watt-hour) ($0.57)
#49 of 103 for Most portable (Wh per pound) (37.2 Wh/lb)
#19 of 106 for Most inverter headroom (170 W/100Wh)
#42 of 83 for Highest solar input (600 W)
#31 of 36 for Most expandable (2.11 kWh)
#58 of 96 for Longest service life (3168 kWh)
#30 of 103 for Most output per dollar (3.00 W/$)
#70 of 106 for Best for home backup (52/100)
#37 of 105 for Longest warranty (60 mo)

The brands behind them

ALLPOWERS

The budget camper who wants a station and a panel in one order

Best for: Budget buyers who want a station and a panel together at the lowest total price.

Not for: Buyers who need reliable support, apps or long-term serviceability.

Full ALLPOWERS profile →

Anker SOLIX

The existing Anker customer upgrading from power banks and chargers

Best for: Buyers who want a well-made, well-supported unit and will use the app.

Not for: Off-gridders who need the widest accessory ecosystem or the lowest cost per Wh.

Full Anker SOLIX profile →

Where these numbers come from. Every figure on this page is taken from allpowers’s own product listing and is stored with the vendor’s exact wording, reproduced below. We do not estimate missing specs — a field the vendor does not publish is shown as “—” and excluded from rankings. Source: iallpowers.com/products/allpowers-r1500-lite-portable-power-station.

Vendor wording for each figure (8)

capacityWh: “Capacity => 1056Wh”
acOutputW: “AC Output => 4x/220-240V 1600W Max (Surged 3200W)”
weight: “Weight => 15kg”
solarInputW: “Solar Input => 12-95V 13A, 650W Max”
rechargeAcMinutes: “full charge in just 90 minutes”
cycleLife: “Long-life LiFeP04 battery with over 3500 charging cycles”
upsSwitchoverMs: “15ms uninterruptible home backup UPS”
warrantyMonths: “Up to 5-Year Warranty”

Where these numbers come from. Every figure on this page is taken from Anker SOLIX’s own product listing and is stored with the vendor’s exact wording, reproduced below. We do not estimate missing specs — a field the vendor does not publish is shown as “—” and excluded from rankings. Source: www.ankersolix.com/products/c1000.

Vendor wording for each figure (7)

capacityWh: “1,056Wh and up to 600W solar input.”
acOutputW: “1800W Anker SOLIX C1000 Portable Power”
weight: “28.44 lb / 12.9 kg”
solarInputW: “600W Max, 11-60V MPPT”
cycleLife: “3,000 (80% Capacity)”
maxExpandableWh: “Up to Max. 2112Wh Capacity with Expansion Battery (Coming soon.)”
warrantyMonths: “5-Year Warranty”