Specifications checked against manufacturer pages on 2026-08-23.
The Bluetti Elite 100 V2 is a 1,024 Wh portable power station in the 1 kWh-class bracket, with a 1,800 W continuous inverter and LiFePO4 cells. This page transcribes the manufacturer’s specifications as they stood on 2026-08-23, turns the capacity into appliance hours, and names the rows Bluetti does not fill in. Quoted figures carry a source; calculated ones carry a formula.
In short. 1,024 Wh in the 1 kWh-class band: $0.49/Wh at the list price we recorded; 41.0 Wh per pound; 4,000 rated cycles to 80%. On our assumptions a full-size refrigerator calculates to 16–17 hr, and a 40 W CPAP calculates to 18–21 hr. We could not fill 1 row from Bluetti’s page. It is listed below, not guessed. Hours are calculated from rated capacity, never measured.
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Who it is for, and who should skip it
Two lists, both drawn from the table further down.
It fits if
- A refrigerator is what you are saving. It clears a 12-hour outage on our assumptions with about 4 hours to spare, and the stated 3,600 W surge covers a roughly 900 W start.
- One night of uninterrupted medical equipment. A 40 W machine without a humidifier runs the night with margin, and the maker states up to 10 ms on the grid handover. A heated humidifier changes that arithmetic.
- The unit has to move. 25 lb is a two-hands lift rather than a cart job, so car to porch to basement is realistic.
Skip it if
- You want resistive heat. A 1,500 W heater empties this unit in about 0.6 hr. Heat is what batteries are worst at.
- You own a large array already. It takes at most 1,000 W of solar; panels past that ceiling idle rather than charge it faster.
- You were counting on the furnace. Hard-wired appliances cannot be reached with a cord; that job needs an interlock or transfer switch and an electrician, on any unit.
Every published specification
Each footnote below points at the sentence a figure came from. Two phrases matter: “Manufacturer does not state” means the maker is silent, “Not yet verified by CalmWatt” means we are.
| Specification | Bluetti Elite 100 V2 |
|---|---|
| Rated capacity | 1,024 Wh1 |
| Usable capacity (calculated)* | 870–922 Wh |
| Continuous AC output | 1,800 W2 |
| Surge output | 3,600 W3 |
| Full recharge from wall | 70 min4 |
| Cell chemistry | LiFePO45 |
| Rated cycle life | 4,000+ cycles to 80%6,7 |
| UPS switchover | ≤10 ms8 |
| Expandable | No9 |
| Max solar input | 1,000 W10 |
| Max AC charging input | 1,200 W11 |
| AC outlets | Manufacturer does not state |
| Highest USB-C port | 140 W12 |
| App control | Yes13 |
| Stated noise | 30 dB14 |
| Warranty | 5 years15 |
| Weight | 25 lb16 |
| Manufacturer list price when checked | $49917 |
* Our calculation, not a published figure: rated capacity × an assumed 85–90% conversion efficiency.
Notes on the figures
- Elite 100 V2, rated capacity: Tech Specs > OUTPUT > Capacity; the hero banner also states ‘1,024Wh Capacity’.
- Elite 100 V2, continuous output: Tech Specs > OUTPUT > Output Power. FAQ A4 also states ‘The Elite 100 V2 provides 1,800W continuous AC output’.
- Elite 100 V2, surge: Conventional surge rating: Tech Specs > OUTPUT > ‘Surge Power’ = ‘3,600W’. The page separately lists ‘Lifting Power’ = ‘2,700W’ (BLUETTI’s boost mode for resistive loads); the product bullets say ‘1,800W output (2,700W Lifting Power)’.
- Elite 100 V2, full recharge: Tech Specs > INPUT > AC Charging Time (wall, with 1,200W AC TurboBoost). FAQ A3: ‘it charges from 0–80% in just 45 minutes, and reaches 100% in about 70 minutes.’ Full 0-100% = 70 min; 0-80% = 45 min.
- Elite 100 V2, cell chemistry: Tech Specs > BATTERY INFO > Type. FAQ A7: ‘It uses ultra-safe LiFePO₄ (LFP) batteries’.
- Elite 100 V2, cycle life: Tech Specs > BATTERY INFO > Cycle Life. The ‘+’ means 4,000 is a floor (“over 4,000 cycles” in bullets).
- Elite 100 V2, cycle life: 4,000+ Cycles to 80% Original Capacity
- Elite 100 V2, UPS switchover: Upper bound: Tech Specs > GENERAL > UPS Switching Time is ‘≤10 ms’. Bullets/FAQ A8 phrase it as ’10ms switching time’.
- Elite 100 V2, expandable: A B80 battery can charge it through the DC input in Power Bank Mode (FAQ A18); capacity is not extended as a single system, the rule we apply to every unit that can only be charged by an external battery.
- Elite 100 V2, solar input: Tech Specs > INPUT > Solar Input. FAQ A5: ‘Total VOC: 12V–60V’, ‘Total Power: 1,000W Max’.
- Elite 100 V2, AC input: Tech Specs > INPUT > AC Input (charging). A separate line ‘AC Input (Charging + Bypass)’ = ‘1,800W Max.’ covers pass-through/bypass load.
- Elite 100 V2, USB-C: Tech Specs > OUTPUT > USB-C Port: two USB-C ports, one 100W max and one 140W max.
- Elite 100 V2, app: Tech Specs > GENERAL > Connectivity = ‘WiFi / Bluetooth’. BLUETTI App supports charging-mode selection and Power Memory Mode (FAQ A10).
- Elite 100 V2, noise: Condition: under 600W load. Tech Specs > GENERAL > Noise = ’30 dB’.
- Elite 100 V2, warranty: Tech Specs > GENERAL > Warranty. FAQ A7: ‘it comes with a 5-year warranty’.
- Elite 100 V2, weight: Tech Specs > GENERAL > Weight. FAQ A2 gives a slightly different figure: ‘It weighs just 25.3lbs(11.5kg )’.
- Elite 100 V2, price: List price. Bundles range up to $2,199.00.
What Bluetti does not state
A specification sheet is as informative in what it omits as in what it lists. Every gap on this unit’s page, named rather than quietly filled in. That places it with the 29 of 34 transcribed units that leave a gap; this one leaves 1 figure.
- The number of ac outlets. Absent from Bluetti’s specifications for this unit when we checked.
- Usable capacity. No maker in our database publishes one. Rated capacity is the cells; what reaches the outlet is less, and the gap moves with the load.
None of this makes the unit worse than its rivals; most makers omit most of these. It does mean any page quoting a confident number for one of them is quoting an estimate.
What it runs, and for how long
Same appliances and assumptions we use on every comparison page, so these rows read against any other unit on this site.
| Appliance | Elite 100 V2 |
|---|---|
| Full-size refrigerator 150 W, 900 W start, 35% duty · eff. 80%–87% |
16–17 hr |
| Mini fridge 70 W, 400 W start, 30% duty · eff. 70%–82% |
34–40 hr |
| CPAP without humidifier 40 W · eff. 70%–82% |
18–21 hr |
| CPAP with heated humidifier 95 W · eff. 80%–87% |
8.6–9.4 hr |
| Gas furnace blower 400 W, 1600 W start, 40% duty · eff. 85%–90% |
5.4–5.8 hr |
| 1/3 hp sump pump 500 W, 1800 W start, 15% duty · eff. 85%–90% |
about 12 hr |
| Router and modem 20 W · eff. 70%–82% |
36–42 hr |
| Laptop 60 W · eff. 70%–82% |
12–14 hr |
| 1500W space heater 1500 W · eff. 82%–88% |
about 0.6 hr |
Arithmetic, not a measurement: hours = rated Wh × efficiency ÷ (appliance W × duty). Appliance and efficiency assumptions live on How we verify. A row reading “Unlikely to start” failed the surge check, not the capacity one.
The same specs, normalized
| Measure | Elite 100 V2 |
|---|---|
| Cost per watt-hour | $0.49/Wh |
| Watt-hours per pound | 41.0 Wh/lb |
| Surge headroom | 2.00× |
| Recharge rate | 14.6 Wh/min |
| Rated cycle life | 4,000 cycles to 80% |
| Continuous watts per dollar | 3.61 W/$ |
Ratios have no winner here — there is no second column. Each one is defined, with its direction, on How we verify.
What those figures actually mean
Cost per watt-hour: $0.49/Wh. The $499 list price we recorded over 1,024 Wh of rated capacity. This is the number to carry between listings; a discount changes it in proportion, so ours is only true for the day we recorded it.
Watt-hours per pound: 41.0 Wh/lb. 1,024 Wh in 25 lb makes this a two-hands lift. Density is what lithium iron phosphate gives up to older chemistries; the cycle rating is what it buys in return.
Surge headroom: 2.00×. A stated 3,600 W surge over a 1,800 W continuous rating, which covers the roughly 900 W a full-size refrigerator needs to start. Capacity is irrelevant if the motor never turns.
Recharge rate: 14.6 Wh/min. A full wall charge in 70 minutes. In a multi-day outage this is generator fuel measured in minutes.
Rated cycle life: 4,000 cycles to 80% capacity. Cycled weekly it would take about 77 years to get there, so for a few outages a year the cell count is not the limit. For daily off-grid use it is. The percentage matters as much as the count: two ratings only compare when they name the same remaining capacity.
Continuous watts per dollar: 3.61 W/$. Output for the money rather than storage for the money. Which of the two you should read depends on whether your outage is a big load or a long one.
Where it sits in our database
The obvious missing question on a one-unit page is whether these numbers are good. Here is where each lands among the units we have verified.
| Measure | Elite 100 V2 | Among verified units |
|---|---|---|
| Rated capacity | 1,024 Wh | 21st largest of 34 |
| Continuous AC output | 1,800 W | 20th highest of 34 |
| Cost per watt-hour | $0.49/Wh | 7th cheapest of 32 |
| Watt-hours per pound | 41.0 Wh/lb | 10th densest of 34 |
| Weight | 25 lb | 13th lightest of 34 |
A low rank on weight is a high rank on portability. Nothing in this table is a verdict. The row built on price uses the manufacturer list price recorded on 2026-08-23; the retail price behind our link moves independently, so recompute that row against what you are shown.
Three outages, and the figure that decides each
- One night, one CPAP. A 40 W CPAP without a humidifier calculates to 18–21 hr. The stated up to 10 ms handover is what decides whether the machine notices the outage.
- Twelve hours, one refrigerator. A typical full-size refrigerator calculates to 16–17 hr, and the stated 3,600 W surge covers its roughly 900 W start.
- The loads people forget. A gas furnace blower calculates to 5.4–5.8 hr and a one-third horsepower sump pump calculates to about 12 hr. Neither is a cord-and-plug load in a typical house, whatever these hours say. A router and modem, meanwhile, calculates to 36–42 hr.
- Three days, with something to recharge from. A full wall recharge takes 70 minutes, and it accepts up to 1,000 W of solar, so day two turns on your panels and your sky.
The Elite 100 V2 against other units
6 pages on this site compare the Elite 100 V2 directly with another unit, using the table above on both sides.
- Anker SOLIX C1000 Gen 2 vs Bluetti Elite 100 V2
- Anker SOLIX C1000 vs Bluetti Elite 100 V2
- Bluetti AC180 vs Bluetti Elite 100 V2
- Bluetti Elite 100 V2 vs EcoFlow DELTA 3
- Bluetti Elite 100 V2 vs EcoFlow DELTA 3 Plus
- Bluetti Elite 100 V2 vs Jackery Explorer 1000 v2
Questions people ask about the Elite 100 V2
Answers use only the figures on this page.
How long will the Elite 100 V2 run a refrigerator?
16–17 hr on our assumptions for a typical full-size unit at 150 W running and a 35% duty cycle. The stated surge covers the roughly 900 W start. Your own compliance label is the number that matters.
Can the Elite 100 V2 run a CPAP all night?
Yes on capacity: a 40 W machine without a humidifier calculates to 18–21 hr against the eight hours a night usually needs. The maker states up to 10 ms on the handover. A heated humidifier roughly doubles the draw.
How long does the Elite 100 V2 take to recharge?
70 minutes from a wall outlet on the maker’s figure, with up to 1,000 W accepted from solar. In a long outage that sets how long a generator runs per refill.
How much does the Elite 100 V2 weigh?
25 lb on the maker’s figure, or 41.0 Wh of rated capacity carried per pound. That is a two-hands lift, which is why units this size tend to stay where you put them.
How many cycles is the Elite 100 V2 rated for?
4,000 cycles to 80% of original capacity, on LiFePO4 cells, which is roughly 77 years at one cycle a week. Compare it only with ratings quoted to the same remaining capacity.
Will the Elite 100 V2 run a space heater?
It will, and it will empty the battery in about 0.6 hr. Resistive heat drains any battery this size faster than anything else you can plug in.
Check the current price
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Sources and method
- Bluetti Elite 100 V2: manufacturer product page, checked 2026-08-23.
We compared published specs and copied each figure from the manufacturer’s page. Runtimes are our arithmetic, not a measurement, and the formula is on the page so you can substitute your own load. Method: How we verify. More: Comparisons.