EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3 vs Anker F3800 Plus vs Jackery 5000 Plus: which home-backup flagship stores the most for the money

Which is better: DELTA Pro 3, F3800 Plus or Jackery 5000 Plus?

Which costs the least per watt-hour?

The Jackery, at $0.62 per Wh of rated capacity. The Anker comes second at $0.68 only because of a $400 code Anker applies automatically at checkout; at its $2,999.99 list price it is the most expensive per Wh of the three, at $0.78. All three prices are promotional and dated, which is why every figure on this page carries its read date.

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Which battery lasts longest?

The ratings cannot say, because they stop at different places. A cycle rating counts full charges until the battery falls to a stated share of its original capacity. EcoFlow stops counting at 80% and Jackery at 70%, so Jackery's 4,000 cycles describe a battery that has given up 30% of its capacity, against EcoFlow's 20%. Anker's "3,000+ cycles" names no end point at all, which makes it impossible to place on the same line.

If you divide price by the energy each rating promises (watt-hours times cycles), the best cases are 15.62 cents per stored kWh for the Jackery, 17.08 for the EcoFlow and 22.57 for the Anker. The Jackery's lead there comes partly from counting further down the fade curve. Across 32 listings, cheap-looking lifetime storage tracks thin cycle disclosure; the disclosure index draws it.

How fast does each recharge from solar?

In full sun at maximum input, all three refill in under two hours, as their pages say. That maximum assumes 6.5 to 10 panels of 400 W, which few homes have. On one 400 W array at a realistic 75% of rating, a full refill takes 12.8 to 16.8 hours of sun, or 2.6 to 3.4 days. EcoFlow adds that its 2,600 W figure comes from "experimental results under optimal conditions".

Which works as a UPS for a home office?

EcoFlow's, most simply: the page describes "a comprehensive 10ms UPS". Jackery's listing promises a "0ms Power Transition". Anker's spec table gives 20 ms, on the three leftmost outlets only, with a bypass limit of 1,440 W, so it covers a desk and a router rather than a whole circuit. None of the three listings names UL 1778, the standard for uninterruptible power supplies; a computer that reboots on a 20 ms gap needs a true UPS in between.

For the most stored energy per dollar, the Jackery; for the clearest battery rating and the lightest unit, the EcoFlow; for the lowest entry price, the Anker while its code runs.

What else competes at this size?

Three other makers sell 120/240 V units in the same class, each read on its own US store on 20 October 2026:

• Pecron F5000LFP, $2,199 on pre-order: 5,120 Wh and 7,200 W, $0.43 per Wh, the cheapest per watt-hour of any 5 kWh unit we read, rated 4,000 cycles to 80% with a 10 ms UPS; no safety standard named on its listing.
• Goal Zero Yeti PRO 4000, $3,999.95: 3,993.6 Wh, the only listing in our index for a unit this size that names its safety standard (UL 2743), at about $1.00 per Wh.
• Bluetti Apex 300, $1,499 against $1,699: 2,764.8 Wh and 3,840 W, rated 6,000 cycles to 80%, expandable to 58 kWh; Bluetti quotes its solar input as both 4,000 W and 19.2 kW, the larger figure for linked units.

Every unit of 2 kWh or more we read, ranked by price per watt-hour, is in our home-backup buying guide.

How big a power station do you actually need?

Size the outage before you compare units. A refrigerator whose EnergyGuide label reads 500 kWh a year uses about 1,370 Wh a day, so a 4 kWh station runs it alone for about two and a half days after inverter losses, and less with anything else plugged in. The worksheet below is the arithmetic we use.

1. List what must run in an outage and its daily energy:
   fridge: the kWh per year on its yellow EnergyGuide label / 365
   (a 500 kWh/yr label = about 1,370 Wh a day)
   everything else: watts x hours per day
2. Add them up -> watt-hours per day
3. Divide by 0.85 (inverter losses)
4. Multiply by the days you want to cover
5. Check the biggest single load against continuous AC output,
   and any motor (fridge, well pump) against surge output
6. If you will recharge from solar: Wh per day / (panel W x 0.75 x 5 h)
   = how many panel watts keep you level

Which should you buy?

• If you want the most backup for the moneyJackery Explorer 5000 Plus, $3,1495,040 Wh at $0.62 per Wh, 7,200 W and 240 V for larger loads; check its warranty term before you buy.
• If you will move it or want the clearest ratingEcoFlow DELTA Pro 3, $2,799113.54 lb, 4,000 cycles to 80%, a 10 ms UPS and 5 years of warranty.
• If price today matters mostAnker SOLIX F3800 Plus, $2,599.99The lowest checkout price while the $400 code runs, 6,000 W output, and 5 years of warranty; its UPS covers three outlets.

How we compared these three

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Bottom line

The Jackery Explorer 5000 Plus is the most stored energy per dollar and the most output, but its cycle rating counts further down the fade curve and its listing does not state a warranty term. The EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3 costs more per watt-hour and says the most about its battery. The Anker F3800 Plus is the cheapest at checkout while its code lasts. Size your outage first, then compare on the numbers that are measured the same way.