For a few years in my 20s and 30s, I was contracted to play music on street corners for half-marathon runners in Austin, Texas. When the site I was assigned didn’t have an outlet available, I had to rent a gas generator (on the organizers’ dime)—a loud, heavy bastard of a machine that was a physical struggle to get started. How I would have loved to have something like the DJI Power 2000 portable power station at the time.
The Power 2000 is the third and most powerful in DJI’s series of gigantic lithium ferrophosphate (LFP) batteries you can power on with the touch of a button and use to recharge DJI drones and more. In most ways, it’s an upgraded version of the Power 1000, just with more USB ports and AC outlets, along with a higher 2,048Wh capacity versus its 1,024Wh predecessor (which means it’s quite a bit heavier at 49 pounds, too). The Power 2000 can output at 3,000 watts continuously, an 800-watt improvement over the Power 1000.
DJI Power 2000 power station Loaded with ports and plenty of power, DJI's Power 2000 is a great backup battery, even if you’re not a drone enthusiast. See at Amazon Pros Lots of ports and charging options
Lots of ports and charging options High continuous output wattage
High continuous output wattage Quiet fans
Quiet fans Useful app
Useful app Versatile expansion options Cons Pricey versus similar competitors
Pricey versus similar competitors Lots of adapters required for SDC outlets
Lots of adapters required for SDC outlets Error codes not always useful
That’s more than enough to drive an amplifier and a small PA system for the couple of hours that I needed, and with way less hassle. Not having to groggily fight to start up a gas motor and then compete with its relentless drone and inhale its fumes while chipper, fit runners streamed past me would have been glorious.
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