Best power station for a Wi-Fi router and working from home

Updated Oct 18, 2026

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If you work from home, losing power usually means losing internet, even when your laptop battery is fine. The fix is cheap on energy: a Wi-Fi router and modem together use only about 10–25 W. A compact 300 Wh station keeps them online for about half a day, and a 1 kWh station for nearly two days.

How long will a power station run a router and modem?

This table assumes a router and modem (or a combo gateway) drawing about 20 W together, running nonstop.

Wi-Fi router + modem: 20 W running. Current models; “Borderline” means within 10% of the station’s rating.
Power station	Capacity	Runtime
EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3	4,096 Wh	7.3 days
EcoFlow DELTA Pro	3,600 Wh	6.4 days
BLUETTI Elite 200 V2	2,074 Wh	3.7 days
EcoFlow DELTA 2 Max	2,048 Wh	3.6 days
EcoFlow DELTA 3 Max	2,048 Wh	3.6 days
Jackery Explorer 2000 Plus	2,042 Wh	3.6 days
Jackery Explorer 2000 v2	2,042 Wh	3.6 days
Anker SOLIX S2000	2,010 Wh	3.6 days
BLUETTI AC180	1,152 Wh	2.0 days
Jackery Explorer 1000 v2	1,070 Wh	45.5 h
Anker SOLIX C1000	1,056 Wh	44.9 h
EcoFlow DELTA 3 Plus	1,024 Wh	43.5 h
Anker SOLIX C1000 Gen 2	1,024 Wh	43.5 h
Jackery Explorer 300	293 Wh	12.5 h
BLUETTI Elite 30 V2	288 Wh	12.2 h
EcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus	286 Wh	12.2 h

Check that your internet provider’s equipment down the street has power too. Cable and fiber networks often keep working in local outages, but not always in wide ones. A phone hotspot is a good backup either way.

Runtime for a full home-office setup

Add a laptop and an external monitor and you’re at about 110 W: a full workday on a 1 kWh station, about two on a 2 kWh station.

Home office (laptop, monitor, router): 110 W running. Current models; “Borderline” means within 10% of the station’s rating.
Power station	Capacity	Runtime
EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3	4,096 Wh	31.7 h
EcoFlow DELTA Pro	3,600 Wh	27.8 h
BLUETTI Elite 200 V2	2,074 Wh	16.0 h
EcoFlow DELTA 2 Max	2,048 Wh	15.8 h
EcoFlow DELTA 3 Max	2,048 Wh	15.8 h
Jackery Explorer 2000 Plus	2,042 Wh	15.8 h
Jackery Explorer 2000 v2	2,042 Wh	15.8 h
Anker SOLIX S2000	2,010 Wh	15.5 h
BLUETTI AC180	1,152 Wh	8.9 h
Jackery Explorer 1000 v2	1,070 Wh	8.3 h
Anker SOLIX C1000	1,056 Wh	8.2 h
EcoFlow DELTA 3 Plus	1,024 Wh	7.9 h
Anker SOLIX C1000 Gen 2	1,024 Wh	7.9 h
Jackery Explorer 300	293 Wh	2.3 h
BLUETTI Elite 30 V2	288 Wh	2.2 h
EcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus	286 Wh	2.2 h

Use UPS mode so you never drop a call

Many stations work as an uninterruptible power supply: plug the station into the wall, plug your router and computer into the station, and it switches to battery when the grid fails. Look for a switchover time of about 20 ms or less (many current models advertise 10–20 ms), which most routers, modems and computers ride through without restarting. For a desktop PC or anything that must never blink, a dedicated online UPS is still the gold standard.

Get more runtime with DC power

Every time power goes through the station’s AC inverter, some energy is lost. Many routers and modems run on 12 V DC, so a DC cable from the station’s 12 V port (check your router’s voltage and plug size first) can stretch runtime noticeably. Laptops that charge over USB-C should use the station’s USB-C port instead of their AC brick for the same reason.

What size do you need?

Just internet through short outages: any compact 300 Wh station.
A full workday with a laptop and monitor: about 1 kWh.
Work plus keeping the fridge cold: 2 kWh or more. See our fridge guide.
Starlink instead of cable? It draws far more than a router. Read power station for Starlink.