The DJI Power 1000 V2 is a significant upgrade on their original compact power station launched just over a year ago. It retains the same 1024Wh LFP battery – rated for 4000 charge cycles or 10 years of use – but almost every other aspect has been improved. Most notably, it now delivers up to 2600W of AC output, outperforming many larger and heavier competitors.
AC charging is now quicker – reaching 80% in under 40 minutes – and UPS switching is twice as fast, cutting over to battery power in just 10 milliseconds during a power cut. DJI has also introduced built-in wireless connectivity via Bluetooth and WiFi, and upgraded both USB-C ports to 140W PD, making them suitable for high-end laptops and other demanding tech.
The Power 1000 V2 is ideal for users who need a lot of power in a still portable unit. Whether you’re running tools on site, powering a desktop setup during a power cut, or charging cameras and drones on the road, it covers a wide range of use cases. And for longer runtimes, it supports up to five 2048 Wh expansion batteries, bringing the total capacity to over 11 kWh.
In this detailed review, I’ll be putting the Power 1000 V2 through a full range of real-world tests to see whether it lives up to DJI’s claims – and to help you decide whether it’s the right power station for you.
So let’s take a closer look.
Overview
Like most of their products, DJI sells the Power 1000 V2 on its own or in a number of tempting combo packages that can offer good value depending on what you’re after. I have the standalone option that comes with just a mains charging cable but I will cover a few of the optional accessories as I progress through the review.
It’s a compact, well designed unit with excellent build quality although it has no weather proof rating. You can see its dimensions on screen. It is a little heavier than other 1024Wh power stations I’ve tested coming in at 14.2kg – over 2kg heavier than my go to comparable power station, the EcoFlow Delta 2. The Delta 2 does have a smaller inverter though.
It is still carryable with one hand which makes it so much more portable than bigger power stations like its 2048Wh sibling, the DJI Power 2000, I just reviewed.
The inputs and outputs and the display are all around the front of the unit which makes it easy to use. From left to right, there are two 2600W AC outlets, two 24W USB-A ports and two 140W USB-C ports below the 85mm LCD display, the fast charging mains input with a charging speed switch below it and two proprietary SDC expansion ports. I’ll cover all its inputs and outputs in detail shortly.
A long press of the power button turns it on and off. A short press with the power station turned on toggles the bright clear display. There’s an AC button which turns on the inverter and its two AC outlets with a short press. By default the outlets will turn off after 30 minutes of inactivity. If you want continuous AC output for say an intermittent device like a fridge, press and hold the AC button. The AC light stops pulsing and lights steady green. This is all configurable in the app – but it’s great to see basic control on the unit itself.
Charging
Here in the UK the Power 1000 V2 charges at over 1400W using the included mains lead with the recharge mode switch in Fast mode. This drops to around 600W if you toggle the switch to Standard mode which is intended for quieter charging at night. The power station will automatically charge at the lower speed after five consecutive fast recharge cycles to maintain battery performance.
I charged the power station from completely empty at full speed, making sure it had completely cooled down before starting the test.
The DJI Power 1000 V2 reached 80% charge in under 40 minutes, and a full charge in under 53 minutes which is very impressive. That’s quicker than DJI’s specifications for a full charge by 3 minutes, but a little slower to get to 80% – DJI quote 37 minutes.
I checked the noise levels charging at full speed. It’s whisper quiet – one of the quietest power stations I’ve tested. One metre away my dB meter barely picked up anything over and above background noise – I measured around 37dB.
And the temperature of the unit only reached around 47°C. All these measurements were taken with ambient temperatures around 21°C – they might vary in warmer conditions.
Just like the DJI Power 2000, you’ll need an additional accessory to charge from your car’s 12V output. The car charging dongle plugs into one of the power station’s two SDC expansion ports. These two proprietary SDC ports are very flexible and expand the capabilities of the power station with an assortment of dongles which can adjust both voltage and current in or out.
The DJI Power 1000 V2 has one standard SDC port and one SDC Lite port. The Lite port is designed for low power applications and doesn’t work with DJI’s expansion batteries, the 1kW Super Fast Car Charger and the 1.8kW Solar/Car Super Fast Charger but it works with many other accessories including the car charging dongle and the solar charging dongle.
The car charging dongle has a 12-30V input at up to 8A but with a 100W maximum. Charging off a standard 12V car outlet in my VW campervan, the power station charges at 100W – a full charge would take at least 10 hours. My van has two 12V outputs so you could use two of these car adapters for faster 200W charging.
I didn’t have another adapter but used the DJI solar panel adapter which has 3 10A 12-30V XT60 inputs. There’s a maximum of 200W per port and 20A, 400W total from all three inputs. Using both 12V car outlets I got around 220W with this accessory.
This would also work with a 24V car outlet if your car has that, which I confirmed with my bench power supply. So a pretty useful accessory for car charging, and solar which I’ll look at shortly.
I don’t have it to test but DJI also has their 1kW Super Fast Car charger that charges directly off your car’s alternator at up to 1000W. According to DJI it can fully charge the Power 1000 V2 in 78 minutes of driving.
Finally you can charge off solar, but again you need a dongle – the power station doesn’t have a built-in MPPT controller to regulate the variable voltage from solar panels. You can use the car charging dongle with a single panel under 30V – just remove the car charger to XT60 component. I tested it with a folding Zignes 120W panel from DJI which already has an XT60 connection which plugs straight into the remaining portion of the charging accessory.
In bright conditions with some high clouds I got just under 70W with this setup. I got 80W in pretty perfect conditions with the DJI Power 2000 in my earlier video so I’m sure you could at least get that from this single panel.
But if you’re at all serious about solar charging I’d recommend the solar panel adapter I’ve already briefly covered. It is still a little limited in that it only supports panels under 30V, so won’t work with my larger Bluetti 350W panel for example.
But I was able to run both the Zignes 120W and my 200W Bluetti PV200 panel simultaneously, reaching a combined input of 200W. In good conditions, I’m confident you could achieve the maximum 400W with three panels.
I did manage to simulate this maximum input using two bench power supplies.
You could also attach another Solar Panel Adapter to the second port for a total of 800W but DJI also have their 1.8 kW Solar / Car Super charger. I haven’t tested this yet but it supports up to 1200W of solar, and can also charge your car’s battery at up to 600W. Its solar inputs are far more flexible too, at 12-60V at up to 20A. So it supports larger panels, or you could connect smaller panels in series. It’s pretty expensive though and to get the full 1800W with the DJI Power 1000 V2, you’ll need an expansion battery connected.
Performance
One of the most impressive features of this power station is its AC output. It has two 2600W AC outlets. And both outlets have a pure sine wave output important for sensitive electronics, which I confirmed with my oscilloscope.
An inverter rated at 2600W continuous output on a power station this size is a big deal. The EcoFlow Delta 2 which is a comparable unit also with a 1024Wh battery, has a 1800W inverter. And even larger units like Bluetti’s AC200PL and EcoFlow’s Delta 2 Max I’ve looked at recently only have 2400W inverters.
It can power almost anything with a plug – as long as the start up load isn’t too high. You will have to remember that it still only has a 1024Wh battery, so unless you’re using expansion batteries, it won’t last very long at 2600W. It boiled this completely full kettle at 2600W for 4 minutes without any difficulty – but it did use over 20% of its total capacity.
Charging another power station at 1200W and then ramping up a variable load it starts beeping at around 2900W and then cuts out at just over 3000W.
To really put it to the test I tried running some machinery in my garage. It could run my 14” bandsaw which has an induction motor with a large start up draw – which has tripped many other power stations I’ve tested.
My Bosch 1800W sliding mitre saw ran perfectly. This is a great use case for the power station. You don’t tend to run a mitre saw continuously so can get some good runtimes – effectively making a powerful corded saw sort of cordless. I often don’t have power nearby when using my mitre saw.
The only machine I couldn’t run was my table saw – also with an induction motor. The start up draw was too high and triggered overload protection on the power station.
In my office I could power my 12000 BTU portable air conditioning unit which runs at around 900W when the compressor kicks in. And again the compressor starting up can often trip less powerful units. Since I tend to run this when it’s hot and sunny, I could potentially keep it topped up with solar for longer runtimes.
AC inverters can use a fair bit of power even when they have no load attached. By default the DJI turns off its inverter after 30 minutes when it’s not in use, but I deliberately turned this power saving feature off to test the parasitic drain. Starting with 100% charge I left it overnight for 12 hours with no load attached. It had 73% capacity remaining so the inverter is using around 23W even without a load.
With a constant 2 kW resistive load from an electric heater and an energy monitoring plug, I measured the usable capacity of the 1024 Wh battery of the power station. It ran for just over 26 minutes and used 882 Wh. That’s 86% efficiency which is a perfectly acceptable result.
To use the DC output of the power station, you need another dongle – there’s no usually standard 12V car outlet. I could run my EcoFlow Glacier portable fridge freezer and I confirmed its maximum 10A output with a load tester. I dropped this to 8A to measure the usable capacity off DC.
I measured 789 Wh which is around 77% efficiency. Some of these losses are due to the parasitic drain of the DC subsystem.
Again by default, the power station will turn off if there’s no DC load attached but I disabled DC timeout and attached DJI’s car outlet adapter to the SDC port to measure drain with an idle DC load. In 12 hours the capacity dropped to 90%, so the DC subsystem uses around 8.5W.
There are 4 USB ports on the power station: 2 Fast Charge 24W USB-A ports and two 140W USB-C ports. It’s great to see 140W ports appealing on power stations now. There are already devices that can make use of that power like some of the latest laptops and I have portable battery packs that can charge at 140W too. Just make sure you use quality 140W EPR rated cables to achieve the full 140W.
Here I’m charging my power bank at the full 140W, and then adding a load tester configured at 28V, 5A for another 140W totaling 280W off just two USB-C ports!
I confirmed the QC3.0 12V 2A off the USB-A ports too. All the USB ports support passthrough charging, so I can charge the power station and use all of the ports at the same time.
I’ve covered various SDC accessories for input and output, but DJI also offers SDC adapters that directly charge their large drone batteries – specifically the Air, Mavic, Inspire and Matrice series at up to 230W.
I have DJI’s Mini 4 Pro and Neo drones but as I mentioned in my review of the DJI Power 2000 unfortunately they don’t offer direct charging of their batteries so I can’t test out this feature.
The SDC port can also be used to connect up to five 2048 Wh expansion batteries increasing the total capacity to 11,264 Wh.
The Power 1000 V2 also has an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) mode. When AC devices are connected with the power station plugged into mains power, those devices bypass the internal battery and run directly off the mains. If there’s a power outage, the switchover to battery power occurs almost instantly – within 10 ms which is twice as fast as on the original Power 1000. I tested this with my desktop computer running an intensive graphics benchmark, and it handled the transition flawlessly. I also measured the transfer time with an oscilloscope.
The waveform deforms as it transfers across to the battery, but I did measure less than 10ms of actual break in power which is impressive.
While not fast enough for mission-critical servers or equipment requiring zero-transfer time, it’s suitable for most home electronics and even relatively sensitive devices.
DJI also has a smartphone app that works over Bluetooth and WiFi, so you can remotely monitor and control the power station. It’s a little more basic than EcoFlow and Bluetti’s apps but it still covers the essential functions.
Conclusions
This is going to be the perfect power station for a lot of people. These 1kW power stations strike the perfect balance between portability and power. But there is usually some compromise on their output. The DJI however has more output than a lot of power stations that are considerably larger and heavier. There really is very little you can’t run off of it. And if capacity becomes an issue, you can easily extend the capacity with up to five expansion batteries which are still fairly portable at 16.5kg.
I do like the flexibility the SDC ports offer – and I look forward to seeing what other accessories DJI release. But relying on these expansion ports does come at a cost. It’s a little frustrating requiring a dongle to charge off your car or connect a solar panel. DJI does offer this case which has storage for cables, and I’d consider this or perhaps a cheaper third party case, an essential purchase as your dongle collection grows.
If I was being picky I’d have liked a couple of extra USB-C ports like on the Power 2000. Most of my devices are USB-C now, and only having two is rather limiting. Perhaps they could release a plug-in module for the SDC ports with additional USB-C ports sometime in the future.
Overall the DJI Power 1000 V2 is going to be hard to beat, and with DJI’s 5 year warranty and established after-sales support it should at least be on your shortlist if you’re looking for a do-it-all portable power station.
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