Two numbers decide whether a power station runs a Starlink Mini, and readers arrive using them interchangeably. Watts are the ceiling on what the inverter can hold at any instant — and this is the device whose manufacturer contradicts itself about exactly that figure, so this page shows no draw number at all. Watt-hours are how much energy the battery holds. The question still gets an answer below: the span the two documents disagree over is far too small to move any verdict.
Of the 26 machines in our library, 26 run it, 0 are a tight fit and 0 are out of reach. Each of those is a calculation against that machine’s continuous output, its surge ceiling and its inverter waveform — not a lookup table — and the reasoning is on every row.
The three numbers a power station is judged against
Running powerManufacturer sources disagree — under review escalated for manual adjudication
Start-up surge60 W Official spec · verified 2026-08-01 · medium confidence
Duty cycle100% Official spec · verified 2026-08-01 · high confidence
Start-up figure: Manufacturer-stated
The start-up figure is published by the manufacturer for this device, so it describes the actual hardware rather than a category.
official · verified 2026-08-01 · appliance record
One figure on this record is disputed
The running power is escalated for manual adjudication: two manufacturer sources disagree and
neither can be shown to supersede the other. The disagreement is too small to move any verdict below; it is logged here because you are entitled to know it exists. Logged 2026-08-01 as CF-0202.
What actually decides it
A switch-mode supply: milliseconds, not seconds
A switching power supply charges its input capacitors at the instant it is connected, which can be a large current — but it lasts a few line cycles, two orders of magnitude shorter than the second-scale event a station’s surge rating describes. The two are not the same quantity and this site does not hold that spike against a verdict. What decides the outcome here is the steady draw, and where the power factor is poor, the VA the inverter actually sees behind it.
Why there is no watt figure at the top of this page
Two current documents from the same manufacturer state different bottoms for this device’s average draw, and neither can be shown to supersede the other. The disagreement is logged and escalated for manual adjudication rather than settled by us picking the flattering one, so no draw figure, no band and no runtime appears on this page until it is resolved. The verdicts below do stand: the disputed span is far too small to move any of them, which is what the conflict record’s own impact assessment says.
Which power stations run it
Every row is a live calculation against that machine's continuous output, surge ceiling and
inverter waveform. Of 26 machines, 26 run it, 0 are a tight fit and 0 are out of reach. The percentage is
this load as a share of that machine's continuous output; anything past 82% drops out of the green. Rows are ordered by verdict, then by
price — cheapest first inside each band.
EcoFlow RIVER 3 PlusEcoFlow · US 120 V600 W continuous · 1,200 W surge ceiling5.0%
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind. $259 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind.BLUETTI publishes no surge rating for this model. The start-up check runs against its continuous output as a conservative floor, which is ours, not a manufacturer specification. $299 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind. $299.99 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
BLUETTI Elite 100 V2BLUETTI · US 120 V1,800 W continuous · 3,600 W surge ceiling1.7%
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind. $499 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind. $499 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
EcoFlow DELTA 3 PlusEcoFlow · US 120 V1,800 W continuous · 3,600 W surge ceiling1.7%
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind. $689 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind. $899 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
EcoFlow DELTA 2 MaxEcoFlow · US 120 V2,400 W continuous · 4,800 W surge ceiling1.3%
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind. $949 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind. $999 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind.BLUETTI publishes no surge rating for this model. The start-up check runs against its continuous output as a conservative floor, which is ours, not a manufacturer specification. $1,099 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind.EcoFlow publishes no surge rating for this model. The start-up check runs against its continuous output as a conservative floor, which is ours, not a manufacturer specification. $1,279 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3EcoFlow · US 120 V4,000 W continuous · 8,000 W surge ceiling0.8%
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind. $2,399 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
Anker SOLIX C300Anker SOLIX · EU 230 V300 W continuous · 600 W surge ceiling10%
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind. €269.99 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind.BLUETTI publishes no surge rating for this model. The start-up check runs against its continuous output as a conservative floor, which is ours, not a manufacturer specification. €279 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind. €279 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
EcoFlow RIVER 3 PlusEcoFlow · EU 230 V600 W continuous · 1,200 W surge ceiling5.0%
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind. €299 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind.EcoFlow publishes no surge rating for this model. The start-up check runs against its continuous output as a conservative floor, which is ours, not a manufacturer specification. €599 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind.BLUETTI publishes no surge rating for this model. The start-up check runs against its continuous output as a conservative floor, which is ours, not a manufacturer specification. €699 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind. €799 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
EcoFlow DELTA 3 PlusEcoFlow · EU 230 V1,800 W continuous · 3,600 W surge ceiling1.7%
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind. €849 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind.Anker SOLIX publishes no surge rating for this model. The start-up check runs against its continuous output as a conservative floor, which is ours, not a manufacturer specification. €999 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind. €999 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
EcoFlow DELTA 2 MaxEcoFlow · EU 230 V2,400 W continuous · 4,800 W surge ceiling1.3%
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind. €1,199 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind.BLUETTI publishes no surge rating for this model. The start-up check runs against its continuous output as a conservative floor, which is ours, not a manufacturer specification. €1,299 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind. €1,799 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
EcoFlow DELTA Pro 3EcoFlow · EU 230 V4,000 W continuous · 8,000 W surge ceiling0.8%
No runtime or energy figure: this load’s running power is under manufacturer adjudication, and dividing by a disputed number produces a confident-looking answer we cannot stand behind. €3,299 · checked 2026-08-01 Show the working →
The cheapest US 120 V machine in the list that runs a Starlink Mini outright.
$259 · price checked 2026-08-01
The buy link is in the bar at the bottom of the screen — one action per page, and it
goes to the merchant we last checked the price at.
Everything else we hold on this load
Each figure carries the tier it came from and the date it was checked. Sizing guidance is
kept apart from measured draw on purpose: one says what the machine pulls, the other says
what a manufacturer or a standard thinks you should buy for it.
Measured and published draw
Standby draw15 W Official spec · verified 2026-08-01 · high confidence
Sizing guidance — not a draw figure
Minimum continuous output60 W Official spec · verified 2026-08-01 · high confidence
A sizing figure, not a draw: it is what this class needs a machine to be RATED at, headroom included.
Usable energy for a full day960 Wh Official spec · verified 2026-08-01 · medium confidence
We are not going to give you a number for this one, and the reason is on the record. Two current documents from the same manufacturer state different bottoms for its average draw, neither supersedes the other, and the disagreement is logged for adjudication rather than resolved by us choosing. What we can tell you is what it changes: nothing on this page. The gap between the two readings is far smaller than the margin any verdict below turns on, so 26 of 26 machines still run it either way.
What size power station do I need for a Starlink Mini?
For a Starlink Mini, the EcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus (US 120 V) is the cheapest machine in our library that runs it, at 600 W continuous · 1,200 W surge ceiling and $259. That is a verdict computed from this load’s running watts, its start-up demand and the inverter waveform — not a rule of thumb about doubling the wattage. 26 of 26 machines clear it, 0 are a tight fit, and the tight ones are tight for reasons the list states individually.
How long will a power station run a Starlink Mini?
Not stated on this page, deliberately. A runtime is usable watt-hours divided by a draw, and for a Starlink Mini the draw is the figure under adjudication — dividing by it would turn a disputed input into a confident-looking output. Every row above still tells you whether that machine runs it at all, which does not depend on the disputed span.
Which power stations run a Starlink Mini?
26 of the 26 we hold, listed above cheapest-first within each verdict band, starting with the EcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus. 0 more are a tight fit on a Starlink Mini — they run it, but with less headroom than we are willing to call comfortable — and 0 cannot. Every one of those is a live calculation against that machine's own record, and opening a row shows the working.
26 of 26 machines run itEcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus · from $259