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Outdoors · EcoFlow · 2024

EcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus

A ten-pound unit for laptops, lights, and a router. Silent under load, and 600 watts is a hard limit.

Power stations: the label overstates every battery here — #4

Overall

7.6

out of 10

Axis scores

Strongest on Design (8.3), weakest on Performance (6.4), a 1.9-point spread. The 7.6 overall is the plain average of all 4 Outdoors axes, with no weighting.

EcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus — axis scores out of 10Horizontal bar chart of editorial scores out of 10 across 4 axes. Bars run from a shared zero baseline; longer is better. EcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus: Performance 6.4, Value 7.8, Durability 7.9, Design 8.3.PerformanceEcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus — Performance 6.4 out of 106.4ValueEcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus — Value 7.8 out of 107.8DurabilityEcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus — Durability 7.9 out of 107.9DesignEcoFlow RIVER 3 Plus — Design 8.3 out of 108.3Editorial score out of 10 — higher is better
  • Performance — How well it does the core job
  • Value — What the same money buys elsewhere
  • Durability — Failure and fade reports past the one-year mark
  • Design — Build quality and how it sits in a room

Specs

Capacity
286Wh, LiFePO4, expandable to 858Wh
AC output
600W continuous, 1,200W X-Boost
Weight
10.4 lb
Wall recharge
0 to 100% in 60 min
Rated cycles
3,000 to 80% capacity
Solar input
220W max
UPS switchover
Under 10ms
Outlets
3 AC, 1 USB-C (100W), 2 USB-A, 12V car

As published by the manufacturer. We didn't measure these ourselves.

Is it for you

Buy it if

  • A router, modem, and laptop through a short outage
  • Car camping where the main loads are phones, lights, and a fan
  • You want a UPS for a desk that runs silent

Skip it if

  • Anything with a heating element is on the list
  • You plan to add the expansion battery, which makes it poor value against a bigger unit

This is a different class from the rest of the page, and it is here because a lot of people shopping for a power station need a quarter of what the big units hold.

StorageReview measured a 9ms switchover and discharge slightly above the rated capacity. The Solar Lab found it silent at full output. Put those together and it makes a quiet desk UPS that also goes camping.

The X-Boost figure needs reading carefully. The 1,200W mode runs some resistive loads at reduced voltage, and The Solar Lab calls the number misleading. Plan around 600 watts.

Two of the three AC outlets face the back, which is awkward on a shelf. And the expansion battery that triples capacity is where the value falls apart, per The Solar Lab: by that point a single one-kilowatt-hour unit is the better buy.

Last updated . The scoring method is on how we rank.