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Bluetti FridgePower base unit: 2016Wh, 21-23 hours on a fridge per independent tests, $759 on kickstarter.

If that's not enough runtime and you need the BlueCell 200 expansion, the Plus tier is $1,398. That gets you roughly double the runtime so maybe 42 hours. The Pro tier with 2 expansions is $2,097.

For comparison anker s2000 is $599 per unit and claims 35 hours. Two of those run you $1,198 for a claimed 70 hours. That's cheaper than a single FridgePower Plus and potentially way more runtime.

The wall mount and thin profile on FridgePower is genuinely a good design. But the expansion pricing makes it hard to justify if you need more than the base 21 hours.

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Was reading up before a trip to china next month and went down a rabbit hole about power bank rules. Always assumed as long as it was under 100Wh you were fine anywhere. Apparently several mainland chinese carriers and some southeast asian budget airlines have been increasingly strict about requiring CCC certification specifically, on top of the capacity limit.

The CCC mark is basically the chinese version of the FCC mark, it certifies the device passed safety testing.

A bunch of older power banks sold internationally don't have it because they were never intended for the asia market. Some travelers have reported their banks getting confiscated at gates in beijing or shenzhen even though they were well under the wh limit.

Wild that I've flown to asia like 6 times and never knew this. Sharing in case anyone else is planning a trip.

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