Chinese smart power specialist Bluetti’s latest device, FridgePower, has now topped $2 million ahead of the May 31 campaign close.
The Bluetti FridgePower is a slimline portable power station built specifically – as you may have guessed from the name – to keep refrigerators and freezers running during outages, and the Kickstarter campaign’s success suggests that despite its seemingly niche nature, there’s plenty of appetite for it.
The focus on refrigeration might sound oddly specific and you can, of course, use a regular power station to serve the same purpose – of which Bluetti has an absolute plethora of options.
However, unlike most chunky portable power stations that end up dumped somewhere on the kitchen floor with cables snaking across the room, the FridgePower has a much slimmer design and is designed exactly with your refrigerator’s placement in mind.
It is under three inches thick and can sit on top of a refrigerator, tuck into a cabinet space, or mount vertically on a wall using the included bracket kit. It looks far more like a permanent home backup appliance than a camping battery you dragged indoors during a power outage.
The Bluetti FridgePower packs a 2,016Wh battery alongside an 1,800W inverter, which is enough to keep a standard refrigerator running for around 21.6 hours based on average 2kWh daily consumption. There’s also a 3,600W surge rating to deal with the compressor startup spikes that can trip up smaller battery systems.
It also has a 4W AC idle drain, which Bluetti claims adds roughly 4.5 hours of extra refrigerator runtime compared to less efficient alternatives in the same battery class.
If a day of backup power still sounds a little too close for comfort, especially during storm season, the system can expand with up to three additional BlueCell 200 batteries.
That pushes total capacity to 8,064Wh, which Bluetti says could keep critical appliances powered for up to four days.
FridgePower includes a 10ms UPS switchover powered by Bluetti’s BLUEGrid technology, meaning connected appliances should stay running during an outage without interruption. That matters for refrigerators, obviously, but also for things like insulin storage, CPAP machines, aquarium pumps, and Wi-Fi routers.
Bluetti is also adding four UPS operating modes including Standard, PV Priority, Time-of-Use, and Customized settings, alongside an automatic bypass mode that allows grid power to flow directly to appliances when the unit isn’t actively supplying backup power.
It works with Alexa, Google Home, and Home Assistant, and the native Bluetti app adds remote wake controls, battery diagnostics, maintenance scheduling, and severe weather alerts that can trigger pre-storm charging.
There’s even an optional magnetic Display 1 screen that mirrors the app data locally, giving users a quick glance at battery health and power usage without opening their phone.
The unit uses LiFePO₄ battery cells rated for more than 4,000 charge cycles, which it estimates translates to over 10 years of use.
Noise levels are also claimed to stay around 30dB, which should make it considerably easier to live with indoors than a gas generator rumbling away outside the kitchen window.
The FridgePower can reach 80% charge in around an hour from AC power, with a full recharge taking roughly 105 minutes. Solar charging is supported up to 1,000W, with Bluetti estimating around two hours for a full refill under ideal conditions.
Launching through Kickstarter usually triggers at least a little skepticism but Bluetti isn’t some random startup with a slick render and a dream… the company has been making portable power stations and home backup systems for years now, and it’s one of the more recognizable names in the category alongside brands like EcoFlow, Jackery, and Anker Solix.
Bluetti also says production is already finalized, with shipping expected to begin in early June, which would put deliveries right in time for summer blackout season and hurricane prep.
The standalone FridgePower has an MSRP of $1,299, but current early bird pricing starts at $819. Bundles with expansion batteries climb from there, with the fully loaded Max configuration landing at $2,799 during the campaign.
