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Pack 7 of 8 · The big switch

Pack 7: Power On

Keep the fridge, CPAP, and phone alive through outages

~$408

The big switch — a 245Wh power station with solar refill that runs a fridge for hours, a CPAP overnight, and phones for days.

By PrepIQ Editorial Team

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By Pack 7 you have the survival basics covered. This is the upgrade that makes a multi-day outage genuinely livable, at about $1.10 a day for a year.

EcoFlow RIVER 3 Portable Power Station is the core. 245Wh with AC, DC, and USB outputs. Enough to run a modern fridge for 4 to 5 hours at its 35 percent duty cycle, a CPAP through the night, or phones for days.

EF EcoFlow 110W Portable Solar Panel refills it without fuel. A folding 110W panel that tops the station in a day of decent sun, so you are not rationing a single charge across a week.

… tells you when the fridge is safe. A wireless display with an audible alarm so you know the moment food crosses the danger zone without opening the door and dumping cold air.

… moves air off the same power. Ten inches, rechargeable, oscillating — the difference between a survivable room and a miserable one when the grid is down in summer.

Budget note: the station is the big purchase. Add the panel next season and the thermometer now — the thermometer pays for itself the first time it saves a fridge of groceries.

Next step: Pack 8 — Stay in Touch.

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