Anker Powerhouse 767 Review – a Lightning Fast Charging Power Pack

Anker PowerHouse 767 – What’s in the box?

My expectations were raised when I saw the packaging the PowerHouse 767 came in. Anker had taken effort to include carry handles in the cardboard box so I could lift the box from the front door to my workshop – you’d be amazed at how many other manufacturers don’t do this, and you have no way of shifting the unit without removing it from the packaging!

So what do you get in the box? Well, Anker keep it fairly minimalist…

• Anker 767 – you’d certainly be a bit cheesed off if you didn’t get this!
• AC mains charging cable – aka as a ‘kettle lead’! Great that there is no external power brick required for mains charging.
• Cigarette lighter 10A car charging cable – for slow charging on the move
• 5:1 XT-60 solar multiplexer – allows up to 5 solar panels to be connected to the PowerHouse 767 for a maximum solar input power of 1000W. Nice!
• User manual and warranty certification

Size and Dimensions

The Anker 767 is a large power station – of that there is no doubt. It contains a very decent storage capacity of 2048 Wh, but to hold that amount of battery cells takes up some room in the casing. As a result, this is one of the largest power stations we’ve tested, and is right on the limit of what you might consider taking camping.

The 767 measures 52.5 x 39.5 x 25 cm for an overall casing volume of 51843cm3. It will take up substantial room in your car boot or campervan if you’re planning on taking it away for a camping trip. That being said, with the functionality it provides this could well be a sacrifice worth making.

It’s also heavy at 30.5kg. In part this is due to the use of lithium iron phosphate battery technology (LiFePO4 or more simply “LFP”) which is less energy dense than standard Lithium-NMC. You need more battery cells in an LFP-based power pack to get the same capacity as an NMC-based one.

That being said, LFP-based power stations are now becoming the norm because they are safer than NMC and also allow many more charge/discharge cycles before degrading. Anker say that the 767 will lose a fifth of its capacity over 3000 cycles. That would be a full charge/discharge every day for 8 years, and you’d still have 1640Wh of nameplate capacity left after those 8 years!

When you’re choosing a battery technology for your power station you should really decide how often you will be using the power pack. If it’s occasional camping use then I would ignore the battery tech and get the power station which has the size, weight and features that satisfy your needs. If you’re planning on continuous charging/discharging at home or on the road by mains, 12V or solar then I would go for LFP because of the enhanced lifetime performance. 

Handle and wheels

One of our favourite parts of the 767 is the fact that it has two large wheels (4.72 inches) and a hidden telescopic handle which extends from the top surface of the power station and enables you to wheel it around like a piece of luggage.

The telescopic handle is excellent, and you would not know it’s there because it is so well hidden away when not in use. You simply press a release button and it can be extended out and the 767 wheeled away.

Anker describe how they’ve taken extreme care in the internal design and unibody construction of the 767. They say that it can be wheeled over all sorts of ground conditions and that the bouncing and rolling from cobblestones for example will not cause any internal degradation or connections working loose. Anker estimate that you can drag the 767 for 125 miles via the handle and wheels with no issues!

There are also two carry handles moulded into the body of the 767 which means you can lift it up fairly easily. However, you need to bear in mind that 30.5kg is pretty heavy and you’re not going to be carrying this long distances.

Key Features

Storage Capacity

As mentioned above, the Anker 767 offers 2048Wh of expandable capacity. This is a very decent amount, and means that it will run a 50W camping cool box for around 36 hours – just enough for a weekends camping without any form of additional available power (solar, 12V or mains).

The battery capacity can easily be doubled by buying a separate expansion battery of another 2048Wh. The advantage of doing this is that it is much cheaper than buying two separate 767 stations for the same 4096Wh total capacity. The total cost is around 40% cheaper doing it this way.

Inverter Power

The PowerHouse 767 offers an onboard inverter of 2300W power. This represents the total steady state power which can be sent out of the powerpack from all of the outputs (AC, DC, USB) combined. See below for a full list of the output ports.

This is a really decent amount of power for camping and means you can power all sorts of appliances and charge up your phones and laptops etc.

We’ve had success powering the following items with the Anker 767 PowerHouse

• 2kW kettle
• 4 slot toaster
• hairdryer
• camping heater
• camping cool box
• electric camping stove

In addition to the above steady state power limit, the 767 can also surge in power for short periods of time up to a maximum of 3200W. This was enough to boil a 3kW kettle of warm water in about 1 minute. Impressive.

We did find that when you’re running the 767 close to its maximum power draw that the fans kick in at full speed. This can be quite noisy, and also reduces the total amount of power available to use (because the fans are using up some of the power themselves). See below for our efficiency tests on the 767.

Gallium Nitride Prime

Without getting too technical, the 767 uses Gallium Nitride for its internal electronics instead of the more traditional silicon-based electronics used by otther manufacturers. Gallium nitride helps keep the temperature of the 767 down under heavy charging, and also saves energy for the charging process – this improves efficiency.

Anker also use industrial-grade electronics components in the 767 which are expected to last up to 6x longer than standard components.