UPDATE May 27: BLUETTI’s Kickstarter campaign for the new FridgePower battery backup system is coming to an end and they sent along the following couple of updates: The Milestone: We’ve officially surpassed $2M in funding; it’s now the Final 72 Hours (campaign ends May 31). Final Pricing: Solo at $819 (37% off) / Combo at $1,468 (41% off). Global shipping and retail launch starts in June. Amazing achievement! If you haven’t reserved one yet, check out my review below (originally published March 25) and see if it’s the right fit for you! I recently received BLUETTI’s newest product, a very interesting one that is quite different from the normal portable power station lineup. The BLUETTI FridgePower* is designed specifically for use with refrigerators. Rather than trying to be a broad solution for all kinds of uses, it is tailored to be the perfect solution for backing up your fridge. It can be a real hassle to pull a refrigerator out every time there’s a power outage or potential power outage in order to plug it into a backup power source, then push that big fridge back in place, and then have to do it all over again if another power outage or risk of power outage comes again in an hour, a day, a week, or a month. Knowing that our refrigerator is probably our most important appliance, critical to keeping our food safe, BLUETTI came up with a solution. We should note that this is also thanks to battery technology evolving so much that such a system is now possible, practical, and cost efficient. Such a product was surely not an option 5 to 10 years ago. In any case, BLUETTI is the first I’ve seen come up with this specific solution. Update 4/16: BLUETTI has now announced the price of the FridgePower as well as a campaign on Kickstarter with big discounts. So, I’m updating this article, adding the “Price & Availability” section below as well as modifying some of the text elsewhere appropriately. Price, Availability, & Electricity Savings The BLUETTI FridgePower just debuted on Kickstarter, at 8:00 AM PT/11:00 AM ET on April 16. The Kickstarter campaign runs through May 31. The launch price for the FridgePower on Kickstarter starts at $759 for the standalone unit (42% off) and $1,398 for the FridgePower + BlueCell 200 bundle (44% off). These discounts are available via the limited Super Early Bird Tier. All Kickstarter pricing includes tax and shipping for the US market. Shipments are expected to begin in early June for early backers. Here are more pricing details: Also, when we initially published this review, several commenters asked about the ability to program the system to take advantage of time of use (TOU) pricing — the ability to have the unit charge itself up during low-electricity-cost, off-peak hours and then discharge without the help of grid power during hours of higher electricity rates. That is indeed an option in the settings of the system via the BLUETTI app. Though, I still need to test it myself to confirm it works as desired. I’ll follow up with an article about this later on. Experiencing the BLUETTI FridgePower Again, the system I’m talking about here is the brand new BLUETTI FridgePower — in fact, it’s not even for sale yet, but you can sign up for exclusive early-access perks here. Update: Pricing, as noted above, is now available on Kickstarter. It’s thin, sleek, and made to fit on top of a refrigerator or right next to one. It acts as a UPS (uninterruptible power supply) to one of your home’s true essentials, your fridge. Going through a power outage and disaster is hard enough, but losing a full fridge of food makes it all the more difficult. Having a UPS like this can at least help to prevent that and keep your food fresh while you deal with other matters. Below, I’ll go through some pictures of the system connected to my fridge, and then I’ll show more pics and specs from BLUETTI highlighting different facts or usage options. First, though, here’s a quick video of the system in use on top of my refrigerator: Looks cool, no? It actually has such a sleek, modern, smart-tech look to it that it makes your kitchen look fancier, more high tech. It’s almost like you’re in a sci-fi or futuristic movie. Plugged in for testing before I put it on the fridge, you can see the plug and cord a bit here as well. Testing on the floor before putting it on the fridge, there wasn’t much to do. I plugged it in with the provided heavy-duty power cable, pressed the on button, and scanned the QR code to get the app and add the device. It was all super simple and intuitive, no surprises. BLUETTI FridgePower on top of … the fridge. BLUETTI FridgePower on top of the fridge. BLUETTI FridgePower and extra BlueCell 200 battery on top of the fridge. It is heavier than it looks, as there are a lot of batteries packed into the slim device. So be prepared and be careful placing it on top of the fridge. But I could do it fine — so it’s not that hard! The same goes for the BlueCell 200, which has the same energy storage capacity and weighs the same. Are these BLUETTI storage systems the coolest looking things in my kitchen? I have to say they are! I love how they were designed. BLUETTI FridgePower touchscreen display on the fridge. Comes with magnet integrated and ready to slap onto the fridge. Oh, yes, and there’s the cute little touchscreen display that you can stick onto your fridge. It even shows the outside temperature and humidity! Any time you want to see how much power the system is outputting or inputting, or want to see its state of charge, you just touch the circle on the bottom. It looks great, doesn’t it! (Yes, I did neglect to set the clock before taking this picture.) On to the app, which I love. I’ll first share a bunch of screenshots with captions, and then discuss more. Basic info about the weather, connected devices, and the option to add more devices. BLUETTI FridgePower app. Charging from grid while connected to fridge. BLUETTI FridgePower app. Charging from grid while powering the fridge. BLUETTI FridgePower app. One BlueCell 200 also now connected to the FridgePower system. State of Charge (SOC) dropped because it’s showing the SOC for the FridgePower battery and the BlueCell 200 combined. Can select either system to see more detailed info on that system. More detailed information and options on BlueCell 200. More detailed information and options on FridgePower system. The app is very well designed and super easy to use. It has an extremely intuitive UI. As you can see above, you first have a main screen where you can get some basic, core information on the weather, state of charge, and direction of power. You can also add devices there. Clicking on the FridgePower system, you can see a bigger diagram with a bit more information on where and how much power is coming and going, state of charge, how long until the system is fully charged, and an estimate of how much money you’ve saved from the system. You can also turn the system on or off, or turn the output . You can also click to dig into more detail and options on either the FridgePower system or the extra BlueCell 200 battery extension. On to some pictures and more info from BLUETTI. Various potential uses for the BLUETTI FridgePower. As you can see there, you don’t have to use this for a refrigerator — it’s not for refrigerators only. You could also use it to back up a microwave, Wi-Fi router, computer, oven, coffee maker, etc. If powering a fridge, it could do so for almost 24 hours without grid electricity, or more than 40 hours if combined with one BlueCell 200. The same is possible for a Wi-Fi router. Of course, all of these numbers can vary a bit depending on your specific equipment. BLUETTI FridgePower specs. Here you get more detailed specs. You can see that it weighs almost 20 kg, or 43 lb; has 2,016 Wh of energy storage capacity, uses LiFePO4 battery chemistry; offers 1,800 W of continuous power; etc.; etc. See the tables above for dimensions if you need to check the space where you want to use the system, or for any other details you may need to know. Also note that the FridgePower offers two AC outlets, while the BlueCell 200 offers an extra USB-C port. BLUETTI FridgePower outlets and time to install. BLUETTI FridgePower features and top facts. BLUETTI FridgePower smart features. BLUETTI FridgePower 10-year lifespan, or actually much longer. Worried about longevity? The FridgePower battery will retain at least 80% of its original battery capacity for 10 years or 4,000 cycles. The system also has a clever schedule built in to fully discharge and charge the batteries every three months in order to keep the cells balanced and the system functioning well for longer. BLUETTI FridgePower expansion options. If you really want a lot of energy storage, you can add up to three BlueCell 200 units connected in parallel. That’s a whopping 8,064 Wh of energy storage in total! Consider yourself prepared for the next superstorm. BLUETTI FridgePower efficiency and runtime. BLUETTI prides itself on industry-leading tech, and a big highlight here is how efficient the system is. The graphic above explains a bit how that is achieved. And here are a few extra pictures from BLUETTI, showing just how slick the battery backup system is and some places it can be deployed: Slick, smooth, clean, and fun looking. It works well and is easy to control. I assume this could become very popular in Florida to help with hurricane resilience, in California to help in the case of blackouts and wildfires, in New York and other areas of the Northeast for when storms or heat waves create blackouts, and elsewhere. It just makes sense. And you’ll have the coolest looking kitchen tech around. If you are interested, you can learn more here and you can now pre-order the BLUETTI FridgePower on Kickstarter. *Disclosure: BLUETTI supported this article and provided a FridgePower system and BlueCell 200 for testing, but had no input into the editorial content.
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