Every Black Friday
The week on the playa does not care what the calendar called the sale. We use the same test every Black Friday and every Cyber Monday: watt-hours, watts, the chemistry if the listing actually prints it, the solar plug, and the warranty on that page.
This year's dates, from the one line we update: Black Friday is November 27, 2026, and Cyber Monday is November 30, 2026.
We are an independent outfitter. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Burning Man Project. The event name is used so you know which week this gear is for.
Watt-hours are how long. Watts on the label, times the hours you will actually run that device, is the sum. Compare it to the watt-hours printed on the station. A sticker that looks large can still be a phone bank with a handle.
Inverter watts are whether it can run the thing at all. Our note on the Explorer 300 calls that unit about 300 watt-hours and about 300 watts. Read the listing you open. Those pages rotate.
LiFePO4 is a battery chemistry you will see on some listings, usually next to a claim about cycle life and heat. We have not printed a chemistry on the Jackery or EcoFlow notes, so we will not pretend we opened a spec sheet we did not. If the listing does not say it, it is not a fact yet.
Solar input is the watts the station will accept, and the plug has to match the panel. A panel's sticker is not the watt-hours you get back on a dusty day. Warranty years live on the listing and in the maker's terms. We are not quoting a number from memory.
The arithmetic, without a sale attached, is the camp power note. Sizing fans, a CPAP, phones, and a fridge, and the BLUETTI pages we link, is best power stations for Burning Man. A portable air conditioner is the AC note. The check-off list is the packing list. Ready-to-order lists are the kits: the First-Timer Kit, the Overseas Flyer Kit, shade and dust, and the BLUETTI power kit.
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The box we hand a quiet camp is the Explorer 300. Our note calls it about 300 watt-hours and about 300 watts: lights, phones, a fan, and a laptop. The Anker bank is the personal layer, not a station. The WAVE 3 is a portable air conditioner with its own battery, and the 300 cannot run it. BLUETTI sells larger stations. We link two pages we could open on their US site, and we do not print a figure from a box we have not opened.
How dust and heat treat the battery, and the BLUETTI pages we could open, are on best power stations for Burning Man.
Jackery
The quiet-camp station. Read the watt-hours and the watts on the listing you open. Charge it before the gate and keep it in the shade.
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Read the noteAnker
A phone, a couple of lights, a camera battery. Milliamp-hours are not watt-hours. It is not the afternoon fan.
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Read the noteEcoFlow
A different machine. The add-on battery is its own box. Shade still does the open hours. We are not calling this a power station.
BLUETTI
A BLUETTI station on their US site, larger than the Explorer 300 we list. We have not opened this box, so we are not printing watt-hours, watts, or a price. Read those on their page.
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BLUETTI
A larger BLUETTI station for a written load that is already past the Explorer 300. We have not opened it. We will not say it runs the WAVE 3. Read the watts on their page and in the manual of the thing you want to run.
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A panel is a top-up on a clear afternoon. Dust on the glass, and a whiteout, make it a folded mat. Match the plug to the station before you buy the wattage.
Camp gear
A foldable panel. Our note says the SolarSaga 100W Air is not the panel for the Explorer 300 we carry. Read the plug.
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Read the noteThese fail in the same way every year, sale or not. A soft cooler is warm by the afternoon. A tarp is an oven. A tent without shade over it is an oven. The ground is colder than noon.
Coleman
A hard cooler for a small camp. Pre-chill it, keep the lid shut, and keep it in the shade. Ice is not the drinking-water plan.
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Read the notePOYEE
Open knit, not a solid tarp. It goes on a straight-leg frame. The cloth is not the structure.
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Read the noteCamp gear
Straight legs. A slant-leg pop-up is how shade ends up downwind. Lags or rebar hold it.
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Read the noteCamp gear
A full rainfly, under the shade, not in the open as the only roof. Set it up at home once.
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Read the noteTETON Sports
Off the ground. It packs long. Measure the car before you fall in love with it.
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Read the noteA headlamp for camp, a lantern for staying, a string for the frame. An e-bike still needs a light, a lock, and the odd part a gift camp may not carry. The repair kit and the dry lube are what we list for that.
Black Diamond
A red mode for camp and a white beam for the work. Bring a spare set of cells.
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Read the noteBlack Diamond
A small lantern that dims. It is a camp light, not a bike light.
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Read the noteCamp gear
A heavier string for the shade frame, off the station, short enough that the wind does not own it.
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Read the noteCamp gear
A pump, a tube, and levers. An e-bike has parts this kit will not cover. Bring the odd one.
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Read the noteFinish Line
Dry lube. Wet lube plus playa dust is paste. It is the chain, not a costume.
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Read the noteDustproof Supply is our sister brand, run by the same team. Their Power & Solar collection is stations, banks, panels, and lights for the rest of the festival calendar. This page stays on playa gear.
Dustproof Supply and Raverr are sister brands run by the same team. Their sale pages are theirs. This page stays on playa gear.