The next brownout-season backup option for Philippine homes arrives on October 20: the Bluetti Elite 100 Mini, a 1,004.8Wh power station that Bluetti rates to keep a Wi-Fi router running for 39.2 hours, launches exclusively on Lazada, Newsbytes.PH reported. As of publication, only Newsbytes.PH has reported the local launch date, and no Philippine price has been announced yet — abroad, the unit sells for $429 (around ₱27,000).
Elite 100 Mini specs: 1kWh in a 10.7kg box
Per Bluetti's official product page, the Elite 100 Mini packs a 1,004.8Wh lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO₄) battery — the long-life chemistry now standard in power stations — rated to keep at least 80% of its capacity after 6,000 charge cycles. Output is 700W across nine ports: three AC outlets, 140W and 65W USB-C ports, a USB-A port, a 12V car outlet, and two DC5521 barrel ports.
Two features matter most for home use here. First, a UPS (uninterruptible power supply) mode certified to switch to battery in under 10 milliseconds — fast enough that a router or desktop PC plugged into it should not notice the grid dropping. Second, fast recharging: Bluetti says the unit refills to 80% in about 90 minutes from a wall socket, and takes up to 350W of solar input. The whole package weighs 10.7kg, which Notebookcheck's launch coverage notes is light for a full 1kWh unit, and there is a built-in LED light with an SOS mode.
How long it runs — and what a recharge costs
Bluetti's own runtime figures: 39.2 hours for a Wi-Fi router, 34.4 hours for a portable fridge, and 40-plus phone charges. By our math, a 50W electric fan would run about 17 hours — 1,004.8Wh times roughly 85% usable capacity after inverter losses, divided by 50W. These are calculations from manufacturer figures, not test results.
Refilling it is cheap. A full recharge draws roughly 1.1kWh from the wall once charging losses are counted, which works out to about ₱17 at Meralco's October residential rate of ₱15.0615 per kWh, per GMA News.
How it compares with the Infinix XENERGY L1000
The obvious local rival is the Infinix XENERGY L1000, another 1kWh station that reached the Philippines on October 10 — we compared it with its smaller sibling in our Infinix XENERGY brownout-battery breakdown. Figures below are from Pinoy Metro Geek's launch report and Tech-ish's spec rundown.
| Bluetti Elite 100 Mini | Infinix XENERGY L1000 |
|---|
| Capacity | 1,004.8Wh LiFePO₄ | 1,000Wh LiFePO₄ |
| AC output | 700W, 3 outlets | 500W, 2 outlets |
| UPS switchover | under 10ms | under 20ms |
| Recharge (AC) | 80% in ~90 min (700W) | full in ~1 hour (1,000W) |
| Cycle life | 6,000+ to 80% | 6,000+ |
| Weight | 10.7kg | 9.35kg |
| PH price | not yet announced; $429 (around ₱27,000) abroad | ₱16,999 SRP, ₱13,999 launch promo |
If the Philippine price lands anywhere near the converted $429, the Bluetti will cost close to double the L1000's promo price. What that premium buys is 200W more output — enough headroom to add a small inverter refrigerator to the fan-router-laptop load — a faster UPS switchover, and more ports, including that 140W USB-C for fast-charging laptops. The L1000 counters with a faster full recharge and a lighter body. Households that only need phones, lights, and a router through an outage can spend far less: Infinix's AC-outlet-free XENERGY S320 sells for ₱6,999 (₱5,999 at launch promo).
Where and when to buy
The Elite 100 Mini goes on sale October 20 through Bluetti's official Lazada store. Newsbytes.PH also lists a Bluetti "Payday Sale" on Lazada from October 25 to 31, with ₱1,000 off a minimum ₱7,499 spend and up to 15% off selected items — if the launch price disappoints, that window is the first realistic shot at a discount. We will know the real peso price when the listing goes live; until then, treat the ₱27,000 conversion as a ceiling estimate, not an SRP.
