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May 27, 2026 10 hours Zachary Shahan 0 Comments Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe . UPDATE May 27: BLUETTI’s Kickstarter campaign for the new FridgePower batter...

May 27, 2026 10 hours Zachary Shahan 0 Comments Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe . 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