Battery-Powered Projectors
A battery projector is a compromise you accept knowingly: two hours of runtime, a few hundred lumens, and a picture that needs real darkness. Within that envelope the differences that matter are weight, whether the streaming platform is licensed, and whether the audio is good enough to skip a separate speaker.
How this list is ordered: Every projector in the catalog with an internal battery, ordered by brightness. 5 of the catalog’s projectors qualify. 1 of them is under a manufacturer safety recall — BenQ GV31 — and is marked in the list rather than removed from it, because the specification that put it here is still true.
1Dangbei
~$319Dangbei Freedo
Dangbei's first battery projector with licensed Google TV: 3.1 lb, two hours of runtime, a rotating handle stand, and 24 dB operation that makes it the quietest battery projector in this catalog..
- Brightness
- 450lumensISO 21118
- Screen at 10 ft
- 115 in
- Light source
- LED
2Anker Nebula
~$420Anker Nebula Mars 3 Air
A battery projector with a proper carry handle and 16 W of stereo audio, aimed squarely at back yards and camping.
- Brightness
- 400lumensANSI
- Screen at 10 ft
- 115 in
- Light source
- LED
3BenQ
~$599BenQ GV31Safety recall
A battery projector built around its speaker: a 2.1 system with an 8 W woofer in a 3.7 lb cylinder that runs three hours off the internal cell.
- Brightness
- 300lumensANSI
- Screen at 10 ft
- 115 in
- Light source
- LED
4Anker Nebula
~$570Anker Nebula Capsule 3 Laser
The laser version of Anker's can-shaped projector: 1080p, 300 ANSI lumens, two hours of battery and licensed Google TV.
- Brightness
- 300lumensANSI
- Screen at 10 ft
- 115 in
- Light source
- Laser-phosphor
5Anker Nebula
~$250Anker Nebula Capsule Air
A soda-can projector that runs two hours off its own battery and weighs 1.4 lb.
- Brightness
- 150lumensANSI
- Screen at 10 ft
- 115 in
- Light source
- LED