DOKIO 150W Portable Foldable Solar Panel Kit, Compact 21x20in Design 7.3lb with Standalone Controller and USB, Monocrystalline Charger for 12V Batteries, Power Stations, RV Camping Emergency Use

I received the solar kit last night and tested it out from 4PM to 5PM this afternoon when there were about 3 hours of sunlight before the sky went overcast again. The solar panels were directly connected to an Ecoflow power station. The highest solar power that I saw was displayed on my power station was 118W. The highest solar power that I saw was displayed on my iPhone was 113W. The test continued until the power station stopped charging at 100%. The test confirmed this solar kit worked as expected, right out of the box. - Biggest pro: easy to carry and easy to use. - Biggest con: no kickstand or equivalent!! - Confirmed: peak power can reach 118W - Unknown: durability One thing that deserves extra attention: just as demonstrated in 1 of the product videos posted here at Amazon, this kit's solar output is *very* sensitive to how the panels are positioned against the sun. Simply by walking from one side of the panels to the other side, briefly casting a small shadow on the panels, I saw the solar power reported on my iPhone drop from 100+ to lower than 60W immediately and then bounce back. I think this is a good buy. Much more portable than my heavy Ecoflow solar panels. I plan to permanently leave them in my car.

This works great for batteries that are not close to power outlet. I charge machines in my farm that there is no power available and charges quickly. Great tool to have.

UPDATE! My original review follows. I am pretty happy with this solar setup. I am NOT into comparing specs or having the latest and greatest, etc.. I have owned this setup for over 1.5 years and use to power my 26 foot trailer with 2 cheap Walmart 70ah batts. I use the toy-like controller included. I camp pretty frequently and would say I've used the panels for 3 months combined days. I am ok with the setup as it is affordable, flexible, easy. My past 45 lb setup with hard frame got to be a chore. These charge my batts within a couple hours in good sun I recharge daily. Panels could use an uptick on ruggedness. And grommets, attachment points so you can hold them in place. Laying on ground is often dirty/dusty, standing flexible panels in wind, not so good. You can build a frame, I just haven't. If you're looking to spend little and want decent capability, these are worth a try. If they last me another 1.5 years (for a total of 3) $300 bucks total, not bad. I think they will last longer if cared for. Original review. Just bought this and used for three days. Delivered as expected. Safe packaging. The panels seem of good quality, though I can see what others have mentioned about possibility of material holding panels breaking down. The photos in the advertising are misleading: these panels will NOT stand up flat like that without considerable support behind them. Support you will pay another $50 to $100 to build (unless you're very crafty) They bend very easily and care is necessary. I plan to take this inside during inclement weather, even wind. I have 2 cheap lead acid batteries that had run out of power the night before due to furnace use in cold weather. These panels charged those batteries fast, and my heat lasted through the night next night. I had a hard framed heavy Zamp 200 watt suitcase a few years ago and to compare I'd say this was considerably faster. I don't measure amps, all that stuff. I want to plug it in and get back to what I'm doing for fun. And there's my single largest disappointment with this package... oddly, Dokio failed to include a cable with the XT60 connector for their controller and an SAE connector for the port on the side of probably 3 million travel trailers out there, like mine. I'm no pro, and so maybe I am missing something... but who wants to take their battery covers off and clamp the controller to the battery each time they want to charge (often more than once a day...)? I really want that cable, say 10 to 12 feet in length, to make this easier for my style of use. The PWM controller that came with this unit is pretty fragile looking too, but it seems to work and I wanted to use the kit as is for awhile. Anyway, for the money, this kit is a go, so far. I hope it lasts a few years.

Very nice set of solar panels just wish they included a set of stands because they are pretty inefficient without putting them on a proper angle to the sun. The company sells the stands separately. The stands they sell are alright but where they weld the rods to breaks easily. I posted a bad review on the stands and the company reached out to me and are sending me another set so they are very receptive to the customers needs. When used at the proper angle these panels deliver. They put out a respectable 8.8amps @ 22.5 volts open circuit. I made this setup more efficient by using a 12gauge SAE extension and a portable MMPT charger as the one they provided is adequate but I need every watt these panels deliver to recharge my Ham Radio battery’s out in the field and and MMPT charger can keep delivering power even on cloudy days . The panels are nice and light so if you have to trek your gear by carrying it a distance this is great and was my main reason for purchasing this brand. They are very thin and folded up are only about 2” thick and about 9 lbs with the controller and cables. They have a nice storage compartment built in. If I can make one suggestion to the company to make this the greatest system. Build stands into the panels backs like a photo frame has so you don’t need a set of stands. It would make these truly light and an even better product. These panels charge a 12.8 volt 20 Ah LIFEPO4 battery from a shut off voltage of 10.1 volts to a full charge in about 2.5hrs in direct sun light. The only gripe that I had was setting the provided PWM charge controller to B4 so it could charge LIFEPO4 batteries. Very confusing but I finally did it. This is one of the reasons I purchased a nice MMPT charger dedicated to charging this type of battery. You can’t go wrong buying these great panels. They also provided a nice set of accessory’s with these panels including a set of alligator clamps and multiple charging plugs. Very well thought out accessories.

I have a Jackery 1000 with Jackery's 200W panels. This was a good price so I thought I would add a second set of panels. The photos show connecting to a Jackery via a provided adapter. My Jackery uses a DC8020 connector while the one provided is a DC7909 conector that is used on the smaller Jackery's. I wish I knew what the connector on the cable is that the dc7909 plugs into is so I could find an adapter to go from it to the DC8020. In the mean time I have ordered a DC7909 to DC8020 adapter so I will have to put up with having an adapter plugged into an adapter to make my system work.

Please keep in mind that when it comes to solar panels the wattage rating usually equates to what is possible under laboratory conditions and just about never can be recreated in the real world. With that said, here's my review: As the headline reads, this is not exactly 'light'. Surely easy enough for one person to move around and deploy and it folds down to a size that was easy enough to find room for behind the front seat of my truck. Since my RV already has a decent MPPT charge controller I decided I'd add on to the existing one (besides the included controller that came as part of the 'kit' HAS to be protected from the elements (direct sun & moisture) so was of little use to me to use along with my existing one. The 'kit' came with a ~10' cable that has connectors on both ends to use hooking it up. One end has a SAE connector that plugs into the panel and the other end I cut off and replaced with Anderson connectors. A word of caution here: Due to SAE's 'keying' the +/- wires will reverse unless a little SAE-2-SAE adapter is used to change the polarity of the wires. Given I don't live in a LAB and I'm above the 45th I did not have high expectations for this panel. However it was a bright and sunny day in May and with a clear view of the sky (not a cloud in it) I set up the panel in my front yard. My existing solar panel (68W) was putting out ~40W when I plugged Dokio in parallel to it. The solar panel wattage reading on my phones Bluetooth app went from ~40W to ~210W after plugging in the Dokio - showing that the Dokio 220W panel was providing ~170W of the ~210W total. IMHO: not bad! I plan on adding a fused SAE connector on my RV and keeping the panel behind the front seat of my truck. While the included cable is far to short (I ordered a 25' SAE-2-SAE cable from Amazon) this will come in handy to add more 'juice' while I'm out in the wild - which is mostly what I do when I go out camping, I rarely have RV hookups even when I camp at official campgrounds. (I'm a boondocker!) Granted, had I not already had a better solar controller installed I could of wired up and installed the one included in the kit. Sure, it is fairly basic but at least it has different battery type settings so you can match it to what your using. I should note that when my panel kit arrived all that showed up was the panel box, nothing else! I contacted Amazon which asked me to contact the vendor and within 24hrs they responded and 48hrs later a FEDX truck dropped off the rest of the kit! I'd say very good support from the vendor! To conclude I'd say that so far I'm happy with my purchase and the support I've gotten from the vendor. :) UPDATE (9/22/2022): I've tried using the panel a number of times since purchase. As an example, I currently have it set in my front yard attempting to charge a power brick. While @ 9AM the sun is low in the sky the entire panel is 'lit' with sunlight but only putting out ~50W of power. As a 'control' I also plugged in a 100W panel and only got 25W out of it.

For someone thinking about buying THIS solar panel, I'd say think first about its application rather than it's price, or whether it's rigid or flexible, or anything else. My primary need was simply to recharge my Portable Power Station to 100% - because once it's 100% charged, I can then charge my wireless phone from 0% - 100% 52 times [FIFTY-TWO] ... from my Portable Power Station. What I lose in Durability (versus other solar systems, that are rigid, and "weightyier"), I more than make up for in the fact that this 100 watt [foldable], super compact and lightweight solar panel is perfect for my SUV CAMPER CONVERSION; and especially to fully charge my 300 watt portable power station from 0 to 100% [among other small tasks]. For bigger tasks, I've got a 3000 watt power inverter that is part of a larger solar system running on a lithium battery - and by solar panels [larger than THIS 100 watt foldable solar panel]. Again, consider your need, then match the right solar to meet your immediate need. Look for a Plug-N-Play system, which allows for easier upgrades and power output .

Arrived quickly. Upon initial inspection, the panels had some very light scuffs on them. Doesn’t seem to affect function. The cable on the panels has one type of plug. There’s a 6’ cable that plugs into that with an xt60 male at the other end. This plugs directly into my big station. There’s another short cable with a female xt60 that plugs into the first cable. It has a barrel type plug at the other end with an assortment of barrel plugs to fit various power stations. None of these fit my small station. Sad… There’s 2 other cables. One with alligator clips and one with bare wires. These plug into the charge controller out for a battery. I have not tried that. I had a cable with my small station that had Anderson plug on one end and the plug that came off these panels on the other. Lucky me. I was able to get 180w with very thin cloud. The panels don’t have legs for propping or eyelets for hanging. You’ll have to lean against something.

I bought it to charge an 1,800W class of power station. It is vary convenient that the various size of DC connectors are provided for. There are no special problems so far, and performance testing has not been done yet.

Panel solar práctico y facil de usar con diferentes conectores para diferentes usos,cumple con todas las características.

The Dokio 110 watt system I set up worked well in cloud and sun. I built a simple plywood support frame and let it go to work. Charging ranged from 24 volts in full sun to 13.5 low in full cloud. It was a good unsettled day to test the unit. I had two 90 amp hour deep cycle batteries hooked up in parallel and my IPad which was at 16% charge from start time. The batteries started with a reading of 12.9 volts and after after 5 hours were 13.5 volts. The IPad was at 75% charge after 4 hours. I also like the charge controller readout screen. It keeps you informed of the performance and constantly monitors the pv output. I can see that we will be able to extend our RVing off the grid considerably without worry about losing power or resorting to a generator. A 200 watt system would likely keep the batteries fully charged but for us, this will do the job nicely. Super happy so far.

Producto bueno, no he tenido la oportunidad de usarlo al 100, pero ha pasado las pruebas

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