DOKIO Foldable Portable Solar Panel 200W 12V Monocrystalline Solar Suitcase

**Update - I reached out to Dokio support 9 months after purchasing to request support for the controller. They shipped me a new controller and leads within 2 days, which solved any issues I had as indicated with my review is the controller below. Excellent customer support, thank you** This is not a bad solar panel to be fair, but there are better options out there for a 200W portable unit in terms of size and efficiency. It is very large and bulky, and the design means the solar elements are facing outside when packed up, which isn't ideal. But it's self supporting, and the large bulky size means it is less likely to be blown over when in use. It's rated at 200W, with the label on the rear of the panel says the rated current is 11.13A @ 18v. This means, with a good controller, you should expect a charge current of about 14.7A into a 12v (13.6v) leisure battery. In reality, I've only managed to pull a maximum of 10.2A from the unit in very bright summer heatwave sunshine (this is measured after the Dokio PWM controller into a 13.6v leisure battery, so 140W roughly), and typically it's about 7.5A - 9.1A in bright sunlight, so on par with some of the better 120-150W units. This will charge a 100Ah battery in about 12-13 hours assuming you have the sunlight strength all that time. When connected to a better MPPT controller, output does increase by about 10-15#%, but it's still not 200W. So overall the panel is good but not exceptional. Whilst the solar panel is fine, the charger PWM control unit is not so great with its user interface, although it is quite efficient in finding the power for a cheap PWM controller. It's completely unintuitive, not helped by the instructions that come with it and a generally bad interface design, unlike the previous Renogy unit I used. MY PWM unit also doesn't show the current supply correctly, it was indicating no current supply from the solar unit but a quick check with a multimeter before the controller and at the battery showed it was actually supplying about 8A. However I may have a faulty controller unit. On the useful side, the PWM unit will power a light source and two USB devices directly from it. The PWM controller isn't, however, weatherproof and needs to be positioned 'indoors', which is a shame since ideally one would stick this onto the back of the panels. The package comes with a handy cover, which is fine but it's pretty thin and unlikely to last long looking at the stitching! So overall this is OK but not amazing, typically on a par with a good 150-170W panel, but it is solidly built/bulky and heavy as well. But it was decent value for money at 115 quid to be fair. I've rated it 5-star because 4-star would be a little unfair because it works reasonably well and it's very good value if you can get it for the price I did, in reality it's a 4.5 star from me overall 👍

Order arrived next day, it was just what we wanted for our off grid holiday in our motorhome and kept our battery fully charged for the 10 days we were away

Works brilliantly straight out of the bag very easy to connect to the caravan. Legs are a bit flimsy so just be careful when moving it pick it up don’t slide it they will bend. A bit heavier than I was expecting it to be . Would be better if it folded up with the solar panel inside to protect it better during travel . But all in all very satisfied with it.

This set up is perfect for me, the power output even in low sunlight conditions is perfect, I run 3 096 sized agm car batteries and it keeps them topped up no probs running fridge lights chargers tv etc etc, nice travel case my only gripe is transporting them, when collapsed the solar panel is facing outward it would of been better inward to protect them a bit better but I just put it all in the box it was delivered in with some foam and had no issues, the controller is easy to use it comes preset to just connect up and charge, all in all, great set up, great price and performance, recommended

Great product keeps caravan battery topped up even without direct sunlight

I've had the soft solar panels in the past and they break quickly. However, this Dockio is absolutely brilliant. Extremely reliable. It averages about 150 W. And that's pretty good if you ask me. I'm extremely happy and I shall probably be buying the hundred one as well. They're a bit heavy, but they're really efficient.

Just want to let anyone with a explorer 1000 v2 jackery know that if you buy this for charging your device you will need a connector that will change the pin for the solar panel to work with the jackety as the one that comes with this doesn't work. So you can buy an adapter from jackery for like 35 quid or buy a car cigarette 12v plug on amazon that comes with a adapter on the pin end to the jackery connection and use that one for the solar panels they are 18 quid ! So not only do you save money you get 2 for the price of less than 1 ! Update on the solar panel running on the adapters that come with the panel when the panel brings in 196w max I got in april on mostly sunny with cloud I was impressed but the adapter that come with the panels melted as it got very hot. But the only way I can use this is plug a adapter that come with it on the end of the cable then use another adapter that turns it into a jackery v2 plug and it just gets very hot. Still worth the money as been camping and the week we have been away my jackery has been on 100% every night so very impressed and saved 80 quid on electric hook up for the week so already paying for itself 196w I got max so far so happy result just make sure you clean them regularly as this can make it not bring as much in

Used on a week-long camping trip in typical UK variable weather conditions of torrential rain to bright sunshine. At it's worst ( late evening / heavy overcast ) it was putting out around 1A-2A ; At it's best ( bright sunshine ) it was up around 12A-13A, and that was without messing around looking for the optimal angle. As is often the case, various screws/nuts were looser than I liked and required tightening. The mounting points for the support brackets feel somewhat flimsy. And whilst not directly related to the panel itself, the supplied carry-case leaves a lot to be desired -- whilst the case material is sturdy, the stitching on it is definitely not! Just as well I was only carrying it with the bottom of the panel only a few inches off the ( grassy ) ground, as the case carry-handle ripped completely away the first time I used it! Don't know if it's an isolated issue, but I'd strongly suggest testing it beforehand.

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