Portable USB Solar Panel Charger Review / Tests - Part 2

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In this video I test 11 portable / folding USB Solar Panel Chargers to see how well they perform.
* SunKingdom 39 Watt
* ChoeTech 19 W Portable Solar Charger - astore.amazon.com/m0711-20/det...
* RAVPower 15W Solar Charger (with iSmart) -- astore.amazon.com/m0711-20/det...
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* Anker® 14W Dual-Port Solar Charger with PowerIQ
* All Power AP® Solar Foldable Charger 7W
* Voltaic Systems 6.0W "Fuse 6W"
* Smart Tech Apollon P5 5 Watt
* SUNKINGDOM™ 5W 5V
* Voltaic Systems 4.0W "Amp"
* Voltaic 2.0 Watt Solar Panel
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[@rbaleksandar]

An update on all this would be so appreciated given that we are almost in 2019.

[@ShadeheartTheSouless]

This is absolutely incredible. I've never seen such a thorough set of reviews. Thank you so much for doing this!!

[@PianoChuck]

Thanks for all your time in this. Appreciated

[@dbpooper7512]

Thanks for the uncommonly well-researched analysis. Happily ordered a Choe via your store.

[@SerendipityRules]

This is by far the best and most reliable way to gather information. Loving your channel.

[@MDrTiede]

I stayed with You for the whole 70 minutes (1+2), wouldn't have thought... Great work!

[@James-ke5sx]

Thank you very much for going through an incredible amount of work producing the best Solar power review I've seen.

[@gma100]

A thoroughly professional review carried out with real world conditions - Great Job - I just wish more reviews were conducted like this

[@pauln1274]

This is really great, thank you! Would love to see more portable panels evaluated! Hard to find such good objective info and figure out which ones are junk.

[@EnhancedNightmare]

Great video, huge job you did there, this review is just in another league when compared to other channels. Cheers

[@philipmccabe3543]

Excellent video. Balances well the technical data with real world issues. Well done !

[@BasicPoke]

Great job on this. Was very helpful for me choosing an emergency charger, assuming these models are available. Even so, I learned some of the issues to look for. I can tell you did a lot of work on this. Thanks.

[@RS-chino]

An amazing job on the review and comparison of these solar panels. Thanks so much for your time and hard work. Great information!

[@StraitClownin909]

Phenomenal video. So informative I really appreciate your hard work. I plan on picking up the rav 15w from your channel when i get some extra cash.

[@codgerbrown]

Thank you for your well thought out and clear explanation on these solar panel reviews. This is one of the best product reviews I've watched in a long time.

[@ano0628]

I happened to be looking for this kind of product. Very good tips, thank you!

[@LuckasRossato]

Congratilations to this very precise explanation and analysis about all those solar panel charges! Very good work! :)

[@danipe1998]

Thank you so much. Your 2 Videos were really helpful to me to find the portable solar-Panel i am looking for! And grear praise to your great, high quality Videos and you.

[@jimstehle4894]

Awesome! A lot of good advice and directions on what to look for in these solar chargers.

[@tfr51]

Thanks for a great in depth review. I had at least 4 on my Amazon wish list unable to deciede, was leaning toward the Chotech due to the 19 watt claim, almost got sucked in. Thanks

[@justbanter8727]

Excellent information. Bought my first Multimeter after watching this Channel (UNI-T UT61D) :) Always an education + this is the first time I've seen anyone do a decent review of Portable Solar Panels.

[@MrRayMac1963]

Amazingly through analysis. I have a 12 day mountain backpacking trip this summer and have been agonizing over power solutions for my phone and GoPro. This helped tremendously. A ruggedized power bank and ChoeTech look like the best solution. I tried to buy through your store. Thanks for you work and for sharing.

[@rodrigojds]

If I were to ever support a youtube channel it would be yours! You actually put the work in where it matters. Most reviewers would rather spend their time making their videos pretty and speaking in a nice voice rather than actually doing the tests and comparing things!! Well done! :-)

[@TechnologyCatalyst]

Excellent review. You should consider cutting together a video for each individual charger and upload them to amazon reviews (and pop in a link to your full review videos on youtube). Should help you educate more buyers, while also attracting more traffic to your youtube channel. Keep 'em coming! Cheers!

[@grat2010]

terrific review. Thank you for being so thorough.

[@TITAN3084]

Very good review. Would be interesting if the bigger Anker PowerPort 21W would do the job.

[@RobertoHernandez-xf9et]

Eeeeexxxceeeeeeeleeennttt review. This is the type of real honest advised I was looking, searching, hunting for it. I do know now for sure the correct solar usb charge to buy. I was unsure between the Anker and the Ravpower but with you CLEAR statement about the Choteck now I will get first the Ravpower then second the Choteck knowing they are similar in power (not as advertised) and that information level the game for all. Thanks, thanks, thank you so much for your time and effort to make these test. Liked, Subscribed and bell notified.

[@expertssay3869]

Thanks for your indepth research and honest opinion I have the white 5v square pannel 'king of sun' is printed on mine. Very excited to get my first charge in the UK rain. 😂

[@shantayprueeissen8914]

Great to see that Avasva has new instructions to save my money and energy to build it.

[@krieightive]

Awesome video!!! Thank you for making my decision much easier!

[@AwesomeShotStudios]

Well done Sir! Thank you kindly for putting this review together. It helped me greatly with my decision.

[@Thewombat50]

Excellent and honest review. Appreciated your knowledge on a subject I knew very little about (up until this review). "Better informed means a wiser buy, time and money saved". Thanx for helping me to be a smarter consumer. :-) I'm off to your Amazon link.

[@DescartesDooley]

Thanks for taking the time

[@robertcalkjr.8325]

Nice job, Martin. Thanks.

[@mattburrows2615]

Again, very Concise and accurate information. Thank you!

[@TheLordMuzzy]

Excellent video, really helped me pick the right panel! 👍🏻

[@hungrycamperfilms]

Thank you. Very informative and honest review. Helps me to make my decisions what to look for.

[@lebeyes]

Good that you made an annotation at the start of the video that the conclusion can be found at 19:00, otherwise you had lost me as a viewer. Although I really appreciate your effort and explaining everything exhaustively. I must admit that I do prefer the shorter video's of some other electronics bloggers. This is only my personal preference, not a negative comment on the content you produce. Maybe in the future you can consider making this a three part setup: the in depth reviews in part one and two and a separate third "jump to the conclusion" part for the people with less time on their hands. In that case, I would watch more videos you make: always the "conclusion" ones, an then occasionally an in-depth one if I wanted more info or clarification. Anyhow, keep up the good work! Goed werk!

[@georgeseriani2482]

Very complete review very eye opening as I suspected the tab power did very well so now I find myself considering it however knowing myself I will probably end up purchasing several other brands as well down the road I don't really go camping a lot but I do love the idea of getting free power from the sun.

[@majes1305]

Thanks Martin, I built myself one of these ages ago. Sits in my window and I use it for charging my devices, but it ain't portable at all. Think I'll go over to your Amazon store and buy one.. Keep up the good work!

[@romeshilangakoon1]

A FANTASTICALLY GOOD VIDEO

[@trinovantian1]

Superb review.........glad I grabbed a Rav !

[@urbaniten]

What amazing effort for all this research. Hope you will consider testing solar panels at least 15W that cost less than $50 for low budgets. Many thanks.

[@ghostpld1337]

i LOVE this review:D:D:D:D:D:D so detailed. WUHUUUU. there are many KZbinrs who may learn from this!keep up the amazing work!

[@Dimka1981]

Thank you so much! The best comparison!

[@zerodegrekelvin2]

Thanks for the thorough review of the different panels. I got the Ravpower last year summer 2018, it ran fine, I measure Volt and Amp using a USB tester, it does output good amp under a good sunny day. However lately I found some issue with the built-in voltage converter, I am hearing a clicking noise, initially from one of the port, now both of them have clicking noise. I put a scope on V+ with no-load, I see 5V allright, however as I put my UBS battery pack on one of the port, the amp is very low compare to another panel I have a exact position. I really suspect the dc converter probably gone. It is no very expensive those dc converter, however what suck is to open everything and resolder new one. I gave a very good review on Amazon after several months usage, I may have to re-edit my review for the Ravpower, I do think like you that some manufacturers exaggerate too much the actual power the panels deliver. In the same token, USB battery packs also suffer the same fate, I just got a 20000mAh battery that only can hold 5000mAh!!

[@jamesdodds3195]

Excellent reviews. Thanks for sharing your work.

[@itstime9986]

I just watched your video. It was very helpful. I plan to purchase on tomorrow and I hope your amazon link still works.

[@davidng407]

fantastic job on this review

[@WOnken]

Awesome testing, very professional!!!!!

[@artfx9]

Great video, thank you for sharing!

[@kael13]

This is so thorough. Super impressive review. I look forward to seeing solar panels increase in efficiency and power output in the future. One thing I'd like to note however, is that the RAVPower charger is not available in the UK. However, something called the VINSIC charger is. It seems to have almost the same design as the RAVPower, but with an extra panel, and is rated for 22W. Is it the same company building these?

[@tacorita1158]

You are awesome!! Excellent review! My only question is, when are you going to have your own line of honest and best performance solor packs?

[@Maxikings1]

thx for your honest and great reviews!!!

[@noorielaboab1032]

Very good job...Thanks for the video.

[@marcgonzales7632]

thank you so much , learned a lot and helped very much!

[@ctsau17]

Very Helpful. Thanks.

[@Merck088]

Outstanding review!

[@DarkiDarkkiller]

Please make a update video about "The best portable solar panels" weather tests. And a video about "The best portable and durable power bank" Great video

[@Gorebashed]

Thank you, this was very helpful.

[@younghwanyoon353]

Different result with RAVPower result. While charging my DIY battery pack, the panel produced 5.35V at 1.9 - 2.2A from one of the port. I've been using this panel about 2 years now which hasn't failed me below 10W from just one port. Perhaps, the company upgraded the system after watching your video :) Still very interesting and helpful! Thank you for the video

[@joq702]

Excellent review. Very helpful and a needed reality check. My own testing of Sunkingdom's 6.5 watt panel has only seen just under 5w at peak. Not close to the marketed 6.5W. The good news on the Subkingdom panel is it has been charging my cell phone, but I charge the phone not from the panel, but as you recommend, charging a separate battery pack. Keep up your really great work as it helps.

[@mjlorton]

+Kue Man My pleasure, thanks for you post.

[@joq702]

I have a product I may want you to test for me. Would you be interested in measuring wattage, amperage, output of a solar panel for me? Are you in the States or elsewhere?

[@Beiri22]

I would really like to see a review of the poweradd 20W-60W panels in your "review style"!

[@tassmolnar2159]

Hi. I liked the video. Nice job.

[@MrAdrsu]

Great review mate. Maybe add a durability criteria in the future ? Most people will use these gear outdoors. The product is no good if it breaks down easily.

[@Tominikus]

Really I love your REAL reviews so perhaps you have got access to EasyAcc 28W and test that one.

[@ApO__]

Please review and compare these models - Anker 21W, Aukey 21w and EasyAcc 28W

[@googlereviewer2743]

Great review! Would you consider doing an updated review considering that many of the solar panel vendors like SunKingdom and RavPower are now using the supposedly superior Sunpower panels? Also I think many would be interested in the new solar panel product reviews like the SolarTab and the Solar Paper from Yolk.

[@mthomas6]

I wish you could do a review on the following, the Inergy 20watt panel, Poweradd panel, strong volt panel, all powers 8volt 60 watt. Also maybe do one on electric generators using the new lithium batteries? that would be interesting? Thank you and great video.

[@onyxz007]

WOW. great video. you sir get my subscription.

[@DamianBrown]

Excellent comparison. Has me definitely leaning towards the Rav now. I was going for the anker. Have you tested the Anker Solar Lite 15w?

[@webdeveloperbournemouth]

"I'm not going to cover everything that's going to take too long" It is a 40 minute if you take into account part 1 but joking aside I do very much appreciate your in-depth analysis of the products

[@SunflowerInMotion]

Thank you!!!

[@niknik0815]

wow! Thank you!!

[@johnhschuster]

Just noticed your website has a Patreon link, you bow have my support.

[@stealthmaster2020]

Best review I've seen! I ordered thru your amazon store. I would like to see two rows added to your spread sheet for total weight and weight per watt. I figured it out on my own with your data. I'd pay more money for lighter weight that performs best wattage output. I would like to see a review of the PowerAdd monocrystalline panels 40watt and 60watt(4.3 lbs) I would also like to see a review of the thin film PowerFilm 30w(1.8lbs) and 60w(3lbs). I'm interested in ideal sun light conditions and lower sun light condition. I think the PowerFilm 30w will win out for me. Two of them can be daisy chained into 60w. Often sun light conditions are lower sun light so this may push me towards a 30 or 60 watt panel if the weight is not too much. Again you have done a great job. For back packing 2lbs is my upper limit. Would not want to go to 3lb but if that is where I have to go for low light conditions I may be open to it.

[@rajendraithal9391]

Hi Very good explanation and most useful.. good work. Thanks for helping us to understand. I want to ask how about Anker 21W and Goal Zero 41022?

[@kekipark77]

AWESOME again

[@frankfernandez4894]

Ur amazing thank you for ur hard work 😎

[@AleLoy]

Thank you very much for this! I wonder if a power bank with integrated 4 fold solar panel would be more effective and cause less drain than using a solar panel + power bank combo

[@saingiya]

most meaningfull

[@bluesummers5051]

Have you ever thought about reviewing the Suntactics Scharger 14? Seems to have nothing but raving reviews on Amazon.

[@habibyilmaz9795]

Thank you for this very good product comparison. Could you please quickly answer the following questions 1) What are currently (2018) the 3 most efficient foldable solar panels (mW/cm2. 2) Out of these 3 most efficient foldable solar panels, which ones have the smart controller technology? Thank you again in advance

[@MrMasterQ]

Mjlorton, Thanks for your awesome and honest review. I end up getting the ChoeTech 19 W Portable Solar Charger via your Amazon link. Can in the near future you do a compare match with the newer version of Anker PowerPort Solar Charger (21W 2-Port USB Solar Panel Charger)? Thanks!

[@nerys71]

i have the rav power and like it a lot.

[@Gilbertmk2]

Ravpower also makes a 24W panel. Would it be safe to assume that the 24 W is just as efficient as the 15W since its produced by the same company?

[@rudejehlici5425]

The ChoeTech one with missleading 19W should perfom better under worse conditions where 15W panel can't deliver the max rated power. Under full brightness it's as you have described though

[@carlchaovski8542]

hey quick question.. love love love love this video by the way, i'm pretty sure all buyers looking for a decent product are tthankful as for this review. I'm weighing up right now between the Bigblue 28w and the Floureon 28w, Bigblue is $150 in AU, and the Floureon is $70-80 AU. Anyways if you have any suggestions maybe i'll be better off just paying for the RavPower 15w. It's such a BS game the Solar market right now, thanks again for your video, i'm sure you;ve saved us all alot of $$, if you have a donation spot or whatever let me know i'll slip ya $10 just for putting this much work into your vids. Cheers.

[@eddy2922]

Really nice video. I've got a question : If I block the other panels (f.e small window) i wouldn't have any power?

[@smarter_solutions]

Great Review! Well done. Question I have a Car Booster 19AH, I use it for my Waeco Compressor Coolbox. What should I use to keep the car booster charged? It can be charged with a 12V power adapter. Thanks

[@jootai]

So it has been 2 years, can you make a update video? how has the technologie progressed? what is the best thing to buy now?

[@Luke-san]

Very nice test Martin. I am seriously liking solar stuff except that I am living in the wrong country which is Belgium where rain panels would be a fantastic idea. Been playing with 40 and 10 Watt panels that have an approx 17 Volt as ideal output voltage. I wonder what type of electronics these things you tested have since they must have some kind of circuitry to limit the output to like 5 Volt and to keep MPPT of the panel in mind.

[@lostarts26]

you left out the Levin 13 watt panel. I was in hopes to see the specs you found on that in comparison.. I feel that it outperforms my anker panel and it's half the panels...

[@SlyDz420]

I'm curious to here about your opinion on longevity between the Ravpower vs Choetech. With real world use and the Ravpower after time getting loads of those bubbles(that I also would think would hinder productivity). Which would you think would stand the test of time better? Also which would you think would hold up better to stress? Great video, I appreciate the time you took to inform on these products. ps What about the Poweradd 40w?

[@hobomnky]

u the real mvp

[@attilahorvath6331]

did it good

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

None of them would have been to good here in the UK, it rained all day where I live 😃

[@1wlou]

So which one was the best in your reviews ?

[@SalvatoreIngenito]

ChoeTech between the panel and the RAVPower. Wins RAVPower 15w. I was oriented towards the 24-watt ravpower what do you think?

[@MiculAtelierdeTestare]

big fan here , tried to order one of them folding solar panels from you at your store but im afraid you dont ship to europe so .... but still , great review , like and sub from me