160 Watt Portable Solar Panel for Power Station, Foldable Solar Charger with Adjustable Kickstand, Waterproof IP68 for Outdoor Camping RV Off Grid System

These solar panels are pretty great so far. I’m not comfortable giving a perfect 5 stars until I get them out in the field for proper testing. UPDATE June ‘24: great performance out in the field! So happy with them. Upgraded to 5 stars The carrying case is very durable material and the zippers look good quality (time will tell). The case is also used to hold the panels up at varying angles according to the sun position. One side of the case is solid to protect the panels and to enable the angled positions — good design choice. The overall size packed up is not too big and makes it quite portable. For basic testing, I connected this to my Bluetti EB3A (ordered the proper cable from Bluetti to go from Solar to DC7909..?) and set the panels up at a non-specific angle on my apartment balcony. Without trying to get the perfect angle and with some shading due to balcony railing and supports, I was getting ~85-90 Watts charging. May be a bit on the low side, and I’m hoping to see closer to 120-130 W when out in full sun and pointed directly at the sun. Will update after my next camping trip but only 4 stars until I get more data. The attached cables are good quality and were easy to connect to, but a bit difficult to disconnect from. But that may get better as I find a better way and get use to them. UPDATE June ‘24: was getting a whopping 136 W charging my BLUETTI with this panel out on a camping trip!! Great performance I’m happy with the price to performance ratio, basic charging is good, and the case plus size make these quite versatile for car camping, beach trips, or even just a day trip where you need to power basic electronics. I do wish the panels’ power box where the cable came out had at least one USB port for quick connect charging of peripherals, but that’s not a need .. just a nice-to-have. Will update after more use and a chance to see if the charging stays stable or changes drastically over time.

Update and tl;dr. My review of the performance of these panels and their cost per watt still stands, but I can understand the 4 and 5 star reviews better. The company did contact me on their own for my feedback, and worked with me to design a system that met my specifications. The higher rating of this review reflects their customer service. After working with them a bit, I do have a system that is a better value and meets my specifications. You can read this review to understand what you get from the EcoFlow panels. Overall, these panels are for anybody who has limited space and doesn't mind the higher price tag. The integrated kickstand has worked very well for me, and this is a bonus: I don't have to use a rigid panel or construct some wacky stand out of PVC. The whole package stows easily and the kickstand works very well (it doesn't matter that the kickstand doesn't perfectly angle the panels). Still, you can expect only ~65% of the rated power from these panels (other off brands mentioned here deliver ~60% based on my reading of their reviews), making these relatively expensive. Also, I did look at many of the panels available on Amazon, and found that brands such as Bluetti and GoalZero, even if they perform as well as Renogy panels (>70% efficiency), are some of the most expensive on a $/watt basis. Off-brand panels have the disadvantage poor performance (60% of rated power); you can still save money but you'll have to carry more of them. For example, 2 Renogy 200 W panels are an excellent $/watt value if you have the space, but 2 AllPowers 200 W panels won't deliver the same power but are cheaper. If you can work with a flexible panel (I would consider these portable, not flexible), those can be very good values but suffer from needing to be installed somewhere. So, this review I think will help inform how you go about selecting panels to meet your needs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The 4 and 5 star reviews are from the #vanlife crowd that wanted a good looking system, not by those who bought these as part of a system that was going to meet their needs. I live in my truck almost year round and have a system to power my computer and Starlink, as well as my fridge and phone. This is a real review. I wanted external panels because I have limited roof space, and who wants to park in the sun just to charge their system? Up top I have a 100W flexible Renogy panel glued to a piece of corrugated plastic...mainly a supplemental source of power when I don't need a charge too bad or when I'm moving. The EcoFlow 160s were supposed to be the workhorses of my system. I got 2, connected in series with 10 ga cables to handle the amperage from these panels, feeding into a Victron 75/15 MPPT controller. I spent the extra money on the EcoFlow panels because we all know that the rated power isn't the real-world power. I expected that a premium panel would have less exaggeration, and the integrated kickstand was a bonus. In other words, I looked past the "cheap" panels expecting them to deliver less of their rated power than the EcoFlow panels. The screenshots are the monitoring reports from the Victron controllers running the Renogy panel vs the EcoFlow panels. On days when my single Renogy panel...which I'll remind you, is flat mounted, doesn't get repositioned during the day to take advantage of the sun angle or avoid obstructions, and should suffer a greater heat penalty given it's installation...that panel consistently puts out 60-80W. So 60-80% of what Renogy promised they delivered, and I've seen it hit >90W. That's a $160 panel, easily hitting 75% of it's rated power, giving me a watt of power for $2.13. On the same days, I go out and move my EcoFlow panels once mid-morning, once-late afternoon, and once in the evening to take advantage of the morning sun, changing their orientation and angle so that they are directly facing the sun and either flat (during mid-day) or angled (morning and afternoon). They have that kickstand (which for me has actually worked out okay) which helps get a good angle on the sun and should keep them cooler than a rooftop-mounted flexible panel. These panels should have a massive advantage over that Renogy panel, but I have never seen more than 208 W from a system that is rated for 320 W. That is 65% efficiency, giving me a cost per watt of $3.37. That makes these panels almost 60% more expensive for 15% less power. I've heard the arguments and taken them into consideration...the rated power is under optimal conditions, you'll never see the rated power in real life, to get the rated power you need to be at 90 degrees to the sun (+/- 10 degrees), the panels won't perform as well once they heat up, and clouds and shadows and so on. These are all true, and when you are designing a system, you have to take into account that the rated power power is the power Bob in marketing says has to be on the box because everybody else is bloating their power ratings, and anybody who used an honest real-world number wouldn't sell a panel. EcoFlow looks to be one of the worst offenders, and I've gone back to my order several times to make sure I got the 160W panel and not the 110W panel. I'm also not in some oddball arctic desert place...these results hold true in Utah, Texas, New York, and everywhere in between over 2 months now. And even if I was doing something wrong, you can't explain away the EcoFlow's poor performance by any external factor when that Renogy panel (disadvantaged as it is by its installation) under the exact same conditions consistently and easily outperforms the EcoFlow panels every single time, every single day. I would return these if I could. Renogy has a 200W system for $349 (that includes a charge controller). Let's say these only deliver 70% of their rated power...the cost comes out to $2.30 per watt. It's bigger, heavier, and I'd need more panels but it is a better value. Other random but similar panels, if they performed as poorly as EcoFlow, would come in at a similar cost per watt. Dokio has a panel that appears to be similar to EcoFlow in every way except that it doesn't have a kickstand, but comes out at a cost of $1.63 per watt if it only delivered 65% of its rated power. [Update: reading the reviews, these deliver more like 60% of their rated power.] Aside from the poor performance, I'm now really concerned about the reviews (oddly 4+ stars) questioning the durability of these expensive panels. When I go to move them, yeah, they are hot. Like, wear gloves hot. And you hear the panels cracking and creaking in ways that say maybe these aren't going to hold up too well. How long until they crack or become unbonded, delivering another hit to their already weak performance? Again, that Dokio panel or a set of Renogy panels are looking more and more like a better value. When you're looking at the Victron reports, yes, the EcoFlow panels deliver more total power...keep in mind they are moved several times so they see the sun at a better angle for the entire day; the Renogy panel maybe only gets a good angle on the sun for a few hours when the sun is almost directly overhead. Also, FWIW, this review is based on my personal experience. EcoFlow did contact me and did not offer any technical support, but did provide some incentives to bring my system up to the performance I expected.

What I liked most about these panels is the efficiency. In peak sunlight I'm getting over 100 watts from the 160 watt rated panels, which is over 60% of the 160 watts, and that is without even having a 45 degree angle toward the sun, more like a 30 degree angle toward the sun at most times during my limited 4 hour morning charging period. May even get a second set to go with this one and double the power. I'm running this with the ECOFLOW Delta Max 2000 2016 WH power station, which I'm also in love with. But like some of us newbies, I sometimes learn the hard way, like at first not paying complete attention and ordering some panels that are for the purpose of charging a car battery, but not a strong power station, and finding out painfully when the soon-to-be-returned 800 watt panels only put out a measly 25 watts max.

I bought the EcoFlow 160w solar panels since I had purchased a cheaper offbrand panels and they didn't work with my River Max. The Ecoflow panels worked well but I was a little disappointed in their charging. On a cloudy day I was only getting around 20w, the River Max was only down to 67% and the display had 27 hours to complete. Today we had full sun and it was only charging between 110 - 118 watts (see pictures). It said under full sun it would take 1 hour to charge to full, it took almost 3 hours. The carry case is nice but does not work to hold up the panels, I had to use a chair and a couple sticks to get them somewhat even. I plan to come up with a different way to hold the panels up. The other thing I don't like about the case is there's no place to store cables. The cheap panels I first bought had a nice pouch on the outside for storing cables and adaptors. I haven't downloaded the app, so I'm not sure if I can use the fast charging mode on the river with the solar panels. I'm glad I spent the extra money on the 160w panels since it would take days to charge the River in the best spot I have. I do really like the River Max and had higher hopes for the Ecoflow solar panels, but overall I'm still happy with my purchase.

I recently bought an Ecoflow River 2 Pro and then this 160W panel... my first experience with power stations and also solar. Re. the panel... It seems some people got the solar cable with their panel and some didn't. In my case, I did NOT get it, even though their support told me that it WAS included. I contacted them via chat and they have now sent me an email saying that they "will" send a cable, but I haven't received it. Having said that, and now that I received the panel, I have a theory about why some get the cable and some don't. I heard (don't remember if it was from support or from a question/answer here) that they started shipping the cables with panels sometime during 2022. I noticed the box my panel came in had a date of 8/2022, so I think that what is happening if they may be shipping some older stock in some cases, and if the one you get is before when they started including the cable, then you won't get a cable with the panel. Hopefully they're doing what they told me and are sending my cable! Overall, and although this is my first time working with a solar panel, it has been interesting. It appears that the River 2 Pro won't start charging until the panel is putting out a certain voltage or current, and if it not enough, the River 2 just says 0W (at first I thought the panel wasn't working). I have the panel in our screen porch area, so it is semi-indoors, and best I've been able to get is 46W and I have to keep moving the panel around. I guess if it was fully outdoors I might not need to do that, but this is a kind of learning experience for me. As others have said, the bag as stand works, but it is kind of awkward and floppy, but it does work.

As a full-time overlanding nomad, I’m using this solar panel with my ECOFLOW River PRO 720 Wh power station. Between these two items I am running a Dometic 25L or Alpicool 35L fridge/freezer, an array of USB charged devices, a laptop and drone batteries that require occasional charging. Most of these devices run all day and night. Throughout the day, the power station stays at 100% of its charge. At dusk the power station, of course, is no longer taking a charge. Typically at pre-dawn the station may be drawn down to 75%. By 8:30 AM it’s back up to 100%. This tells me that I can ask this combo to do more with no expectation that it will ever fail me. Meanwhile, if I ever draw it down beyond its capacity in its cut configuration, I can add a River PRO extra battery bringing my storage capacity up to 1440 Wh with no doubt that it will return the system to 100% charge by mid-morning. Initially I rotated the panel for optimal orientation to the sun. Now I simply place it over the windshield of my vehicle and point it due south. In this way, ideal orientation occurs only at noon. Before and after that, it’s at least slightly off axis and the system still outpaces any load I’ve created so far. Now that it’s getting cooler I may get a 12 volt DC electric blanket to ward off sub-freezing temperatures. My expectation is that whatever load I add with it will be offset by the fact that, when it’s in use, the fridge/freezers will be drawing less. I plan to get Starlink for broadband comms. I’ll do another review to report on whether or not that pushes me into needing the full 1440 Wh potential.

I have a few EcoFlow power stations, River Max, Delta, and River Pros. I just received this 160w solar panel. It's well built and study. The downside, using the case as a stand is horrible. It's not study and a bit of wind will knock it down. So I just lay the panel flat on the ground (see picture). It's easy to set up and connect to the Delta 1300. The charging is slow, which is given. However, I'm only getting 100-107 watts input. This is far from the 160 watts advertised. I know it will not reach 160 in optimal condition, but getting 100-107 watts input, in direct direct sunlight, is not acceptable. It should be around higher, like 140-150 range. Maybe, I have a bad unit? I'm going to return it for another and see if the results are better. If not I'll try another brand. UPDATE 6-26-21 Received the replacement panel. It's 85 degrees and the sky is clear. It hot and I have it at 45 degrees angle. The max I could get is 116 watts. These panels are never going to get anything close to 120+ watts. 160 watts is a pipe dream. How do they get away with advertising it at 160 watts? I'll be returning this and try another brand.

I purchased the Ecoflow Max generator and 160W solar panel after exhaustive research because I am in Florida and hurricane season is underway. As an elderly woman living alone, I did not want a conventional fuel generator for a variety of reasons. There are several manufacturers in this solar battery market to choose from. I am writing this to reassure those who, like me, mourn the loss of active and effective after-purchase support in the form of Customer Service. I went in with low expectations in that regard. But, I have experienced a Customer Service Miracle! I experienced a problem with the connector cable to the solar panel. Heaving a sigh of disappointment, I hit the SUPPORT button and mentally prepared for the usual canned response. Was I in for a surprise!! Response from Ecoflow was immediate and focused to my problem and asked for more detailed info/short vid etc. I returned the information and Ecoflow promptly stated it would send a replacement cable. And, it did! However, that did not really solve the problem, so the conversation was continued. This review is intended to reassure potential purchasers that the the support process has been orderly and pertinent to resolving my problem. Early on, I developed confidence that Ecoflow would follow through and accommodate me until satisfactory resolution was reached. Ecoflow even accommodated my special request to send the replacement product AHEAD of the return due to the hurricane season and necessity to have a solar panel on hand. This is the mark of a reasonable and responsive company and is a modern day miracle! It is rare these days to have Customer Service give focused attention to difficulties whether they be technical or also arise from a personal situation (like my being an old lady living in the boonies and have some limitations). Based on my experience, purchasers should feel reassured to know that Ecoflow has an excellent customer support process and demonstrably holds its customers in high regard.