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Ordered this as part of a go bag for a hiking trip. Wound up using the carabiner clips (it came with) and hooking it up to my wife's bike bag since her phone was dying. It fits flat inside her bag when done and when unfolded it opens up and barely covers her bag. The panel takes the heat instead of the contents of her bag now (e.g. you have a camelbak or energy bars that can get warm or melt). It also keeps some of that heat off your back. Bought it to supply power for ExpertPower 20,000mAh Power Bank / Portable Charger for Smartphones & Tablets // Android & Apple Compatible but will not charge it. It doesnt produce enough power to charge even it in direct full sunlight. So this panel can't even charge a battery bank brick. Purchased 2 and now I feel like I got had.
PROS
-2 USB slots
-Works somewhat even with overcast or the lights in your home (non LED).
-Small size, light weight = convenience
CONS
-Small area to hold cables, but it's velcro and weak stitching is causing failure already keeping the stuff closed and held in since it's ripping apart (took maybe a dozen time of opening the velcro for it to pop the stitching)
-No Battery Bank (and with my experience, it can't charge anything over 10k mAh let alone my 20k ones I bought)
-2.3A out it only for 1 port at a time use. If you plug in both your lucky to push 1A in full sunlight(which is standard phone charging, 2A is tablet)
-No color selection (posted 2016 when no color selection was available)
-Not water proof. Water resistant at best. Proof implies submersible like the new Galaxy phones with no ports to let water in. Resistant means bring it in if it's raining outside. That's what they say to do with this one. It's resistant. BARELY. See comments for further explanation. The "Amazon Customer" I answered, is actually the seller posing as a customer as well. I have the email from the seller asking me to change my rewiew, word for word, that seller...
-Seller didn't like my 5 star review and asked me to change it. So now I posted it's flaws instead.
I've been with Amazon a decade and all my reviews are 100% my own and I have never gotten anything free or discounted. I pay full price for all my stuff. Just like it should be on amazon, this is my OPINION (everyone has their own) and my EXPERIENCE with the product I received. I can leave 1 star, I can leave 5. It's all up to how you feel this product held up to YOUR standards. It it fails, falls apart, seller harasses you, whatever, you have the right to express your opinion. All of the stuff here are opinions based on fact though. And Im a top review because I buy so much stuff and review all of it accurately and in depth. So all in all. Your mileage may vary. Yours may not fail. But all in all, mine did on so many levels. And if the seller wants to cry about having a color selection, I didnt have a choice a year ago of what color to buy. So don't dont harass customers a year later telling them to change reviews or your 5 stars go to 1 real fast. I posted the review after a week of playing with the panel and being happy. After a month I saw it was garbage but didnt think to change the review. Getting a message a year later criticizing me only made me come back and point out why this product is garbage. Did it to yourself, BRIAN @ SooKoo. :D
September 2016 · Cell Phones and Accessories · verified purchase