The BEST Bi-Fold Portable Solar Panel!?! Comparison Video of 7 Panels HEAD TO HEAD!

I just received a Dokio 110 for $88 I purchased to go with my refurbished EB3A I snagged for $146. I'm totally new to solar so am pleasantly surprised at how well the Dokio did in your tests. And of course the Bluetti has good rep so for less than $250 I think I'm getting started pretty well. Thanks for the reviews.

It would have been nice if you had shown the power output for the shade results. This is a very important metric for many of us who live in places where the sun only shines in the summer. The graphs you ut up where pretty useless without this option for me and probably many others who suffer from heavy clouds daily.

I, bought the Dokio 110 panel about 6 mos. ago and live in So. California. i've, tried several times to get max output and so far only getting 55 - 60 watts on a clear sunny day. Any suggestions?

Thanks for the video. I would be interested to see how these panels compare to something like the dokio or harbor freight folding glass panel. It seems like they aren’t much bigger, and if you are car camping the weight difference doesn’t matter, but they would be much more durable for a cheaper price.

love all your reviews.

Thank you Jason, so when searching for the Blue Rise panel, well, I tried spelling it as it appears to me in this video, “Blue Ryze,” which at least from my online searches in Italy, on this date, yielded nothing, “Blue Rise” did appear however… I just wanted to bring this up because I have a hard time believing that you might have gone out of your way to spell it differently or honestly even just misspelled it, so that’s what was making me worry that it could technically be a sneaky way of the company selling something different under a slightly different name? I hope aI’m being silly just looking for some clarification I guess! 😅

Jason, thank you, I almost bought a poor quality folding dokio, 200w, I am new to all this, might need advice because I am now wondering about rigid panels for a small EB3A, but perhaps that don’t weight too much! My use case is still a mistero to me as well, I am not a van lifer, I live in an apartment in Florence Italy, and live above a sunny public park, I am a “starving artist” frugal, looking to get as much mileage as possible out of anything and use utilities as little as possible, explaining for context but need a little guidance if possible? Loving your channel btw! I forgot to mention that I am accustomed to moving up and down flights of stairs whilst carrying a bicycle and going back up the same stairs with that same bike and a heavy load of groceries almost every other day, so the park downstairs and carrying the rigid panel might not be too bad?

Ooooh, I like the can test!

Thank you. Seems like every few videos I'm still learning things (as a newbie)... (or better stated: I'm learning how many of my assumptions are wrong... lol)

d a scatter plot combining the two bar charts, then you can show clusters/groups of where they fall.

Ehat is the best set up to keep a bost battery charged. Compact size

I like how you set up the perfectly-angled support for the tests. Can you recommend an adjustable support to take car camping? The fold-out legs on my Acopower and Allpowers quad-fold panels do not allow much adjustability of the angle of set up, and propping them up with rocks is just too unstable.

Hey Jasonid, great video as always!With the Bluerise 120 in your video your version has the two usb and 1 usb-c on the case of the panel. Your link on Amazon for the Bluerise 120 I used and bought and unfortunately it doesn’t come with the two usb and 1 usb-c. It just has charging cables and adapters. I really only bought the unit because I thought it was going to have the two usb and 1 usb-c. Maybe I have the newer model. I’d prefer the one you have in the video. Any suggestions? If Bluerise no longer offers the model you have in the video, any suggestions for a comparable panel with the features I’m looking for would be appreciated. Thx!

Hey Jasonid, great video as always!With the Bluerise 120 in your video your version has the two usb and 1 usb-c on the case of the panel. Your link on Amazon for the Bluerise 120 I used and bought and unfortunately it doesn’t come with the two usb and 1 usb-c. It just has charging cables and adapters. I really only bought the unit because I thought it was going to have the two usb and 1 usb-c. Maybe I have the newer model. I’d prefer the one you have in the video. Any suggestions? If Bluerise no longer offers the model you have in the video, any suggestions for a comparable panel with the features I’m looking for would be appreciated. Thx!

I bought the Allpowers 400w panel and on a clear day it gives me about 425w. That is an amazing result. So happy with it.

Are you sure about Dokio 110W coating? most websites with this says that Dokio 110W and 160W are both ETFE.

Please do a bifold 200W panels. Btw, what do you do with all your panels when you are done testing?

Wouldn't cloud cover be a more realistic field test? Especially in the Northwest. Cloudless days can be rare here.

It would be nice if you would put out a video with real world conditions like cloudy overcast skies now that is the kind of information I could use I'm lucky to see the sun between Nov and April

Wish you could’ve shamed Jackery in this video 😂

Thank you for putting this together
I really like the panels with grade A Maxeon cells, always good performers
The Elecaenta panels can be stringed and provide a bit pf amperage to drive some of the larger battery banks like Ecoflow Delta 2
Cheers, thank you

can someone help me please - if i need to charge my battery power bank , do i just buy the panels , or do i need to buy other things in order to usb charge my portable phone charger battery ? thankyou so much

well done testing , thank you.

This was painful to watch. Why in god's name are you comparing panels with different wattage ratings to each other? Then you place a cost per watt on an arbitrary dollar value that can vary greatly from seller to seller. People don't care about the value per watt... it's a one time purchase and not something that adds cost with each use. Next time just state the efficiency of each panel based on how many watts each panel actually produces. (i.e., 70, 80, 85%, etc.)

Portable solar panels usable for 10 to 15 years or not?

BLUERISE 120 not available anywhere, only 60W

Your link to Bluerize takes me to the 60 watt and I cannot find the 120 watt option. :(

Can you review Rish solar panel briefcases in the future?

Great videos. Very helpful. One question: I have the Bluetti EB55. I live in Australia. I bought a Kings 120w solar blanket to charge (matches voltage). But in the manual fine print (nowhere else) it says the solar blanket is not suitable for lithium batteries. Confused.

What panel would you install on the roof of pickup truck?

Great review and info. Wow. Do you have reccomendations for Hiking/Hunting smaller solar panels ?

There is no longer a Bluerise 120-watt panel only a Bluerise 60-watt panel. I wish there was.

Do you think that the sun power panels could be roof mounted on a truck camper? and maybe like 4 of them in parallel?

Looking for a fold up solar to put in the windshield of my Chevy truck. Your thoughts?

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I am looking to get one and am wondering which one will provide power at the lowest light

Thank you so much for this great review. I have an older but still fine Anker 12000mah charger that I use for my cell phone and tablets. Since I have this I was thinking of the BigBlue 4 panel portable. I would like to know what you think.

I don’t seem to be able to find a BlueRise 120, only 100. Would buy that one or the BigBlue?

thank you for this amazing Test. you Help ne so much.

I got lucky with my panels like this. I got them for 99 bucks each...a 100w and 120w with ETFE coating, Sunpower cells (At least in one for sure...the TackLife 100 SP), and they produce nearly 100% of their rated output (98w and 116W), and the 120w has a 65w type C PD port. They produce excellent USB power even very late in the evening when it`s very cloudy and the sun has set behind the trees which was a surprise, or even under a carport in the shade. A great thing to have for powering USB fans here in hurricane country. They can power both an Onite USB LED light bulb and a fan in my camper without being directly in the sun so if used that way they`re not being exposed to very much damaging UV rays or heat. To me these things are miracle devices. I was born in the mid 1960s and truly appreciate modern technology because well over half my life was spent without the amazing wonders we now have that so many take completely for granted. That`s why I get so excited by all of this. It`s incredible!

Great video! I just subscribed! Just a quick question:
The link for the Bluerise takes me to a 60w not a 120w panel.
I can’t find a listing for the 120w.
I appreciate any direction you can give.
Thanks!

Hi Jason. Great video. Today I received my fordable solar panel from Amazon. Is the EENOUR 200W Portable Solar Panel 18V/36V. The solar panel is amazing even with shade. Can you make a video reviewing that solar panel? Thank you and keep it up.

what are ur thought on the eco worthy 120 watt solar panel? folds up smaller lighter but i am assuming the build quality would be on par with the dokio panels p.e.t coating ect output amps and volts are about the same on paper just wondering if u have ever tested the eco worthy

I got dokio 160 watt 4 panels foldable best I can get is about 80 watts never more usually around 60 I think I got defective unit

Awesome review! Is the BlueRise 120 waterproof? If not, what happens if it gets rained on? Destroyed? Just doesn’t generate any watts during storm? Afternoon summer thundershowers in the mountains are so common. I’m surprised not all panels are waterproof. Thanks again. Your work has really helped me make solar decisions. 👍

Best review ever!! Thank you

Thank you again!!!

Second comment on your channel. I tried to check for a bluerise here in France but I would have had to import it from US. Looking for others, I found out that dokio uses etfe and had a 50€ coupon on Amazon, making it 230€ for the 200W version. Couldn't find anything near that price even with the cheapest fake branded ones. And I wouldn't have considered it but your test seems to show that they make, if cheap, working products.

Tons of info ty