Photonic Universe 160W Monocrystalline Solar Panel for Motorhome, Caravan, Campervan, RV, Boat, Yacht, or Off-Grid/Backup Solar Power Systems

Works great! I have it connected in to Anself 20A 12V 24V LCD Solar Charge Controller, keeps my 130ah leisure battery topped with no trouble at all. It will be interesting to see how much energy it produces in the winter months, but on a sunny day it powers my TV, lights, coolbox and phone chargers with no trouble even when all are on at the same time.Good build quality and the cables are excellent, I had to cut the ends off to connect to the controller and shorten them a bit.

Another fantastic product from Photonic Universe.Arrived in a cardboard box, with a huge thick foam cover over the panel side.Please be aware if you want to use the panel without the MC4 connectors, you just chop them off, and strip some wire to stick into your charge controller.My panel is being used in an off-grid home setup, powering various USB devices. Its working with a Drok step down USB 5V convertor, its only 2A, but is fine for now, while I wait to get a proper Pure Sine wave step up.All in all, the panel sits flat, and is not really parrallel to the sun, but it generates a decent current flow.The last few days have been quite overcast cloudy, and the panel is still outputing atleast 1A in current, so I'm very impressed with this.If anything, I would have prefered the MC4 conecters to be seperate so that you can chose if you want to use them, I did end up purchasing a 5m extension MC4 connector wire from photonic universe too.I will post updates in a few months.

I use this to power (via a battery) a camping fridge and watering system on my allotment. It sits on the roof of my shed and silently does it's thing. Recommendation - when choosing the size (watts) of the solar panel you need make it at least double what you propose to power. A fixed panel will not directly face the sun most of the day and even on a cloudless day there will probably be some haze which limits the power reaching the panel from the sun. It's a good buy and I'm happy with it.

I've had a number of solar panels from different manufacturers. They all overstate the power output by 25-30%. At mid-day, on June 15th, with this panel at 90 degrees to the sun, the measured output was 110W. Now maybe if I was in the Sahara, Death Valley, the Mojave desert or similar I might get 160w, but here in the South of England - nowhere nearBut as I say, all the manufacturers inflate their figures - or at least don't take into account where they are selling the panels, and these are no worse than the other peopleThey are well made, they are delivered with good protective packaging, but if you are doing calculations about how many you need, take into account that you aren't on the equator!!!

Bought a second solar panel to complement the first panel I bought from seller, after approximately 8 months output started to drop off dramatically!After making a comparison between the two panels the second panel was considerably less.. contacted the seller and gave details, they claim to have NO record of selling me the panel and didn't receive attached photos sent in email... after resending photos in different format... still awaiting reply!!!..

Perhaps it's just the constant cloud cover that meant it never generated the full 160W, I'll never know, gave it to a friend for a project they were doing.

These are very good value panels that really provide the power as stated. I bought 4 and have them charging 4 deep cycle lead acid accumulators connected to a 2500w inverter. This is on a timer and works the freezers, one in the house, the other in the shed between suitable daylight hours, at the moment 8am-5pm. When the timer switches off the inverter an automatic Sterling power selector switches over to mains. This also happens if the inverter shuts down for any reason so no worries about spoilt food.

I've ordered two of these, about six months apart. The second one arrived today, the box either hadn't been properly sealed or someone had cut the tape. Wouldn't have minded if the item had been in perfect/ flawless - new condition. It was dented (along the long length of the frame). . . It's the deliverers fault not Phototonic but I did not like receiving my second panel in this condition; after all, I paid for a new one, it shouldn't have a dent in it.I haven't actually hooked these up to my charger and battery yet, so I hope they work. I will update my review when I've hooked them up fully.