Solar Chargers

[Luked]

Looking to get a Solar charger to keep My Anker packs charged at the truck when hunting.
Was looking at the Goal Zero Solar Chargers.
Are they worth the money?

 

[wyosteve]

I have a Goal Zero and it works as advertised, just not a fast charge unit.

 

[AZ_Hunter_2000]

Had a GZ panel and battery pack. (This is in the AZ desert) If there was a cloud, it would stop charging. To restart charging, I had to disconnect and reconnect everything. This sucks if sitting in camp but was not worth it if out all day. Could have been a defective panel, battery pack, and/or cord but I'm done with that brand. For the same weight of the panel, it's easy to bring another battery pack or two along in its place.

For hunts where camp is not on my back, I use a Jackery 240 v2 with panel. This does allow me to charge everything up at night and fully charge the 240 with the solar panel during the day (AZ desert). Knock on wood but there's been no issues so far on multiple hunts in AZ and Mexico.

 

[homers]

I use BigBlue SolarPowa 28 and have no issues or complaints.