Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

The good stuff: It folds into small package with carrying case e.g. its very portable. Has grommets at all 4 corners which are important because since the panel folds you may need to temporary mount it for best sun exposure. Comes with ways of powering a lot of devices including 12 V, car batteries, and more which could come in handy. Customer service responded quickly to all questions (more below) The bad stuff: Customer service answers not always understandable. Between that and a poorly written manual it will be hard to figure out what some of the attachments/cables do unless you are electrically savvy. I don’t own a Watt meter but figured this out using a Power Station. The solar panel’s Watt output in ideal but real world conditions can only power about 65 watts from the AC output of the power station and keep the power station battery from dropping or going up in charge. Since there is a power loss when converting the solar panels dc output to the AC output of the power station the actual wattage of the panel is higher than 65 watts, but I can’t say how much higher. Its not giving the full 100 watts in ideal but real world use conditions. I am not electrically savvy, have seen wattage tests where framed permanent 100 Watt monnocrystalline panels output max 81 Watts in the same conditions noted here - given my lack of expertise in this area, to be fair, take this last point with a grain of salt. Stuff you need to know if you get one: The manual is not clear and does not address quite a few important points which are listed next. 1. There is a red light and a green light on the gray controller box. The QA on Amazon lists the wrong answer as well even though it was written by their customer service. The green light means there is sufficient charge output. See below for a complete explanation*. 2. To charge a car battery see attached picture which shows the correct set up. Confirmed by customer service. 3. The adapters (manual refers to as “connector cables”) which connect to the end of the DC to DC 6.5 foot cable are in the other attached picture. There is no connector provided to charge a laptop with a USB C charging port. * When I asked TP solar customer service about the lights they responded that the green light on attached controller means its producing power, the sunlight is powerful enough for powering an appropriate device. The red light will not charge a device. I had the panel out at 8 am in less than ideal conditions and it did charge my Power Station battery slowly. So in my experience it will charge in some less than ideal conditions if the light is red.