Malibu Molly

It's sunny today. It's March 18th so it's not going to be sunburn weather, but still looking to see if it will charge the AC70. It's not easy in our garden to avoid the tree and that shades a bit of the panel but the breeze means it swings back and forth.  The panel on the AC70 shows that it is charging at between 17w and 40w.  I doubt that the panel ever manages to charge at its full potential 100w though. I wonder if this seems okay for this time of year and the quality of the sun's rays? Hopefully, when we get to France in the summer we'll be able to use them linked together. The AC70 also charges from the mains at home and also has a 12v charger as well.

Why?  We have the Bluetti AC70 power bank as a backup power supply and I have been looking for a solar panel setup.  The idea is that we can try some wild camping and ensure we have a power supply if there's no EHU. So a folding solar panel is a good idea. I asked a few questions on the Bluetti owners site and it looked that Allpowers panels were good value and also waterproof just in case it rains.   Various Google searches showed that the 200w panels are in excess of £200. For what we need that's simply too much. This make and model ranged from £89.95 at Amazon to £149.95 at other sellers. You can guess which I went for, with next day delivery... Why go for 100w? Cost I guess plus the reviews from users have been claiming that the 100w Allpowers was putting in up to 80w really into the power bank from the sun.  It might not sound much but when connected to the AC70 when we are on a site in the summer it will be out all day. Now all I need is sun to test it!!! ...