Finding the BEST 400 Watt Portable Solar Panel! - SIX Different Brands TESTED! Surprising Results!

No Renogy comparison on their 400w portable panel?

For fair wattage comparison, all panels had to be set and tested at the same angle.

A very good video can be used for teaching the customers. 👍

Thank you!

Excellent review!

I hv EcoFlow folding solar panels. I agree it is so difficult to setup. Stupid design.

I really like these panels though they all produce more volts than my charger can handle.
Charger is a renogy 50a mppt/dcdc charger and solar input is limited to 25V and 660W is there panels like these that produces less volts and more watts?

the best 400 watt panel is 2 250 watt panels

Reading through some tests on overlanding websites were hilarious. The money they were willing to spend on substandard panels. I tested two Newpowa 100 watt, $100 flexible panels in series and they at times put out OVER 200 watts.

Eenour design was cool with the stiffening bar

I appreciate you busting your ass doing this review in the heat

I have EcoFlow panels myself and the case kickstand is the worst design in the industry. I bought 4x foldable kickstands that are compact and metal and then it turns it into the most sturdy setup possible and great. Just sucks to carry more stuff

Amazing video, I have big anker power bank, And I also have the 30 watts anker solar panel. Also my car charger is a blazing fast 52.5 w also by anker. Most of the data cables I use are also from Anker. I love anker product. I would go with Anker becz for many years of trust in the robust and reliableness

Anker it is!

I have both the Bluetti solar panels, well I have a 350w Bluetti solar panel. I love that panel it is great. I do have 2 Ecoflow solar panels. a 220w and a 160w and I totally agree with you hands down the case being a stand is absolutely ridiculous! That being said, you can literally toss that EcoFlow panel in a river and the damn thing will still work amazingly well. The material it is made of like the Bluetti is top notch!

A couple other of those solar panels I was surprised they didn't do so well. Not very familiar with them, but that being said, a couple of them do really seem like nice looking panels. All the panels with that fiberglass backing do show they have some good quality. I liked that last panel with the holding rod. That is pretty smart idea.

I really enjoyed this comparison. One of the better ones I have seen in sometime.

Thank you.

Great Review. I also have the anker 767 solar generator. Looking for what you would put on yours as the best match for their unit. the amps dont kick in till you get past 32 volts on the charger. Which could you recommend for the anker 767

EENOUR is it.

Looks like there is a new version of the EENOUR, the last bullet point of the description on Amazon reads: "ATTENTION】From 2023/11/28, the 400W new version has been changed. Folded size changes from 31.5x31.3x1.77 inches to 32.09*31.30*1.97, weight changes from 19.84lb to 21.50lb. Please be aware of it! Thanks a lot!"

So I'm not sure if it will perform the same as the version you reviewed. I wonder what they changed, the dimensions are slightly larger.

Have fun unfolding and even more fun putting that ecoflow back up in its bag in cold weather when the plastic doesnt want to bend.......bags too tight and I have had serious thoughts of wanting to throw it across the field at times. Ridiculously stupid design - even more ridiculous to do alone - but works well once you frustrate yourself setting it up and putting it away....and the weight eventually rips the flimsy grommet out if youre not careful. Think they could have designed a better setup.

I’m in the market for a portable 400 watt panel set up.Have an Anker 757 and 767 with two LiFeP04 stand alone batteries that are connected together with its own inverter for backup. Have the Anker 100 watt solar panel but realize this is good for smaller devices or just topping off the power stations. Durability and overall ruggedness was not emphasized in this video, but the warranty, coating, and IP ratings should give some indication. So all in all very informative. I’ve not had the electricity go out in my area for over 24 hrs as yet. So the most I had to discharge the 767 was 42% running only the fridge before power was restored. The other 757 was running my internet and computer peripherals and hardly pulled anything, maybe 5%. I’m considering another 767 for the hot water heater, and possibly another 12v 100 mAH lifep04 battery. I’m also trying to figure out how to convert two older solar panels from 2005 to modern out connections.

PSA for folks (and Jasonoid fans): I bought 2 of the EENOUR 400W panels during BF sale. Great price at $515 each. One of them had delamination on all 4 panels, and 1 panel had a sizeable (about nickel+ size) burn after just DAY 1 of usage (was perfect out of the box). I considered picking up a replacement at the sale price, but am now concerned about the overall quality of the panel. I'll be keeping an eye on my other EENOUR panel to see if it delaminates and/or burns.
While my Allpowers is twice as heavy (damn it's chunky compared to the EENOUR), it hasn't had issues, though that EENOUR did produce a little bit more (not huge difference, ~10-15W), I'd take reliability over 15W output.
Thought I found my go-to portable 400W+ lightweights panel, but back on the search again.
Also, once left open for a couple of days, the EENOUR does not want to fold up again. The magnets that are supposed to keep it closed are far too weak as the panel doesn't like being closed anymore.

Thankyou for the video .. exactly what I needed to see .. the Anker is expensive but it is my choice ..

These reviews are so great! I have a 10amp max rating so seeing what panel puts out the most at 10 amps. Ecoflow looks to win for this.

Thank you for taking the time to do this

Amazing comparison video! thank you

Unfair test for BigBlue, its angle towards the sun is much less than the others. Just look at the shadows. Bigblue would give more watts if the sun would be higher meanwhile others would give less.

Looked to me like the eco flow coulda used the stiffener bar more

Does anyone know if any of these panels say with a theoretical perfect daylight of 10 hours from 8 AM to 6 PM, capable of filling a powerbank that can hold 2150 Watt Hours
or would it take over 50 hours of solar power to fill that powerbank? (question is likely dumb to those of you more experienced in all this, but newbies like me enter this crazy
solar powerbank jungle everyday) What does 400 Watt mean? it can generate 400 Watts in 1 minute? 1 hour? 12 hours? or does it mean something entirely different?

Which one would be the best option?

Good review! What time of the day was the test performed?

Great video as always.
What is your opinion about Allpowers power stations ? Have you tested their 600w portable solar panel?

Why can't I buy six 60watt panels for $100 each? So, total in the $600s. Instead of $1000.

I missed something as link to test is for power systems, not the results of the 6 panel sets

I have the Ecoflow 400w and it’s been on my shed roof for well over a year now and it’s been flawless, it has a similar coating to the new Renogy flexible panels which I own 1100W of, it performs very well flat and even out of direct sunlight. I think the most I’ve had out of it that I’ve seen was >380W on a cold day in late spring but it never performs poorly, regularly above 350W in directly light.

I think if you’d just leaned the panel up against the wall rather than use their kickstand it would have outperformed the rest of the panels in every category, definitely not cheap though, hence me going with the Renogy’s but you get what you pay for and it is quality.

I'm suspicious of your results due to your chosen method testing due to the chronological order of the testing versus the tracking of the sun causing variances in exposures. If all the units were tested at the same time at the same exposure we would have a more accurate comparison.
Another thing that would affect output is the ambient and direct light off the white wall of the house, something not available at a camp site.
Employing a solar output meter would provide and independent check point. It could be, that the differences are negligible. Your test method does provide some useful information as to approximate output(s), construction, and setup so has value.

Great review, and monster panels... though there's something up with the current readings; on one you were seeing 40V and 12A, which would mean 480W, well above advertised spec. Even with some MPPT inefficiency you'd be getting well over 400W into the battery.

Contactless current meters are notoriously unreliable, especially dealing with DC, so it might be worth investing in an RC-style current/volt/wattmeter with powerpole plugs. :)

I have the EcoFlow and I hate it because of how hard it is to set up.

Your shading process is less than consistent. In other words the cardboard was not laid out exactly on each panel. But over all it was a good video thank you for doing it.

I bought two of those Ecoflow panels. Trying to set that bastard up is what led me your channel. Smh

Renogy Bifacial 450 watt panels. They say they can reach up to 585 Watts. Would this be a good option for the EcoFlow Delta 2 max? Delta 2 max is rated at 500w input , would this over paneling hurt this EcoFlow ?

Great video with lots of important information. Thank you.

Another great detailed video! I was just thinking about upgrading my 3 panels to 1 400 watt, but think for the cost, i still stick with what i have. Keep up the great vids!

Love your in depth analysis! Glad to see both folded and deployed dimensions, as well as your evaluation of the kick stands.

It might be subjective, but I would also like to find out how susceptible the panels are to being blown around by the wind, or how easily they could be anchored down to prevent damage from happening.

Thanks for your thorough evaluation!

Since they're all 100% from Xi-na, is there a way to make sure a company does not make them using Uiygur or Tibetan forced (slave) labor?

Finally someone made a video comparison of the 400 portables. Thank you!

the one that didn't get covered by the whole piece of cardboard performed best in the partial shade test, lol. I could have made money on that bet.

Is there an all In one grid tie inverter that can be set to priority to grid 2nd to battery then auto switch to off grid when there is no power or mix priorities? hope this help for the next upcoming videos ❤

Great review Jason!!!!