Amazon Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/4aFdPiv
Price as reviewed: $40 (for a 2 pack)
Solar Panel for Ring Camera,6W Solar Charger for Ring Stick Up Cam&All-New Spotlight Cam Outdoor Wireless (Battery),Fast Charging,Adjustable Mount,10ft/3m Cable,USB-C to Barrel Plug Adapter(2 Pack)
This 2-pack of solar panels is rated as a “6 watt” panel, and it has larger surface area than many other panels I’ve seen sold to charge ring cameras. However, the efficiency of the panel appears to be a bit low, as I never got more than 3.5 watts out of it on full sunny days (In Florida in December). Possibly in the summer you could see 4-5 watts produced, so I don’t think the “6 watt” rating is a complete lie, but don’t plan on getting more than about half of that in most situations.
Still, 3 watts is plenty to charge up most ring cameras that are only occasionally detecting motion.
The mounting hardware feels lightweight (it’s all plastic except for the included screws), but also rigid and solid, and given the lightweight nature of the panel it’s plenty to support it. (But I don’t know if the panel/mount will survive a real hurricane class wind gust….)
Each panel has a 10′ cable that ends with a USB-C plug (that has waterproofing O-rings) and they include a USB-C to barrel connector adapter (also with waterproofing o-rings) to fit the older ring cameras that use the barrel connector. Each panel also has a nice area on the back you can wrap up extra wire for cable management, and the inclusion of a bag of plastic wire organization clips on nails was a nice touch.
So overall the package feels like a reasonable value at the price point, they should get the job done, but nothing wildly impressed me about them.
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