Description
- TOP CAPACITY & LIGHTWEIGHT: This portable solar panel provides 300 watts of solar power. With its folding solar-panel design, it can collapse down to a quarter of its full size, making transportation easy when energy panel needs are great but space is limited.
- HARNESS THE POWER OF THE SUN: This 300-watt flexible solar-panel briefcase harnesses the power of the sun to power everything from your smartphone to your minifridge, so you can take your convenient foldable solar panel with you to power every adventure.
- CLEAN & QUIET ENERGY: Wherever you wander, the Ranger 300 Briefcase’s zero-emissions, zero-noise solar energy lets you live your life while reducing your impact on the planet. Integrate with a Goal Zero portable power station to ensure your maximum energy efficiency.
- EASY TO USE: The Ranger 300-watt solar-panel kickstand automatically folds out as you open the panel, allowing you to position it in place for solar charging. Built-in handles and magnetized corners make it easy to fold your panel and take it with you, whether you’re in your backyard or in the wild.
- THIS IS GOAL ZERO: We promote a bright, safe, connected, and sustainable future by delivering portable power solutions designed for everyone, everywhere. We offset 100% of carbon emissions from our shipping, and we use 100% renewable energy at our corporate headquarters and warehouse.
PeterP –
We get power interruptions in Denver now since we have become a BLUE state. We never had them before. I got a GoalZero 6000 watt solar generator and use it to back up my important circuits in my house. This will keep our refrigerator, kitchen, wifi, main LED lights throughout the house on for 2 days. Any longer than that and we will have to hope there is sunshine enough to keep our refrigerator and microwave working. It needs the 30’ cord in order to chase the sun around the back yard. My wife probably would need help but most women should be able to muscle it around.
A reader –
In December 2019, I moved off the grid, relying on a Goal Zero Yeti 3000 Power Station and 2 Goal Zero Boulder 200 Watt Briefcase solar panels for all home electric power.
Pandemic safer at home orders doubled down my situation in March 2020, when I stopped commuting to my urban office and began both living and working off the grid.
It blows my mind how much you can power with these small devices: I’m powering multiple computers, monitors and phones; a refrigerator; lighting; an electric blanket; power tools and even a small dishwasher every day, just using the Goal Zero technology listed above.
Last week, I splurged on a new Goal Zero Ranger 300 solar panel. Although just a year or two newer than my previous panels, the technology seems much advanced—lighter, less fragile and easier to handle. My solar capture is off my previous charts.
Only 4 stars for such important, revolutionary technology?
Here’s the thing: Goal Zero has maintained its high prices watt for watt for two years despite many more competitive entrants and options. If I were starting over, I think I would start with one of the new competing brands due to Goal Zero’s high prices for comparable technology. I’m not an engineer and not that savvy about which do-hickey fits into what slot, so I paid a lot for the Ranger panel to ensure full compatibility with my existing products.
Shinobi –
Every time I’ve bought solar panels or solar items they’ve been a let down. This is no different. I didn’t get it from Amazon but I am posting my review here so others can know my pain. This portable solar panel works better than the ones I’ve had previously ( in that it DOES work where almost all the cheaper ones arrived pre-broken) but it’s a lot bigger than I thought. Since I’m not using it camping and using it to charge phones and such during power outages it had to sit on my lawn and it’s very obvious I have a solar array set up. Not really good for “op-sec” but hey whatever. The real issue is they charge you $800 for 4 measly 75w panels and then sell others that are single panels about the same size as one of these that are 100w. Is 300w enough? Yeah for a few small things that’s why I got it. Should 300w cost nearly $1000? NO! Just because you hinged 4 cheap panels together doesn’t mean that you can charge a huge mark up. Then they have the audacity to have a tag line like “we were born from one goal, that lack of resources shouldn’t limit the human potential.” You guys know money is a resource too right? I just looked it up on Amazon and there another brand selling a smaller portable 300w foldable panel with a charge controller for $299.99. Why is this one more than double the price?! Is it because it wont be broken upon delivery? Thats a huge price to pay for basic competence in soldering.