Solar panel Compatible with All-new Blink Outdoor 4 (4th Gen) Only. The solar panel will provide green and clean power energy for your camera.Don’t need battery and power adapter.Note:Not compatible with Blink New Outdoor/Outdoor(3rd Gen) /xt xt2
This home camera solar panel can withstand snow, storms, rain and other rough weather conditions. Weather-resistant materials making it perfect for outdoor camera use..conditions: 32°F to 120°F (0°C to 48°C), don’t worry other features affect
Solar panels provide a power output of 4W (Max), which is more efficient and faster than regular solar panels.PACKAGE LIST: 1 X Solar panel ( 13ft cable) ,1 X 360°secure mount bracket,3 X Installation screws
Secure mounting bracket can adjust in 360 degree to capture the sunlight in different seasons,allow the solar panel to absorb more energy form different orientations.The solar panel charger equipped with 13ft(4m) cable, This is long enough to allow you to place your solar panels in a more light-sensitive position to absorb more of the sun’s rays. Roofs, doors, tree trunks and walls are good places
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Additional information
Brand
Shyueda
UPC
747607556850
Efficiency
High Efficiency
Connector Type
Type-c
Included Components
Case
Maximum Voltage
4 Volts
Upper Temperature Rating
1.2E+2 Degrees Fahrenheit
Maximum Power
4 Watts
Material
Monocrystalline Silicon
Item Weight
1.17 pounds
Manufacturer
Shenzhen sumaitong Trading Co. Ltd.
Product Dimensions
9.06 x 6.3 x 3.15 inches
Country of Origin
China
Item model number
BLINKSOLAR-4th
Voltage
5 Volts (DC)
Item Package Quantity
1
Batteries Included
No
Batteries Required
No
8 reviews for 4W Solar Panel Charging Compatible with All-New Blink Outdoor 4 (4th Gen) Only, with 13.1ft Waterproof Charging Cable, IP65 Weatherproof,Includes…
Rated 5 out of 5
kluj –
the 4W Solar Panel Charging Compatible with All-New Blink Outdoor 4 (4th Gen) Only, with 13.1ft Waterproof Charging Cable, IP65 Weatherproof,Includes Secure Wall Mount (3) are solidly made.I did some modifaction to run a 4 watt small sport camera and inthat aspect they are working great the long cord is a majior advantage so you canmount it where the sun is shinning the most. I am sure theses will work as intended very well made.
Rated 5 out of 5
Freija L. –
The panel was easy to mount and position it so that it captured the most sunlight. It’s small and unobtrusive. My camera stays powered, and I no longer need to worry about conserving batteries when I’m watching the live feed.
I only wish the cable was a bit longer. I had the change the position of my camera because the cord was not long enough to reach where I needed to mount the panel. This is probably not going to be the case for most people, but it’s important to measure the distance from the camera to where you intend to mount the camera to make sure the cable is going to be long enough.
Rated 5 out of 5
Amazon Customer –
This item is very important and necessary accessory to be freedom for heavy detection and don’t worry for change any more batteries 🪫.
Rated 5 out of 5
ccerose –
Oddly, at time of picking out this item, the product description and marketing leaves out the most innovative part of this panel: it includes a built-in battery. This is an excellent idea which greatly expands the potential use cases. I’ve been using 5V panels for a while to feed things like motion lights in my garage, but including a battery in the panel itself (with 5V USBC output) opens up a whole new range of options. You essentially have here a monolithic, compact, solar-powered USB battery bank with a very long power cable, and it’s a product which deserves attention.
The kit includes mounting screws and anchors, as well as a handy mounting guide sticker/sheet. I wound up attaching a panel to some pallet wood to make a wider base for it to sit on in initial testing. It’s relatively well-built compared to the other 5V panels I possess; not only is the packaging well-designed for compact and safe transit, but the mechanism for holding the “swivel bolt” in is relatively nice, using a wing-nut kind of design which gives a nice, firm connection.
After a January of endless clouds, I was finally able to test the panel in sunny weather. In direct sunlight at best angle I could get, the panel (with 0% charge) put out 4.2W. However, while it was putting that power out, it was additionally charging the battery, and significantly so, so real input from the panel was around 5W (likely a small bit higher), and that’s with it being penalized substantially for having to convert down to charge the integrated battery at no more than 4.2V (depending on how they set it up, probably between a 5% and 45% loss), so panel output could be significantly higher. This makes it seem likely to me the manufacturer very generously spec’d the panel’s power output for the charge rate of its internal battery after conversion losses rather than spec’ing it for the actual panel output; however, because I can’t directly measure the panel’s output and have to rely what passes through the battery, I’m not so sure.
In direct sunlight and while putting out power via USB-C, I did hear a high-pitched whining, which amusingly changes in tone based on how much sunlight it’s receiving; sort of a goofy synthesizer. This is fine outside (you won’t hear it if not very near it), but indoors or perhaps right next to where you sit outside to read, this would be annoying. I am more displeased this device doesn’t appear to have an onboard battery charge indicator.
I gave the unit 3 days in the sun (2 days full sun, 1 day with light wispy clouds), without periodically changing its angle (was biased toward where the sun rises). I cannot verify the battery was fully charged, but in theory it should have been fully charged on the first day. I ran a full discharge test over USB and got a read of around 5.4Wh on the battery (~1100mAh at 5v-nominal). Not a good read for a standalone USB power bank, but pretty impressive given the battery is integrated into a solar panel and isn’t mentioned in the product description.
-So, on the one hand, I’m very impressed at the price of this for what it can do in some use cases; it’s a steal at $26.67/unit at time of review. On the other hand, there are not too many practical uses for 5.4Wh/night. You may get well under an hour for string lights; you could run a small USB fan for a couple or few hours, but not many. That said, the Blink Outdoor 4 consumes little power (I am unable to verify exactly how much), and it’s in use cases with micro-electronics that this idea really shines. For example, I use 18650 LiPo cells for my ESP32s, and my solutions are quite clunky/obviously-DIY; but this solution here is quite slick, and there should be enough room on these solar banks to mount most any sensor payload along with the SoC; so long as your SoC is in deep sleep the vast majority of time, this may be an excellent solution and could last days or even weeks without sunlight.
Rated 5 out of 5
Jeffrey –
Works well with my Blink cameras.
Rated 4 out of 5
Freija L. –
These are easy to set up using the provided bases, and the extra long cords let you put them anywhere you can get the best light and still easily reach your cameras. The specially shaped plug end fits the intended model perfectly, but does not prevent using with other USB-C cameras of similar designs. The built in batteries do take about two to three days to fully charge before putting them into service, but once going they seem to offer power continuously and reliably, I have not had them let the cameras die on me yet after a week of use.
One thing that I didn’t like was that in full sun when the battery is charging there is a very faint but high-pitched whining noise that comes from these. You have to be standing close to them to hear it, but then you’re like “What is that… A mosquito?” but it’s the panels. I have heard it come from other models of panels with built in batteries too, it’s the circuit that runs the batteries or something, I don’t know, but you can hear it if you listen for it.
That aside though, these worked fine for me, and seem sturdier and more weather resistant than others. The panels have a sort of coating over them, and the whole thing is sealed up tight, quite sturdy feeling. They have taken a light frost and a bright sunny day just fine without issues, so I am happy with their ruggedness and expect them to hold up quite well for a long time.
Rated 5 out of 5
kluj –
The installation process for this solar panel was a breeze, and it keeps my camera running for an extended period of time without any issues. Overall, I highly recommend this solar panel for anyone looking to extend the battery life of their Blink camera with minimal effort.
kluj –
the 4W Solar Panel Charging Compatible with All-New Blink Outdoor 4 (4th Gen) Only, with 13.1ft Waterproof Charging Cable, IP65 Weatherproof,Includes Secure Wall Mount (3) are solidly made.I did some modifaction to run a 4 watt small sport camera and inthat aspect they are working great the long cord is a majior advantage so you canmount it where the sun is shinning the most. I am sure theses will work as intended very well made.
Freija L. –
The panel was easy to mount and position it so that it captured the most sunlight. It’s small and unobtrusive. My camera stays powered, and I no longer need to worry about conserving batteries when I’m watching the live feed.
I only wish the cable was a bit longer. I had the change the position of my camera because the cord was not long enough to reach where I needed to mount the panel. This is probably not going to be the case for most people, but it’s important to measure the distance from the camera to where you intend to mount the camera to make sure the cable is going to be long enough.
Amazon Customer –
This item is very important and necessary accessory to be freedom for heavy detection and don’t worry for change any more batteries 🪫.
ccerose –
Oddly, at time of picking out this item, the product description and marketing leaves out the most innovative part of this panel: it includes a built-in battery. This is an excellent idea which greatly expands the potential use cases. I’ve been using 5V panels for a while to feed things like motion lights in my garage, but including a battery in the panel itself (with 5V USBC output) opens up a whole new range of options. You essentially have here a monolithic, compact, solar-powered USB battery bank with a very long power cable, and it’s a product which deserves attention.
The kit includes mounting screws and anchors, as well as a handy mounting guide sticker/sheet. I wound up attaching a panel to some pallet wood to make a wider base for it to sit on in initial testing. It’s relatively well-built compared to the other 5V panels I possess; not only is the packaging well-designed for compact and safe transit, but the mechanism for holding the “swivel bolt” in is relatively nice, using a wing-nut kind of design which gives a nice, firm connection.
After a January of endless clouds, I was finally able to test the panel in sunny weather. In direct sunlight at best angle I could get, the panel (with 0% charge) put out 4.2W. However, while it was putting that power out, it was additionally charging the battery, and significantly so, so real input from the panel was around 5W (likely a small bit higher), and that’s with it being penalized substantially for having to convert down to charge the integrated battery at no more than 4.2V (depending on how they set it up, probably between a 5% and 45% loss), so panel output could be significantly higher. This makes it seem likely to me the manufacturer very generously spec’d the panel’s power output for the charge rate of its internal battery after conversion losses rather than spec’ing it for the actual panel output; however, because I can’t directly measure the panel’s output and have to rely what passes through the battery, I’m not so sure.
In direct sunlight and while putting out power via USB-C, I did hear a high-pitched whining, which amusingly changes in tone based on how much sunlight it’s receiving; sort of a goofy synthesizer. This is fine outside (you won’t hear it if not very near it), but indoors or perhaps right next to where you sit outside to read, this would be annoying. I am more displeased this device doesn’t appear to have an onboard battery charge indicator.
I gave the unit 3 days in the sun (2 days full sun, 1 day with light wispy clouds), without periodically changing its angle (was biased toward where the sun rises). I cannot verify the battery was fully charged, but in theory it should have been fully charged on the first day. I ran a full discharge test over USB and got a read of around 5.4Wh on the battery (~1100mAh at 5v-nominal). Not a good read for a standalone USB power bank, but pretty impressive given the battery is integrated into a solar panel and isn’t mentioned in the product description.
-So, on the one hand, I’m very impressed at the price of this for what it can do in some use cases; it’s a steal at $26.67/unit at time of review. On the other hand, there are not too many practical uses for 5.4Wh/night. You may get well under an hour for string lights; you could run a small USB fan for a couple or few hours, but not many. That said, the Blink Outdoor 4 consumes little power (I am unable to verify exactly how much), and it’s in use cases with micro-electronics that this idea really shines. For example, I use 18650 LiPo cells for my ESP32s, and my solutions are quite clunky/obviously-DIY; but this solution here is quite slick, and there should be enough room on these solar banks to mount most any sensor payload along with the SoC; so long as your SoC is in deep sleep the vast majority of time, this may be an excellent solution and could last days or even weeks without sunlight.
Jeffrey –
Works well with my Blink cameras.
Freija L. –
These are easy to set up using the provided bases, and the extra long cords let you put them anywhere you can get the best light and still easily reach your cameras. The specially shaped plug end fits the intended model perfectly, but does not prevent using with other USB-C cameras of similar designs. The built in batteries do take about two to three days to fully charge before putting them into service, but once going they seem to offer power continuously and reliably, I have not had them let the cameras die on me yet after a week of use.
One thing that I didn’t like was that in full sun when the battery is charging there is a very faint but high-pitched whining noise that comes from these. You have to be standing close to them to hear it, but then you’re like “What is that… A mosquito?” but it’s the panels. I have heard it come from other models of panels with built in batteries too, it’s the circuit that runs the batteries or something, I don’t know, but you can hear it if you listen for it.
That aside though, these worked fine for me, and seem sturdier and more weather resistant than others. The panels have a sort of coating over them, and the whole thing is sealed up tight, quite sturdy feeling. They have taken a light frost and a bright sunny day just fine without issues, so I am happy with their ruggedness and expect them to hold up quite well for a long time.
kluj –
The installation process for this solar panel was a breeze, and it keeps my camera running for an extended period of time without any issues. Overall, I highly recommend this solar panel for anyone looking to extend the battery life of their Blink camera with minimal effort.
Joseph Doiron –
Very easy install