Description
- High Conversion Efficiency: The solar panel converts up to 23% of sunlight into solar energy, charging your solar generators even on cloudy days.
- Smart Sunlight Alignment: Equipped with Anker’s proprietary Suncast technology, adjust the solar panel properly to capture direct sunlight for maximum charge.
- Made for PowerHouse: Anker 625 Solar Panel is compatible with PowerHouse 521, 535, and 757 (sold separately), making it an ideal all-in-one power solution for road trips, camping trips, RVs, and more. The lightweight solar panel features a USB-C and a USB-A output port to charge 2 devices at the same time.
- Highly Durable: The solar panel is scratch and weather-resistant to last as long as your adventures do.
- What You Get: Anker 625 Solar Panel (100W), solar charging cable, XT-60 To DC7909 connector, welcome guide, our 18-month warranty, and friendly customer service.
JC –
I keep seeing reviews about people complaining about it not being rigid because of “only having 2 outer legs” there are in face 3 as shown in the product photos, the part with the storage case also folds out, thus supporting the middle.
Jeffrey Peterman –
Having bought 2 of these recently (one for me, one for a colleague) we’ve given them a good roadtest.
Our conclusions are:
The ‘Good’
– Really good portability.
– well made.
– integrate well into the Anker Power Station we each have
– reasonable for the money.
The downside
– don’t get any ideas that this will get anywhere near 100W. That’s a notional number and you’ll be lucky to get near 50W on a really good day (and you’ll need to keep moving them every 20 mins to keep that figure up)
– If you want to daisychain more than one you’ll need to jump through a lot of hoops to get a ‘£25 cable’ from Anker. (I found the cable on EBay for £3 delivered by the way!)
– They are almost impossible to get to stand up unassisted (they have two weak flaps at the back of each end, which is not capable of propping the panel up ‘straight’ – it has a massive bow in it which I end up putting the power station behind to help it remain upright). Any slight breeze and it’s going to blow over.
– “Anker’s proprietary Suncast technology’ – please… it’s a piece of plastic with a spot on it casting a shadow. Anyone would think they invented the shadow for goodness sake…
Overall, it’s a reasonable solution for the price point. Anker products carry a good brand name with them, but customer service is lacking. So pray it works ‘out of the box’.
Amazon Customer –
Habe das Paneel für das Anker Savehouse gekauft. Ich lege es auf das Armaturenbrett und nutze so die Sonne. Es ist sehr robust aber nicht dauerhaft gegen Wasser geschützt.
TheBirdReviewer –
Great
Mrs. Steigs –
I like to camp with my spouse or alone. Last year we added the Anker panels and power bank to our kit and WOW!! It lasted all weekend, I was able to keep it charged to 100% allowing me to blow up my air mattress, charge my devises and even curl my hair! It really is a great product!
Kevan Holdaway –
In good sunlight it gives 90-95w. The stands are a bit useless as they don’t support the middle. But overall very pleased with it
dlb –
First, a disclaimer: I received this from Anker free of charge because of an issue with my Anker 521 “solar generator” unit – an issue now mostly resolved.
For reference, I have several solar generator products, the Anker one plus a few from EcoFlow and a couple of Jackery units. I have a folding panel from EcoFlow (160W), another from iClever. and two rigid panels.
Pros:
The Anker one has a great feature that was new to me: a plastic bubble with a dot in the center and a ring below, and by aligning the shadow from the dot in the center of the circle you can easily optimize the solar collection. I found that the fine tuning noticeably increased the output watts.
It has a built in controller for directly charging a phone or tablet by USB-II and USB-C outlets – if there is enough son. The box has a bypass so you can send the solar power directly to a “solar generator” (such as the Anker 521) .
The folded panel has a good pair of carrying handles, making it easy to carry.
On a clear summer day, with good alignment, I saw 85W on my EcoFlow River Mini; you can expect about 80% of the rated output for a typical solar (with the highest on cold days) so this was pretty good for a 100W panel on a warm day.
Mixed:
It puts out about 27V, higher than most folding panels. This is fine for many units – in fact, panels will have less power loss in the cable with higher voltage, so the higher voltage can be a good thing. BUT, you must never exceed the max voltage (VOC) for a solar generator and my other EcoFlow units max at 25V. So, if your unit can take 27V or more then this is good. If they can’t take that much, this is bad!
They chose to use an XT-60 output, and provide an XT-60 To DC7909 connector to work with their solar generators. This works fine with their unit, of course, and works fine with EcoFlow units (without the adapter). It should also work with others that use the DC7909 or 8mm connectors. BUT, it could be better if the output was the more standard MC4 connectors because there are so many options with the MC4 connectors.
Negatives:
The big one is price. At over $300, it is a little high. But, I would expect good support from Anker (if needed) and there’s a good chance there will be deals.
The stand is not great – it only has supports on two of the four panels, so the inner ones tend to sag. However, I have never found a great stand on a folding panel, so I can’t complain too much.
JC –
I purchased two of these to go with the Anker 757 Power Station. The power station so far has been a solid product. I am less than thrilled about these panels. Please note, that much of the disappointment is likely applicable to similar panels from other manufacturers.
The Good: They work very well with the Anker Power Stations, plug in directly, fold up nice, and take up a reasonable amount of space. When correctly positioned, the power generation is reasonable (70-80 watts per panel).
The Not so Good and Possibly Bad: They are not waterproof, the kickstand on the back only supports half of the panel, leaving the middle section unsupported and flopping around. The actual power generation is no where near advertised, as you will need to move these around about every thirty minutes to stay in the optimal power generation direction. So, if you plan on camping and baby-sitting solar panels then these are for you. If it rains, quickly put them up. If you actually need all the power they generate, plan on a very long day of repositioning them and hope that there are zero clouds. These are very sensitive to anything that blocks the sun.
So, take those hour charge times with a boulder of salt. Two panels, positioned reasonably well on a sunny day, took our power station from 25% to 54% over a twelve hour period. I didn’t move them around as I didn’t have the time.
Is there anything better out there? Probably not at this size, just know that these are really limited.
RMG –
Die meisten negativen Bewertungen hier beziehen sich auf die Statik, da angeblich nur rechts und links Aufsteller angebracht sind. Aber auch die Tasche in der Mitte mit dem Zubehör und Anschlüssen ist nur mit Klettband befestigt, kann aufgeklappt werden und fungiert als zusätzlicher dritter Stabilisator. Auf diese Option bin ich auch nur zufällig gestoßen. Auf dann drei Beinen steht das Teil recht robust, zumal man größere Powerbanks beim Laden ebenfalls noch zur Stabilität dahinter stellen kann.
Tim Baldschun –
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Update:
Heute das erste Mal das Panel schräg gestellt und nach einiger Zeit gesehen, daß keine Ladung mehr erfolgt. Grund ist der Stecker, der liegt praktisch vollkommen lose in der Panel Einsteckbuchse. Im Anker 757 steckt er feste drinne. Das kann so doch nicht stimmen? Anderes Kabel – gleiches Problem. Es hält nicht.
Nachdem ich lange Zeit auf das 200W Panel gewartet habe und letztendlich feststellen mußte, daß es gar nicht mit meinem Anker 757 kompatibel ist, wurde nun dieses 100W Panel gekauft. Hier scheint jeden Tag die Sonne, 365 Tage im Jahr und das 100W Panel liefert konstante gute 90W 🤗. Was will man mehr? Achja, eine bessere, einfache Aufstellung wäre wünschenswert; deshalb 1 Stern Abzug.
D. leung –
This is for the 625 solar panel & the 757 powerhouse & the customer support. The solar panel and the 757 powerhouse are doing the job as promised.
I did run into several minor problems, and contacted the Anker support team. My call was answered by Justin, and thank you Justin for your patience listening to my complaints. Justin knows the products. He was able to answer all my questions within a split of a second.
Overall it is a great product and the support was very helpful.
D. leung –
Problem 1: Use of hooks and loops for closures. If used outdoors, hooks and loops will catch debris. The hooks and loops are attached by glue, not sewn, so detachment is likely with repeated open and closing.
Problem 2: Very bad structural design. The support “legs” are only on the outside edge, so the middle sags (see pic). The legs are not very strong themselves (fabric covering bendable plastic innards), and attached to the panel by even weaker straps. Combined they make it very difficult to keep the panels standing up and fix the angle of the panel. Doubt it will stand up to even moderate outdoor use.
Returned.
Dave –
Also got a charging station – interestingly, plastic stuff usually stinks to high heaven out of the box, but not these Anker items, What’s up with that? I like it though, not complaining.