Kickass 300w super thin solar panel review
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
- My latest review of the kickass 300w super thin solar panel. I explain why I upgraded from the budget panel to the premium kickass solar panel.
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Thanks for the review. I have a Kings 250w solar blanket and a Jaycar 400w solar blanket.
At best, in full sunlight, the Kings 250w puts out 2 Amps. I have asked to return it as a faulty panel, but they have given me plenty of hoops to jump through first.
The Jaycar 400w panel has given me as much as 17 Amps in full sun. Still not as good as I was hoping for but a heck of a lot better than the Kings.
Your review has now made me consider a Kickass 300w to replace the Kings with. (I use a lot of power, so I need to make sure I can recharge during the day. )
Thanks for the review.
Glad you found it helpful mate 👍
Thanks mate. Just bought a 150 and 300 watt after seeing a guy use them last Christmas. Great review.
I have the same Kings 250W about 3 years old and it is still putting about 11 amps in full sun. HOWEVER, as you stated it is bloody heavy, a shite bag and I was finding it impossible to lift up onto my roof racks. It is now fitted permanently on the carport roof and keeping the batteries in my van topped up. I was tossing up between the Kickass 300W and Redarc 200W, that's the largest they make, and decided on the Kickass as the 300W is marginally cheaper than the 200W. With the code you gave, that's dropped the price by a carton and a half to $675. Thanks.
Yeah when I sold my kings panel the guy was going to do the same thing & make them a fixed panel. Glad to hear I saved you some extra 🍻 money lol
Great review mate. You definitely displayed the superiority of the better quality panel. I will be looking to get one👌
Thanks mate 👍 definitely worth the investment for long term camping
I see at the end of the clip the kick ass panel has partial shade how does it go in that situation mate is it like some that completely shut down or does it continue to put out power obviously reduced
It did still continue to put out power just reduced the output
@@Campingdownunder By how much?
Was that unregulated amps on the kickass panel?
I bypassed both regulators as my redarc charger already has a solar regulator built in
Thx for the review. I would have liked to also see them tested into a separate mppt controller.
The redarc bcdc1225d is a quality charger/solar regulator to be testing from 👍
@@Campingdownunder would have been great to the the difference of amps going in using the supplied solar controllers vs the redarc.
It would still vary due to the stage of charge of the battery. But yes I could have tested the solar regulators as well. But unfortunately I sold the adventure kings panel just after this video
Great Video. Will the 300w Kicka$$ panel work on my Bluetti 2400wh Solar generator?
You can either charge through the built in solar regulator or the second built in Anderson plug to charge directly to the battery if you are also charging from another source. You just need some way of monitoring the charge of the battery
Are they both 300 watts are you happy with the kickass would you recommend one. and where can i buy one.
The panels on my canopy doors are 100w each but the fold out portable kickass panel is 300w. More than anyone will ever need while camping. They top up the batteries very quickly & great quality. I'd definitely recommend them 👍 you can buy them from Australiandirect.Com.au
@@Campingdownunder Thank you very much we are in victoria
@@Campingdownunder buy from chisolar.com will cost only .85c a watt this is the real manufacturer in china don't deal with the middleman.
Good review thumbs up mate
Thanks mate 👍I hope you found it helpful
Thanks for the review, how does the Kick Arse panel work in partial shade?
Most panels struggle in shade so the output is downgraded but it's in full shade now and still putting around 2amps into the battery. Even if I just had one of the 4 panels in the sun the output would increase a lot 👍
Thanks for your quick reply.
Thanks for the video mate. Looks like a great panel. What's the weight of the kickass panel like compared to the glass panel?
From memory that felt around the same 👍
I have this - I found the meter ( kickass digital meter) - inaccurate at the best of time. I changed out and got a victron MPPT - and it allows so much more current to flow through. My advice is to get these panels, but then purchase a Victron MPPT....
I don't use the solar regulator that comes with the panel. I bypass it & use my redarc bcdc charger which has a solar regulator built-in. I also use a victron battery monitor to monitor all the energy going in or out of the batteries
We have the 150watt in the Kickass, and have been very impressed. It charges an 80ah battery pack (Thumper brand) which in turn runs a Waeco CF40 fridge & lights). Love 'me. Good review.
I've been so impressed with the entire kickass range of products 😀 glad to hear you've had great experienceses with them aswell 👍
I’m new to solar. Can you please do a video showing how you make and the advantages/disadvantages of the direct connections you stated in this video?
Hey mate it's really quite simple. If you are connecting the solar panel directly to your battery then you run through the built in regulator in the solar panel which regulates the voltage it sends to your battery. But if you had a setup like mine where I have a battery charger in my car that takes current from both the solar panel aswell as the alternator while the cars running to top up the battery. Then it already has a regulator built in & you can't run 2 regulator's as they don't communicate well with each other. What's your plans with your setup? Is it something you are just going to use occasionally or you'd like to start getting out more often?
Also you could check out my 12v system explained video which explains a bit better how it works. But happy to help with any questions 👍
Camping_downunder We would use it mainly for remote camping. Who did you get yours from?
@@Bigsmegma44 Australian direct. They have great quality products 👍 check them out on instagram and maybe even shoot them a message explaining what you'll be doing & they'll recommend the best way to go to best suit your setup. They are professionals that love camping themselves & would offer you the best advice 👍
Still not 300w greatly overrated.Thanks for the reviews. JK
Brought 75lt Kickass fridge/freezer
Used trice, not holding temp
Contacted (customer support/fridge warranty) Australian Direct
Had to cut trip short by 4 days, due to issue with fridge/freezer
Spoke to person dealing with warranty after 4 days of attempted contact, 5 calls and 4 emails later
Customer service, disgraceful, far from professional after sale service, shouldn't need to contact as many times to get a response.
Have previously purchased many Kickass products, would not purchase another fridge from this company, due to lack of customer service.
hahaha, what a load about the glass panel shattering, tempered glass is dam near impoosible to damage. that kings panel looks 180-200W by the looks, those cheapo glass are mostly lies in their ratings.
Look on their website if you don't believe me on the watts. So your saying the kings panel could handle a hail storm? The kickass panel has been tested in all elements
We live off grid with glass panels on the roof, we have had damage from hail so don’t think your tempered glass will protect your planets, it doesn’t. We also had a solar hot water panel smash to a million pieces after being hit with a stone so...
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There's no doubt in my mind that this is a paid review for Kickass. Total King bashing.
I don't accept payment for any of my reviews. I was given the kickass panel for the purpose of the review. I had been running the adventure kings panel for quite some time so I knew exactly what I did & didn't like about it
Anything Kings is crap...