Nomad 5 Solar Panel, Small, Lightweight, 11500 BT204

Works great with Goal Zero Flip 24 and 36.

If you have realistic expectations you will be happy with this. It is about the size of a notebook so will not charge as fast as some multi-panel options, but in bright sunlight it was fast charging my phone. Best used by charging a powerbank throughout the day and then using that to charge your device.

This is one of the best mini solar chargers I have ever used! It is easily stored, carried, and used. If there were a drawback, I would say buyers need to know there is no battery bank with this charger. Hence, it will only work with light. This is a solar panel, and it work’s extremely well. I find it to be durable and useful.

I took this camping in the Himalayan foothills, which is mostly sunny this time of year, and it charged nicely when I left it outside my tent all day. However, when I tried charging it at home on my deck, it didn't charge as well, I think because the sun was less direct. It did charge, just not fully. Overall, I am happy with this lightweight and super easy to use solar charger, although know that you must buy the powerbank separately, and that is what it charges, not any devices.

This item is perfect. I'll be leaving for a trip with no electricity hook ups, but I read on my tablet. This item was my first choice. Goal Zero is a reliable brand, and this item works perfectly. I tested this yesterday, and it evens charges with a little overcast. Granted, it's gonna be slow. This is a small solar panel. Testing on my S22 Ultra at 95% on a sunny day with an overcast, the device estimated around 40 minutes to charge the last 5%. This is a $60 dollar item, so the price is worth what it can do.

On a sunny day this fully charged my battery pack in 5 hours. Battery pack gives about 1.5 full charges of my phone.

It had one job: Covert sunlight in power for my devices. It didn't just fail, it used power. I got this because I've lost grid power, for days, too many times. Being able to charge a few devices without grid power is useful. I've got powerbanks, but they eventually run dry. I want a backup, and the solar panel powerbanks all seem to say, "Don't leave them for long in the sun because it could damage the device." Isn't leaving it in the sun the point of a having a solar panel!?!? Out of the box it seemed really nice. Light weight, looked well built, although smaller than I expected. The size was actually nice. I got it late in the day, but the sun was still up. Plugged it into my kindle and pointed it toward the setting sun. Nothing. Tried one of my powerbanks - nothing. Double checked the cord I was using and tested the cord with wall power - not the cord. I had to do some stuff and by the time I got done, it was dark. The next morning I tried again. Neither previous device showed any charging although my one powerbank with a [smaller built-in] solar panel was charging in that spot. I tried another powerbank. That seemed to work. I then tried my small flip phone. That registered charging (same cord as yesterday). I thought, "well, it at least it will charge something". My phone was at 89% and had a better indicator than the one powerbank, so I left it hooked up to the phone for several hours in the sun and did not use the phone at all. When I check on it again, the sun had moved and was now shining even more brightly on it. My phone was now 81%. Under normal use, my phone will use maybe 10% in a day. And that's making lots of calls and using the alarm function. Here, I didn't do anything and I lost a lot of power in about 2 hours. So not only did it fail to deliver power to many of my devices, including a powerbank, the one device it did "talk" to, it actually DRAINED power from.

Takes a very sunny day and many hours to charge larger battery.

Does NOT charge an iPhone. Get yourself a Guide/Nomad 10 instead. You need a 10-20W solar rig for charging most phones.

I purchased this to have a self sufficient power source when thru-hiking as it's about the lightest decent panel around and personally I like it. It works adequately for my use as I generally turn my phone off when I'm outdoors and rarely resort to GPS, but the power output is limited and others need to manage their expectations. I can't see you ever getting 5W out of this after testing with an inline USB multimeter. Even midday in the UK when it was clear sky and 35C (heatwave) I could only get 3.55W (0.7467A @4.761V). A couple of weeks later not as hot but sunny with a clear blue sky at 3pm I could only get 1.5W (0.3309A @4.505V). You really can only use this to trickle charge a power bank during the day and then use that to top up a device at night. If you are a heavy electroncs user this isn't for you and if you connect a phone directly to it you will be disappointed.

Funktioniert gut

I had the solar panel in direct sunlight for a full day and tried using it to charge my phone. The phone registered that it was connected and the charging icon showed, but the battery level went down. I have had the same result with every device I've plugged into the panel. I'd be interested to hear from the people who have submitted 5 star reviews, on how they've managed to get any use out of it.

Ich habe das Solarpanel zu verschiedenen Jahreszeiten und bei unterschiedlicher Witterung getestet. Selbst im Februar bei leicht bewölktem Himmel wurde der GoalZero Akku (10 Wh) geladen. Auch ein paar AA-Akkus habe ich mit einem USB-Ladegerät über das Panel aufgeladen. Es steht stabil auf dem ausklappbaren Metallbügel, ist robust und hochwertig verarbeitet und leicht genug, um auch auf Wanderungen etc. nicht zu stören.