200 WATT SOLAR BLANKET SHOWDOWN! KINGS vs ITECHWORLD vs HARDKORR
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Welcome to our channel! In this exciting video, we dive deep into the world of portable solar blankets. Join us as we compare three top contenders: Hardcore, Kings, and iTechWorld 200w Solar blankets.
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A great video.
I own a Kings, & paid $210 including everything MPPT, 6m cord as well on there daily special.
I only use it prob 5 times a yr.
As you said Kings has helped a lot of us to go out camping on a budget 👍
Have to factor in the risk/replacement cost of gear getting stolen as well. I know I sleep easier leaving my $159 Kings 200W Solar Blanket out and unattended versus a $599 iTechworld one (prices accurate as of date of video 06/07/23.)
Sure do! Although personally I hope we should all never have to factor that into our decisions when buying things, but it's the truth.
Really good comparison and you were very conscious of trying to compare each panel on a level playing field. Even though the outcome was in favor of the itech panel the overall power outputs can vary quite differently depending on the state of charge the battery is in during the test. Like dc/dc battery chargers , solar regulators have battery chemistry settings so amps /voltage can vary depending on SOC of receiving battery. Having said that you were trying to use a level playing field by charging the same battery by each panel and using the same PWM and MPPT regulator for your testing. Good video.
What a great surprise, an extra dose of Lil and Jake. Well Jake anyway😄 I had to check the calendar as I thought I lost a day or 2 when I saw your video pop up. I'm surprised with the performance of the Hardkorr panel, not disputing your results. What was the state of charge on your battery when doing the tests? If it was full or close to full the regulator would limit the charge current, where if the battery has a lower state of charge then the panel becomes the limiting factor for the charge current. So hard testing panel as there is so many variables. Still a top effort though.✌Feel-O-Vision there's an interesting concept. 🤔 Look forward to your Saturday ep, hopefully with added Lil😁😁
Cheers
I have the hardcore blanket and can not fault it performance. Have been travelling for 6 months of grid and it easily keeps my batteries in top condition 2x 120amp/hr
That's great to hear!
Awesome video mate , very easy to understand & geared towards the average persons finances. Good shout out to kings , they do deserve a thanks for bringing affordable items to the market.
Cheers legends!
You’d actually get better solar in Darwin than further south, unless the panels are over heating. The iTech is functioning as I’d expect in winter (I was getting over 14 amps from a 300w iTech in Victoria in winter,though it was sunny at the time). The other two have an issue to be outputting that low. I had a Kings that worked well for 6 months and then only had a fifth of the output it used to - that’s when I upgraded to the iTech 300w and have been happy with it so far
Thankyou so much, I was already leaning towards Itech but now i know for sure!
During a recent trip I concluded plugging in our Kings 200 made almost no difference, so I stopped using it.
Great video I really enjoyed it, but I have had the total opposite result from my Itech blanket and my Hardkor panels.
My itech blanket is a 280 watt 3 years old and I have only ever seen 80 watts output in perfect conditions, on the other hand I have seen 10 amps 120 watts from my Hardkor 200 watt panels.
In my experience with itechworld is that they under Perform the advertised but I don’t have any experience with their batteries.
I think your mates Hardkor panels may have a fault in them.
Maybe one of the panels is not working correctly.
Hey! Cheers binzy, yea how strange! I guess itechs technology has come along way in 3 years! I did check all the panels on the hardkorr by covering each one individually and checking they were all working. I think the low amps was from so much smoke in the air around Darwin, stick around and I'll test them again soon!
A couple things here. Winter in Darwin is when its going to be optimal for sunshine as there is generally no clouds around, and Summer in southern states is when you are likely to get the best sunlight. In both situations the max ambient temp will be about the same, which is HOT, meaning any solar panel will be running less efficient. Secondly, did you drain the battery enough for it to even accept a charge? Or at least provide a big enough load so that each panel had a fair chance of displaying what it was even capable of. What was the load on the battery at the time of testing? Was the fridge cycling on and off at the time, we can hear a fridge running during your summary, but that does sound like it's in the caravan though? And finally, any solar panel that only produces roughly 25% of its rated capability is either faulty or junk.
Good review mate. I still have my Kings solar and heaps of other gear from them. I cant fault their product, but as you said, "You get what you pay for". I will keep the Kings gear to get me out of the sh!t if the time comes. Safe travels guys.
Totally agree, we have so much kings gear, it's not bad stuff for the price! Thanks for watching legend!
A good video, but you forgot to mention the price differences. The kings might put out 1/3 of the power, but it's 1/3 of the price. Something to keep in mind
Cheers Mark! I thought I did? Kings was 289 on June 10, and itech was 499? Probably a bit different now but forever changing! Thanks for watching!
@lilandjake I might have missed it. Keep up the great videos and we look forward to meeting to guys one day out on the road
Cheers legend! 👌🏼
I've got two of the itech 300w panels, and used them for a week pegged flat on the ground so they wouldn't blow away, and so I wouldn't have to keep adjusting them every hour to chase the sun. Works great, except I dislike the clips, on the straps and broke one.
Yea nice! Maybe send itech an email about the clip, they'll probably replace it, from everyone I've talked to their customer service is second to none! Thanks for watching legend!
Online
1/Itechworld 200W blanket $750rrp (just the blanket)
2/Hardkorr 200W blanket $720rrp (all the fruit)
3/Kings 200W blanket $230rrp (just the blanket)
Hi mate, check again about the itech blanket not coming with anything.
I just put the prices that I could buy them for on that day.
Thanks for watching though!
@@lilandjake, you are correct mate, I didn't go far enough down the page "Comes in an all ready to go kit with Anderson plugs, alligator clamps, solar regulator and 5m extension lead."
Both Itech and Hardkorr are on special today for $599 (down from their rrp listed above). Kings blanket is also on sale today for $159 ....... almost a quarter the cost. When you put the Kings blanket against the chairs you only had 50% of the blanket angled towards the sun which isn't really correct when comparing it to the other two that were 100%.
Maybe stick to the RRP (recommended retail price) rather than a sale price, it will last longer than a month 😀
Maybe catch you up for a beer in Northern Queensland late August mid September 👍😆
Not trying to take food out of your mouths mate and I know endorsements are an important source of income. I used the rrp of each blanket to get a price more consistent than what's on sale.
Hey mate where abouts did you get the ando to ando plug digital solar reader from
Hey legend! I got that one from bcf in Darwin. Think you can get them at Jaycar as well
The video jumped to a different scene on the Kings when he zoomed in on controller.
M in MPPT stands for Maximum. This feels like an ad for the orange brand. We all know you need to make money on the road but we, the consumers, watch a lot of RUclips and know when we’re being sold something. I think I’ll stick with my Redarc hardware and PowerPaul australia batteries.
Thanks for watching mate, I see how you might see this as an ad, but I just made this video because it's the kind of video I like to watch when I watch RUclips! We are affiliated with itech, but that doesn't mean we would lie and say it's something it's not. Nor would we put another brand down. To us a sponsor is important but the subscribers are 110% more important. Cheers 🍻
Jakey boy the only thing wrong is Lil didn't iron your shirt 😁
Awww, 😂😂😂 if we weren’t living out of a caravan and even had room for an iron and ironing board, then he’s be sorted.
meh.. A 100w renogy light weight panel can do 7 to 8 amps and is 6kgs.... so power per kilo these things are shyt. plus they are double the cost? I get 32amps from 4 panels 25 metre extension. and no you cannot do this with flex as your amps are too high. So camp under a nice tree take some renogy rigid panels and a 25m ext (yes you need a mppt that accepts 100 volts )
I watched this vid the other day, and ever since, my feed has been recommending iTech blanket reviews, with a surge over the past month. Key takeaway, take online reviews with a grain of salt.
I have 2x kings at $159 each.
Yep, that's what they are selling for today. The Itech is selling for $600 today so that's almost 1/4 the cost. Maybe a Kings 4 blanket solar farm is the way to go 😀
They are so cheap! That's without the regulator though, but if you've got time you should go watch what Patrick at Aussie arvos has to say about the kings solar regulator. Thanks for watching!
How many amps is the kings putting out
how can you call the itech is good, it only produced 128 W thats only about 60% of what is supposed to.
Cheers Gazz, there's always a heap of smoke in the air so you don't get great solar where I tested, but it did alot better than the rest. Thanks for the comment 👍
@@ChristosIsHe but what i can see is 13.8V X 9.1A =125W which is what the controller is saying, so how can the panel be producing 198 Watts,Unless I am missing something. (This is for the ITechWorld)
ok thanks for that, it seems to make sense the way you explained it, well done. But to complicate thing more, if it were an MPPT controller wouldnt that use the extra voltage ie 18.8 V -14.4 needed for the battery to charge =4.4 extra Volts and turn it into watts. Just Wondered
Must be getting paid to say Itech.
I do wish we got paid every time we said itech! Unfortunately we don't, we just make videos that are hopefully interesting to watch and youtube gives us a laughable amount of money for the hours we put in, honestly if we could charge $4 an hour, we'd make more money than what youtube pays us. Thanks for watching!
I wouldn't call the itechworld blanket good considering it is a 200w blanket and outputting 125W, making it only 62% efficient.
On an overcast day my ecoflow 200W panel can produce 152W, even then I am not that thrill with the result.
Glad to hear you like the ecoflow stuff!
all those panels in my books are crap... as a example.. I got a 300w 70.8v solar blanket.. only 2 stores in australia sell the high voltage blankets.. Higher voltage is better for days that are cloudy or lower UV but even better in perfect days.. its also etfe coated. It cost me $755.. In brisbane laying it flat on ground gets me 190w and using victron smart controller it does about 58-60v which the current is around 3amps but the volts then convert down to 15.58 which in turn gives me 13amps into battery.. Laying on a angle best Ive got was 73v 5.5a current 350w and 26amps into battery.. The best it can do is 29amps to battery. But it also means I get higher output then any of those 3 panels and most low voltage panels in the early morning and late afternoon and totally cloudy days.. lIke ive gotten 93w at 11am and the day was full of clouds.. you couldn't see any blue sky or the sun and yet I was still hitting 62v 1.5 current but getting 6.60a into battery.. I got a friend with hard korr and on the same day she was getting 1w, less then 1 amps into battery was like 500mah into battery.. sometimes nothing..
No way - have an itech panel and serious crap
How much does heat affect charging rates?
I tech world commercial.
'I've only had it for about 3 weeks but .....'
I agree, #kings made it possible for the everyday aussie to get out
Love this, imagine how much we'd be paying for 4wd gear if kings wasn't a thing, we need them to keep arb in check.
@@lilandjake we all have to start budget, incase we break things. Then upgrade later
Kings definitely was the only way I got in to over landing. From their economical roof racks, awnings to the rest of the gear. Kings made over landing affordable and I was able to do a return trip West to East coast, a total of 12500kms. And all Kings gear. Did the job.
From a consumer's point of view - none of them provided anywhere near the 200W output.
Does the industry need further regulation?
I would like to see that test after a year as well. My Hardkorr put out amazing Amps when new, but after a year dropped to half the output. However they have replaced no questions asked with a new one. (3yr warranty) Wondering if ITech would do the same and also versus ITech's 1yr warranty.
Great review mate 👍👍👍there’s a scientist in there somewhere.
My 5 cents: ITech world blanket ? ORANGE??? Even blind Freddy would steal that one . Any thief can see it from a mile away !! Should be always Olive Drab or formal Black.
What do you reckon?
Thanks again for your review.
Thankyou! For us, the danger of people walking over our blanket and breaking it, is more than someone stealing it, I wish it was high vis!
can pick up that kings solar blanket on a good special for $150 can't beat that IMO plus itechworld have been caught out with there batterys being alot smaller capacity then advertised for, powerpaul debunked what itechworld claimed. Then the Owner of itechworld was threating powerpaul with people coming to his house and sorting him out, i wouldn't buy itechworld gear ever again.
The biggest problem is kings have a 1 year warranty and the panels either dont work right from the start, or they provide about 80w out of the 200 claimed, and after a year they fail totally, but you're out of warranty. On the other hand their 250w folding (glass) panels i have two of, and they reliably produce 180w each. Considering i paid $145 each for three that i own, the $ per watt is fantastic for a portable panel.
Hi jake maybe a independent controller not associated to any of the panels would have been a better test.
Hey mate, I've actually tried it with a different controller aswell and still the same results, I probably should have used that controller but it's the one that's attached to my van and I tried to make it simpler. I'll definitely run another test to see how the itech is tracking in the future! Thanks for watching!
I’ve got the hardkorr 200w blanket, and 2 cheap kings. If I’m away from camp that’s what I leave out. Gets stolen it’s not a great loss. Hardkorr has been great, I think it was pulling out 11amps
I use king's on my trailer sailer, obviously harsh environment, hence king's but it runs fridge and stereo 😊 and if it goes overboard im not😢😢😢😢
We think kings is still great! Hence the reason half our gear is kings! Thanks for watching!
I just brought the 300 watt itech solar blanket plus the PS2000 power station.
I've heard nothing but good reports and got $750 off the disc price
Yeah, that’s epic! We absolutely love ours, cannot go wrong for that discount. 🙌🏼
Thanks for doing this real world test. ITech World looks and performs great, definitely the winner. Will be my replacement for our Kings for sure.
Thanks legend! I tried my best to be fair and do a good job, I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Awesome mate great review we to have kings products and they definitely get you in the game when you are trying something new that you are unsure of.
We run just one solar blanket and it’s a Redarc 160 and we average across the day 7 amps in and it’s just a straight blanket but if we want angles we just use the windscreen or camper .
I believe that all products have pros and cons just like you said.
Thanks for keeping it real bloody legend.
Ps it’s not our fault if companies think we are rockstars and want to send us products as long as we keep giving our supporters honest feedback everyone benefits.
Rod TuffEnuf4Cruisin
Cheers mate! Yep truly an honest review, we make no money out of this nor was there an obligation to make a video, I just noticed that the itech was way better than my old kings and a friend offered his hardkorr to be put to the test! I'm just trying to make videos that I would enjoy watching!
Thanks for watching legend, keep up the good work!
MPPT =Maximum Power point Tracking
Aaaah, slip of the lip, your totally right!
i think we all knew what the out come was going to be haha ,but at the end of the day itech do make a great product and if i was you i would just be doing reviews on there stuff , dont get me wrong kings definitely have a place in this market ,but when your doing what you pair are doing traveling full time on the road quality is far more in important and i love the fact that you are doing these vids now cause i love my Gadgets Try and get a fire pit company on board. lol,
Cheers Greg! We do love kings aswell, and funnily enough we have a kings fire pit! Maybe we could put this in the works somehow! Thanks for watching! ❤️
Too many ifs buts and variables with all of these. I will stay with my renogy light weight panel.
All information is useful when deciding on products to run, would have preferred to see it done with all 3 blankets at the same age. No surprise who came out on top though !
I have the 300W iTechworld solar blanket and it is outputting 16.2amps during the day in Sydney winter time sun its an awesome blanket!
Aren't they ever! That's a huge amount!
Yeah but the watts
have to admit the suns ferocity can change a lot over a short time, i often watch my 150 Harkorr panel go from 9 to 6 amps even with no clouds around so its possible that could affect results, also it will make a difference how full the battery is as amps will often go down as it gets close to full. Its pretty hard to tell how sunny it was but my old 150 watt Hardkorr will be anywhere from 6 to 9 on a bright sunny day so i really think something is wrong there. not sure how to do a better test than you have though, maybe a constant load on battery while doing it??? maybe someone else has a better idea. Great effort though.
Yes it's super hard to test and show without it being even more boring than it was! I did do this test a few times at different times of the day, and I even covered each panel of the hardkorr to make sure they were all working correctly. Pretty much the same results though. I'll do another test in 6 months time with the panels and we'll see how they go, cheers legend!
That’s good to know about the cover test as I wonder if that hardkor panel was faulty. Pulled my new set out today and they pulled 9amps strait away.
So if you have inbuilt regulator does the itec come with red Anderson plug. The business wh installed said no need for regulator as it’s inbuilt and to use a red plug to charge to red plug in drawer set up
Great video, certainly some food for thought….. will keep an eye out for an itech sale!
Cheers! Yea they always have sales on, totally worth the money!
Your testing methods is wrong. One reason why they do less laying down is heat buildup your itec was not laying down for the same amount of time before testing. As they heat up they will decrease in efficiency.
Also that king's mppt is not a true mppt also it has a high potential of over charging your battery
The Kings is prefect for people that go camping maybe 2 or 3 times year for a few days but if I was to go camping for a extended period of time like 1 or 2 weeks I would go with the 200 watt Itech world.
Alvolta 440w is the go
Its a shame and I understand why all these youtubers must go down the commercial route. I search out the "newbies' and follow them with much joy but then it just turns into a push push products as the others. I understand why but let's be honest, here it's a sponsored advert and the results are hardly independent. Not saying wrong but clearly setup.
I guess if someone is waving money on ya its hard to refuse when you also like the product.
Yep unfortunately it's no different to Sarah and keelan. They ain't gonna say anything but itech now are they?
Hey Ashley, I know it might look like an add, but for me this was a video that I would watch and that's why I did it! We haven't been paid nor is there any obligation to say itech is better, this video came about as I noticed our new blanket seemed to be alot better than the kings so I tested it, showed my friend, who then wanted to test his, so I bought a $60 reader, and thought I'd show everyone the results I got! Yes we are affiliated with iTechworld but we would also never lie or fake something, sponsors are important but our subscribers will always come first. ❤️
WHAT?!?!?!!? A whole episode on SOLAR blankets!!!!? Give me a break! Is there nothing else to see nearby?! Where is the Jake and Lil jumping, diving and swimming in the local water hole!!!!? Where are the flies? I didn't see you putting on any insect repellent!!! What's going on? No short shorts! No bear chests! And the hats!!! Where are your Fu%$ing hats FFS! I'm so disappointed! AND ABSO-FUCKING-LUTELY no getting bogged this week!!! WHAT the F*&%k is going on!?!?!?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣!
Jacob, 👍👍👍 for doing this comparison. More of this needs to be done. Can you do the set of bush BBQ's Please. Stay safe.
Cheers gb you legend, no need to worry though! We'll see you on Saturday morning as we always do! And for the bush barbecue, we do have a kings fire pit, maybe we could find another one to compare if you think that would be a good video? Thanks for watching! ❤️
@@lilandjake If you go to a rubbish dump or places where they recycle white goods. You can often find old fridges that have the older style shelves with stainless steel racks - rather than the newer glass or plastic shelves. These make great open fire grills. Just place the grill between a few well placed rocks and light it up. Oh, you just have to places sausages across the grill slats - unless you buy thick sausages that won't fall through. But a simple steel fly (like Crimesafe etc.) mesh carried with your BBQ camping gear can be place over the top to stop things falling through. Good for veggies, sliced potato chips, etc. bacon, anything like that. Thanks for reply so quickly. You are the champions...I was only a legend in my own mind...40 years ago. Now...the legend died. 🤔😁🤣😉