Harbor Freight Solar Panels and WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW before you buy them

Independently-moving legs were probably intentional since it allows you to compensate for uneven terrain.

Seen videos of those whobarfreight solar panel in past. You my friend are the first one who explains everything about them and how to connect them.

I'm a fan of these panels, especially for $89/ea on sale. I have two 100w panels on my bus roof since May and they've done a great job so far.

Sunny Side Up!! I'm slowly getting up to speed on solar panels. Appreciate the video on how to leverage the versatility of these panels. Thanks Clint.

I love these panels. I have one hard mounted to our adventure rig. In the shade under a carport it was pulling in power. Thanks for the vid, take care

A couple weeks ago I went to my local Harbor Freight to check out solar options and no one in the store including the manager had a clue. The store manager actually discouraged me from buying any solar products. Perhaps you could do training for Harbor Freight on how to sell their own products.

I think this is terrific! Thank you,I’m going to Harbor soon.

This video taught me a lot about how to hook up solar panels for my small power station. I purchased my power outages to keep cellphones, iPad, tablets, laptops and internet charged and running,

I have 4 of these panels. 1 of them got hit by a falling branch and shattered the top plastic. It never stopped bringing in power. I use Renogy controller and invertor. I also have 3 100ah Renogy gels and 2 Duracell Agms as my battery bank. ( I know I shouldn't mix brands, but I did it anyway). And I am completely satisfied with their output. Even during Michigan winters.. I only had to fire up the generator about every 2-3 days for about 4 hours to top everything off. I tried to keep them at 60% or above.

Great review! I bought the HB 100w panels on sale when they were advertised for $99. I bought 4 of them and if you think about it getting 4 of them is literally like buy 4 get 1 free because if you save $100 on 4 you an get an extra 1 for free. They normally run $125 and even at that price it would be worth it. That being said i got the parallel adapter and literally plug and play into my Ecoflow Delta 2. With a short cord i can get about 260 watts in full sun but with a 50 ft cord it drops to 230 which is still impressive considering i use my EF at night . When i go to work i plug it back in and recharge with " free" energy during the day. Get these panels!

I bought 2 of these myself for camping last year. Changed them over to MC4s real quick. They are wired in series to a 30a Epever mppt charge controller charging a 100ah Power Queen battery. In dead heat of summer about 165w to 180w. Colder weather best i saw was 220w through the shunt. Not bad for a pack up and go camping set.

I'm running 3 of those panels and the 100 watt kit and am getting great performance I'm running a 40amp mppt charge controller charging to 95amp hour Agm batteries.

Great video, thanks for posting!

The HF panels aren't the most efficient or powerful but they're a great way for people to teach themselves about what they can and can't do as a beginner without spending a huge amount of money. These are poly/multi crystalline panels and don't last as long as the mono panels but they're a lot more affordable. A good way to compare the types is that these poly cell panels are like OSB boards, and the mono cells are like hardwood planks. Mono cells are what go on satellites because they perform much better and last much longer. There are all sorts of charge controllers and batteries available as well as wiring sizes to figure out as people grow their system and choosing badly can cause electrical fires or damaged equipment. ALWAYS use wire that can carry more amps than you're making and the longer the distance, the thicker the wire will need to be also. The charge controller should be the best you can afford too. Cheaper models will be a problem for digitally controlled devices. Beware of 99% of the wires on Amazon since they are mostly copper coated aluminum. That type of wire breaks easily (cell phone charger wires) and doesn't conduct electricity as well, so it needs to be thicker just to do the same job as copper. Just stay away from the crappy aluminum stuff.

You know what? Your the best so far at explaining all this. THANK YOU! I am alone and on a budget and want to convert my home into solar myself. I think I can do it now with your help.:)

Great video, very informative. I’m actually looking into getting into solar on my tiny camper. Thinking of making it off grid

I wouldn't knock on the hf panels. I've got a renogy and the hf 100 watt and after 2 years of use. They are still neck and neck on wattage. I use them for the camper batteries wile sitting. While using the lights in the camper just on the solar panel i have noticed the hf actually seems to hold a better voltage than the renogy though. The voltage on the renogy got down to 11.8 while the hf on the same lights held 12.3 volts. I even went back and cleaned both panels and retested. Almost identical result. I think as time goes

Good stuff. I’m gonna DIY a tv wall mount up in my Jeep roof rack and add this panel to it. TV mount can extend and change angles rt there on my roof.

I got one of these to use with my 1000w Jackery - 100W is the max input to it, and this works just fine. The Jackery sits under it in the shade!

Hallelujah, a vid I can understand 😊