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this video is not clickbait you read the title right we are going to be testing six of the Big Brand 400 watt solar panels in this video The Anchor solar panel blue Eddie the big blue Eco flow in nor and all powers we're going to put each one head to head and see which one makes the most power now these large format portable panels are expensive so it's important to know what you get for your money so in this video we're going to break down the Peak Performance numbers we're going to test for partial shading we're going to see how long it takes to set up each panel we're going to discuss the warranty and waterproof capabilities and at the end of the video we're going to break down all those results to see which one sticks out as the best bang for your buck now before jumping into the actual testing this is what it looks like today it's around 85 degrees it's a late summer day we have a bit of haze but at least there are no clouds now each of the solar panels that we test today I'll be plugging them into my Anker solix F2000 power station I like this charge controller because it's accurate and very capable for example this supports 32 volts all the way up to 60 volts with a 20 amp input limit so any of the solar panels we test today we're going to get max power using this charge controller so the first panel that we're going to be testing to see how long it takes to set up is the all powers 400 watt panel so let's go ahead and start it I'm going to start a stopwatch and see how long it takes okay so that's the panel set up one minute 29 seconds to set up the all powers now the all-power solar panel actually has five panels put together and this is because this uses polycrystalline instead of monocrystalline now coming around to the back I do like that it has an individual kickstand for each section this helps the panel be a little bit more sturdy and it does seem to set up fairly straight now this panel is advertised to have an etfe coating but looking closer you can see that it's a matte finish that's flat this reminds me of a older style pet coating which is not as durable and will actually start to fade and crack earlier than etfe the VOC right now is 40.0 volts let's go ahead and connect it up to the power station so with the solar panel connected up we're getting 306 to 307 Watts input so voltage at max power is 32.6 volts now checking the amperage on the main line we're getting around 12.18 amps in the next test I want to see how this panel performs in partial shading so I've taken a piece of cardboard and covered up two of the panels let's see how much power we're getting now so here's the all powers partial shading results we're still getting 197 Watts inputs so decent results even under partial shading but because the all powers is rated to be IP67 waterproof let's go ahead and spray it down this will also show us how much power we can get if the panel is cool so I'm just going to cool it off we're going to make sure it can work in the rain and we'll go ahead and check out the power so let me just get it a little bit cooler here solar panels perform better when they're cold so this will be a good way to cool it down so now that we've cooled off the panel you can see we're getting more power now so around 339 to 337 watts and it is jumping around a little bit because the water is still on the panel foreign so the next solar panel that we'll be testing in the video is the Anker 400 watt solar panel so I have my stopwatch ready let's go ahead and start to see how long this one takes to set up okay I'll go ahead and stop that so that took 48 seconds to get this set up now this is what the anchor solar panel looks like when it is set up this does have an etfe coating I like how there's no fabric on it and on the back you can see there's only three kickstands so there are four sections but only three kickstands you can see this section right here just is a little bit lower because there's no kickstand on it so the VOC on the anchor panel is 51.2 volts I've gone ahead and connected up the anchor solar panel and we're getting 345 Watts now checking the voltage under Peak load it's around 40.2 volts now checking the amperage of the panel we are getting 11.25 amps and the next test I've gone ahead and put a piece of cardboard covering up two of the panels to test the partial shading performance for the anchor 400 let's see how many watts we're getting now so the Anker solar panel with the partial shade we're getting 173 Watts so still decent performance even covering up two of those panels so this panel also has an ip68 waterproof rating so we're going to spray this one down make sure it's still function properly we're also going to see how much power we can get as the panel is cooled down because like I said before panels get more power as they are cool so let's just water this down a little bit more so now that we've cooled off the anchor solar panel we're getting 363 Watts so it does work after getting wet and we get more power as it starts to cool down [Music] so the next 400 watt panel we'll be testing is the one from big blue I have my stopwatch ready so let's go ahead and see how long this one takes to set up okay so it took 56 seconds to set up the big blue solar panel now this is what the big blue solar panel looks like it's a quad full design it has an etfe coating this also uses monocrystalline cells and looking at the back you can see there is a kickstand for each of the sections of the panel and it sits quite a bit lower than the others so this will get really good power in the middle of the summer so connecting my volt meter up to the power line the big blue is getting 55.4 volts open circuit we're getting 275 Watts as it's charging the power station so taking a look at the voltage under Peak power it's 43.7 volts now taking a look at the amperage on the main power line we're getting 6.22 amps I've gone ahead and covered up two of the panels with a piece of cardboard to test the partial shading performance let's go ahead and see how many watts we're getting now so with the big blue solar panel partially shaded we are getting 157 Watts input so this solar panel also has an ip68 waterproof rating so we're just going to wet this down cool it off and see how many more watts we can get as the panel is cooled down so with the big blue solar panel cooled down we are getting around 303 watts to 304 Watts input now the next 400 watt panel we're going to be testing is the blue Eddie pv420 so it's actually rated for 420 Watts now I do have my stopwatch ready to go here so let's go ahead and start that and see how long it takes to set this up so the bloody pv420 took 50 seconds to set up so this is what the blue Eddie pv420 looks like it's a quad fold design with an etfe coating and it does have monocrystalline cells inside and looking in the back you have three kickstands that are adjustable and they do a pretty good job holding it straight VOC of the bloody pv420 we're getting 40.25 volts so I just connected the pv420 we're getting 369 Watts from the solar panel so with the blue Audi pv420 under Peak load we are getting 33 volts and on the positive line we're seeing right around 11 amps of power I've gone ahead and put a piece of cardboard on the pv420 so that we can test the partial shading performance let's see how many watts we're getting so with partial shading we're getting around 188 Watts input with the pv420 now this solar panel also has a waterproof rating and I'll go ahead and get this thing wet cool it down see the peak power that we can get from this solar panel so I've cooled off the pv420 and now we're getting 397 Watts input so pretty impressive guys foreign so the next panel that we'll be testing in the video is the ecoflow 400 watt panel now this solar panel does not have kickstands it is the case that is the kickstand and you guys are about to witness how hard this thing is to set up with kickstand so we'll go ahead and time it see how long it takes with this kickstand design [Applause] thank you whatever engineer came up with this didn't ever use the panel never used it themselves thank you so that took four minutes and 56 seconds to set this panel up and it's still a little bit High I'd like to see it lower it's kind of doing a v thing here so I don't know let's just see how it goes now this is what the 400 watt ecoflow portable panel looks like it's a quad full design it does have an etfe coating with no fabric now the kickstand itself is the case and you can see it is quite difficult to get it set up and it kind of has a v to it so we'll see how much power we're getting on this now the voltage open circuit for the ecoflow is 44.6 volts so connecting the ecoflow to the power station we are getting 351 Watts charging input so voltage under Peak load is 35.6 volts now checking the amperage of the ecoflow panel we're getting 10.2 amps I've gone ahead and put a piece of cardboard on two of the panels to test the partial shading performance for the ecoflow 400 let's see how many watts we're getting on the power station so partial shading performance with the ecoflow 400 we're getting 178 Watts so now I'm going to go ahead and wet down the ecoflow panel this is rated to be ip68 waterproof so we're going to cool it off and see how much power we can get as the power as the actual solar panel is colder so with the ecoflow panel connected as we cooled it off we're getting a little bit more power 363 Watts foreign [Music] 400 watt portable solar panel now this is actually the lightest solar panel of the group so let's go ahead and start my stopwatch and see how long it takes to set up Okay one minute and five seconds to set up the enor 400 watt panel now this is what the inor 400 watt solar panel looks like it is a quad full design I'm not sure if this is etfe this is a super smooth reflective surface I do know that this uses mono crystalline solar panels and looking at the back here you can see there are four individual kickstands one to hold up each section so it does sit pretty straight now I forgot to mention that this has this stiffening Rod that goes in the back so I am adding on to the time frame that this takes shouldn't take very long to put this in but this one should add a bit of stiffness to the solar panel which I like never seen a solar panel with a stiffening rod like this it's kind of cool and there we go so it just took 30 seconds to add that in so not bad so you can see with that stiffening rod in the back the solar panel is sitting much more straight and there's a image of that stiffening Rod it's like an aluminum tent pole almost VOC of the inner panel we're showing 44.8 volts so with the indoor solar panel connected we're getting 330 Watts charging input so voltage under Peak load we're getting 36.3 volts and the amperage for the indoor panel is 9.36 amps I've gone ahead and put a piece of cardboard on two of the panels to test the partial shading performance for the indoor solar panel let's see how many watts we're getting on the power station now so with the partial shading performance we're getting around 167 Watts input with the indoor solar panel now this solar panel does have an ip65 water resistance rating so it's good for splashing so we're just going to get it on the front of the panel here gonna really cool it down see if we can give some more power out of this so after cooling down the panel we are getting 357 Watts from the enor 400. okay guys that was super fun to test each one of those panels so I've taken all the results and I've put them into this shared spreadsheet so I'll have a link to this down in the video description I'll also attach this on a new tab to my power station grading sheet so you guys can check this out anytime so I have the panels listed here in alphabetical order and I have the price of them just remember the price changes all the time so these numbers might jump around a little bit so I've broken down the actual performance for each of the tests we've done including the voltage and amps that we got versus the advertised amount I have the build quality and the materials so the etfe versus non-etfe they all have mc4 connections and most of them use 12 OG wire the anore did have 14 gauge wire so let's go ahead and break down some of this information using some graphs and then we'll come back to the spreadsheet so in this first graph we are looking at the solar panels at which one put out the most power we are not including the price we're not including the weight or how long it took to set up the panels so if you want to look at pure power output this is your graph so the panel to put out the most power was the bluity 420 we got 369 Watts right behind that was the ecoflow 400 at 351 watts and then behind that was the Anker 400 at 345 Watts now the other three panels didn't do that bad the anore we got 330 Watts all powers we got 307 and the big blue at 275 Watts now just keep in mind these were just during my testing conditions you could get more or less power than this based on your location now in the second graph I want to find out which solar panel gives you the best bang for your buck so if we look at the price and the actual wattage that it puts out we can get a price per watt number now why is this important well some of these panels are very very expensive so do you get any extra value by purchasing an expensive solar panel so if we look at the numbers here the anore on the left hand side came in at the best price per ratio only 1.72 per watt and that's because it's an affordable panel that puts out a decent amount of power now what about the most expensive panel well the anchor was the most expensive panel out of the ones we tested and It produced an okay amount of power but you'll still spend 2.89 per watt on that panel so if you're looking for the best bang for your buck or value you're going to stick with a lower price per watt number for your solar panel now in the final graph I wanted to see which solar panel was the most efficient now it came about this number by taking the entire square footage of the solar cells of each panel and then I divided in the wattage to get a watt per square foot now if you look at the left side the anchor is actually the most efficient panel it's the smallest panel out of all the panels I tested and It produced a decent amount of power so it put out 13.5 watts per square foot now the all powers panel is the largest out of all the solar panels and it only produced 10.8 watts per square foot so hopefully this information helps you to understand which solar panel is the most efficient now I'm back here at the spreadsheet I just want to break down a few of the things about the solar panels before ending the video just remember this will be down in the video description so starting with the waterproof ratings on each of these they all have a waterproof or water resistant rating obviously the IP67 and 68 is going to be better because that means the panel is submersible for 30 minutes either to a meter depth or a meter and a half now what about the warranty on each of these well most of them have a two year warranty with the exception of the blue Eddie being one year and the ecoflow being one year I would have liked to see a longer warranty period because those panels are fairly expensive now what about the setup times now each of these panels had around a minute to a minute and a half setup time with one outlier being the Eco flow took 4 minutes and 56 seconds to set that up that's because the awkwardness of that kickstand that's the case you have to use these carabiners and kind of get it to balance and so it just takes a long time to set that up so keep in mind it's probably better just to lean this solar panel up against something versus using the actual kickstand now what about the weight of each of these solar panels the lightest solar panel was the indoor coming in a 21.6 pounds now this is fairly flimsy and flexible but remember it comes with that backer rod that goes in the back of the solar panel to stiffen it up so I really like that design now the heavier solar panels are definitely the all powers remember this has five sections using polycrystalline versus the monocrystalline which is more efficient on the other solar panels the heaviest solar panel is the ecoflow now it has a really durable design but it also has that kickstand case that you have to bring along if you want to use that so that leads to the extra weight now I also included the amount of kickstands per this section of the solar panel so for example the all powers has five stands and five sections so that's a really sturdy solar panel and it's not going to have any panel that's kind of leaning down the Eco flow this has one stand and four sections so you kind of get that V look to it so they weren't all facing the sun exactly now I also included the folded up dimensions and the deployed Dimensions so you can see that now it also included affiliate links to these products so if you liked the content and end up purchasing one of these panels it does support the channel and give me a small commission when you purchase from one of these links so thank you for supporting the channel now I really enjoy doing these solar panel comparison videos if you're not quite looking for a 400 watt panel I have an entire video on 200 watt panels that I'll include down in the video description basically went through 11 different options of 200 watt solar panels so lots to choose from there now if I was going for the most budget-friendly solar panel out of these 400 watt options I'd probably go with the enor solar panel if I was going to go with the best build quality and best warranty I would choose the Anker 400 watt solar panel and if I was just going to go with the mass output the one that put out the most power I'd probably choose the blue Eddie pv420 now you guys have to let me know what you think about these solar panels throw a comment down below let me know what your results are if you have one of these panels or if you're looking at purchasing one I'd like to know which one you guys are looking at also if you guys want to learn more about the Anker solex F2000 I have a full review on this power station also include down in the video description thank you guys so much for watching hopefully we'll see you guys in the next video [Music] foreign ...
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