#Dokio 200w #Solar Suitcase #portable pannel great for #emergencypreparedness — Transcript

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1. 0:00Brandon with P3 News and Reviews here
2. 0:02doing another little unboxing here. Got
3. 0:06the uh Go FSP 200M. This is a foldable
4. 0:11solar panel. This is a hard solar panel.
5. 0:14Um I opted to go with a hard solar panel
6. 0:17over the flexible ones because mainly
7. 0:20it's for home use. There's going to be
8. 0:21some field use as well, but I wanted
9. 0:24something that was durable, could last
10. 0:27out in the elements for a little bit. uh
11. 0:29say in the event of a longer term power
12. 0:31outage or anything like that, something
13. 0:32that I could power any of my Blue Eddie
14. 0:34power units that I have right now. I'm
15. 0:36going to be testing this a little later
16. 0:38with a EV3A. So, let's get here to the
17. 0:41unboxing. Uh this is straight from our
18. 0:44favorite A to Z site. Uh paid for by me
19. 0:47with my funds. Uh no sponsorship here.
20. 0:51Uh so there's a little damage here on
21. 0:53the box. You can see uh hopefully
22. 0:55there's everything inside is fine.
23. 1:12So, it is wrapped in
24. 1:14foam. It's okay foam. Nothing overly
25. 1:19spectacular. We'll see here as we open
26. 1:23it up.
27. 1:25So far, the phone looks okay. There's a
28. 1:28little rattles. Hopefully, that is just
29. 1:30some of those cords and stuff that this
30. 1:32thing comes
31. 1:33with. So, as I open this up, so like I
32. 1:36was saying, I chose a hard panel. I
33. 1:38wanted something that could last a
34. 1:39little bit in the elements if I needed
35. 1:41to for longer term power outages or
36. 1:44battery backup usage.
37. 1:47Um, also a lot of the portable units
38. 1:50that are out there that are affordable
39. 1:52that are flexible have um only kind of
40. 1:56so reviews in general. Even the most
41. 1:59popular BL brands from Blue Eddie to
42. 2:04um EcoFlow and all those other guys. I'm
43. 2:07just going to have to slice this open
44. 2:10somehow.
45. 2:15Um, as far as long-term usage,
46. 2:18especially when exposed to the elements,
47. 2:21I don't want to have to worry about that
48. 2:23right now. Storage is not a concern of
49. 2:26mine. Maybe my wife's, but not of
50. 2:33mine. They do use a decent amount of
51. 2:36tape here to keep everything together.
52. 2:41So, let's see here what we've
53. 2:51got. Again, just like all my unboxings,
54. 2:54full one take jobs. No editing here for
55. 2:58any
56. 2:59unboxing. So, initial impression. Um,
57. 3:03while it is supposed to be a glass
58. 3:05surface, it is a uh kind of like a satin
59. 3:08finish glass surface. Let's get this out
60. 3:11of
61. 3:13here. Um, what I also
62. 3:17notice is there's some specks in the
63. 3:19panels. Now, it is very consistent on
64. 3:23that side. Let's see on this side here.
65. 3:25Okay. So, I think that is part of the
66. 3:26manufacturing process, not anything
67. 3:29trapped under the glass. Initially, I
68. 3:31thought it might be something trapped
69. 3:32under the glass. So, from the pictures,
70. 3:36I liked it had a decent carry handle
71. 3:38from what people said, these nice little
72. 3:41metal
73. 3:47latches. And let's open up. So
74. 3:55inside inside we have our solar charge
75. 3:59controller, a variety
76. 4:01of cable
77. 4:05connectors and the carrying
78. 4:13bag. The carrying bag's okay. It's a
79. 4:16kind of plasticized nylon or vinylized
80. 4:19nylon.
81. 4:20The zipper, I can see some people have
82. 4:22said the zipper has come apart after
83. 4:26some uses. Um, so yeah, it actually has
84. 4:28a a vinylbacked nylon that is sewn in.
85. 4:32So I can see that degradating over time.
86. 4:35Um, nice little pocket to store all your
87. 4:38cables and stuff in
88. 4:40here. Charge controller. Nothing overly
89. 4:44fancy. So we'll set that off to the side
90. 4:46for right now as well.
91. 4:48Um, charge
92. 4:54controller. So, charge controller on
93. 4:57these, nothing overly fancy. I am not a
94. 5:00solar expert, so
95. 5:02again, you can check out some of those
96. 5:05high dollar channels there. Um, what's
97. 5:08nice on this charge controller here is
98. 5:09that you've got your standard outputs,
99. 5:12uh, connectors, but also has USB. I did
100. 5:15like that. So I could directly charge
101. 5:17say a phone or a battery bank. I
102. 5:20actually prefer to charge battery banks
103. 5:21via solar. The phone battery banks. Um
104. 5:24I've used a little of panels in the
105. 5:26past. Uh the foldable ones for hiking
106. 5:28and
107. 5:29backpacking. That tends to be the best
108. 5:31way to do it. If you plug your phone
109. 5:32directly in, the charge is negligent,
110. 5:36but those battery pack units tend to
111. 5:38tend to do it better.
112. 5:40Um, your information packet here on the
113. 5:43charge controller, how that all
114. 5:49works on here. Oh, that's kind of nice.
115. 5:54So, a bonus to do. Um, they include a
116. 5:58couple extra four extra corner
117. 6:01protectors. So, I saw a couple people
118. 6:03had these broken in shipping or have
119. 6:05broken them in the past. A good plus to
120. 6:09them for putting that on there. Um so
121. 6:13here we have our connectors. Um these
122. 6:15are that is a female connector, female
123. 6:18to DC connector. So you can plug
124. 6:19directly into the board there. Um you
125. 6:23can plug directly uh as well
126. 6:29um directly on the board. That's all
127. 6:32that goes. Um you have your battery
128. 6:36charge connector. So, this is a female.
129. 6:38These are male. Male out. Hold
130. 6:43on. No, I guess that's a female.
131. 6:45Actually, that's the male. These are
132. 6:48male connectors. So, it does have your
133. 6:50battery port there. Clamps to connect to
134. 6:53a battery unit.
135. 6:56Um, well, they are technically clamps.
136. 7:00uh quality
137. 7:03is sufficient. If you're long-term using
138. 7:06these, I would definitely
139. 7:08uh swap out for different clamps.
140. 7:12Um a lot of plastic there, a little bit
141. 7:14of metal. I have a feeling those would
142. 7:16break with regular usage.
143. 7:23uh
144. 7:25a male connector with raw ends so you
145. 7:29can make your own cord to go into there
146. 7:31for anything that you need and
147. 7:37[Music]
148. 7:39uh variety of direct port adapters. So
149. 7:43um these will fit most of your battery
150. 7:45pack units. So you would charge directly
151. 7:47from the panel to your battery unit.
152. 7:52like this guy here,
153. 7:56EV3A. Um, put that off to the side for
154. 7:59right now. That unit is about
155. 8:0260%. So, I'll uh cut this video after
156. 8:06the unboxing to show it charging. Um,
157. 8:08but a variety of cables there that'll
158. 8:10connect to most battery pack units if
159. 8:12you don't have that direct.
160. 8:15Um, a downside I guess you would say is
161. 8:18that it does not have your standard
162. 8:20solar panel connectors that a lot of
163. 8:22stuff comes with these days. This is
164. 8:24what came with the Blue Eddie
165. 8:28EB3A. But, um, but with this unit, you
166. 8:31can obviously make that. You can get
167. 8:33adapters, I'm sure, uh, to go to that to
168. 8:37string more of these panels together if
169. 8:38you really wanted to. Uh, so this unit
170. 8:41here, how this works. So you plug in
171. 8:44your panel to that and you would plug
172. 8:50in whatever you would need. So this is
173. 8:53your battery cable and this you can make
174. 8:55to directly to lights and of course any
175. 8:58USB cable that you wanted to plug in
176. 9:00right there. And you've got a
177. 9:02satisfactory
178. 9:04unit. The charge controller on these
179. 9:07I've heard is okay from initial reviews.
180. 9:11Again, this is not
181. 9:13a 10-year solution, but this is should
182. 9:16hopefully power me through most minor
183. 9:20power outages, especially after the more
184. 9:22recent hurricanes that everybody has
185. 9:25seen on the news with long-term power
186. 9:27outages in places rather far away from
187. 9:30where you would have expected
188. 9:33it. We'll put that all back together
189. 9:35there.
190. 9:47I really like that they included extra
191. 9:49ones of those. They're cheap plastic,
192. 9:51but hey, um, good for them for including
193. 9:53something that, you know, someone is
194. 9:55going to complain about endlessly when
195. 9:57it breaks or in shipping or after the
196. 9:59first usage or something like that
197. 10:01because their dog stepped on it.
198. 10:04The other nice thing I like about this
199. 10:06is that it had your built-in
200. 10:08stands. Um, so your stands
201. 10:11here, you can control your
202. 10:14angle.
203. 10:17Um, so set here by a wing
204. 10:20nut. Tighten
205. 10:24down. Should suffice. It wiggles a
206. 10:27little bit, but what can I expect? I
207. 10:29bought this unit here for uh right just
208. 10:34over 150 about $160 on a
209. 10:40special but anyhow so this is the unit
210. 10:43itself model FSP 2000M 200 watt foldable
211. 10:48solar
212. 10:49panel I'm 6t tall so you can see where
213. 10:54this ends up roughly about 5t wide by
214. 10:58about 2 ft. Um, about 2 feet tall. So,
215. 11:02I'm going to cut the video here and we
216. 11:04will take this outside, put this thing
217. 11:06in the sun, see how she
218. 11:13does. Okay, quick little cut to the
219. 11:15inside here. Uh, this is the back uh
220. 11:18controller here, how it's all welded
221. 11:20into the panel um or comes into the
222. 11:22panel. So, this is a little hinge box.
223. 11:24It does have a rubber seal. Um, the
224. 11:27connectors, you're going to have to use
225. 11:28a screwdriver to pop it open. That's
226. 11:31your hinge side there. That's your your
227. 11:33latch side. I'm going to zoom in here.
228. 11:36Pardon the shaky camera work,
229. 11:42but so there we go. So, we can see the
230. 11:45connectors. Uh, they are soldered right
231. 11:48through there. Um, so quality is not
232. 11:52shabby. Uh, there's your your seal. Um,
233. 11:56from what everybody says, sorry about
234. 11:58the focusing. Uh, from what everybody
235. 12:00says, you really want the soldering, not
236. 12:02just a screw connector or crimp
237. 12:04connector. The, uh,
238. 12:07little where the wire comes through
239. 12:10here, it looks like
240. 12:12it's mostly just a thing through. I have
241. 12:16a feeling I'm going to probably put a
242. 12:17dab of silicone on those wires. That
243. 12:19looks like a water intrusion point. But
244. 12:22again, this is the top of the panel
245. 12:24right there. Uh, this is the bottom. So,
246. 12:27water would be hardressed to get
247. 12:29inside.
248. 12:31Um, next up, we're going to set this
249. 12:33thing
250. 12:40up. Okay, so here we go. I already have
251. 12:44the legs set up to deploy on this unit.
252. 12:48We're going to point this straight at
253. 12:49the sun. This is facing south.
254. 12:54ideal angle. Um, work on that. Uh, so
255. 12:59let's plug this guy up.
256. 13:24Okay, so we have this unit set up here.
257. 13:26The legs, uh, they do come out a little
258. 13:28bit,
259. 13:30whether looks like the bracket could be
260. 13:33tightened a little bit, but I would be
261. 13:36careful high winds with this, but I
262. 13:39think if you throw some weights on these
263. 13:42these things, it'll be pretty solid. So,
264. 13:45on the back of the unit, here's the
265. 13:46plug. FYI, if you don't know about
266. 13:49Velcro straps, get Velcro straps for
267. 13:51cord ties. I already put one on there
268. 13:54because Yeah, seriously,
269. 13:56people. One of my very good
270. 13:59friends showed me that trick years and
271. 14:02years
272. 14:03ago. So, we're going to plug it here
273. 14:05into the charge controller straight up
274. 14:07off the bat.
275. 14:09So, right now there's no load. It is
276. 14:12saying I'm getting uh let's
277. 14:16see 17 volts and falling. Let's see
278. 14:21here. Try to figure out
279. 14:26the
280. 14:32see. So this here simple
281. 14:35controller there's
282. 14:39nothing. So, it's sending about
283. 14:48um cycle through
284. 14:51here panel voltage, battery voltage,
285. 14:53which there's no battery hooked up right
286. 14:55now.
287. 14:57[Music]
288. 14:59Um so, we'll unplug that, mess with that
289. 15:05later. That's mostly if you have a
290. 15:07regular battery. Uh, so this guy here,
291. 15:09like I said, comes with a variety of the
292. 15:11adapters. This large one here is going
293. 15:13to be for the Blue Eddie power station,
294. 15:17as you can see, plugs right in there.
295. 15:20See? Perfect. Okay, so really convenient
296. 15:23as far as what this
297. 15:25does. Plug that into the connector. Plug
298. 15:28this here into that. Turn Blue Eddie
299. 15:32on. Okay, so right now I'm at 63% no
300. 15:36charge. We're going to plug this guy
301. 15:42in. Right now, it's showing
302. 15:45input
303. 15:47of 60 watts, 123
304. 15:52watts, 144. Right now, you can feel the
305. 15:57sun. 144 watts. Stable. Um, charging.
306. 16:03Estimated time 6 hours.
307. 16:06to get it up
308. 16:10there to a full battery. So, uh 144
309. 16:14watts coming in from this 200 watt solar
310. 16:16panel. Again, this is a fall day. Uh
311. 16:18this is being recorded uh towards the
312. 16:21end the later half of October
313. 16:24um from Indiana, central
314. 16:27Indiana. So, sun conditions at least for
315. 16:30this time of day uh this time of year
316. 16:33are pretty good. Uh, no clouds, nothing.
317. 16:36Um, it's
318. 16:37pointed directly at the sun. I'm sure I
319. 16:40could adjust the angles a little bit
320. 16:42more on this to get even more ideal, but
321. 16:45so far I'm very happy. Uh, we'll see
322. 16:47here. I'm going to let this charge up
323. 16:49for a while and see how she does. Um,
324. 16:52and we'll come back. Thank you
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330. 17:05you see here is bought by me for me and
331. 17:09let you guys take a look at what we've
332. 17:11got going on. And for your information
333. 17:13as well, again, this is the Do
334. 17:17um 200 watt panel. It's the FSP 200M.
335. 17:22Two individual 100 watt panels. It's
336. 17:24combined for a total uh 200 watts.
337. 17:26Foldable, portable handle. Uh not this
338. 17:31is a solid panel. So, if you're
339. 17:33interested, you can find it on your
340. 17:35favorite A Toz site. Um, I will try to
341. 17:38share links in the comments. Thank you
342. 17:39very much, guys. We'll catch you later.
343. 17:42Okay, we're around back of the unit
344. 17:44here. Checking on progress. We've got
345. 17:46the EB3A plugged in here. So, she's
346. 17:50coming in
347. 17:52at
348. 17:53139
349. 17:56watts. About a half an hour left. She's
350. 17:59been bouncing in between 135 and 145
351. 18:02depending upon exactly on the sun. Moved
352. 18:05her out to the full sun here. So, not
353. 18:08too shabby. Middle of October, central
354. 18:10Indiana. I think this panel is doing
355. 18:13pretty darn well. Again, I'm not a solar
356. 18:15expert, but she's doing okay.