Bought one of these. The solar function is garbage. Only useful as a power bank.
If the pack was ideally oriented in max July, USA insolation it could see 5.75 kWh/m^2/day of sunlight energy. Assuming the panel area is 66 cm^2 and 15% efficient, it could produce almost 6000 mWh per day. The battery pack it’s attached to holds about 38000 mWh of energy and so the solar cell would take over 6 days in ideal conditions to recharge the pack. Real world conditions would probably double or triple that time.
A typical mobile phone battery holds around 12000 mWh of energy and so this cell, again in ideal conditions, would take two days to collect enough energy to recharge a mobile phone.
Anyone relying on solar recharging for their electrical budget will need a much larger solar cell array.
I don’t know I’m going to say that solar panel batteries that explode when they’re allowed to sit in the sun probably aren’t a quality product
I live in denver, and while it got into the 70s today. It’s been overcast for the past week or so, and I don’t live in death valley it’s not like they were sitting in 150° temperatures.
These were on my windowsill in my temperature controlled home.
Hi there. I’m sorry for the problem with the battery. make sure you reach out to:
Warranty: 1yr Aduro Limited Warranty
Maybe I’m mistaken but don’t these have a 90-day woot warranty? Or was it only 30?
One year Aduro as noted above (and on the features). You can click the title in the first post to go to the sale page.
…sadly… their website says 30 days
I’ve emailed them anyhow, but I feel like I’m going to get screwed over this.
The annoying part is I have the 6000mah version of this sitting in my rear hatch on my car, in actual direct sunlight without the benefit of ventilation/climate control so it can power some USB lighting overnight (I’m a guard) and that one didn’t swell up. I feel as if there’s a design flaw or manufacturing errors, not “don’t put a solar panel in the sun” type stupidity
If all else fails, reach out to Woot! Customer Service and tell them what you’ve tried with Aduro. You can link them to the photo here.
From a browser, use the Woot! Customer Service form.
In the Woot! App, choose Account from the bottom navigation and then Support.
Note: Woot! Customer Service replies go to the email address on your Woot! account, not your Amazon login email if used/different.