Electrfiy Bike also sells a very portable solar setup, 12” x 16” x 2”, about 10 lbs, 200 watts, and you can hook two up in series for a whopping 400 watts. Uses an mppt charger to step up your voltage to anything from 36 to 72v. Also uses very efficient SunPower cells. Best option I’ve seen so far at $700. I’ve also been looking at using other foldable panels but none that I’ve found are as portable (size- or weight-wise) as these two options, so unless you’re pulling a pretty big trailer, like a Burley Flatbed, a Surly Bill or Ted, or something similar from WIKE or BikesForWork, traditional foldable panels from Bluetti for example are a no go. You will take a big hit in efficiency just laying these things flat as well, so you definitely need a way to angle your panels correctly to get the best sun. Lightest, most convenient option would to use tent stakes for the bottom edge and some fiberglass tent stakes with shock cords for the top edge. With the amount of solar required to charge up a beefy ebike battery “quickly” (a very relative term here) any option is going to be expensive, so I think it really only makes a ton of sense if you are planning a multi-day or multi-month ebike tour that will have you riding through very remote areas where you won’t have any other options.
Seems like you’ve done some thorough research into this. Wondering if this is still the route you found to be best, or if you’ve discovered something better in the last couple years? I’m considering trying some bikepacking on an e-bike and would definitely need off-grid charging capabilities for the locations I want to go.
@@jeremystancil I forget who uploaded such a video, but I'd absolutely get a trailer that can have portable or hard panels mounted on top. Maybe even a BikeStream RV or some other bike-usable sleeper/camper trailer.
your always blowing my mind with knowledge my 3 kids and wife love watching the videos esp since truthfully we cant afford much and we built 1 ebike with your videos
I just ended up buying a portable 150 watt panel from Togo and a MPPT solar charger that supports up to 72v DC-DC up conversion. It cost around $200 and works like a charm. I just had to make the cables for it.
@@slabjudah8927 No, sorry. I have only researched up the 52v since that is all I've needed. I'm actually sticking with 48v for any future bikes for the most part.
I made myself a solar charger for my recumbent e-trike. I added a canopy for shade and added a 100 watt solar panel. That worked good moving up to a 175 watt panel just having hardware issues getting it up there and stay in place lol.
Oh I love this, it's super portable! I already am the star of the multi-day hikes we do with friends as I have a few 15W panels to charge smartphones lol, this is on another level!
Will you please do another update on your electric truck? It's one of the coolest things I've ever seen, and I'd love to know how it holds up over time. Thank you!
That was pretty cool ... Especially for the Off-Gridders‼️ I wouldn't be surprised to see the price drop in the next 6-12 months as more companies come out with the technology. Keep up the Great Content, your videos are very informative and enjoyable to watch ‼️🙂
Love the product. I can see where that would come in handy. But, way too pricey. They need to get that down to about the cost of a good battery. Because at that price that they’re offering it. You could buy a couple of the extra batteries.
I agree it's too expensive (even compared to other, similar products) BUT the point about extra batteries is maybe missing _the_ point IMO - the real use case here is genuine off-grid touring or ebike camping. If you're going on a long weekend trip, sure, take extra batteries. If you're biking across a desert or travelling to other places without reliable mains electricity (where after 2 or 3 days your extra batteries will just be expensive paperweights) then you need something like this.
Birds were not a factor, did not notice them until they were mentioned. :) Although the cost is not practical for me at this time, I think that Solar charger is brilliant. Another cool video.
I like that the charge controller is integrated into the panel! Also, the 700 is less shocking to the last similar product I was that was chunkier, had a separate charge controller and was 900...
Don't apologize for the birds. That's ambient noise a lot of people would envy. And it's one of the perks of going electric. Without the roar of ICE, you can enjoy the natural world.nnot only because it doesn't drown them out but because it doesn't scare them off and you can get much closer.
I always thought it'd be interesting to put panels on a trailer but that a lot of real-estate for a bike. Be a good backup for touring though if one of your planned charge stops doesn't pan out, or bikebacking when you simply can't plug in anywhere.
I just bought this, 389.00 right now. They are running a special apparently. I'm looking forward to receiving it! I recently did and 85 mile ride to a campground that had tents sites with electricity so I charged up there. I stayed 3 days and had a good time. I have two batteries for my commuter E-bike so plenty of range but the downside is that eventually I have to plug in. I'd like to do a tour where I charge by solar only so I am hoping this will be what I need. I was going to build my own kit but decided the price of this right now was worth purchasing because of the design of it. I need it all to be as small as possible and this seems to be what I am looking for.
Informative as always, thank you Micah. "The Ultimate Do It Yourself Ebike Guide" and "DIY Solar Power: How To Power Everything From The Sun" are the books for me to choose between. 😎
Excellent video, of course! This would be ideal for bike camping, going off grid, or a special situation where a person regularly rides an e-bike to a work location that has no power. Still costs more than a second battery though 😢
Wow, very nice portable solar panel, I love the design and how compact it becomes once folded. Wouldn't it be nice if it had a built in solar charge controller showing battery capacity and current? I would love to have one of these, thanks for sharing man.
Their site says it's 52" x 36"; that's wrong.. Mine came 46" x 33", more than 2 sq. ft. smaller in area. I want what I paid for. Walmart has a similar folding 80w 'backpack' charger for $26, so $52 for 2,(160w) I paid $700 for my Quiet Kat that was not as represented.
I could use that charger..lol..I just bought a kit to convert a bike into electric..I have someone helping..as I've never done it yet..I LOVE learning new stuff . Thanks for you videos.. they're a great help!
You can make your own buy buying raw foldable panels and a dc-dc converter (~ $50) which takes a certain range of input voltage and converts to a certain range of output voltage at some specified current level.
Sadly, my 3 ebikes run the gamut; 36, 48 and 52v. Oh well, I'm not going to be buying one of those at that price anyway... Thanks for showing it to us Micah!
The ones they sell that are foldable but can stand by themselves at adjustable angles, are the best. Also a lot cheaper. You have to have backing boards for this one to be able to stand the panels at an angle. Or live with it flat on the ground! I doubt you'll get more than 50W tops.
if you have time to help me, I would be grateful, I bought a 1000w motor for an e-bike and I have a battery 48v 20 aha 30a,, currently I have a controller 48v 500w,,, my problem is that my battery heats up and the motor heats up. .. which controller should I buy,,, your channel is very good and I can see that you are a top master
This is an amazing time to be alive. Have I told you 50 times that all the phones in the world used to be wired together and we literally "hung them up" on the wall when we were done talking?
Do you have any idea if this can charge ANY portable power stations? I can't seem to find anything to connect with those through this panel's limited output selection.
I was wondering the same thing. The USB outputs 5, 9 and 12v at 2 amps max. The solar panel output for the batteries is 54 volts for the 48 volt ebike batteries. I contacted quietKat... But no response. They're useless. The kit comes with alligator clips... But what do they hook up to? Certainly not a 12v battery. So many questions with this solar panel and no answers. It does charge the 48v quietKat batteries beautifully though! I just came back from a camping trip. Just left the battery on the charger all day at camp while I was out using the bike and spare battery. I came back to camp with a fully charged battery which was real cool.
@garymarch4711 My guess is that QK never actually planned on letting us charge their batteries with their own panels, and just offered the two to have more opportunities for profit. Perhaps they knew e-bike batteries in general need bigger/stronger panels than what they would/could ever offer... Anyway, I foolishly let the southern MS muggy weather kill my panel, and eventually bought a no-crank halfway-converted to RV 1995 Chevy G20 with a full solar system. Now we have Lectric, and so many more options for solar charging our bikes, so...🤷
@@TrianglePants I use mine to charge my quietKat Jeep bike batteries. You have a year warranty if it hasn't been that long. As long as there's no visible rain damage, they might warranty it... If you can get them to respond anyway. I have bike issues and can't get them to respond. The company is horrible and can't retain good employees. I had a good rep, gave him lots of business... Now he's gone.
@garymarch4711 Yeah, I can't put that past them. They were good to me before my bike got stolen, and before I let my panel get rained on. It was a decent panel while it worked.
I’d be curious to know if it is semi water proof, like splash proof. In Florida “The sun shine state” it likes to randomly rain sometimes every with the sun out. Forget rain or shine, it’s rain and shine.
Can you do a video on the different speed controllers? Are there some that allow for regenerative braking and others don’t? And does the bms also need to be special?
I watched some of your videos and you answer people's questions with videos. I had a question. I have 2 ebike batteries that I want to make a mini electric generator to power my tv and maybe a dvd player when the power goes out for a few hours. I have a total of around 130 cells one battery had 70 somethings and the other one has about 40. Idk if you would want to do a video using old Ebike batteries to make a power station that will work for like 3 or 4 hours. How many batteries do I need to do something like this I am willing to order some more batteries if needed.
This make the Grin Technologies Cycle Satiator look cheap and it will charge 32v, 48v and 52v. All you need is juice. Do not think I will buy that solar charger anytime soon at 750. I liked how it folded up.
I’d like to see how it performs against the led mppt 24v-72v boost charge controller with a similar panel array. Or Maybe it’s to silly to be fantasizing about e biking across Death Valley.
What kind of bike battery were you using? The bike I'm interested in has a 500 watt battery. What would I need to charge that while mobile? My plan is to try to get an extra battery or 2 to have a spare charged up and ready, one in use and one charging from the trailer on the panel and rotate as needed.
Hello, Micah. Thank you for the review! it has definitely been on my radar. Do you happen to know of any alternatives to this product? Ideally cheaper and with a usb type-c power delivery plug to charge a laptop and other stuff. Thank you.
Man! Now THAT'S a whole lot more affordable than the female german engineer touts for eBikes! That video also indicated that you hhad to out and buy adapters if you didnt have one those slide-out batteries that sport one of those square automotive style plugs. Definitely going to check out the manufacturer 's site. Hey, i never win these contests, so where can i go and just huy the DIY Solar book you authored?
i see a few issues with it in principal its sound but it really needs to be 300 watts at 599 theres so many cheaper options and routes to go were in the middle of building solar system on a budget my question is could you make a video mayne building a solar system for charging on a budget that would be a millions watched video
Cool product, i have similar product soon to test that people dont know is product it self its not so expensiv its freight,shipping that cost more then the product. So the seller have that price. So when people write i can pay 120 dollar not more is the shipping for the product.
Only $299 now! I'm about to buy one for my Rad Rover 6 Plus.. I'm assuming it will charge it right? Its a 48V battery with a barrel port that looks similar to the one used in the video.. (thats about all I know about the electronics..?) If anyone knows if this will work or not please let me know.. this seems like the most compact (and now cheapest option)..?
I got involved in electric light vehicles in 1998 and I’ve been waiting waiting waiting for the needs of electric light vehicle batteries to eventually catch up with solar technology. As recently as a year ago I wrote to the developers of the Copenhagen Wheel from MIT that drove the technology for the Superpedestrian wheel and from at least that manufacturers point of view there was not yet a practical solar solution. And just like real estate is about location, location, location the electric vehicle revolution will never ever really be a solution as long as we have to plug these kinds of vehicles into the wall and use fossil-based fuel! It’s like rearranging deck chairs on the titanic, right? Right. Until we saw the solution of storage, we, as a species on this planet, are doomed. So then the second challenge is how much does it cost to purchase this solar panel? And again it’s a matter of scale, because until enough people need this kind of solar array such that the price goes down into something realistic for middle class and working people, again it’s a, excuse the pun, nonstarter. There’s a difference between toys for the rich 1 percenters and military industrialists and working solutions for working people. So as much as I love this channel, I would like to see you come back and talk to us about scalability and how many times would we have to charge our electric vehicles using the solar array it would take before we began to experience breakeven and then truly be in the black so that we are charging our vehicles for free. I suppose since different communities have different costs to generate grid based electricity that there would be different answers. But let’s say it cost you one dollar every time you charged your E bike. If you had a charger Evike every other day, for example, at what point would you reach breakeven? Well I won’t do the math here, but that’s roughly 180 charges a year. And divide 700 by 180 and there’s your answer. But remember, these batteries also blow up! And they only are able to receive a limited amount of chargers before you have to buy a new battery. Don’t get me wrong, there is no energy crisis. There’s more than enough energy coming from our local star to support a global civilization that absolutely positively needs to reach out beyond planet earth and establish humanity on other planets. The so-called energy crisis is created by the fucking greed heads that control the world economy, divide us as people and a species and frankly, here in America, seem so fucking concerned about pronoun choice if they can’t see that we’re headed for the third great extinction.
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Electrfiy Bike also sells a very portable solar setup, 12” x 16” x 2”, about 10 lbs, 200 watts, and you can hook two up in series for a whopping 400 watts. Uses an mppt charger to step up your voltage to anything from 36 to 72v. Also uses very efficient SunPower cells. Best option I’ve seen so far at $700. I’ve also been looking at using other foldable panels but none that I’ve found are as portable (size- or weight-wise) as these two options, so unless you’re pulling a pretty big trailer, like a Burley Flatbed, a Surly Bill or Ted, or something similar from WIKE or BikesForWork, traditional foldable panels from Bluetti for example are a no go. You will take a big hit in efficiency just laying these things flat as well, so you definitely need a way to angle your panels correctly to get the best sun. Lightest, most convenient option would to use tent stakes for the bottom edge and some fiberglass tent stakes with shock cords for the top edge. With the amount of solar required to charge up a beefy ebike battery “quickly” (a very relative term here) any option is going to be expensive, so I think it really only makes a ton of sense if you are planning a multi-day or multi-month ebike tour that will have you riding through very remote areas where you won’t have any other options.
Seems like you’ve done some thorough research into this. Wondering if this is still the route you found to be best, or if you’ve discovered something better in the last couple years? I’m considering trying some bikepacking on an e-bike and would definitely need off-grid charging capabilities for the locations I want to go.
@@jeremystancil
I forget who uploaded such a video, but I'd absolutely get a trailer that can have portable or hard panels mounted on top. Maybe even a BikeStream RV or some other bike-usable sleeper/camper trailer.
your always blowing my mind with knowledge my 3 kids and wife love watching the videos esp since truthfully we cant afford much and we built 1 ebike with your videos
that was pretty cool. glad to know it fold easy and living on the Navajo reservation, I get a lot of sunlight out here but mostly dirt roads.
I just ended up buying a portable 150 watt panel from Togo and a MPPT solar charger that supports up to 72v DC-DC up conversion. It cost around $200 and works like a charm. I just had to make the cables for it.
Do you know any MPPT for 72v that charges at 84v and not 86+v ? The one i bought does 86 for some reason
@@slabjudah8927 No, sorry. I have only researched up the 52v since that is all I've needed. I'm actually sticking with 48v for any future bikes for the most part.
I made myself a solar charger for my recumbent e-trike. I added a canopy for shade and added a 100 watt solar panel. That worked good moving up to a 175 watt panel just having hardware issues getting it up there and stay in place lol.
Oh I love this, it's super portable! I already am the star of the multi-day hikes we do with friends as I have a few 15W panels to charge smartphones lol, this is on another level!
Looks like a great item! I like the way it folds up and becomes such a compact unit.
Will you please do another update on your electric truck? It's one of the coolest things I've ever seen, and I'd love to know how it holds up over time. Thank you!
You got me laughing at the start, "Micah here with Electrek"... Nice little setup there. It would be great for bike touring/camping with an e-bike.
Oh wow, I didn’t realize that. Ha, I’ve said the intro lines hundreds of times and I slipped up on this one!
@@EbikeSchool I watch both channels so I had to check which channel I was actually watching after you said it.
That was pretty cool ... Especially for the Off-Gridders‼️
I wouldn't be surprised to see the price drop in the next 6-12 months as more companies come out with the technology. Keep up the Great Content, your videos are very informative and enjoyable to watch ‼️🙂
Love the product. I can see where that would come in handy. But, way too pricey. They need to get that down to about the cost of a good battery. Because at that price that they’re offering it. You could buy a couple of the extra batteries.
I agree it's too expensive (even compared to other, similar products) BUT the point about extra batteries is maybe missing _the_ point IMO - the real use case here is genuine off-grid touring or ebike camping.
If you're going on a long weekend trip, sure, take extra batteries. If you're biking across a desert or travelling to other places without reliable mains electricity (where after 2 or 3 days your extra batteries will just be expensive paperweights) then you need something like this.
for 150$ i would buy it
You could easily make this yourself. I just watched a teenage kid make this except it was a pocket sized solar panel phone charger.
A good battery is 600.00 this is 500.00. Get a grip.
$450 sale now wow !
that is an awesome looking kit.
easy to carry around, setup and put away seems to take no time at all
Birds were not a factor, did not notice them until they were mentioned. :)
Although the cost is not practical for me at this time, I think that Solar charger is brilliant.
Another cool video.
I’m a new eBike owner And your information is invaluable. Thank you.
I like that the charge controller is integrated into the panel! Also, the 700 is less shocking to the last similar product I was that was chunkier, had a separate charge controller and was 900...
Don't apologize for the birds. That's ambient noise a lot of people would envy. And it's one of the perks of going electric. Without the roar of ICE, you can enjoy the natural world.nnot only because it doesn't drown them out but because it doesn't scare them off and you can get much closer.
Please don't take long to make another video I'm always here waiting for you I love watching this Channel
I always thought it'd be interesting to put panels on a trailer but that a lot of real-estate for a bike. Be a good backup for touring though if one of your planned charge stops doesn't pan out, or bikebacking when you simply can't plug in anywhere.
I just bought this, 389.00 right now. They are running a special apparently. I'm looking forward to receiving it! I recently did and 85 mile ride to a campground that had tents sites with electricity so I charged up there. I stayed 3 days and had a good time. I have two batteries for my commuter E-bike so plenty of range but the downside is that eventually I have to plug in. I'd like to do a tour where I charge by solar only so I am hoping this will be what I need. I was going to build my own kit but decided the price of this right now was worth purchasing because of the design of it. I need it all to be as small as possible and this seems to be what I am looking for.
Informative as always, thank you Micah.
"The Ultimate Do It Yourself Ebike Guide" and "DIY Solar Power: How To Power Everything From The Sun" are the books for me to choose between. 😎
Now that is nice. Truly portable power. Hard to beat!!!!
Excellent video, of course! This would be ideal for bike camping, going off grid, or a special situation where a person regularly rides an e-bike to a work location that has no power. Still costs more than a second battery though 😢
That would be awesome for camping
I have a small solar panel setup at home and I use it to charge my e-bikes so they are totally off the grid. I love this idea though!
Wow, very nice portable solar panel, I love the design and how compact it becomes once folded. Wouldn't it be nice if it had a built in solar charge controller showing battery capacity and current? I would love to have one of these, thanks for sharing man.
I've been looking into solar charging options but not ready to throw down almost the cost of an ebike to do it. Hope the prices of solar come down
That is actually a pretty nice setup !!!
Their site says it's 52" x 36"; that's wrong.. Mine came 46" x 33", more than 2 sq. ft. smaller in area.
I want what I paid for. Walmart has a similar folding 80w 'backpack' charger for $26, so $52
for 2,(160w) I paid $700 for my Quiet Kat that was not as represented.
I could use that charger..lol..I just bought a kit to convert a bike into electric..I have someone helping..as I've never done it yet..I LOVE learning new stuff .
Thanks for you videos.. they're a great help!
have you seen Johnnynerdout's channel?
Just wear it as a cape and Charge while you ride 😂
I am very intrigued by your channel. I love the focus, very well put together show!
You should have your own ebike accessories including a solar panel kit!
Micah, looks like your book was published in 2017. Any plans for an update? I suppose a lot can change in 5 years.
live on boat thats only solardriven with two electric scooters fot land transport love this solarpanel 4 charge e bike/scooter good content like this
You can make your own buy buying raw foldable panels and a dc-dc converter (~ $50) which takes a certain range of input voltage and converts to a certain range of output voltage at some specified current level.
That's really a great product, for a person that like to go bike packing and may not have access to a plug
Looks nice & pretty portable
A nice set-up,but as many commented,it would be much easier to sell at 1/2 the price.Thanks for the info.
I like to see your videos I started to be 18650 batteries and everything is very good thanks to your book
What o need to do
Sadly, my 3 ebikes run the gamut; 36, 48 and 52v. Oh well, I'm not going to be buying one of those at that price anyway... Thanks for showing it to us Micah!
My setup would work for all of your batteries. The MPPT charger I have can be set to any of those voltages. I will try to find a link.
They won't let me post a link but it was from eBay. I found another one, item 232293216584.
@@onimenogarou Thanks!
@@ricknoe942 The solar setup sold by Electrify Bike has an variable mmpt charger on it already that will charge from 36 to 72 as well.
@@marktroup2978 Thanks!
Lovely product. Very useful if you live in a hot state just need to drop down the price a little bit. Great video keep it up.
Thanks Micah. Great product. 👍🏾
The ones they sell that are foldable but can stand by themselves at adjustable angles, are the best. Also a lot cheaper.
You have to have backing boards for this one to be able to stand the panels at an angle. Or live with it flat on the ground!
I doubt you'll get more than 50W tops.
Really nice but I wish it had a way to put it on a rear rack. Maybe some pannier hooks or something, especially for the price.
if you have time to help me, I would be grateful, I bought a 1000w motor for an e-bike and I have a battery 48v 20 aha 30a,, currently I have a controller 48v 500w,,, my problem is that my battery heats up and the motor heats up. .. which controller should I buy,,, your channel is very good and I can see that you are a top master
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Nice item. Will it work with Lectric batteries.
Great product!!
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Good video, can you tell us how much it weighed?
AC power comes from a socket, not a plug. A plug safely lets you access the power from the socket.
Looks useful the compact nature is neat.
This is an amazing time to be alive. Have I told you 50 times that all the phones in the world used to be wired together and we literally "hung them up" on the wall when we were done talking?
amazing product thanks for the education
Do you have any idea if this can charge ANY portable power stations? I can't seem to find anything to connect with those through this panel's limited output selection.
I was wondering the same thing. The USB outputs 5, 9 and 12v at 2 amps max. The solar panel output for the batteries is 54 volts for the 48 volt ebike batteries. I contacted quietKat... But no response. They're useless. The kit comes with alligator clips... But what do they hook up to? Certainly not a 12v battery. So many questions with this solar panel and no answers. It does charge the 48v quietKat batteries beautifully though! I just came back from a camping trip. Just left the battery on the charger all day at camp while I was out using the bike and spare battery. I came back to camp with a fully charged battery which was real cool.
@garymarch4711
My guess is that QK never actually planned on letting us charge their batteries with their own panels, and just offered the two to have more opportunities for profit.
Perhaps they knew e-bike batteries in general need bigger/stronger panels than what they would/could ever offer...
Anyway, I foolishly let the southern MS muggy weather kill my panel, and eventually bought a no-crank halfway-converted to RV 1995 Chevy G20 with a full solar system.
Now we have Lectric, and so many more options for solar charging our bikes, so...🤷
@@TrianglePants I use mine to charge my quietKat Jeep bike batteries. You have a year warranty if it hasn't been that long. As long as there's no visible rain damage, they might warranty it... If you can get them to respond anyway. I have bike issues and can't get them to respond. The company is horrible and can't retain good employees. I had a good rep, gave him lots of business... Now he's gone.
@garymarch4711
Yeah, I can't put that past them. They were good to me before my bike got stolen, and before I let my panel get rained on.
It was a decent panel while it worked.
I’d be curious to know if it is semi water proof, like splash proof. In Florida “The sun shine state” it likes to randomly rain sometimes every with the sun out. Forget rain or shine, it’s rain and shine.
Can you do a video on the different speed controllers? Are there some that allow for regenerative braking and others don’t? And does the bms also need to be special?
I suppose it'd be good in some situations, Cool Thanks for showing it!
Math workz out . Size is right compared to my folding jackery panels.
Should get a realistic 2 amps in average SW US conditions
very informative & presented well.Thanks
Useful alternative to mains charging
Thanks for your work and informations .
I watched some of your videos and you answer people's questions with videos. I had a question. I have 2 ebike batteries that I want to make a mini electric generator to power my tv and maybe a dvd player when the power goes out for a few hours. I have a total of around 130 cells one battery had 70 somethings and the other one has about 40. Idk if you would want to do a video using old Ebike batteries to make a power station that will work for like 3 or 4 hours. How many batteries do I need to do something like this I am willing to order some more batteries if needed.
This make the Grin Technologies Cycle Satiator look cheap and it will charge 32v, 48v and 52v. All you need is juice. Do not think I will buy that solar charger anytime soon at 750. I liked how it folded up.
Hmmm... might be good to have something like this for prospecting since I'm never near an outlet..
I’d like to see how it performs against the led mppt 24v-72v boost charge controller with a similar panel array. Or Maybe it’s to silly to be fantasizing about e biking across Death Valley.
Awesome review! 👌
That kool , expensive but kool, add too my wish list
Good review 👍
What kind of bike battery were you using? The bike I'm interested in has a 500 watt battery. What would I need to charge that while mobile? My plan is to try to get an extra battery or 2 to have a spare charged up and ready, one in use and one charging from the trailer on the panel and rotate as needed.
Hello, Micah. Thank you for the review! it has definitely been on my radar. Do you happen to know of any alternatives to this product? Ideally cheaper and with a usb type-c power delivery plug to charge a laptop and other stuff. Thank you.
This has an additional usb port in addition to the bike battery charging port.
I like it!
I really want to learn more about DIY solar so these guides are a great idea I just need to win one now
Man! Now THAT'S a whole lot more affordable than the female german engineer touts for eBikes! That video also indicated that you hhad to out and buy adapters if you didnt have one those slide-out batteries that sport one of those square automotive style plugs. Definitely going to check out the manufacturer 's site.
Hey, i never win these contests, so where can i go and just huy the DIY Solar book you authored?
That would be nice for camping!
Can you do a review of the Ride1up Solar panel?
It’s 3 Amp Voltage 30~60V
180 Watt Maximum Current
And it’s only $450
i see a few issues with it in principal its sound but it really needs to be 300 watts at 599 theres so many cheaper options and routes to go were in the middle of building solar system on a budget my question is could you make a video mayne building a solar system for charging on a budget that would be a millions watched video
Did you ever finish the Honda conversion?
I want that quiet cat !!!
Très intéressant, bonne idée de cadeau.
Could bring a couple of regular panels.
Thank you so much always helpful
DIY e-bike guide
Wow nice ebike solar charger.. 😉
I think these are good for little 36v with low capacity, not so much for high ah capacity batteries
So could you use this on any ebike?
I wonder if you can build this on your own?
with a tiny battery like that one, you'd actually want a portable charger wherever you go. 😂
How long does it take to fully charge the battery with the solar panel charger?
Gee that's so cool free power 🔋
What's the average internal resistance of an 18650 based battery pack? Do they self discharge quickly?
Can you build a solar powered electric bike?
Thank you.
Cool product, i have similar product soon to test that people dont know is product it self its not so expensiv its freight,shipping that cost more then the product. So the seller have that price. So when people write i can pay 120 dollar not more is the shipping for the product.
What does this weigh? I may have missed it but I didn't see a weight on their website
Only $299 now! I'm about to buy one for my Rad Rover 6 Plus..
I'm assuming it will charge it right? Its a 48V battery with a barrel port that looks similar to the one used in the video.. (thats about all I know about the electronics..?)
If anyone knows if this will work or not please let me know.. this seems like the most compact (and now cheapest option)..?
Very well this thing you have great content of electricity.
I am getting a Wired Freedom bike that is 60w 20AH. The charger input is 100-240V-50/60Hz 3.0A. Output is 67.2V 3.0A. Would that be able to charge it
Would this work on a lectric brand ebike?
How much can it cost me to Uganda. Other wise I enjoy your videos. Bravo!
Any connectors for Bosch battery packs?
yes
I got involved in electric light vehicles in 1998 and I’ve been waiting waiting waiting for the needs of electric light vehicle batteries to eventually catch up with solar technology. As recently as a year ago I wrote to the developers of the Copenhagen Wheel from MIT that drove the technology for the Superpedestrian wheel and from at least that manufacturers point of view there was not yet a practical solar solution. And just like real estate is about location, location, location the electric vehicle revolution will never ever really be a solution as long as we have to plug these kinds of vehicles into the wall and use fossil-based fuel! It’s like rearranging deck chairs on the titanic, right? Right. Until we saw the solution of storage, we, as a species on this planet, are doomed. So then the second challenge is how much does it cost to purchase this solar panel? And again it’s a matter of scale, because until enough people need this kind of solar array such that the price goes down into something realistic for middle class and working people, again it’s a, excuse the pun, nonstarter. There’s a difference between toys for the rich 1 percenters and military industrialists and working solutions for working people. So as much as I love this channel, I would like to see you come back and talk to us about scalability and how many times would we have to charge our electric vehicles using the solar array it would take before we began to experience breakeven and then truly be in the black so that we are charging our vehicles for free. I suppose since different communities have different costs to generate grid based electricity that there would be different answers. But let’s say it cost you one dollar every time you charged your E bike. If you had a charger Evike every other day, for example, at what point would you reach breakeven? Well I won’t do the math here, but that’s roughly 180 charges a year. And divide 700 by 180 and there’s your answer. But remember, these batteries also blow up! And they only are able to receive a limited amount of chargers before you have to buy a new battery. Don’t get me wrong, there is no energy crisis. There’s more than enough energy coming from our local star to support a global civilization that absolutely positively needs to reach out beyond planet earth and establish humanity on other planets. The so-called energy crisis is created by the fucking greed heads that control the world economy, divide us as people and a species and frankly, here in America, seem so fucking concerned about pronoun choice if they can’t see that we’re headed for the third great extinction.