AFFORDABLE Shade Tolerant Solar Panels! ShadeStopper 100w Panels Tested

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Interesting that this kind of technology has been around for a while, but finally someone has put it into a foldable panel.

Very nice. I love seeing shading tolerance hitting the market. Great for travelling. Well done, sir!

I think it's always a good idea to have at least one shade tolerant panel. Also for anyone reading this - it says a 1 yr warranty and the 100w flex says it's waterproof - folding only water resistant.

Thank you for introducing me to a new product. Very interesting. Also like that you added the CIGS to the test.

I expected 30W at the 100W Halfcut. 17W is crazy low. But this many Diods is a amazing the usecase of EV Roof installations. How fast does a tree blocking my roof PV... I love this new technology ideas. 🥰 Thanks for your presentation.

Thank you. I had decided on benchmarking cigs panels moving forward because my application on a tiny cargo trailer build in the midwest that would only accommodate a couple solar panels and I need best efficiency as we've a lot of lake effect cloud cover. Everything else would have to be portable. I already own 2 160 W Folding ecoflow panels that I got with my Delta 2 Max. I was watching another of your videos and I was planning on Learning to wire them in series or parallel to take advantage of both solar imputs that max out at 500 Because I understand overpaneling from another one of your videos. My thoughts were to Go for a couple 400 W panels if I could make them fit to run all the time. And then when I'm in an area where I can. Put out portable panels I could run those two Into the same input in series. So I don't overvoltage and then use the other port to plug in my smaller portable stuff for an extra little boost. If the math worked out, such as on a less sunny day where i'm perhaps getting not much over half rated output from the nearly 800 potential. If I had 260 W panels in series plugged into the other. And I was even getting half of that. I'd still be getting well over a 100 W additional input for minimal additional cost/ effort

Nice addition in my off grid rest house.

Man these could be super useful on my sailboat. right now I just throw 2 flex panels on top of my bimini but it often gets shaded from the mast, shrouds, lines, and all that. Thanks for the review!

Hey Jason thanks for your review, kinda thought the renogy would do better. Shade stopper is great for RVers 👍

Have 2 200 watt Cigs on my RV roof. They consistently put out very good wattage and they are walkable, so I don’t have to worry about breaking them (I walk on them often for roof maintenance, and the coating is very thick). I have been testing these for a year and they look new with zero issues . They have a ten year warranty and a 25 year performance warranty. So yes they cost more but I’m hoping they last longer than the cheaper panels. Also these come rolled up in a box and I don’t worry about shipping damage like with most other panels. They are easy to install and I’m going to cover the entire roof and have no issues with access. The only downside I see with the tape cigs is when they’re down, they’re down for good. For me thats a good thing and I like that U can’t even see them on my roof they are so low profile. My 2 cents.

My property is wooded... no wonder my 100W Renogy panel is barely enough for lighting (12V) my garden shed. I watched your Series vs Parallel beginner's guide figuring I was going to add another 100W panel. I learned for my application, partly shaded, parallel would be best. After watching this I'm thinking the shadestopper is what I need. Wish they were available in a rigid panel. BTW, excellent videos.👍

I was hoping a company would do something like this! It's more affordable than a CIGs and performs pretty decently! Excellent!

I would go with the ShadeStopper. for my use in a offroad overland camping and limited space for traveling, a Folding Blanket style would be better. if they could make one like that.

That's rather impressive. While I've been buying larger (200W) panels most recently, and plan to use one of your previous suggestions to get some higher wattage panels, I think for traveling it probably makes sense to have one or two of these.

very nice, i would need to have this type of solar panel if i was gonna use them, as the sun moves around all morning long with the various shading elements.

Great job on explaining and thanking for sharing!

Great video as usual. I have the Shade Stopper and the Cigs. Both are great panels. Will be trying the flexible one. Thanks for the discount.

Great information Jason. I'm in the process of replacing my agm batteries to lithium in the next 18 months on my class b rv. I was thinking of replacing the solar panels as well as they are beaten up pretty bad with the Texas heat. Was wondering if the shade flex panels fold enough to make the curvature design of the Ford Transit van, tough they are not visible from the front. Was not aware that the cig panels had technology similar to the shade stopper. Regardless of what happens in the next 18 months now I am definitely replacing the solar panels for sure. Might consider buying some for the yard also as I am surrounded by trees. Thank you for your hard work and sharing your findings with us.

Thanks a lot for this review. I will really consider the Shade Stopper for my solar panels