Portable Solar Kits, whether they’re the typical folding paneltype or the more portable solar blanket are a fantastic addition to your camping set up – they keep your battery topped up and charged and extend the amount of time you can enjoy sitting back and relaxing at camp. Knowing that your Deep Cycle Battery is charged and you’ll have power on tap gives you the peace of mind to take on more remote trips and stay off-grid for longer but you don’t have to be out in the sticks to make the most of a portable solar panel kit!

Get an Adventure Kings portable Solar Kit and you get a solar panel, a 4m extension lead and importantly a solar regulator which controls the amount of charge going into your battery – this is so vital because it allows you to leave your solar panel plugged in all the time without the risk of overcharging your battery. It opens up a whole lot more possibilities for your portable solar set up – like for example trickle charging your boat, caravan or camper trailer in your yard or driveway! You can simply set up the folding panel, connect it up to your aux battery and leave it to charge up – no need to monitor it or turn it off – just pack it up at the end of the day and you can just as easily set it up again the next day. The inclusion of the 4m solar extension lead is perfect for keeping out of the sun at a campsite and still getting good sun on your solar and the same can be said at home – don’t stress if what you’re charging is next to a fence or parked in the carport, set up in the sun, run the lead out and plug it in!

It’s a similar story if you’ve got a project car, a weekender or a car that just isn’t getting much use lately – you can very easily fold out your portable solar blanket, sit it on the windscreen and give the battery a quick charge up when it’s needed. I’ve even used my 200W Folding Blanket with MPPT regulator to charge up my old car’s battery when it was struggling to start to get me out of trouble! In that case I just laid the solar blanket on the grass so I could pop the bonnet and sort out the other issues I was dealing with! That’s the beauty of a portable solar blanket, they’re so lightweight and compact they become just another part of the tool kit when ever you’re doing any 12V work – without being difficult to carry or use! Now I have one ready to go in the shed for when I might need it at home and one in the ute for whenever I am out and about!

Speaking of sheds you can even use your portable solar kit to run an off grid shed from time to time – with a Deep Cycle battery or a couple of batteries in a bank if you ever have a black out you can rely on your folding solar panel kit to keep your batteries topped up and charging so long as the sun is out. Of course if you need more power than a single panel can provide you can always plug in multiple solar panels with their individual regulators. In this sense you can have an off-grid set up that’s ideal for occasional backup power, without spending thousands – sure it’s not going to be able to let you survive for weeks at a time – but by connecting a camping fridge and an inverter you can keep your essential food cold and fresh while also using the inverter for any of your essential 240V appliances whether it’s a microwave or those tools you need to get jobs done without power.

If you want to make a road trip or even a picnic even better, forget the ice box and pack a portable solar kit, battery and camping fridge – you can run the fridge from your vehicle’s 12V socket while you’re driving and then when you arrive you can run it off an AGM deep cycle battery that’s constantly being topped up by your portable solar blanket kit! It’s perfect for long days at the park or the beach when you don’t want the all-important BBQ supplies to go off – or if you’re aiming to catch dinner, you can easily put it in your fridge/freezer til you’re ready to cook! If your day turns into an afternoon and evening you’ll be glad you’d been charging your battery all day – giving you hours and hours of run time for your camp lighting and fridge. It’s awesome because packing up your folding solar kit is just as easy as setting up, so at the end of the day when you’re ready to just get home you’re ready to go in minutes!

Adventure Kings solar power is ideal for camping and getting away to enjoy the great outdoors but that’s not all you can use it for and it’s so much more multi-purpose than that! Make the most of silent, free power from the sun to charge your batteries when you’re at home too for anything from project cars, to camper trailers and caravans, even boats and entire sheds. With everything you need included in the kit it makes the perfect partner for those quick day trips when you need a quick and easy solar set up and they’re so compact and portable you can keep one in the car for when you need it – and one stored at home ready to go!