If you’re in the market for a portable solar panel to add to your camping kit, it’s easy to get a bit overwhelmed by all the tech specs! Camping solar panels and portable solar blankets for camping are amazing bits of gear, that take the stress out of camping, by ensuring that your deep cycle battery stays nicely charged, and your fridge stays perfectly cold. There’s nothing worse than being stressed about a flat battery while camping, and constantly worrying whether your fridge will turn off and all your food and drinks will get hot. That’s no-one’s idea of fun! Let’s first look at an extremely important technical term that everyone considering buying a portable solar kit should understand, then we’ll take a closer look at one of our most popular portable solar blanket kits – the Kings 200w solar blanket. It’s an amazing bit of gear that will without a doubt take your camping adventures to a whole new level!

One term that’s important to understand is ‘monocrystalline’. All Adventure Kings camping solar panels feature monocrystalline solar cells while some cheaper solar panels use polycrystalline solar cells. So what are the differences?

Poly panels are considerably older technology, and cheaper to produce. Mono panels are a newer technology and are much more efficient for any given size, and also in less-than-full-sunlight conditions.

The practical upshot is that you need a larger polycrystalline camping solar panel to product the same power output as a monocrystalline panel. That’s why monocrystalline is much better for portable solar panels – because a smaller panel can produce the same power. Mono solar panels for camping are also much better in cloudy conditions and during early mornings and late afternoons, all of which makes them ideal for camping scenarios.

Of course the topic goes ten times deeper than that basic explanation, but the simple fact is you should look for monocrystalline solar cells when researching what portable solar panel kit to buy. All Adventure Kings solar panels are made with highly efficient monocrystalline cells – which is why they’re so good at harnessing the sun’s rays and turning them into electricity to keep your battery topped up at camp!

Now that we’re coming into warmer weather again, here’s a simple tip to get more out of your Adventure Kings solar panel this summer.

In the southern hemisphere, the sun tracks across the northern part of the sky during the day, and especially so during summer when the days are longer.

If you’re planning on leaving your camping solar panel out for long periods while you’re off somewhere else, then point it north to get as much sun as possible throughout course of the day.

Adventure Kings solar panels are made from highly-efficient monocrystalline solar cells, which are excellent at producing power even in cloudy conditions.

Make the most of the summer sun by pointing your Adventure Kings solar panel kit north, and keep your 12v system humming!

This here’s the new Adventure Kings 200W Solar Blanket. It’s a beaut bit of gear that is so easy to setup, and it produces a bucketload of free power to keep your battery topped up at camp.

Most people run their Adventure Kings Solar Blanket on their windscreen, but what if you’re not parked facing into the sun?

Here’s the solution. Simply grab a couple of large S-hooks from the hardware store and keep them in the glovebox. Then, use them to connect the elastic loops to the horizontal support poles on your side-awning, and you can hang either the Adventure Kings 120w or 200w solar blankets off the side!

This will even work with an Adventure Kings awning wall in place. Just setup the awning wall first, then add your Adventure Kings solar blanket off the side and you’re set!

With a peak power output of up to 16A in full sun, use this trick to ensure your Adventure Kings Solar Blanket’s always producing free power when you need it. You’ll never have to worry about flat batteries and warm fridges again!

The new Adventure Kings 200W Folding Solar Blanket has proven a massive hit with campers, because it’s incredibly powerful, yet it packs away this small and weighs just seven kilograms!

It’s almost hard to believe, but this is a fully-fledged camping solar panel that can re-charge your battery to completely full after a typical night’s camping, in just four hours of full sunlight!

It produces up to a whopping 16A in peak conditions, which is the kind of power you’d normally expect from a full-sized free-standing solar panel!

Even better, it comes with absolutely everything you need to connect it straight to your battery to start charging – a high-quality MPPT regulator with voltage display and USB outlets, an extension cable, and alligator clips.

All the components simply click together with the fast-fit connectors – connect the alligator clips to the battery side of the regulator, one end of the extension cable to the solar side of the regulator, and the other end of the cable to the camping solar blanket itself. Then, connect the alligator clips to your battery, and that’s it – you’re ready to go!

You can hang the Adventure Kings 200W Solar Blanket across your windscreen, or off the side of your awning or gazebo if you grab a couple of S-hooks from the hardware store, because it weighs next to nothing. You can even sit it directly on the ground no worries – it’s built tough, so there’s not much that will worry it!

The Adventure Kings 200W Solar Blanket is available through 4WDSupacentre.com.au, 4WD Supacentre company stores and authorized Adventure Kings dealers around the country. It’s also on sale right now for an incredible price that just blows the competition away – check it out!