bill brown Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 Is anyone using Dokio flexible solar panels. Amazon are currently selling 400w worth for £260 which sounds like a bargain. I'm wondering how reliable they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmelly Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 I suppose they will be made in China like most others? At that price if I needed solar I would buy them, very good price. In fact I may even buy some and I dont need solar ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyG Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 (edited) Do they have a 25 year guarantee? Do they have any guarantee? Do they have 5,000 5 star reviews? Edited April 17, 2019 by LadyG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Brooks Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 If they do read the small print. The so called guarantee typically is that they will still have 80% of their stated output after XX years. Probably nothing to do with de-lamination or backing failure etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reg Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 1 hour ago, bill brown said: Is anyone using Dokio flexible solar panels. Amazon are currently selling 400w worth for £260 which sounds like a bargain. I'm wondering how reliable they are. Certainly priced to take a gamble on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pearley Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 It does say this: !!ATTENTION!! This solar panel, due to its thinness,the sun shines for too long and is prone to heat,Please pay attention to heat dissipation Especially placed on the roof of the house , motorhome roof but we all know that anyway. But I'm happy with semi flexibles on my cream roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Welsh Cruiser Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 5 hours ago, pearley said: It does say this: !!ATTENTION!! This solar panel, due to its thinness,the sun shines for too long and is prone to heat,Please pay attention to heat dissipation Especially placed on the roof of the house , motorhome roof but we all know that anyway. But I'm happy with semi flexibles on my cream roof. Solar panels that get damaged by the sun, it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WotEver Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, The Welsh Cruiser said: Solar panels that get damaged by the sun, it seems. Well yes, you mustn’t leave your panels out in the sun, obviously... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted April 17, 2019 Report Share Posted April 17, 2019 1 hour ago, WotEver said: Well yes, you mustn’t leave your panels out in the sun, obviously... They don't work if they get hot, as any fuke kno....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapphal Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 About the same price as Bimble then. I know who I’d rather deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sea Dog Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 14 hours ago, LadyG said: Do they have a 25 year guarantee? Do they have any guarantee? Do they have 5,000 5 star reviews? The link would have revealed all... 5 years workmanship and 25 years output. There's even a 5 star review from a bloke who fitted them on his narrowboat in November. What isn't clear is if they have bypass diodes to help with partial shading that is often hard to avoid for boaters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill brown Posted April 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 58 minutes ago, Sapphal said: About the same price as Bimble then. I know who I’d rather deal The Bimble flexible panels cost significantly more I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reg Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 2 hours ago, bill brown said: The Bimble flexible panels cost significantly more I think. They do I checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathanA Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Wasn’t that impressed with bimble or solar photonics that a lot on here rave about slightly worrying that only 2 quite old reviews for these ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill brown Posted April 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 47 minutes ago, jonathanA said: Wasn’t that impressed with bimble or solar photonics that a lot on here rave about slightly worrying that only 2 quite old reviews for these ones I'd be more worried if there was a couple of dozen reviews. I did have a 100w flexible solar from Photonic Universe until recently* and it was pretty good, although it did cost £180 8 hours ago, Sea Dog said: The link would have revealed all... 5 years workmanship and 25 years output. There's even a 5 star review from a bloke who fitted them on his narrowboat in November. What isn't clear is if they have bypass diodes to help with partial shading that is often hard to avoid for boaters. From what it says here it seems they do have bypass diodes, just not the best command of English but then my Chinese ain't great. *I detached it from the roof to do some painting and it blew into the canal ?. Very light piece of kit ? just not light enough to float. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 3 hours ago, jonathanA said: Wasn’t that impressed with bimble Nor me. I bought a panel from them a few years ago had a slight niggle with it, emailed them about it, was ignored. Bought another panel three years later, same niggle not fixed. Emailed about it, ignored again. Where is LadyG to do her 'not impressed' thing???? (Niggle was panel described as having fly-leads attached with MC4 connectors on the ends. Both panels came sans fly-leads. Had to make my own. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Just now, Mike the Boilerman said: Nor me. I bought a panel from them a few years ago had a slight niggle with it, emailed them about it, was ignored. Bought another panel three years later, same niggle not fixed. Emailed about it, ignored again. Where is LadyG to do her 'not impressed' thing???? And to balance that - I bought a panel, delivered next day by their preferred carrier and it was broken - phoned up and a replacement was received the next morning. Have bought several since and never had a single problem - the only issue was one that arrived without any leads - however as they pointed out - the text did say no leads supplied with this panel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtB Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Alan de Enfield said: And to balance that - I bought a panel, delivered next day by their preferred carrier and it was broken - phoned up and a replacement was received the next morning. Have bought several since and never had a single problem - the only issue was one that arrived without any leads - however as they pointed out - the text did say no leads supplied with this panel. Well that's fair enough. My panel is described on the website specifically as coming complete with flyleads. Not . big deal to me as I have the gear and the stock to just make them up, but a right ball-ache to someone expecting the web page description to be correct when making up a purchase list of stuff to buy to DIY their installation. They would be two MC4 connectors short. Also not good to ignore two emails telling them about it. Not hard to change the web page to match what they actually send out, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan de Enfield Posted April 18, 2019 Report Share Posted April 18, 2019 Just now, Mike the Boilerman said: Also not good to ignore two emails telling them about it. Not hard to change the web page to match what they actually send out, is it Agreed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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