Customer reviews from bioliteenergy.com
BioLite - SolarPanel 5 - Black
Average customer rating
3.9
(112 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 112 reviews
5 Stars
70
4 Stars
8
3 Stars
8
2 Stars
9
1 Star
17
56%of customers recommend this product.
(
36 out of
64)
Customer Reviews for BioLite - SolarPanel 5 - Black
Posted by: Buddy
from San Diego
Length of ownership:1 year or longer
Verified Purchase:Yes
When I'm out, I love that the sun powers my devices.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bioliteenergy.com
Customer Rating
3
Doesn't seem to charge newer phones
on April 13, 2020
Posted by: steve_e
from Mississauga, ON
Length of ownership:6 months
The solar panel is great because it charges the internal battery fast. I'm able to charge various devices with the panel and I love that I was able to attach it to my backpack and charge as I was hiking the trails. The only problem is that this panel doesn't seem to handle charging newer phones (with USB C). I don't know the reason why it doesn't charge a OnePlus 5 or 5T but I suspect it asks for more juice than the panel can handle and the panel just shuts down.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting bioliteenergy.com
Customer Rating
5
Power Board
on March 20, 2020
Posted by: Boenaflovi
from Basel, Switzerland
Length of ownership:1 year or longer
The 5+ has so far inspired my whole family. In our garden there are 4 such boards and mostly look towards the sun. In the last camping holidays I had them on my trailer and it looked like a small solar plant, I even had too few consumers to use the energy gained. The board is enormously resilient and I could imagine that I could cut my onions into small pieces to cook on it...
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bioliteenergy.com
Posted by: Dubber
from Southern Indiana
Length of ownership:3 months
Verified Purchase:Yes
Quality product. Performs as expected with solid construction.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bioliteenergy.com
Posted by: Larry
from Ohio
Length of ownership:1 year or longer
Verified Purchase:Yes
It charged pretty quickly and I have to try charging my phone.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bioliteenergy.com
Posted by: Mary
from Crawford, Colorado
Length of ownership:1 month
Verified Purchase:Yes
Only charge my phone in sun, battery not effective
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting bioliteenergy.com
Posted by: Mark
from Hawaii
Length of ownership:1 week
Verified Purchase:Yes
I’m not finding any use for this. The unit overheats and shuts off for like an hour before you can use. I get maybe 20-30 min before it overheats. Not sure if I have a defective panel but I have to fool with it all day to even get something charged. Not worth the hassle. Maybe mine was defective though.. when it did work it worked well. The light indicators show strength of sun power. Love the sun dial to line up. Like that it has an onboard battery although I have never once seen it have the rated power.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from bioliteenergy.comBy BioLite, Support, November 28, 2019
Hi Brandon - Thank you for writing in. We will have one of our product specialists reach out to you after the Thanksgiving Holiday. We're sorry you've been having this experience.
Written by a customer while visiting bioliteenergy.com
Customer Rating
4
Easy to setup and use
on November 4, 2019
Posted by: Anne01
from Laytonville CA
Length of ownership:1 month
I was able to use this for the first time with the planned power outage in our area last week. We live in a sunny climate and I set it out in the morning and had to check on it throughout the day to keep dot in sundial cross hairs but it was able to charge my iPhone at the end of the day and it could trickle charge while gathering rays outside. I found this helpful and am glad to have it.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting bioliteenergy.com