I bought this for our music festival/camping trips to keep our phones charged up. We have a smaller one that works great, but not enough to get 2 phones fully charged for multiple days. This one does the trick! It can easily charge 2 phones from one full charge. I charged them up using the flip dock (I bought 2 but only needed to use 1 of them) before we left and it charged twice while only using half the charge, so I know it would do at least one more full charge before needing to be charged itself. We have other trips planned and if they don't live up to the performance of this first run out I will up date my review. Right now, I would say that these are great and worth the purchase! Given that we had several with us, I never had to charge this one on the solar charger, so I am not sure how long it takes to recharge. (That is why I bought 2, so one could be charging on the panel and the other used on phones or our new tent fan as needed).
My first one lasted for about 4 trips until the charging USB broke off. Just bought a second one and now on my second time out the blue light blinks but it won’t charge. The owners manual is of no use.
It keeps turning off a little while after I plug my headphones in. I have to keep hitting the side button every few minutes to bring it back to charging
The Goal Zero Flip 36 is the worst electronic product I have purchased, but I guess you get what you pay for?
I am just disappointed because it never worked the way you advertised. I took great care of it and it just stopped working within 6 months of use. It never seemed to recharge my iPhone “up to 3 times” lucky if I got 1 full charge and now the unit itself won’t even recharge. Not to mention, the fold-out usb port is a terrible design - very weak and just waiting to break.
Now that I’m looking for a more heavy duty portable charger, how could I even entertain Goal Zero after such an experience with their entry level product never performing to how it’s advertised? Did I get a defective unit?
Charging port (flip) breaks. Not immediately but shortly after 1 year warranty runs out. Tons of better bank chargers for less money that last much longer.