Sunsei SE-1200 Solar 18-Watt 12-Volt Charger

Well made and does the job just fine. It will work on almost any 12v battery. Naturally it does not replace what an electric battery charger can do and in the same amount of time, but as a trickle charger for car and boat batteries this is all you need (other than some sunshine). The only negative is that these Sunsei solar panels are far more expensive than they need to be. They are made in China and a 18w panel of this quality should be 30-50% less than what the Sunsei brand demands. Coleman is pretty much the same product, all coming from ICP Solar in Canada, however the Coleman panels cost much less.

This panel seems to be well designed and works well. The connectors are very functional and allow you to easily interconnect a number of panels. I particularly like the indicator light on the panel that lets you know that it's working. However, the solar cell is covered by glass that is very delicate. I once picked up one of these panels by the corner of the frame and this generated enough stress to crack the glass. I don't know how long the panel will last now that it's cracked.

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First all all I didn't get the from Amazon.com, I pick this Solar Charger from another website in which I caught it on Sale for around $80.00. I had it my room for about 2 years and never used it, saved it for one of those raining days. Well two years later. I just had one of those rain days. I did a night on the town, and forgot my backlights were left on when I was pulling out backwards from my girl house. Got back to my place and woke up the next day finding note on my door saying I left my light on in my jeep. My backup light don't work in reverse it on a toggle switch. So I went out to my jeep and the battery read at 9.6V to low for starting my jeep. So I said wait a min, I have the Solar Charge 1200 I use that for charging the battery. So I open the box, and read the instructions. I had to cut have make some minor change for charging up my battery which was not big. Once that was done, I tested it all out with a meter and took it out to my jeep. I started at 1400 at 9.6V and by 1830 it was at 12.0V, I could have started the jeep then but would have been pushing it. So I left it on until the next day. I went back out around 1300 and meter the battery again. This time is said it was 12.3V. Now this put me in the ball park. I uplug the Solar Charger 1200 and my jeep started on the first try. Just to note my came with a Solar Controller with cables and of course the Solar pannel. I am not sure if the one on Amazon.com does. However I would have easy paid the going Amazon.com price if it came to that. My Solar Charger was well built, there is glass so be carefull with it, but seem strudy to me. I had zero issuse with Solar Pannel, however I did have a problem with the Solar Controller, it came apart on me, when I hook up the wires. I fixed it, wiht a little supper glue around the edges. It charge for me 1 Gel Cell 12V Battery. I would say in total time with sun light, was 12 hours, and that went from 9.6v to 12.3v. It was easy, I say fast, and the cost of charging my battery was free excluding the Solar Charger. I would highly recomend it.

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