Hunten Outdoors Small 6-Volt Mono Crystalline Solar Panel

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Price: $19.99    

Product Feature

• Made for 6 Volt System
• Plugs into all Hunten Outdoor 6V Battery Packs
• Save money on batterys
• Can plug directly into camera if rechargable batteries are used

Product Description

This efficient, money saving solar panel can be used to charge a 6V external battery pack or may be plugged directly into any Hunten Outdoor Trail Camera as long as rechargable batteries are used.

Hunten Outdoors Small 6-Volt Mono Crystalline Solar Panel Review

This appears to be the same panel as the Primos, but it's a few dollars cheaper, the metal-clad cable is painted black, and it's IN STOCK. Additionally, the cable terminates in a 12v barrel plug, but also comes with as 6" pigtail with alligator clips, so you get a choice. I figured I'd have to cut off the barrel connector and solder my own alligator clips on, so this was a nice surprise.

See my photo, showing how I hooked it up in series with a Primos 6v battery and Primos camera. Mounting is unclear from the packaging, as it's got an angled bracket that gets attached to the panel. This apparently is to keep a good angle to the sun. Since I didn't want to screw it to my tree, I screwed it to a scrap (pictured, I'll paint it camo prior to next hunting season), so I could just strap it to the tree along with the camera and battery.

I don't have any data points for performance yet. It's the dead of winter here, and I've got it out in the snow. The 6v battery showed 85% on the first day, and has held steady after 5 days, "so far, so good". I will update my review with performance info, as I get more data. My plan is to have this camera up year-round.
Note that without performance data, I am comfortable with 5-star rating based on reviews of the similar Primos unit, which based on photographs, has the same panel.

Update 2/09/2012: It's been up more than 3 weeks, and the camera has taken over 150 photos, mostly at night. The battery is still showing 85% at night, 99% during bright sun. Essentially no change since when I hung it up. It's the dead of winter here, I'm very pleased with the performance.\

Update 2/18/2012: Up more than a month, nearly 400 photos, still fully charged.

Update 4/14/2012: Despite my advice posted in this review, I mistakenly bought the Primos unit when I needed another one. I have painted it black, should have sanded it first, and now the paint is flaking off! GET THIS UNIT (Hunten), it's got a good paint job, and it's a couple bucks cheaper!!

Update 12/7/2012: Nearly a year later, thousands of photos (sometimes 50/day) taken, battery still full. And it spent all summer in deep hardwoods. I had pointed the panel to the sun when I put it there in the spring, and thought I'd have to move it out of there when the foliage came. Nope. No problems. We put an 8 GB memory card in it last week, so it would click away all winter for us. Awesome buy.

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