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Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2025
Doing its job with C425 camera. It was the first day and cloudy/rainy. But it charged up my C425 from 35% to 39% and the Tapo App showed that it provided about 8% (based on battery capacity, not usage) for energy for the day. Would be interesting to see how much it can charge on a sunny day. It costs less than half of the official Tapo A200.Edit: on sunny day it was able to charge up 30% of the battery!
Jenna
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2025
This solar charger works pretty well. The price is good & everything seems to work great.
Juan
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2025
Casi no carga la cámara. Debería mantenerse cerca del 100% pero solo se mantiene en 70
Marc Gunter
Reviewed in Canada on January 18, 2025
I’ve been operating this Solar panel for several weeks now. I installed as instructed, facing South with a clear path to the sky. I’ve checked the TP-Link app several times per day. Not once has the app indicated that the camera was charging. In fact the solar charge function in the app indicates that there is no solar panel connected. I connected the solar panel to my wireless earbuds and they were charging. This drives to the obvious conclusion that the solar panel does not generate enough current to charge the camera. Waste of time and money.
Paula Andrea Jimenez Gonzalez
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2025
El vendedor no especifica que el cable de conexion es tipo usb micro b y las camaras tapo serie c400 la conexion es usb c. La caja no trae adaptador.
Carolin Lopez
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2025
Product needs adapter to c connections.
Pete
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2025
Used it for Tapo C425, works like a charm.
X. Fossor
Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2024
At $19.99 (Amazon price at time of both purchase and review) this is priced alongside competitors. It has three nice advantages over the 5w panel I use (see Amazon ASIN: B0CN5NDQ3F), but I'm not sure the extra cost is worth it ($20 for this reviewed item as opposed to $17 for the panel I currently use). So what are these advantages?Well, first this claims to be a 6w panel. That would be a twenty percent advantage over a 5w panel. But I'm not sure the Tapo cameras need the additional "push" as they tend to not use too much of their batteries (and mine stay well above 90% charged virtually all the time).Second, the cable is a bit longer. That's good, but both are of sufficient length (I think).Third, this reviewed panel includes a gasket to help keep water out of the back of the camera (until I got smart and came up with a workaround, this problem killed three of my cameras).The downside is that this panel seems much more flimsy than the one I use. Maybe it will hold up, but I think I'll stick with the previous panel.Bottom line, this 6w panel is a nice item. But there are better alternatives. So however nice, I can't go "5 stars." The best I can do is...4 stars.
G.L.
Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2024
I have the TP-Link Tapo C425 2k camera. It came with a solar panel. Unfortunately, the mounting options I have did not allow for me to easily use the panel/mounts that came with the kit (A201). I could've done some "DIY" fixes to make it work, but I saw this solar panel and it appeared like it would make life a lot easier. Specifically, I wanted to mount the solar panel on the gutter using one of the many available aftermarket brackets.The description of the item when I placed the order was very minimal and inaccurate. The panel is 7.25" x 6.25". The cable is approximately 9' long and has a male micro-usb connector at the end. It has a standard female 1/4"-20 mount. It also came with an adjustable bracket (which I didn't use), 3 screws/plastic anchors, and a micro-usb "gasket" which I also did not use (I used the one that came with the camera).The panel is noticeably larger than the Tapo A201 panel that came with the camera. According to the specifications it is also a bit more powerful (5V/6W vs 5.2V/2.5W). The panel appears to be well made and claims to have an IP66 rating. The mount also is well made and would provide a lot of options for placement. I included some pictures, the original Tapo panel is on the left and this one is on the right.The panel works perfectly with the gutter mount. It had no problem charging the camera from 70% to 100% in 24 hours on a partially sunny day during one of the shortest days of the year. I cannot speak to its longevity but it appears like it should last a long time. Besides the poor/incorrect item description at the time of ordering, I have zero complains (and this is not worth deducting a star). For the price and quality I would definitely recommend it.
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