Portable solar chargers are small tranportable devices that are used to devices such as phones. If you can move your solar charger from place to place, it is considered ‘Portable’. Solar phone chargers are examples of portable solar chargers but are among the smallest. They can only generate between 5 and 20 watts of power.

Portable solar panels produce 70 to 120 watts of power and are bigger than portable solar chargers.

All portable solar panels and chargers rarely exceed 150 watts power capacity. On the other hand, standard solar pv mounted on the rooftop produce between 250 watts and 365 watts.

If you are an RV owner, portable solar panels and chargers will enable you to charge your devices when you go off-grid. You can recharge the portable solar generator and use that energy to power devices you have on your RV.

Solar generators will enable you to tap the power from the sun’s rays whenever the sun is shining. Solar generators are battery-equipped devices that are paired with panels to store and generate electrical energy.

Portable solar panels for RVs will allow you to avoid noisy generators. You’ll need good cables, a battery or solar generator, an inverter, and some metal bars to keep your panels mounted. I have reviewed the 10 best solar panels for RVs here.

You can still charge your portable solar power bank during a cloudy day but you can expect a reduction of about 25% of the power you usually get in a non-cloudy day.

The time it takes to fully charge a portable power bank depends on the size of your power bank. A small power bank with less than 5,000 mAh will take less than 8 hours while a large 25,000-mAh portable solar charger can take up to 12 hours to fully charge.