200 Watt CIGS Solar Panel

Added two of the 200 Watt flexible CIGS panels to the front cap of my 5th wheel. Chosen for being very light weight, and ability to work even when partially shaded. Also chose the CIGS for it's flexibility and safety with no burn through issues. My 2 panels have been working great for over a year and a half.

But boy, oh boy am I impressed! I read and watched reviews of the BougeRV CIGS solar panels. I hated the price being more than double the cost of standard flexible solar panels, but after having two $150 standard flexible panels die after two and 2.5 years, I wanted something more reliable. The BougeRV CIGS panels come with a 10 year warranty and they also show better performance in heat (taped to a camper roof, for instance) and less power production loss over time. So I bit the bullet and ordered this 100w CIGS panel for $250. It was a bear to remove my old panel; I had used VHB tape and EternaBond to be sure it was not going to fly off going down the highway. I cleaned my roof real good with 91% alcohol to prep it for the new panel.This panel came with some kind of butyl rubber tape attached, as sticky as EternaBond but double sided sticky. I stuck the panel down where I wanted it. Be very careful; you only get one chance to stick it down. Once it's stuck, it's stuck forever. As an extra security measure, I put a strip of EternaBond around the edges, just to assure that air could not get up under the panel and peel it off. I plugged it into my existing wires from my previous panel install and plugged it into my Jackery Explorer 1000v2. Excellent power production! Depending on the sun's place in the sky I was getting 60w early in the morning, and 90w at noon.One sad note (for me anyway) was that the voltage of this panel (25v) was too high for my cheap, no-name 300w power banks to handle. My Jackery can handle that input voltage just fine. So I have to charge my cheap power banks with my big Jackery; and luckily the Jackery allows for pass through charging. So while charging my cheap battery via Jackery, I'm charging Jackery via my BougeRV 100W. I know, it seems crazy, but it works and I can't justify replacing those power banks while they are still good, because I'm on a very fixed social security income. One other sad item. When I ordered this panel it was $250. Three days later it was $30 cheaper. Grrrr!But I am very impressed with this panel. And I'm already saving up to buy a 200w CIGS panel to replace my other dead standard 100w flexible panel.

I added this panel to my roof solar on my trailer. It's in series with two similar panels. I like it so much that I just bought another to replace one old one on the roof. It installed very easily and you can walk on it so I don't have to do a tightrope walk on my roof between panels. It is expensive but worth it.

Rooftop rv roofs. Will work for a zero maintenance effort. Is exactly what you need for rv roofs. With lots of variables where a house roof is 10x better for solar and rv aren’t. 2 years on my rv still powers my lights fridge and cooking with 2x100 ah 12v lithium batteries. Crazy good. Also San Diego weather.

Oh man I’m so happy with these. Purchased two 200-watt CIGS with tape. Got them at a screaming deal also, for around $440 each. I was so tired of lugging around a portable panel to keep our battery charged while RVing, but also was not into placing multiple holes in our roof. One hole, to run the wires, is enough for me.These have been installed on our roof (in parallel) for just over two weeks and they’re already impressing us. It’s only been parked in our driveway (in Southern California end of august), but it’s been a great test so far, as we’ve had all kinds of weather.2 x 200-watt panels connected in parallel:HOT, sunny weather (95°+): averaging around 260 - 300 watts.RAINY/CLOUDY: Even in complete cloud cover or actual rain, we saw as high as 150 watts.COOLER (not cold), sunny weather (by SoCal standards - which is around 80°f or less): We are actually getting in excess of 400 watts (as high as 427) around noon.This keeps our batteries (200 Ah lithium) topped up almost everyday. It fell to around 90% on days when there was 2 days of consecutive cloud cover. Admittedly, we aren’t running any high power demand appliances, but am happy to know it’ll keep the fridge, lights, water pump, and water heater running almost indefinitely, if required.Install was incredibly easy and they ain’t budging with that tape.

For those who don't want to drill holes in the roof of their RV, this is a very good option. There are four adhesive strips on the back and the backing strips come off easily without mess even in hot weather. The adhesive is some sort of roofing cement like Henry's or something. Once the panel is laid down, it is not coming up. The panels are very flexible and durable.You can walk on them with no problem. I installed four 200W panels and at high noon. I am getting a total of 670W. Decent.My only real gripe with these are the price. They are spendy. However, Bouge often has deals on these and if you are patient, you might be able to pick these up in the low four hundred range.For me, the BougeRV Yuma 200W CIGS Thin-Film Flexible Solar Panel were a solid winner.

The pre-applied adhesive is low quality and delaminated as one can see in the picture, while I was driving in the highway. As a result the panels were blowing around in the wind and got damaged plus left a terrible adhesive mess on my rooftop tent. The surface was proper cleaned and prepped prior to mounted the panels and they sat for 72 hours before being subjected to driving conditions. Very disappointing considering the price. The performance was good though - really good and much better than traditional silicon based. Thus, even more disappointing they used such a poor quality adhesive.

GREAT PANELS!