Off-Grid Solar Guides

Get more from every hour of sun

Plain-English guides to optimising your setup so it works as hard as it can — get your panels dialled in, pull the most charge out of every hour of sun, and keep the battery full. More in the bank means more time off-grid. No jargon, no fluff.

Setup & Positioning Setting up a portable solar panel at an off-grid forest camp

How to Set Up Your Solar for Maximum Charge

Same panel, same sunny day, very different results. Where you place it, which way it faces, and how it's angled — the three calls that decide how much charge you actually pull in.

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Gear & Blankets Solar Spotter's AR overlay on a solar blanket beside a 4WD

Getting the Most From a Solar Blanket

Blankets are the most flexible setup you can own — and the easiest to under-use. AR Overlay shows where to reposition it for more charge; AR Panel Mode dials the angle in to the degree. Real watts out of the gear you've got.

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Batteries Daily battery tracker projecting charge to sunset and through to sunrise

Set Up to Run Your Gear Overnight

Set up so the fridge and lights cruise through to sunrise — and know before dark that you're sorted, instead of finding out at 2am.

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Sizing Estimated solar output and charge rate for your panel and battery

What Size Solar Do You Actually Need?

Match your panels to what you really draw — fridge, lights, charging — without over-buying or coming up short on day three.

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Conditions Solar Day forecast showing the rest of today's solar conditions

Solar Not Charging on a Cloudy Day?

What's really happening when the clouds roll in, how much charge you still get, and how to make the most of a dull day.

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Guides get you set up. The app does the rest.

Solar Spotter tells you the angle, the best charging window, and what your battery will actually do — for your exact spot and today's conditions. Free to download.

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