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Mass runs 4.9 kg to 12 kg at the same rating, and only the two Renogy panels publish a numeric efficiency.", "verdict": "This is the same 200 W STC rating built four different ways, so the rating separates nothing and no ranking on power is possible or offered. The form factor is the decision. The Goal Zero Nomad 200 is a 2.5 m foldable blanket that packs down and plugs into a Yeti; the Jackery SolarSaga 200W is a rigid four-segment briefcase with an IP68 panel body for an Explorer station; the Renogy 200W Flexible is a 4.9 kg laminate 3 mm thick that bonds to a curved van or boat roof; the Renogy 200W ShadowFlux is 12 kg of framed glass that bolts down and stays there. Weight follows that choice directly and is a consequence of construction, not a measure of quality. Disclosure again splits along brand lines: both Renogy panels publish a numeric module efficiency (16.7% and 19.2%, the latter the highest in this index) while Goal Zero and Jackery publish none, and Goal Zero publishes neither an IP rating nor Isc and Imp for the Nomad 200. Warranty coverage is not comparable as a single number and the cells say so. One caveat carried forward from the ShadowFlux record: its specification table states an IP65 junction box while marketing graphics on the same page say IP67, and this index records the specification-table value and preserves the conflict rather than resolving it silently.", "bestFor": [ { "scenario": "Packing down smallest for transport", "product": "goal-zero-nomad-200", "reason": "Foldable blanket with an integrated kickstand that collapses from its 2.5 m unfolded length, and Goal Zero publishes charge-time tables across the Yeti line. Not a claim about non-Goal Zero stations." }, { "scenario": "Pairing with a Jackery Explorer station", "product": "jackery-solarsaga-200", "reason": "6.5 kg rigid four-segment briefcase with an IP68 panel body, sold and marketed for Jackery Explorer stations. Jackery does not officially assert compatibility with other brands." }, { "scenario": "Bonding to a curved van, camper or boat roof", "product": "renogy-200w-flexible", "reason": "3 mm laminate at 4.9 kg that conforms to a curve where a framed panel cannot sit flat, with a published 16.7% module efficiency and full electrical figures." }, { "scenario": "Fixed installs that see partial shade", "product": "renogy-200w-shadowflux", "reason": "N-type cells in an anodized aluminium frame with the highest published module efficiency here (19.2%), positioned by Renogy for output under partial shading. The tradeoff is 12 kg and a permanent mount." } ], "comparisonRows": [ { "key": "rated_power_w", "label": "Rated power (STC)", "values": [ "200 W", "200 W ±5%", "200 W", "200 W" ] }, { "key": "form_factor", "label": "Form factor", "values": [ "Foldable blanket", "Foldable briefcase (rigid, hinged)", "Flexible laminate", "Rigid framed" ] }, { "key": "cell_type", "label": "Cell type", "values": [ "Monocrystalline", "Monocrystalline (Topcon)", "Monocrystalline (half-cut, 72 cells in 18 x 4)", "Monocrystalline (N-type, 68 cells in 4 x 17)" ] }, { "key": "efficiency", "label": "Module efficiency", "values": [ "No numeric figure published", "No numeric figure published (marketed as 'up to 25%', which is not a published spec)", "16.7%", "19.2%" ] }, { "key": "voc_v", "label": "Open-circuit voltage (Voc)", "values": [ "23.0 V", "22 V ±5%", "23.9 V", "23 V" ] }, { "key": "vmp_v", "label": "Operating voltage (Vmp)", "values": [ "19.1 V", "18 V ±5%", "20.1 V", "19.2 V" ] }, { "key": "isc_a", "label": "Short-circuit current (Isc)", "values": [ "Not published", "12.5 A ±5%", "10.74 A", "11.05 A" ] }, { "key": "imp_a", "label": "Operating current (Imp)", "values": [ "Not published", "11.5 A ±5%", "10.02 A", "10.42 A" ] }, { "key": "output_connector", "label": "Output connector", "values": [ "High Power Port (Goal Zero proprietary)", "Anderson DC", "MC4", "MC4" ] }, { "key": "controller_included", "label": "Charge controller included", "values": [ "No", "No", "No", "No" ] }, { "key": "compatibility", "label": "Official compatibility statement", "values": [ "Goal Zero Yeti stations, with published charge-time tables", "Sold for Jackery Explorer stations; other stations not officially asserted", "External charge controller; 600 V DC max system voltage", "External charge controller; 600 V DC max system voltage" ] }, { "key": "weight_kg", "label": "Weight", "values": [ "10.0 kg", "6.5 kg ±0.3 kg", "4.9 kg", "12 kg" ] }, { "key": "dimensions_unfolded", "label": "Dimensions unfolded (L x W x H)", "values": [ "716 x 2558 x 25 mm", "2279 x 597 x 25 mm", "1605 x 748 x 3 mm", "1491 x 699 x 35 mm" ] }, { "key": "ip_rating", "label": "Ingress protection", "values": [ "Not published", "IP68 (panel body)", "IP68 junction box / IP67 connectors (panel body not separately rated)", "IP65 junction box / IP67 connectors (specification table; marketing graphics on the same page say IP67, conflict preserved)" ] }, { "key": "warranty", "label": "Warranty (as stated)", "values": [ "2 yr (basis not stated)", "Not stated", "5 yr, 90% output performance", "5 yr material, plus tiered power-output warranty (5 yr/95%, 10 yr/90%, 25 yr/80%)" ] } ], "updatedAt": "2026-08-15", "sourceNotes": [ "Every value in this table is the figure stored on the linked entity page, which carries the exact manufacturer claim text and source URL per field. Nothing here is derived or recomputed.", "Rated power is a Standard Test Conditions laboratory figure (1,000 W/m2, 25 C cell temperature). Field output is always lower and this index publishes no real-world output figure for any panel.", "Jackery publishes its electrical figures and weight with a manufacturing tolerance (±5%, ±0.3 kg); the stored values are the midpoints and the tolerance is shown in the cells so the figures are not read as more precise than the source.", "Goal Zero Nomad 200: Isc, Imp, module efficiency and an IP rating are not published by the manufacturer, so those cells state the absence rather than estimating.", "Renogy 200W ShadowFlux ingress rating: the product page's specification table states an IP65 junction box while marketing graphics on the same page label it IP67. The specification-table value is recorded and the conflict is preserved rather than resolved, per this index's sourcing policy.", "Ingress-protection strings are carried with their qualifiers because they are not like-for-like: Jackery rates the panel body, Renogy rates the junction box and connectors and states the panel body has no separate rating, and Goal Zero publishes no rating.", "Warranty is not like-for-like and the cells state each term as published: a material-and-workmanship term, an output-performance term, and a tiered performance schedule are different things and are not reduced to a single year count.", "Cell type is a single enum value on every record, but the architectures differ where the source states it (Topcon, half-cut, N-type). Where a manufacturer states no architecture, none is asserted here.", "Connector type is recorded as the manufacturer names it and is never a compatibility claim. On the two Renogy panels the MC4 label is this index's recorded line-convention label rather than a verbatim string on the source page; see each entity's provenance." ] }