Rich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery vs Renogy Pro S1 120Ah

• VerificationRich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery: 6 (higher)Renogy Pro S1 120Ah: 2

  only the Rich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery: UL 1973 listed; only the Renogy Pro S1 120Ah: None verifiable.

  Rich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery

  • ETL Listed to UL 1973 as ALPHA 1 PRO (Rich Solar Inc.); not on the CEC battery list
  • Holder: Rich Solar Inc. (Ontario, CA); also Future Star Energy (Shenzhen), trade name RICH SOLAR

  Renogy Pro S1 120Ah

  • No certifier directory lists this model
  • Searched: Intertek, UL Product iQ, CSA, SGS, TÜV and the CEC lists
• FeaturesRich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery: 7Renogy Pro S1 120Ah: 10 (higher)

  Rich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery

  • 100 W heater, Bluetooth app and IP65; no CAN or RS485, no series
  • Heater: on at 41°F with charge current, off at 50°F or unplugged
  • App: SOC, voltage, current, temperature, capacity, power on and off
  • Parallel: up to four units

  Renogy Pro S1 120Ah

  • 85 W heater, Bluetooth, two CAN ports, IP67 and 4S4P: every point on the scale
  • Heater: runs below 41 °F while charge current stays above 10 A
  • Warm-up: about 2 hours from -4 °F to 32 °F, by the manual
  • CAN: RJ45 ports; cables and termination resistors sold separately
• LifespanRich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery: 6Renogy Pro S1 120Ah: 8 (higher)

  Rich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery

  • 7,000+ cycles at 70 percent depth, no end point; two rungs down
  • Manual: at least 3,200 full cycles to 80 percent in the 2024 edition; also scores 6

  Renogy Pro S1 120Ah

  • 6,000 cycles at 80 percent depth of discharge, retaining 80 percent
  • Method: one rung down for the shallower depth
• Warranty & SupportRich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery: 7 (higher)Renogy Pro S1 120Ah: 6

  Rich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery: 10 Years · Renogy Pro S1 120Ah: 7 Years.

  Rich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery

  • 10 years, prorated after year three
  • Schedule: full to year three, then 85 percent falling to 5 by year ten
  • Condition: cells must be fully charged within 7 days and every 6 months

  Renogy Pro S1 120Ah

  • 7-year prorated material and workmanship warranty
  • Conflict: the warranty document says prorated; the product page says only 7 years

Same score

• CapacityRich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery: 5Renogy Pro S1 120Ah: 5

  Rich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery

  • 12.8 V times 100 Ah is 1,280 Wh, on the 1,250 to 1,799 Wh rung

  Renogy Pro S1 120Ah

  • 12.8 V and 120 Ah give 1,536 Wh
  • Size: a 12.8 x 7.44 x 7.4 in IP67 case
• EfficiencyRich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery: 6Renogy Pro S1 120Ah: 6

  Rich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery

  • 52.7 Wh per pound at about 24.3 lb by the manual
  • Weight conflict: spec sheet and product page print 24.0 lb

  Renogy Pro S1 120Ah

  • 1,536 Wh in 29.5 lb, 52.1 Wh per pound
• Operating RangeRich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery: 5Renogy Pro S1 120Ah: 5

  Rich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery

  • 100 A continuous discharge, 1.0C on 100 Ah
  • Charge limits: 30 A at 32 to 50°F, 50 A to 68°F, 100 A to 104°F, 30 A above
  • Temperature: charges at 32 to 131°F, discharges at -4 to 140°F

  Renogy Pro S1 120Ah

  • 150 A continuous, 1.25C on 120 Ah, with 350 A for 30 seconds
  • Conflict: a paid tester found 120 A continuous on the label against 150 A on Renogy's site
  • Charge: 120 A continuous

Not scored for either

• ValueRich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery: —not scoredRenogy Pro S1 120Ah: —not scored

• RedditRich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery: 4Renogy Pro S1 120Ah: 5 (higher)

  The Rich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery reading covers the whole brand; the Renogy Pro S1 120Ah reading covers the whole brand.

  Rich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery

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  • Scope: few Reddit threads name Rich Solar, and those found are complaints
  • Battery: an r/SolarDIY owner's new ALPHA 5 read 6.7 V instead of 48 V, and Rich Solar's technician had not returned his call after two days (August 2023)
  • Order: an r/SolarDIY buyer waited from March for an out-of-stock ground mount, then was told its price had risen from $180 to $699 and cancelled; the refund took months (May 2025)

  Renogy Pro S1 120Ah

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  • Split: Reddit owners split on Renogy's LiFePO4 batteries
  • Lasting: an r/vandwellers full-timer reports three 100 Ah smart lithium batteries at 96 percent capacity after 5 years; an r/overlanding owner is in year four with a 100 Ah running a fridge
  • Failed: an r/SolarDIY installer had two batteries' BMSs fail and the warranty claim denied despite capacity-test videos (2023)
  • Faults: another r/SolarDIY owner's battery would not hold charge past 4 hours (2026); an r/vandwellers owner says theirs had not held up after 3 years
• GoogleRich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery: 5Renogy Pro S1 120Ah: 5

  The Rich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery reading covers the whole brand; the Renogy Pro S1 120Ah reading covers the whole brand.

  Rich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery

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  • Panels: DIY Solar Forum owners of Rich Solar 100 W panels reported them working as rated, one saying eight of them each pushed more than 100 W (August to September 2020)
  • Defects: an owner of 20 of the 100 W poly panels saw faint snail trails after a summer and found one with a broken diode wire (January 2021)
  • Controller: another found Rich Solar's MPPT controller OK but its setup and Bluetooth app in need of work (January 2021)
  • Warranty: a DIY Solar Forum owner reported Rich Solar cut its CIGS panel warranty from 5 years to 1 in 2021 (June 2026); an Escape Forum owner waited six weeks on a warranty claim (August 2024)

  Renogy Pro S1 120Ah

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  • DIY Solar Forum: owners report Renogy batteries failing early and Renogy replacing most of them
  • Early failures: in a 2022 teardown thread a 50 Ah pack stopped accepting charge after about 20 cycles; a 2025 reply describes two 50 Ah packs falling to about 30 Ah before Renogy replaced both with a 100 Ah Mini
  • Replaced: one of four 200 Ah Bluetooth batteries arrived with a 0.4 V cell deviation and was replaced (2023)
  • Warranty: a 48 V 50 Ah owner had one of eight packs fail on a bad cell at two years, replaced under warranty after what he called a painful service process (2025)
• YouTubeRich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery: 6Renogy Pro S1 120Ah: 6

  The Rich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery reading covers the whole brand.

  Rich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery

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  • Will Prowse: in a test of several panels a Rich Solar 200 W mono gave 157 W, 78.5 percent of rating, and a 100 W poly 88 W; he kept the poly first on his list for a small panel (May 2021, about 366,000 views)
  • Disclosure: Will Prowse states every video includes paid promotion or free product and some links are affiliate links

  Renogy Pro S1 120Ah

  Liked

  • Measured 123.5 Ah against 120 Ah rated, per one tester
  • Per-cell voltages and a maximum-capacity reading in the app, per one tester

  Complaints

  • Label reads 120 A continuous against 150 A on Renogy's site, per one tester
  • Cell voltages shown only to 0.1 V in the app, per one tester

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  • Disclosure: every channel found carries a Renogy tie
  • Mike Builds: in a video marked as paid promotion, measured 123.5 Ah against the 120 Ah rating, and found the label printing 120 A maximum continuous discharge against 150 A on Renogy's site (January 2026)
  • Adventure Tech 2.0: an episode brought to you by Renogy, carrying the discount code ADVENTURETECH, installed and tested the 120 Ah unit (January 2026)
• AmazonRich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery: 8 (higher)Renogy Pro S1 120Ah: 7

  The Rich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery reading covers the whole brand; the Renogy Pro S1 120Ah reading covers the whole brand.

  Rich Solar ALPHA 1 PRO 100Ah Battery

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  • Seller: Rich Solar's Amazon US listings sit in a RICH SOLAR brand store sold and shipped by SUNRICH ENERGY
  • Panels: the 100 W 12 V panel family reads 4.7 from 1,326 ratings, 84 percent five-star and 2 percent one-star; the 200 W 12 V panel 4.6 from 519; the 200 W 24 V panel 4.3 from 252 (October 2026)
  • Controller: the BRAVO 40 MPPT controller reads 3.8 from 4 ratings (October 2026)

  Renogy Pro S1 120Ah

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  • Pools: Renogy's LiFePO4 listings on Amazon US hold far smaller pools than its panels
  • Core Mini 100Ah: 4.5 from 45 ratings, 83 percent five-star against 9 percent one-star
  • Pro 100Ah: 4.4 from 10
  • DuoHeat 100Ah: the DuoHeat Core Mini 100Ah reads 4.0 from 9, split 76 percent five-star against 24 percent one-star