Rich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel vs Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase

• LifespanRich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel: 7 (higher)Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase: 1

  Rich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel

  • 25-year output warranty to 80 percent of rated power

  Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase

  • Product page states a 3-year output warranty; scored on the shorter term
  • Conflict: the December 2025 warranty schedule gives 5 years to 95 percent and 10 years to 90
  • Not scored: operating range, since Renogy publishes no temperature coefficient
• EfficiencyRich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel: 6 (higher)Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase: 5

  Rich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel

  • 16.9 percent module efficiency unfolded; 23.2 percent is the cell figure
  • Typical: 15 to 16 percent is usual for folding panels

  Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase

  • 100 W from 1.048 by 0.618 m unfolded works out to 15.4 percent
  • Cell figure: Renogy advertises 24.8 percent cell efficiency
• Warranty & SupportRich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel: 5 (higher)Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase: 4

  Rich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel: 5 Years · Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase: 3 Years.

  Rich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel

  • 5 years of workmanship cover, prorated after year one
  • Proration: 80 percent cover in year two, falling to 20 in year five

  Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase

  • 3 years on materials and workmanship, on page and warranty schedule

Same score

• CapacityRich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel: 1Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase: 1

  Rich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel

  • 100 W rated, on the 100 to 119 W rung for portable panels
  • Electrical: 18.6 V and 5.38 A at Pmax, 22.8 V Voc, 5.78 A Isc

  Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase

  • 100 W, the bottom rung for a portable panel
• FeaturesRich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel: 6Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase: 6

  Rich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel

  • IP67 junction box, glass front, kickstands; no station adapters
  • Leads: 12 AWG pair, 5 ft each, IP67 MC4 connectors
  • Missing: no bypass-diode count published

  Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase

  • IP67 rating, ETFE front and kickstands earn 4 of 8 points
  • Missing: no bifacial cells, no station adapter and no published bypass-diode count
  • Conflict: the manual lists a case in the box; the product page lists the panel alone
  • Range: -40 to 185 F on the product page, -40 to 176 F in the manual
• VerificationRich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel: 2Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase: 2

  Rich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel

  • No listing for RS-X100B in any directory; page claims none
  • Claim: page names no safety standard

  Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase

  • No certifier directory lists this model

Scored for one only

• Operating RangeRich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel: 3Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase: —not scored

  Rich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel

  • -0.39 percent per °C temperature coefficient of Pmax
  • Heat: rated NOCT 45 °C; Voc coefficient -0.29 percent per °C

  Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase

  Nothing recorded.

Not scored for either

• ValueRich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel: —not scoredRenogy 100W Solar Suitcase: —not scored

• RedditRich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel: 4Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase: 5 (higher)

  The Rich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel reading covers the whole brand; the Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase reading covers its product line.

  Rich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel

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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 100W Solar Suitcase

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  • No owner thread: none on the 100 W model itself turns up in the core subreddits
  • Series sibling: owners of the 400 W suitcase in the same COMPACT-SUITCASE series chose it for its rigid aluminum frames over cloth panels (r/SolarDIY, May 2024)
  • Faults: one reported a penny-sized patch of leftover coating on one cell on delivery (r/solarpanels, July 2024)
• GoogleRich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel: 5Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase: 5

  The Rich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel reading covers the whole brand; the Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase reading covers its product line.

  Rich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel

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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 100W Solar Suitcase

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  • No tests: no web tester has published results for the 100 W model
  • Love Your RV: Renogy offered it the 400 W suitcase for review, and it links it through Renogy and Amazon affiliate links; it measured a peak of 444 W from that series sibling (April 2024)
• YouTubeRich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel: 6 (higher)Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase: 5

  The Rich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel reading covers the whole brand; the Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase reading covers its product line.

  Rich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel

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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 100W Solar Suitcase

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  • Series sibling: on the 400 W suitcase in the same series, an RV channel that steers viewers to Renogy's sign-up discount logged 350 W at 5 pm on the last day of April in Michigan (May 2024)
  • Camper-van channel: weighed the 400 W at 30.1 lb against 30.2 lb listed
  • Disclosure: neither states whether the panel was bought
• AmazonRich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel: 6Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase: 8 (higher)

  The Rich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel reading covers its product line; the Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase reading covers its product line.

  Rich Solar MEGA 100 Briefcase Panel

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  • Listing: RICH SOLAR's Amazon US listing for its 100W Briefcase panel (B08QHWT2G3), which names the X100B, reads 4.2 from 7 ratings: 66 percent five-star, 12 four-star, 11 three-star, 11 one-star (October 2026)
  • Generation: its table gives 43.3 x 27 x 1.4 in and 21.5 lb, an earlier build than the briefcase now sold

  Renogy 100W Solar Suitcase

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  • Listing: Renogy's Amazon US suitcase listing (B0D4LMVKYD) is one variation family covering the 100 W, 220 W, 300 W, 400 W and a 400 W two-pack
  • Rating: the family reads 4.2 from 397 ratings; its star split was not shown