Customer Ratings & Reviews

Cord is far too short. If you buy this make sure you use it ONLY on the sunny side of the house. BTW a couple of gray days and the battery dies meaning going through the whole setup process again. Noproblem is ûnit is person height. Pain in the neck if it's on an eve or up high

We have outside cameras that need a solar panel— very easy to set up, highly recommend Arlo

In Cold Climates less than 15 F (MN/ND for me) & short winter days. The solar does not keep up! I was hoping it would. Will try in summer!

I purchased this item because of the activity, the battery would need to be charged every few days. I had a contractor install it and unfortunately it’s so high up that I probably can’t reach it, if it needs maintenance. I’m Not happy with this product because if it’s a cloudy day the battery doesn’t last long since there is a lot of car activity all day long. By 11:00 pm I get a notification that the battery it low with 15%.

bought a arlo essentials camera because they don't carry pro 3 any more its not compatible with the 3 solar panel . Arlo doesn't make its items compatible they want you to buy everything new, So looking into eufy cameras they do not charge a monthly fee like Arlo and almost everything is compatible.

Just what I needed to keep my cameras juiced up and running.

I ended up not keeping this item because I did not like the location on my house for it to get the best amount of sun

Not too impressed with this item works only when it wants to

Easy setup… as advertised does not charge camera below 32F

I purchased the Arlo solar charger in the hope of charging the battery continuously without having to remove and recharge the battery indoors because the Arlo Floodlight camera's battery was losing the power too fast. And then, I returned it in a few days because there was no sign of charging at all. Not being a big fan of solar whatever, I decided that it was a crazy way to charge the Arlo battery. Then, I came up with a way to charge the battery with an Outdoor Magnetic Cable that connects to an AC power outlet. Now, the battery is almost fully charged (90~99%) all the time. One downside is that the camera and light functions become disabled while the battery is being charged. Arlo website says I must use Outdoor cable. I surely did, but it did not resolve the issue. Although somewhat unhappy, this is not a big problem because the charging time is short. If you can afford a short downtime of your camera during the day or night, the Outdoor Magnetic Charging cable system is the best way to go.

This solar panel does not work with the older Arlo cameras

Worked for a year, then stopped charging battery. Poor quality for price.

Turns out when it's too hot outside the unit and/or the solar panel won't charge the unit. Likely this in intentional but I don't recall reading that in the description or manual. Now I'm looking to place this somewhere in the shade but, unfortunately I can't relocate the camera...so no use for me now.

The short length of the cable and the proprietary connector means that unless you're willing to move your camera to a potentially less than ideal place simply to be able to connect the solar panel this will be wholly unusable. In the past the solar panels and cameras were standard micro-USB, alas that hasn't been the case for some time apparently.

Don't Bother buying these solar panels. Unless you have an extreme amount of sun, and your camera NEVER triggers or activates, the panel is useless. It will only maintain a charge on the camera's battery until the camera activates. Once you start using the camera, the panel cannot or will not charge the battery back to full charge. I have spent hours on the chat line with Arlo and Best Buy only to be told there is nothing they can do. I bought this panels to avoid having to climb a ladder to recharge or replace batteries in a unit where wireless is the only option. After a period of dialing in the camera, to prevent false alarms and such which drain the battery, I now find the solar panel cannot maintain the battery under the usage the camera is made for. A total waste of money. Arlo needs to find a unit to sell that will do the job intended, not sell this useless item.

Not the best design for homes with rain gutters since there is no place to mount it to get sunlight to charge the cameras. Mounting arm is too short along with the cable to connect it to the camera. Need better design for assortment of mounting situations

Panel is not charging. Tried numerous times but camera cannot work because panel doesn’t charge

I see no difference in the arlo or Wasserman solar panels

It only helps keep the battery from draining quicker and that's if the sun is out. It will not charge a dead battery, I just bought long cords to keep them plugged in. This is still on my roof unplugged.

Pretty much worthless and a waste of money. They don't charge the arlo batteries. I constantly have to swap batteries just to have my cameras active. I had to buy the wall charger for most of my cameras