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Anker SOLIX C1000 Gen 2 with a 100 W folding panel review

The SOLIX C1000 Gen 2 sold with a 100 W folding panel: 1024 Wh, 2000 W continuous, a 600 W solar ceiling capped at 60 V, and 4000 cycles to 80 % capacity.

By Jean-Benoit Buisson

The bottom line The station is the best-documented solar input in this family, published in volts as well as watts. The bundle around it is the opposite: a panel named in a title and described nowhere, whose contribution is a sixth of the charging figure quoted beside it.

The SOLIX C1000 Gen 2 again, this time bundled with a 100 W folding panel.

What makes the station worth the bundle

A solar ceiling published as 600 W at a maximum of 60 V. That second figure is the one that decides whether a panel string starts the charger or damages the input, and almost nothing else on this shelf publishes it. It also means the bundle can be extended sensibly: the arithmetic for adding panels is available rather than guessed.

The panel in the box

100 W, named in the title. Nothing else: no test conditions, no dimensions, no weight, no connector. The bullets describe the station alone.

Reading the charging figures

49 minutes to full from the mains at 1600 W, activated through the application. 1.8 hours on solar at up to 600 W — which is not what the supplied panel provides. Both are accurate; only one describes this purchase.

The pack

4000 cycles with at least 80 % capacity remaining, which is the properly qualified form. The chemistry itself is never named, and that omission runs through every Anker listing on this page.

Availability

German Amazon store quoted about 870 € when this page was compiled.

American, British, French, Italian and Spanish Amazon catalogues carry an entry for it, with nobody selling.

These figures are what Keepa reported on the day this page was last updated. Availability and pricing move without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 16 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What it gets right, and what it leaves out

Strengths

The solar ceiling is published in volts as well as watts, which is what decides whether a string charges at all
4000 cycles to 80 % capacity — count and percentage together
A 10 ms switchover is published for use as backup supply

Compromises

The bundled panel appears only in the title; nothing about it is published in the bullets
The 1.8 hour solar charge assumes 600 W, six times the panel supplied
The cell chemistry is never named

Specifications

Station capacity	1024 Wh, second bullet; no usable figure is published
Panel rating and test conditions	100 W folding panel, named in the title; no test conditions, dimensions or weight are published for it
Input window	Up to 600 W of solar at a maximum of 60 V, fifth bullet — the ceiling is published in volts as well as watts
Connectors	Not named in the bullets
Recharge time	Full in 49 minutes at 1600 W from the mains, first bullet; 1.8 hours on solar at up to 600 W, fifth bullet
Bundle contents	Station and 100 W folding panel, from the title; the bullets list only the station
Amazon reference	B0GXW75HPG (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN	0194644332532

Questions owners ask about this one

Can more panels be added to the 100 W supplied?

Up to the published ceiling of 600 W and 60 V, yes — and it is precisely because both figures are published that the calculation can be done. Open-circuit voltage rises in cold weather, so the check is against the coldest clear morning rather than against a summer figure.

Is the bundled panel the same as Anker’s separate panels?

The listing does not say. It names a 100 W folding panel in the title and describes none of its characteristics, so this page reports the wattage and nothing else.