Follow Up post 1 year or more of usage solar panel on hood

I was curious if anyone can post their take after having Cascadia or Linsun for over year or more of usage, and how durable are both products are, i did see few state the linsun peeled etc, but supposedly they produced new version that's better. Curious anyone's feedback, as i would like to existent solar bank this option to act as both function and aesthetics. I had vynil for 3 years but after that it pretty much was useless and had to remove it.

greatly appreciate anyones response.

 

Same here.

I'm curious to know how the heat of the hood (engine on) affects the panel.
For one, heat reduces solar panel efficiency.
Two, this is why an air gap for cooling is important. On a roof flexible panel, you use corrugated board that provides an air gap for wind to flow through.
The hood variants do not come with this.

More efficient and longer lasting is solid panels that folks tend to put on roof racks.
I don't know what the sweet spot wattage is. I got by with like 100w, but would've benefited from more. According to Tinkerer's adventure, ideal is 400w.
However, his 400w setup uses his entire roof rack I believe, leaving the rack basically unable to do anything else.
Maybe something like that would be fine if running a cap/shell on the back, with a rack, that still leaves some space.

Hood solar probably doesn't hurt. But it may not be ideal or competitive for the price. Maybe something to squeeze out just a little more watts.
While fine to put air gap on a roof panel, it may look odd on the hood. But still possible. Too bad the Home Depot ones are white and not black.
Vs solid panel on roof rack; the rack accomplishes air gap.
Hood panel could help free up room on a rear cap/shell rack.
Technically, if it's a flat non-scoop hood, I don't see why any regular flexible panel wouldn't fit, that might be bigger, more watts, cheaper cost.

 

Thanks, i have actually full 400 watt setup on my truck roof and my RTT, but this was more of a thing to do for looks with partial functionality like charging my battery, and was looking for feedback how solid is build and does it last more than year and functional after, i dont want to spend 400-600 and only to find out 1 year after the panel feel apart or peeled.