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Hood Mounted Solar - Experience? Options?

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Anybody have 1st hand experience with hood mounted solar to keep 12v battery in good shape? Know anything about Lensun vs Cascadia? Thanks!
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Follow up: factory settings let me use my phone as key. Which means bluetooth is always on and is just one of countless vampires sucking battery when truck is parked. Anybody know how to turn that off? Or has a complete list of all the vampires features I can turn off?
 

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Anybody have 1st hand experience with hood mounted solar to keep 12v battery in good shape? Know anything about Lensun vs Cascadia? Thanks!
I've been looking at the Lensun for both my 4Runner and Tacoma. As of right now I don't have an opinion. I do know somebody that has one, and I don't recall them saying anything bad about it.
 

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I came across the Lensun and have been curious about it too--not so much for camping etc. because my stage of life doesn't allow much time for that--but I wonder about battery life.

And (excuse my ignorance of how these things work) would it have any impact on mileage for my hybrid?

Plus: black solar panel would look sick contrasting with celestial silver hood...
 
 






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