I bought my Sunking Home 60 Solar Lamp System this week in Siaya, Kenya. I am very excited and looking forward to enjoying the services of this pay-as-you-go enabled solar kit which comes with three lights and options to charge cell phones and my small portable radio.

The unit comes with 6 Watts solar polycrystalline panel, control panel with 5.5V USB and 12V DC power output, 2 overhead lamps with switch, and a radio. The control panel has a display with two indicators 1) for the battery status: to indicate the remaining battery power and 2) solar charge indicator: to indicate effectiveness of the charging by the solar panel in a scale of 1-5 and this helps user to position the panel for maximum performance.

 

The radio is a portable FM radio with internal 650 mAh battery that is recharged via USB. It operates in two modes FM radio and MP3 music player. It can read micro SD card and with an inbuilt display it can show the FM stations in radio mode and songs number in music mode. I am impressed with this radio’s clear sound and decent bass.

 

This unit will complement my power supply for lighting and phone charging needs at my home. We will continue to have better lighting even during the periods of blackout.

The purchasing – which included the vendors getting my personal data and activating my unit took about 10 minutes only. I did my first payment and My Sunking unit was activated immediately through the vendors mobile phone. I made down payment and was ready to use the sytem.

I will continue to observe performance of this unit and will update you in the coming weeks.