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Solar panels for the Anker SOLIX C1000

Written by Ian Schneider·Solar & Off-Grid Tester

Anker sells the C1000 on its own or as a bundle with its PS200 folding panel. The FAQ names the PS200, along with the PS100 and PS400, as the panels to use. If the bundle is what came home, the panel question is settled. This page is for the panel you already owned, or the second one.

The solar input is one XT60 socket, the yellow two-pin DC plug, which Anker spells XT-60 on this model. It takes 11 to 60 volts and up to 600 W. Thirty-one of the forty-one panels we track publish a voltage, and all thirty-one sit under 60. Nothing we track is too tall for it.

Nothing we track fills 600 W either. The closest is a pair of Renogy 590 W rigid panels, and that pair has the battery full in a little under two hours of good sun. One 200 W folding panel gives about 144 W and needs a little over seven hours. On my deck that is a Saturday, with the pines taking a piece of the afternoon.

The door
11–60 V
Its width
600 W
Plug
XT60
Full battery, best case
~1.8 h
Anker SOLIX C1000 portable power station
In the box, in Anker’s words: an MC4 3-Port Solar Charging Connector. Other makers pack a lead for one panel, when they pack one at all. Anker packs a harness for three.

The door

Every panel we track, lined up at the SOLIX C1000's solar input

Every panel we track with a published voltage, standing in a line by that voltage. The figure is the open-circuit voltage, Voc on the back label, the most a panel will ever show the station, read in full sun with nothing plugged in. The black line is 60 V, the top of Anker’s window. Every bar stops under it. The tallest, Renogy’s 590 W rigid, reads 52.63 V.

The pale cap on each bar is what a −10 °C morning adds, about 10%. Cold raises a panel’s voltage, so the cap counts for more on my deck in January than it does in July. With the cap on, the Renogy still stays under the line.

Four of Anker’s own panels are missing from the chart, the PS200 among them. Anker publishes a working voltage for them, 48 V in the PS200’s case, and no open-circuit figure, and we don’t guess. If the PS200 came in your box, its Voc is on the label on the back. Type it into the field under the chart and it takes its place in the line, with a cold cap of its own. Hover any bar for the panel’s name.

Swipe sideways for the whole line-up.

020406080volts, open-circuit+1++yours?60 V · the lintel11 V · the step

Hover or tap a bar for the panel’s name and its verdict.

  • Fits through the door
  • Too tall
  • Extra height on a −10 °C morning
  • Maker prints only the operating voltage; the real height is above the dashes
  • 1Our pick: BLUETTI PV200

What we'd buy

The best solar panel for the SOLIX C1000

Picked by the numbers on this station, not by brand.

Best overall

200 W
BLUETTI PV200 (200W Solar Panel)

4 panels deliver 510 W.

Best value

Eco-Worthy 200W Flexible HJT Solar Panel 18V ETFE 18BB (GW-L02AM200HJT2)

About $1.43 for every watt it actually delivers here. 2 panels deliver 251 W.

Check price at Eco-Worthy

Best to carry

Renogy 200W Portable Solar Panel Blanket (RPP200SB-SE)

144 W from a 8.82 lb panel, the most delivered watts per pound.

Check price at Renogy

A day on solar

How long the SOLIX C1000 takes to charge on solar

A little under two hours, with the input full. Nothing we track gets it there. Two of Jackery’s SolarSaga 500 X folding panels come close at 521 W and have the 1056 Wh battery done in two hours. Two of Renogy’s 590 W rigid panels are a shade quicker and a good deal heavier.

One 200 W folding panel gives about 144 W and needs a little over seven hours. One 100 W panel gives about 72 W and needs about fifteen hours. A good day has 3 to 6 hours of sun that strong. The 200 W panel is a long day or two short ones. The 100 W panel is a few days of good weather. The system builder turns those hours into days for your state and your month.

a good day's sun: 3 to 6 h0 h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 h7 h8 h9 h10 h11 h12 h13 h14 h15 h16 hInput full (600 W) · full in 1.8 hOne 200 W panel (144 W delivered) · full in 7.3 hOne 100 W panel (72 W delivered) · full in 14.7 h

Hours of good sun, from empty. Where you live and the month decide how many of those a day gives; the system builder works it out.

Every panel that fits

Solar panels compatible with the SOLIX C1000

Thirty-one fit. For each: the cable that gets it into the XT60 socket, what one panel delivers in good sun, and the most the C1000 will take from a set. Eleven arrive on MC4, the weatherproof snap-together plugs on the back of rigid panels and most big folders, and the harness in Anker’s box has MC4 on its panel end. Jackery’s panels want a DC8020-to-XT60 or an Anderson-to-XT60 lead instead. One plugs in with no adapter at all, EcoFlow’s 125 W modular rigid. Sorted by delivered watts.

Own a panel that isn't in the line-up?

Type its voltage into the door chart above for the height test, then put the rest of the label into the panel checker, already set to the SOLIX C1000, for current and plug too. Or build the whole system to see how it keeps up where you live.

The plain answers

How long does the SOLIX C1000 take to charge on solar?

One 100 W panel delivers about 72 W in good sun and refills the 1056 Wh battery from empty in about 14.7 hours.

One 200 W panel delivers about 144 W in good sun and refills the 1056 Wh battery from empty in about 7.3 hours.

At its 600 W solar limit it refills in about 1.8 hours. More panel watts than that won't charge it any faster.

A day gives three to six hours of sun that good, depending on season and place, so one 100 W panel takes 3 to 5 days to fill it. The system builder works it out for your state and month.

What adapter does the SOLIX C1000 need for solar?

None, if the panel's plug is XT60: EcoFlow 125W Bifacial Modular plugs straight in.

The cables the other panels need: MC4 to XT60 (11 panels), DC8020 to XT60 (4 panels), Anderson to XT60 (3 panels) and DC5521 to XT60 (2 panels).

10 panels don't have a named plug from their maker, so check the lead before you buy a cable.

Can you use non-Anker solar panels with the SOLIX C1000?

Yes. What decides it is the panel's voltage and plug, not the brand. 31 panels from Renogy, Jackery, Anker SOLIX, EcoFlow, BLUETTI, Eco-Worthy and Rich Solar work with it, as long as the panel stays under 60 V on a cold morning and starts above 11 V.

The strongest single panels here are the Renogy 590W N-Type Bifacial (425 W delivered) and the Jackery SolarSaga 500 X (360 W delivered).

Can you connect two solar panels to the SOLIX C1000?

Yes, joined into one input with a series or parallel cable.

Don't wire two BLUETTI PV100 FX Flexible panels in series: together they would pass its 60 V limit. Parallel them instead.

Past 600 W delivered, more panels only help on cloudy days.

What is the SOLIX C1000's solar input?

Solar Input Recharge (XT-60 solar input): 11–60 V, up to 12.5 A, 600 W.

Input limits from Anker's documents, checked 2026-09-18 (source). Delivered watts assume 72% of the panel's rating in good sun.