Our partners
BougeRV
The solar on our hardtops. BougeRV makes solar panels, 12V fridges and camping gear for RVs, vans, boats and off-grid life.
BougeRV is one of our partners. This page is our own short summary of bougerv.com.
Who they are
Power and comfort off-grid
BougeRV’s range covers solar panels, portable fridges, heaters, electric wagons and camp comfort gear, with marine solar for boats too.
Who it’s built for
RVers, van and truck campers, overlanders, boaters and anyone setting up power off the grid.
What they’re saying right now
Right now their homepage is showing off the DuneRover electric beach wagon, a new portable diesel heater (one-minute setup, eight-minute warm-up) and the GC600 electric cart.
Their featured products include the Arch Pro 200W ShadePower N-type flexible panel and a row of 12V fridges.
What they make
Ours, aboard our own photo Photo: BougeRV the maker’s photo
Solar panels
Flexible and rigid panels, including N-type ShadePower panels made for partial shade. Ours are TopCon flexible panels on the hardtops.
Solar biminis
A 200W N-type solar bimini top for boats: shade and power in one. Our tender has BougeRV solar on its bimini.
Portable fridges
12V fridges and freezers, from compact car coolers to dual-zone models.
Heaters
Portable diesel heaters, plus a propane outdoor water heater.
Electric wagons
Electric beach and camping wagons like the DuneRover and Lite-Rover, plus the GC600 cart.
Camp comfort
Portable air conditioners, fans, lanterns and coffee makers.
Their site also has solar kits, inverters, lithium batteries and accessories.
On Sophisticated Lady
Today we have 3,200W of solar aboard. 2,400W of that is BougeRV TopCon flexible panels across our new hardtops, so the house bank, refrigeration, watermaker and nav gear can run from solar on a good Caribbean day.
What we run
- Hardtops: 2,400W of BougeRV TopCon flexible panels (SSL759)
- Real numbers: a shade test from dawn to noon (SSL767)
- On the tender: BougeRV solar on our Highfield’s bimini
- Earlier: a solar sunshade built with BougeRV CIGS panels (SSL705, 2024)
Why flexible panels
In SSL759 we cut about 250 lb off our solar array by switching to lightweight flexible panels on the new hardtops.
Our BougeRV videos
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SSL759: 2,400W of BougeRV TopCon flexible panels arrive
SSL767: BougeRV TopCon shade test, dawn to noon
SSL705: building a solar sunshade with BougeRV CIGS panels
SSL690: building a new game changer for boat life
See the full BougeRV range
Visit BougeRV’s own website for every panel, fridge and piece of camping gear. It opens in a new window, so this page stays right here.
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