Anyone have 200-250W flexible <span class="highlight">solar</span> <span class="highlight">panel</span> that puts out over10amps

As a very general rule you can expect only about 70%-75% of the commonly advertised panel wattage. If your panels wattage is rated at NOCT (Normal Operating Cell Temperature - not common as it generates a lower figure which doesn't look as good for the advertisers) you will get closer to the advertised figure.

Philip,
With a solar panel it is rated at a working voltage and a working amperagee. Typically it is around 18v which is slightly under the open circuit voltage. With that, it is rated at a slightly lower amperage than when short circuited. That is ideal conditions and will be overstated in Amps by most makers.
The normal battery Amps registered by a PWM regulator/ammeter will be far Lower than expected because the regulator drags the voltage down to just above battery voltage. Therfore the potential difference is small and provides less flow of Amps.
With electronic smarts, an MPPT regulator holds the panel at a far higher voltage and permits the gathering of more energy. Since the available energy is a product of volts at a certain amp flow, ie, 18v and panel amps ability at the time, that energy is well above the normal registered into a battery. My setup can have 8amps flowing in the solar line at a higher voltage level and then the MPPT switching takes advantage of that higher level and around 11 amps are registered going into the battery.
So, depending on how and under what conditions you are operating, the results you see as energy product to charge a battery will vary.
Not sure what situation you are seeing/Measuring so hard to see what you are achieving. Just shorting the panel and measuring amps doesn't mean much.

As a rule of thumb most panels are about 17% efficient. Standard test conditions are 1000W/m2 of "light" - so 1m2 of panel should generate 170W.

Perhaps measure the area of the cells on your flexible panel (in m2) and see what the "real" rating is.

You can apply the same basic test to other panels online - work out the area in m2 (even if it is of the whole panel including borders) and multiply by 170 to get the approximate wattage. You will find lots of the eBay ones are over-rated, some by a huge amount.

You may have more luck with one of the bricks & mortar stores - my research recently showed their panels were close to realistic.

Alternatively if you've got the $$$ you can buy super tough flexible panels for marine applications but they are expensive. You get what you pay for I guess.

PS the 170W/m2 is a rule of thumb - some panels will be a bit more efficient. But it's highly unlikely that the cheap panel on eBay is 25% efficient... just not going to happen!

What were the weather conditions when you went camping? Angle to the sun, sun's position in the arc, cloud, and temperature will affect the panel output. As others have said, certain lab conditions are set when panel output/rated wattage is reported by the manufacturer. Real world conditions do not replicate the lab conditions closely.

A quick confidence check would be to put you old and new panels side my side and check for the difference in performance between the panels.

Thanks for your replies.
I have been using solar panels for many years and am pretty aware of their limitations.
What I was looking for is a real World recommendation of a supplier and hopefully brand based on personal experience.
I don't have the money to buy a Sunpower panel (with 22watts per sq m) so was looking for something "reasonable" .
I recall the time I wasted talking to a GSL tech about the biggest wattage panel that could be handled by the GSL 12amp MPPT , and was "advised" out of a 180watt panel. What a joke as most of the panels are just fairyland specs.
My current flexible panel is about 0.9sq m so even on the 17% efficiency yardstick it is pathetic.
Regards Philip A

We have 2 by 120W Projecta solar blankets and can regularly get 15A (combined) out of them.
Not cheap but they work well and fold up to the size of a thin briefcase.

HI
Rangiephil
To give u a base line I get [rigid glass panels ]
390w panels 2x 195 trifold sets , 1 x sharp mono , 1 x Kyocera poly
MPPT Tracer 30amp
battery at 40-50% discharged
26-29 amps

So I ended up buying a 250watt panel the dimensions of which (1100x990 ) suggest that it will output about 170watts .Thanks to the member who pointed out this rule of thumb. It is a cheapy but IMHO that doesn't matter as long as it generates.
Hopefully at that it will put out 9-10amps in ideal conditions.
I will now get some more aluminium edging and glue it around the perimeter to give it rigidity and transfer my aluminium stands that go in the holes.

It will fit flat on my bed along with my table.

I looked at glass panels , but their thickness would make it difficult maybe to close my camper and heavy, and the folding ones are enormous when opened up. I am damned if I know how to prop them up, and I could see myself running around shifting position to get sunlight every 10 minutes.
That 29 amp output certainly sounds like it would do the job, but probably blow up my poor old battery.
Regards Philip A

Looks a good setup.
I made my frame from aluminium edging which is about 6MMx3MMx6MM, which I squeezed in to roughly match the thickness of the panel, then filled with Sikaflex all round. This keeps the panel thin so that the top of the camper has space to close.
It makes the panel quite stiff. My props are pretty much like yours.
I might put short legs on like yours as blades of grass can impinge on the bottom row of modules. Thanks for that idea.
Regards Philip A