https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo/Arlo-Wire-free-solar-mods-DIY/m-p/1586152#M53457 <P>Spend the $$ on the Tenergy batteries. You're quite right - there's a bunch of cheesy garbage on the market. I use a few different brads but they're all about the same in performance and price. The Tenergy are at least officially tested and sanctioned.</P> Wed, 06 Jun 2018 20:32:43 GMT jguerdat 2018-06-06T20:32:43Z https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo/Arlo-Wire-free-solar-mods-DIY/m-p/1586085#M53456 <P>Growing more and more fed up with garbage CR123A batteries, I'm really looking for other options. I know there are some people who used simple charging operations, and I'm curious to find out how many have gone solar DIY, and what was your experience?</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>It seems panels and chargers can be had for relatively inexpensive investments. I use the battery replacement for one of my cameras, so I have one camera plugged in, but my other 2 cameras don't have outlets near them.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>Streamlight batteries used to be good and reliable, but I went through 2 bad batches and got horrible battery life for my $40 worth of batteries. I had an even worse experience with rechargable CR123 batteries-there's just too many low-quality Li-ion batteries on the market.&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 06 Jun 2018 18:23:00 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo/Arlo-Wire-free-solar-mods-DIY/m-p/1586085#M53456 GaWd 2018-06-06T18:23:00Z https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo/Arlo-Wire-free-solar-mods-DIY/m-p/1586152#M53457 <P>Spend the $$ on the Tenergy batteries. You're quite right - there's a bunch of cheesy garbage on the market. I use a few different brads but they're all about the same in performance and price. The Tenergy are at least officially tested and sanctioned.</P> Wed, 06 Jun 2018 20:32:43 GMT https://community.arlo.com/t5/Arlo/Arlo-Wire-free-solar-mods-DIY/m-p/1586152#M53457 jguerdat 2018-06-06T20:32:43Z