Marty
May 20, 2020, 3:14am
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Hi Julia
SolaX is a decent mid range option. You can see more details in the SolaX review post:
Solax Power really came onto the solar scene when they launched the economical battery X-hybrid inverter, which is one of the more affordable ‘battery ready’ inverters available.
SolaX now has a third generation hybrid inverter on the market in both single and three phase models. It is designed to work with lithium-ion battery storage solutions.
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The X1 is a decent, simple and low cost grid connect inverter. SolaX also offers Australian support for it’s products via…
Along the same lines, Canadian Solar is a very decent option for panels, and we place Canadian Solar in our top 10 panels list. Here’s some more details on it:
Hi @kemmett
Here’s some details on Canadian Solar from our Best Solar Panels review article:
Canadian Solar is fifth largest solar panel manufacturer in the world and produce a wide range of cost effective, reliable panels. Canadian have generally produced more cost effective polycrystalline cells and developed some advanced high efficiency panels based on the half-cut polycrystalline cell design. However, more recently Canadian have shifted to developing more efficient mono-PERC shingled cel…
At the end of the day you just need to way up the risk reward that you are happy with. Fronius and REC are really top of the line premium products, and SolaX and Canadian are a lower cost, but well regarded option. Here’s more on my thoughts around risk reward:
Hi @tjgriff
That’s a good question, whether to buy the premium panels or the “value” brand at a significantly cheaper price. I don’t know the answer. I use to err on the side of the value brand, but have more recently been converted to see the long term benefit of paying the premium price for higher quality. I think it comes down to a personal choice based on whether you have the extra $$$ to spend, and your risk levels (there’s generally less of a chance of anything going wrong if you choose t…