Solar Geyser Reviews
South Africa Solar Geyser Reviews
The big advantage of these reviews is that they provide independant information about solar geyser systems and their installers based on the actual, real world experiences of home owners.
So you won't get any sales pitches here, just honest feeback from people who have already been through the process and decided to share their wisdom to help others.
If you own one yourself, you are already making a positive difference for the environment, but please consider extending your carbon reducing influence even more by adding your solar geyser review here.
I hope the contibutions made by the owners below are going to be useful and beneficial to you. Together we can all help preserve and protect the environment...
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Apollo Solar Reviews
Jan Roos
Finding the best solution and product is always a risk but was narrowed down significantly using Solar Water Performance.
Good guidance received from Elmo Olivier from One Energy in Witbank for the best solution to suit my needs for a dual 200 liter option with solar panels preheating into a 200 liter geyser that feeds the heatpump with an additional 200 liter geyser. No cold water and a huge reduction in energy cost.
| Location: | Middelburg, Mpumalanga | Installation: |  |
| System Name & Size: | Apollo ASIHP 200L | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | More than R30000 | System Quality: |  |
Allen Dumisani
| Location: | Kempton Park, Gauteng | Installation: | |
| System Name & Size: | Apollo 300L | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | R20000 to R30000 | System Quality: | |
Jaco Du Preez
With constant load-shedding on the back of my mind, I was always interested in changing from my existing electrical geyser to a solar geyser. I did my homework on the best solar geysers, the authorised installers for the rebate programme and the prices of those geysers.
So over the weekend when my decade old geyser burst, I had no choice but to move my plans forward fast. On Monday morning I requested quotes for the replacement of the geyser; Hendrik from One Energy came out to inspect the house and roof on the same morning, I had a quote by early afternoon and the installation was scheduled for the next morning.
When you have a family with small children and no hot water, speed and efficiency is of utmost importance. Hendrik understands the predicament that many people face when a geyser fails, and that a week turn around time between requesting a quote and installing the geyser is not an option. The new solar geyser was installed within 24 hours after I requested the quote.
I take my sincere hat off for small business owners like Hendrik, which understands people's needs. With a quick turn around time, efficient and friendly installation, I managed to minimise the stress of not having hot water.
| Location: | Centurion, Gauteng | Installation: | |
| System Name & Size: | Apollo 200L | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | R15000 to R20000 | System Quality: | |
Clara Keil
Gerhard from About Solar was extremely helpful. We are very happy with our system and the information on this site regarding systems was very useful and informative. It certainly assisted us in making a decision.
| Location: | Skeerpoort, Gauteng | Installation: | |
| System Name & Size: | Apollo ASIHP 200L | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | Under R15000 | System Quality: | |
Hoffie Lemmer
Works very well. The geyser on the roof requires a long pipe to the bath and so a lot of cold water is lost before the hot water reaches the bath. A retrofit would have been better.
| Location: | Johannesburg, Gauteng | Installation: | |
| System Name & Size: | Apollo ASIHP 200L & 150L | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | Under R15000 | System Quality: | |
Louis Koen
Jimmy from Apollo did an excellent installation - the Apollo works great - all hot water used in my houshold of 5 people is now heated by the sun for FREE!!! The system is affordable and the service was GREAT!!!!.
| Location: | Pretoria, Gauteng | Installation: | |
| System Name & Size: | Apollo 300L | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | R15000 to R20000 | System Quality: | |
Marja de Wet
Hassle free service up till now, but can't say anything about the aftercare service because we have only had the system for 2 weeks and only had to use electricity once, when we had overnight visitors and it was overcast.
Temperature is most of the time over 70 degrees with only solar heating and we still are awaiting the eskom rebate, but it is too soon to comment on that as according to supplier that takes at least 5 weeks.
| Location: | Pretoria, Gauteng | Installation: | |
| System Name & Size: | Apollo 200L | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | R15000 to R20000 | System Quality: | |
Kwiksol Solar Reviews
Paul Oers
2 kwikot systems installed - 1x 150 & 1x 200L Very quick reaction and installation.
Location:
Somerset West, Western Cape
Installation:
System Name & Size:
Kwiksol 200-i x1 & Kwiksol 150-d
Customer Service:
Cost:
More than R30000
System Quality:
Gerhard Ryksen
Made the mistake of fitting a 200L kwikot flat panel. Had the panel replaced with no luck as the maximum temperature reached after a week-end away in 30 degree heat was 70 degrees C. It usually only reached about 48 to 52 degrees centigrade.
Currently still sits on the roof disconected. Replaced it with a tasol one with tubes which is easily twice as effective and the geyser has been switched of for more than a month now. Easily reaches 70 degrees C in a day. Wasted a lot of money on the kwikot system with no aftermarket support.
Location:
Bloemfontein, Free State
Installation:
System Name & Size:
Kwiksol 200-I x2
Customer Service:
Cost:
R25000
System Quality:
Nobel Solar Review
Alex Vogel
I did install 2 x 300l indirect heating solar geysers at my home at the end of 2013. The quality is good but the real advantage was that I could get not only the Eskom rebate on the system but also an additional rebate from ABSA.
This had a big impact on the cost of the units and brought the repayment period down to about 2 years with only a 25% saving on electricity required.
Location:
Sasolburg, Free State
Installation:
N.A.
System Name & Size:
2 x Nobel Hyperion 300L
Customer Service:
N.A.
Cost:
More than R30000
System Quality:
Novasun Review
Dirk Grobler
Installed as prefeed to existing 150l electric geyser. Temperature in electric geyser is 48 to 50 degrees constantly.
Location:
Pretoria, Gauteng
Installation:
System Name & Size:
Novasun 300L
Customer Service:
Cost:
R15000 to R20000
System Quality:
Nupower Solar Review
Daniel Barnardo
I opted for the retrofit option (existing geyser used) and it really seems to be the way to go. I save on average between R 100 to R 150 per month. I would recommend the company and the "shift".
Location:
Brakpan, Gauteng
Installation:
System Name & Size:
Nupower 150L
Customer Service:
Cost:
Under R15000
System Quality:
Charmaine Van Der Merwe
Location:
Germiston, Gauteng
Installation:
System Name & Size:
Nupower 150L
Customer Service:
Cost:
Under R15000
System Quality:
Fanie Coetzee
We are 3 adults in the house and had 2 150L geysers in the house. I wanted an effective system, but did not want to send too much money. NuPower installed one DDPS150 system and switched the second geyser off so we have hot water every day.
Location:
Brakpan, Gauteng
Installation:
System Name & Size:
Nupower 150L
Customer Service:
Cost:
Under R15000
System Quality:
Solsquare Solar Review
Philip Nortje
I installed a 300 liter Solsquare geyser. The performance and savings is awesome, I should have done it years ago. I might go for a 150 liter unit for the flat on my property.
Location:
Bloemfontein, Free State
Installation:
System Size:
Solsquare 300L
Customer Service:
Cost:
R20000 to R30000
System Quality:
Dominic Thorburn
I dealt with Gareth Mathews at Solartech - very helpful from get-go, quick and competitive quote, and Eskom rebate paperwork done quickly by e-mail. Sytem came up from East London to Grahamtown the following week and was professionally installed by Mike Davies. So far working great.
Location:
Grahamstown, Eastern Cape
Installation:
System Size:
Solsquare 200L
Customer Service:
Cost:
R15000 to R20000
System Quality:
Aquasolar Review
Heather Brookes
The product is South African made and therefore price wise very reasonable. Aquasolar claims back the Eskom rebate on the customer's behalf so the customer does not have to carry this cost at all.
The overall cost was about R22 623 and we paid R16 225. The geyser is fibre glass. The water has a slight resin smell when one first starts running the hot water. The installation was fantastic. It was led by Geoffrey Carter and done in about 4 hours. He was totally professional and explained everything.
In fact, I have seldom encountered someone as professional as he is. He has done over 200 installations. As the tiles on our house are old and no longer manufactured, we were concerned about damage. They didn't break a single tile and have a method of drilling on the side of the tiles and not through them to put the pipes through.
It was absolutely NOT stressful. They put the panels in exactly the right place and set it up for maximum efficiency. Warranty is ten years on the solar collectors • Five years on the solar geyser • One year on thermostat, Geyserwise Max and element. We like having the geyser wise panel where you can see how hot the water is and control the electrical backup.
Aquasolar was highly recommended by a work colleague and we had the same experience. I would definitely recommend them.
Location:
Cape Town, Western Cape
Installation:
System Name & Size:
Aquasolar 200L
Customer Service:
Cost:
R20000 to R30000
System Quality:
Solar Primeg Review
Dalvin Moses
Solar Primeg have the highest Eskom rebate in KZN at the moment. Recently won an award for a new steel process in manufacturing the tank which has a 10 years warranty.
I'm very happy with the solar geyser at the moment. The price that I got INCLUDES the Eskom rebate. Before coming to my house they had already checked out my roof on Google Earth, so they are very thorough in their work.
Location:
Durban, KZN
Installation:
System Name & Size:
Solar Primeg 200L
Customer Service:
Cost:
Under R15000
System Quality:
Chromagen Solar Review
Brett Hickman
The installation was done very neatly and the system functions well. There have been some issues with a small roof leak and the system seems to be getting air somewhere but they are coming to sort it out soon. I'm very happy overall.
Location:
Benoni, Gauteng
Installation:
System Name & Size:
Chromagen 300L
Customer Service:
Cost:
R20000 to R30000
System Quality:
Solahart Reviews
Steve Adams
The installation team was superb, friendly and knowledgeable. The advice they gave me about the timing of the back-up element was correct and minimalises the useage of that unit. The advice to go for the bigger 300l system was also good, as with the superb insulation we can get hot water for many days even when there is no sun.
Location:
Johannesburg, Gauteng
Installation:
System Name & Size:
Solahart 300L
Customer Service:
Cost:
More than R30000
System Quality:
Tasol Reviews
Nico Basson
Location:
Centurion, Gauteng
Installation:
System Name & Size:
Tasol 150L
Customer Service:
Cost:
Under R15000
System Quality:
Duratherm Review
Debbie Van der Eems
When we moved into our new house, one of our first priorities was to install a solar geyser to reduce our monthly electricity bill. We allocated a specific amount of money for this.
Because it was important to us to optimally achieve our goal within the allocated budget, we did a lot of research to understand all the options and their costs. This is quite big task, since there are many options such as flat panels, vacuum tubes and heat pumps with each of them having advantages and disadvantages, depending on where you stay.
In this process we consulted the "Solar Water Performance" website. This website provides a lot of valuable information and brings the public into contact with providers of solar solutions. We had valuable discussions with many of these providers and eventually chose a vacuum tube solar geyser from Raymond Beck of Geysersmart in Goodwood.
Vacuum tubes are more efficient during the long cloudy periods in winter in the Western Cape, and since our large family uses sufficient hot water in summer, there is no risk of overheating. The vacuum tubes and the geyser were placed on different sides of the roof for aesthetic reasons and makes use of a pump to circulate the water. The solution includes a Geyserwise controller that shows us what the status of our geyser is in one glance and configure the solution to meet our needs.
From the first full month onwards we experienced a 30% saving in our electricity bill which will give us a return on investment in less than 3 years.
Location:
Milnerton, Cape Town
Installation:
System Name & Size:
20 Vacuum tubes + 200l Duratherm Geyser + Geyserwise controller
Customer Service:
Cost:
R15000 to R20000
System Quality:
Paul Oers
2 kwikot systems installed - 1x 150 & 1x 200L Very quick reaction and installation.
| Location: | Somerset West, Western Cape | Installation: | |
| System Name & Size: | Kwiksol 200-i x1 & Kwiksol 150-d | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | More than R30000 | System Quality: | |
Gerhard Ryksen
Made the mistake of fitting a 200L kwikot flat panel. Had the panel replaced with no luck as the maximum temperature reached after a week-end away in 30 degree heat was 70 degrees C. It usually only reached about 48 to 52 degrees centigrade.
Currently still sits on the roof disconected. Replaced it with a tasol one with tubes which is easily twice as effective and the geyser has been switched of for more than a month now. Easily reaches 70 degrees C in a day. Wasted a lot of money on the kwikot system with no aftermarket support.
| Location: | Bloemfontein, Free State | Installation: | |
| System Name & Size: | Kwiksol 200-I x2 | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | R25000 | System Quality: | |
Nobel Solar Review
Alex Vogel
I did install 2 x 300l indirect heating solar geysers at my home at the end of 2013. The quality is good but the real advantage was that I could get not only the Eskom rebate on the system but also an additional rebate from ABSA.
This had a big impact on the cost of the units and brought the repayment period down to about 2 years with only a 25% saving on electricity required.
| Location: | Sasolburg, Free State | Installation: | N.A. |
| System Name & Size: | 2 x Nobel Hyperion 300L | Customer Service: | N.A. |
| Cost: | More than R30000 | System Quality: | |
Novasun Review
Dirk Grobler
Installed as prefeed to existing 150l electric geyser. Temperature in electric geyser is 48 to 50 degrees constantly.
| Location: | Pretoria, Gauteng | Installation: | |
| System Name & Size: | Novasun 300L | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | R15000 to R20000 | System Quality: | |
Nupower Solar Review
Daniel Barnardo
I opted for the retrofit option (existing geyser used) and it really seems to be the way to go. I save on average between R 100 to R 150 per month. I would recommend the company and the "shift".
| Location: | Brakpan, Gauteng | Installation: | |
| System Name & Size: | Nupower 150L | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | Under R15000 | System Quality: | |
Charmaine Van Der Merwe
| Location: | Germiston, Gauteng | Installation: | |
| System Name & Size: | Nupower 150L | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | Under R15000 | System Quality: | |
Fanie Coetzee
We are 3 adults in the house and had 2 150L geysers in the house. I wanted an effective system, but did not want to send too much money. NuPower installed one DDPS150 system and switched the second geyser off so we have hot water every day.
| Location: | Brakpan, Gauteng | Installation: | |
| System Name & Size: | Nupower 150L | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | Under R15000 | System Quality: | |
Solsquare Solar Review
Philip Nortje
I installed a 300 liter Solsquare geyser. The performance and savings is awesome, I should have done it years ago. I might go for a 150 liter unit for the flat on my property.
| Location: | Bloemfontein, Free State | Installation: | |
| System Size: | Solsquare 300L | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | R20000 to R30000 | System Quality: | |
Dominic Thorburn
I dealt with Gareth Mathews at Solartech - very helpful from get-go, quick and competitive quote, and Eskom rebate paperwork done quickly by e-mail. Sytem came up from East London to Grahamtown the following week and was professionally installed by Mike Davies. So far working great.
| Location: | Grahamstown, Eastern Cape | Installation: | |
| System Size: | Solsquare 200L | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | R15000 to R20000 | System Quality: | |
Aquasolar Review
Heather Brookes
The product is South African made and therefore price wise very reasonable. Aquasolar claims back the Eskom rebate on the customer's behalf so the customer does not have to carry this cost at all.
The overall cost was about R22 623 and we paid R16 225. The geyser is fibre glass. The water has a slight resin smell when one first starts running the hot water. The installation was fantastic. It was led by Geoffrey Carter and done in about 4 hours. He was totally professional and explained everything.
In fact, I have seldom encountered someone as professional as he is. He has done over 200 installations. As the tiles on our house are old and no longer manufactured, we were concerned about damage. They didn't break a single tile and have a method of drilling on the side of the tiles and not through them to put the pipes through.
It was absolutely NOT stressful. They put the panels in exactly the right place and set it up for maximum efficiency. Warranty is ten years on the solar collectors • Five years on the solar geyser • One year on thermostat, Geyserwise Max and element. We like having the geyser wise panel where you can see how hot the water is and control the electrical backup.
Aquasolar was highly recommended by a work colleague and we had the same experience. I would definitely recommend them.
| Location: | Cape Town, Western Cape | Installation: | |
| System Name & Size: | Aquasolar 200L | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | R20000 to R30000 | System Quality: | |
Solar Primeg Review
Dalvin Moses
Solar Primeg have the highest Eskom rebate in KZN at the moment. Recently won an award for a new steel process in manufacturing the tank which has a 10 years warranty.
I'm very happy with the solar geyser at the moment. The price that I got INCLUDES the Eskom rebate. Before coming to my house they had already checked out my roof on Google Earth, so they are very thorough in their work.
| Location: | Durban, KZN | Installation: | |
| System Name & Size: | Solar Primeg 200L | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | Under R15000 | System Quality: | |
Chromagen Solar Review
Brett Hickman
The installation was done very neatly and the system functions well. There have been some issues with a small roof leak and the system seems to be getting air somewhere but they are coming to sort it out soon. I'm very happy overall.
| Location: | Benoni, Gauteng | Installation: | |
| System Name & Size: | Chromagen 300L | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | R20000 to R30000 | System Quality: | |
Solahart Reviews
Steve Adams
The installation team was superb, friendly and knowledgeable. The advice they gave me about the timing of the back-up element was correct and minimalises the useage of that unit. The advice to go for the bigger 300l system was also good, as with the superb insulation we can get hot water for many days even when there is no sun.
| Location: | Johannesburg, Gauteng | Installation: | |
| System Name & Size: | Solahart 300L | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | More than R30000 | System Quality: | |
Tasol Reviews
Nico Basson
| Location: | Centurion, Gauteng | Installation: | |
| System Name & Size: | Tasol 150L | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | Under R15000 | System Quality: | |
Duratherm Review
Debbie Van der Eems
When we moved into our new house, one of our first priorities was to install a solar geyser to reduce our monthly electricity bill. We allocated a specific amount of money for this.
Because it was important to us to optimally achieve our goal within the allocated budget, we did a lot of research to understand all the options and their costs. This is quite big task, since there are many options such as flat panels, vacuum tubes and heat pumps with each of them having advantages and disadvantages, depending on where you stay.
In this process we consulted the "Solar Water Performance" website. This website provides a lot of valuable information and brings the public into contact with providers of solar solutions. We had valuable discussions with many of these providers and eventually chose a vacuum tube solar geyser from Raymond Beck of Geysersmart in Goodwood.
Vacuum tubes are more efficient during the long cloudy periods in winter in the Western Cape, and since our large family uses sufficient hot water in summer, there is no risk of overheating. The vacuum tubes and the geyser were placed on different sides of the roof for aesthetic reasons and makes use of a pump to circulate the water. The solution includes a Geyserwise controller that shows us what the status of our geyser is in one glance and configure the solution to meet our needs.
From the first full month onwards we experienced a 30% saving in our electricity bill which will give us a return on investment in less than 3 years.
| Location: | Milnerton, Cape Town | Installation: | |
| System Name & Size: | 20 Vacuum tubes + 200l Duratherm Geyser + Geyserwise controller | Customer Service: | |
| Cost: | R15000 to R20000 | System Quality: | |
