Comparing the BEST Solar Panels of 2022 

Yes finally a great comment!

Price them both, REC needs to wake up to pricing! I have installed both and the money I spent on the RECs priced them out of my sales list.

Probably not worth going for the IQ8 unless you need any of the new features it adds. Realistically, they will be on IQ version 20 and your panels and IQ7+ will still be working just fine in 25 years.

REc is the best option, don't go with Sunpower. They are an absolute pain to service if you have an issue

Just ordered REC Alpha Pure R 420 here in Ireland. Not cheap, but I value all the great warranties

Genius…. Don’t install panels in the shade

Panasonic EverVolt EVPVs are rebranded REC Alphas

Why was hanwha called that??

@@autopersonaloffical8648 Dont know must be on the net. But I have learned since all big industrail companies in S. Korea have to make arms as the have N. Korea threat above them I believe. Will US come and save them with Ukraine war on now.

​​@@normanpouch We have to and we would. We have defense treaties with certain countries, including South Korea, much like NATO. We even have a brigade or more present in South Korea at all times--a token force, but it maintains our close military relationship with this important ally and acts as a guarantee that the United States will come to help if needed. We have a similar treaty with Japan, and of course Australia is another close ally. And as for Taiwan, nothing can be made official, but all of these countries would very likely join us in defending this island from a Chinese invasion. Ukraine is way down on the priority list, to be frank. American blood would be spilled if necessary to defend these other countries (and for members of NATO), but not Ukraine.

A Trina solar 550W will be much larger than a 400W REC or QCell panel and less ideal for residential roofs.

@@Justmejbful actually, it will lower your costs not only by almost 50% at the panel level, but because they are higher output, you'll also save a lot of money in materials. So unless you're very space constrained, it makes absolutely no sense to get anything else. I guess you could argue that you need 2 people to get the panel to the roof, but so what? It's not like installing this is ever done by one single worker.

@@saintkamus14 trina is trash

@Graves I completely disagree. I've been using "cheap" solar panels for over 4 years without a single issue (polycrystalline renesola residential panels) and there's zero people in my city that use premium panels, and no one has an issue with them. Also, saying hat REC panels are better than Trina is quite a statement to make. I'd like to know what you mean by that. Care to share what the price of those trina solar panels is? I can get a 545w Trina solar panel for about $240, but I'm in Mexico. And as far as microinverters go... those things are great, but unless you have shading issues (which you should probably try to solve anyway) it makes very little sense to spend so much extra money for the same power generation. If you have the space, you're much better off just getting a big mono inverter or two, and more PVs with the extra money. In Mexico, Ican get an entire 35Kw system installed for about 21,000 USD using 550w Trina solar panels (as of the posting of this comment anyway) That's how cheap high quality PVs are from China are. How does your distributor compare?

@Graves " I know nothing about how PV is done in Mexico so I'm not going to argue against what you're saying. That's absolutely insane to hear though. I'm curious as to how you're finding these numbers. Is that just the cost of the solar panels themselves? A 35kW system here in the US would run someone well over 50k after all is said and done. We're talking man power, permit costs, engineering costs, electrician costs, etc. Not to mention the rails, the wire, and the conduit. These all need to be factored in when quoting these PV systems, which is why I mentioned how there needs to be more transparency in the industry. It's not as simple as buying solar panels and putting them on your roof. There's so much more to it than that which is why people tend to get put off when given a quote." The price is ~21k for the whole thing, including a Solis 30kw, 3 phase inverter, 56 550w Trina Vertex panels, aluminum structures, cabling, etc, etc. this includes installation, and any paperwork with the CFE (which is Mexico's only power company) this is with no subsidizes or incentives of any kind. I think the reason so many american people are under the impression that solar is still very expensive, is because it actually still is very expensive in the states... prices have come down exponentially over the last decade around the world, but the quotes I see in the US for even a small PV installation are insane. It's no wonder a lot of people want nothing to do with solar in the states. The only thing left that needs to happen is the prices of storage coming down. Once that happens, we're going to live in a world of clean, abundant energy. This future is a lot closer than most people realize.

That is not entirely accurate, Hanwha only bought 16.67% of REC's shares, while it is a major shareholder it does not mean that QCells owns REC, it's not a hostile takeover, or a takeover in any sense. If anything that means Hanwha knows REC is going places and they know they will make $$$ off of their shares.

@@Spartan536 they are majority share holder with executive voting rights. Just watch. They will be in cintrol

this is not correct. REC Silicon is not affiliated with REC Group (the solar module manufacturer). 2 entirely different entities.

Tesla uses a tring inverter, plus they don't use high-quality panels like in this video. Tesla will always be cheaper if you can get them. But i you ha e a lot of shading and trees around the house then the Tesla Ssysten won't work as well.

You say price gouging, in my area so far it’s a good price. I was quoted $24,353.30 for a 4.4kW size system before tax incentives. Different markets have different pricing. I hope I can get an enphase system for less than what I’ve been quoted so far.

@@endgame4318 Tesla has a much lower per month maint, charge. A lot of people never think about that. Also, I am quoted on nearly three times your size.

@@DeAtHvAnGeL I have no trees ...no shading...no snow.

Good luck with your install Frank. I’m sure you’ve done your research on the products Tesla offers and all of their amazing online reviews. Pro tip: don’t miss any of your home owners insurance payments for the next 20 years!