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Geoff Schultz Geoff Schultz is offline
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"WBH" wrote in
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"Geoff Schultz" wrote in message
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| "WBH" wrote in
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| Hi,
| I am very pleased with the flexible (German) Solara panels on my
| boat, but you should read this first:
| http://www.geoffschultz.org/Solara/s...nty_woes.shtml
| If I had read this earlier, I probably would not have bought them.
| However, there was no way back for me and I am very satisfied with
| the performance of the product. The panels are thin but tough, are
| slightly flexible and can be walked on.
| http://www.solara.de/Inselsysteme/Module_M-Serie.htm
|
| Cheers,
| Wout
|
| The sad/bad thing is that I get 1-2 e-mails a week from people who
| are having similiar problems with their Solara panels. Solara
| doesn't seem to have learned anything. Here's an excerpt from an
| e-mail from yesterday:
|
| ****
| Hi, My name is Joe Ruggiero from Wallingford Ct.
|
| I don't mean to bring up an old bad subject.
| I recently read about your exploits with Solara AG and your defective
Solar
| panels. I to have been trying to resolve a similar issue with
| Solara. It seems that Mr Heise has not changed.
| ****
|
| -- Geoff
| www.GeoffSchultz.org

I read on your website that your panels were finally replaced, after a
lot of trouble. Have you had any further technical issues with the new
panels? Have you glued them to the deck, do you walk on them? How do
they perform? Would you buy them again if the after sales service
would be better? Wout


The panels have less than a year on them and were still working when we
left the boat. Now I'm just crossing my fingers and hoping that they'll
keep working.

The panels are glued and screwed to the hard dodger, and I don't walk on
them. You can see pictures of them at:

http://www.geoffschultz.org/BlueJack...121_095647.htm

Overall, I'm happy with their performance, but I wouldn't recommend them
to anyone based upon their customer service. I won't deal with any
company who won't stand behind their product.

-- Geoff
www.GeoffSchultz.org