Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Earth4Energy Review - Before You Buy Earth4Energy


By Tim McDonald

If you have heard all the hype around people making their home wind turbine and solar power at home for little under $250, you would have noticed that there are dozens of diy energy guides on the market. One them, Earth4Energy, claims it can help you save up to 80% on your power bill. But what is the truth behind the guide? We got ourselves a copy, and this is what we found.

Its good aspects:

1 - Affordable and full of content:

Earth4Energy, although similarly priced to the other guides, was the most complete and comprehensive ones we read. Furthermore, if we were ever stuck at some point in our build, the quick, helpful customer support provided great advice.

2 - Great after-sale service

Our support tickets were answered not only quickly, but very thoroughly. Furthermore, a while back we recommended they provide video instructions to help people picture the building process better - and guess what? They recently did! How's that for meeting your customers' needs?

3 - Great solar power instructions

The solar panel system plans were the most comprehensive and thanks to the great instructional videos, they were by far the easiest to follow. Material cost estimates were accurate - the author, Michael Harvey, claims you can get all the solar parts for about $100-$150. We managed to find everything for $117.53. This is a bargain if you think the cost of getting a professional to install these systems can run into thousands of dollars!

Another winning aspect about Earth4Energy is that is explains how you can make the solar power system portable, and use it to power your RV. This also comes in handy for those off the grid camping trips.

What we did not like about the guide:

1 - You need to scale up to start saving:

This is actually what we found wrong with ALL the home solar power and home wind turbine guides. They say that it will cost under $250 to build both system, but what they do not say is that you will need more than that to make enough power to start saving more. So, according to how much power your home use and your climate, you will most probably have to build more than one solar and wind power system to get the ideal results.

The Final Decision:

With the most complete, step-by-step plans, diagrams, videos and customer support on the market, and the regular updates, Earth4Energy is the best guide to get you making your own home solar power and home wind turbine. And to give you an idea as why it is so good, it has more than 5 times the number of satisfied customers compared to its closest rivals - Homemade Energy and Efficient Planet.

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