Customer Testimonials

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"We would like to let any one thinking about a solar 

system for their vessel or R V 

to rest assured that dealing with Chris was truly a pleasure 

He was very knowledgeable , punctual and very helpful before , during and after our purchase.

We had a couple of issues as we installed this system ourselves 

Chris was at our boat a couple of times (promptly)

to help me with advise on the installation and corrected my errors 

Solar has reduced our generator run time by 50%, obviously reducing fuel, oil changes and oil filters and the replacement of impellers 

I would have installed a system like the one we have years ago , hindsight as they say is 20/20.  We own our M/Y, name 

BUOYOHBUOY we live aboard the full season and highly recommend Chris and his company to anyone considering a future purchase."

~ Bill and Mary

“We are very excited to have been able to fit 400w of solar on our new boat! This is our second installation using Chris’ panels as we sold our boat that had a beautiful 400w solar system installation! Can’t wait to try out the new panels this summer!!!"

~ Cam

"We had 400W installation on our hard top with the  layout help from Chris. Absolutely impressed with the service we got from MSI as we originally ran the panels in series then after a few conversations he came up with a brilliant idea of running the panels in a series parallel to achieve the optimum performance. His customer service to us was over and above even coming out the boat while we were anchored. The performance is truly a blessing as we can go a few days with out turning the gem set on as the sun power does its job keeping us at near full power. 

Extremely happy with this purchase and extremely happy with Chris Purchas."

~ Sylvie

Chris, First of all, Thank You! We really did enjoy not having to run our generator every day. Since installing our solar panels we have put only one hour on the generator. We are looking forward to this next year boating with assurance that our electrical needs are taken care of.  Looking back, I wish we would have had them when we were on a mooring ball in Marathon Florida. 

I'm sure there are more solar applications in our future.  Thanks!

~ Al and Ruth

Illinois, USA

We LOVE the panels, charging system and the inverter.  This has positively changed our boating and cruising habits in many ways.  The greatest improvement is the ability to stay on anchor indefinitely, with the only issue being fresh water and holding tank capacity.  We were out for a full week this summer in weather that wasn't ideal for solar panels, in that it was quite cloudy all week... we never once had to start the engines to top up the batteries!!  They never dropped below 12.3V, even overnight, and that was after a day of running the radio and making smoothies for a bunch of people.  Our 1000W inverter has also been a life changer, as my wife works from home and is often on call, so her phone and computer require constant charging.  Previously this drained the three 12V house batteries enough that charging would have been necessary.  Our house batteries are regular automotive lead/acid 12V deep cycles that run 2 fridges, a lot of courtesy lights and the on-board stereo system.  Now with the inverter, we can also charge her computer, run appliances like a blender or vacuum without a problem, especially during the day when the sun is up.  The panels and charging system supplied by MSI are first rate and kept the batteries fully charged while all systems were operating through the day.  The boat is a 2001 Celebrity 280 express cruiser and the panels(2) we got were the newer 200W American built ones...  next step is to look into Lithium batteries.  ;)  The installation is also first rate... Chris did an amazing job and we've had so many compliments from anyone who has looked at the system.  I have passed along Brandy's and MSI's info to anyone who asked.

~ Bjorn

It was the best investment I’ve done.  Thanks Chris looks good and works even better!

~ Neil

Very pleased with the panels

They are keeping our inverter batteries topped up

We can stay out for longer periods without using our generator 

We basically use the generator for short daily periods for HW

The install went smoothly & professionally

I enjoyed working with Tony

A pleasant experience all the way around

~ Lorry

Independence V

I wanted to extend a greeting from Halkett bay in BC.  First 24h on the hook with the new panel which have been the silent hero of the day, setting a new "personal record" of 400Wh at 17:00 with 2h of somewhat effective sunlight remaining.

~ KB

We bought a 6KW Lithium-Ion battery. The thing is simply amazing.

I get nothing for pushing the product. I just really like it, it is so much lighter than Lead acid or AGM. I charge mine with an inverter charger which throws about 80 amps into the battery. The battery pretty well takes everything the charger (and solar panels) can throw at it. It charges in about 2 hours to full charge. There is protection monitoring circuits in it that will not allow the battery to drop below a certain level (sort of like my Chevy Volt).

~ Ed

Just wanted to say that everything is working great! We have bucket loads of power and the job your guys did was absolutely perfect. Everything is neat and tidy and very professionally done.

~ Scott