Cheaping Out on EVA Film: Genius Move or Recipe for Disaster? 💸 (My Installer Says I'm Overthinking It...)

[Leo Breydon]

Okay, solar nerds, settle a debate for me! 🤓 I'm about to pull the trigger on some new panels, and I've been going DEEP on the nitty-gritty details, including EVA film (yeah, I'm that person now 😂).

I found a few articles comparing different types and their lifespans. Now I'm wondering if I should spring for the premium stuff or if my installer is right and I'm just overthinking it.

Here's the dilemma:

Premium EVA film is obviously more expensive. Like, noticeably so.

BUT, it claims to last longer and resist yellowing better. Which, duh, that's the point.

My installer says the standard stuff is fine. He's been doing this for years, so he probably knows his stuff, right?

Help a decision-paralyzed soul out!

What say you, solar veterans?

Did you go budget or bougie on your EVA film?

Any regrets either way?

Have you seen firsthand what happens to cheap EVA over time? (Pics or it didn't happen! 😜)

Seriously, lay your EVA wisdom on me! 🙏

 

[Apple fanboy]

Okay, solar nerds, settle a debate for me! 🤓 I'm about to pull the trigger on some new panels, and I've been going DEEP on the nitty-gritty details, including EVA film (yeah, I'm that person now 😂).

I found a few articles comparing different types and their lifespans. Now I'm wondering if I should spring for the premium stuff or if my installer is right and I'm just overthinking it.

Here's the dilemma:

Premium EVA film is obviously more expensive. Like, noticeably so.

BUT, it claims to last longer and resist yellowing better. Which, duh, that's the point.

My installer says the standard stuff is fine. He's been doing this for years, so he probably knows his stuff, right?

Help a decision-paralyzed soul out!

What say you, solar veterans?

Did you go budget or bougie on your EVA film?

Any regrets either way?

Have you seen firsthand what happens to cheap EVA over time? (Pics or it didn't happen! 😜)

Seriously, lay your EVA wisdom on me! 🙏

Whenever I’m faced with a dilemma like this I simply look at the price difference.

So if the budget option is £100 and going to last 5 years, but the premium costs £150 but will last 10 years then go for it.

Sometimes it’s not that obvious but you might have to calculate an estimate for longevity etc.

 

[Leo Breydon]

What triggered to this question is after I read an article about How Films Influence Solar Panels.😄😄

 

[Leo Breydon]

Whenever I’m faced with a dilemma like this I simply look at the price difference.

So if the budget option is £100 and going to last 5 years, but the premium costs £150 but will last 10 years then go for it.

Sometimes it’s not that obvious but you might have to calculate an estimate for longevity etc.

Well, sometimes I do really think easies solves biggies. Haha😄😄

 

[wonderings]

If you don't trust the installers experience in this industry why would you have him put up the panels in the first place?