Aldi offering solar installations - Good/Bad?

[LateralNw]

Hi all,

Not sure if I have posted this in the correct place.  If not please move to correct place.

I just found today that aldi has an offer to install solar cells and a battery and was wondering if any one has any first hand experience with this offer.

Half the stuff I buy from Aldi is great and the other half erm not so.

I have a friend I am trying to help out with options.  I watched Dave's video of the not so wonderful installation that was done at his house so I"m not keen on giving poor advice.
They may not go ahead given the current financial headwinds I think many of us are facing (I am at least)

link here
https://aldisolar.com.au/

I didn't see them list the type of cell's that they are using.  I know they have increased in efficiency over the years and could even be newer technology.
Here is the spiel

Guaranteed product and performance warranty
•   10 year battery warranty
•   10 year inverter warranty
•   25 year panel performance warranty
•   10 year workmanship warranty

$6,999* Solar and Battery Package. Fully installed.
•   6.6kW solar panel array
•   5.5kW hybrid Inverter
•   10kWh battery capacity (2 x 5kWh battery modules)
Order now
*Additional charges may apply for weatherboard and 2-storey properties, see details
below.

OR

$8,499* Solar and Battery Package. Fully installed.
•   6.6kW solar panel array
•   5.5kW hybrid Inverter
•   20kWh battery capacity (4 x 5kWh battery modules)

Order now
*Additional charges may apply for weatherboard and 2-storey properties, see details
below.

All-inclusive package*
 
Rooftop solar panels
Hybrid inverter
Lithium Iron Phosphate Solar batteries
Fully installed.

High quality product and Installation

Industry certified

Thanks in advance.
Lateralnw.

[Stray Electron]

   It might be different in your country but in the US Aldi is a chain of grocery stores.  So if they were offering installation and their product was "industry certified" then they would have to be reselling someone else's product and having someone else install it.   Home Depot does that all of the time and stores like Sears used to do before they went out of business.  But if that's the case, then you should find out who the product seller is and who the installer is and deal with them directly. I know a lot of people that have bought things like new windows, ACs, etc from the sales droids that hang around in places like HD only to find out that the product was sold, installed and serviced by a third party company and not HD and when they had problems the third party company had disappeared and HD would not take any responsibility.

  Many years ago my neighbor needed a new AC unit and he bought one from one of the third party sellers that was standing around just inside of the local Sears store and Sears let him charge it on his Sears credit card. I think that he told me that he paid $8,000 for the unit. But when the company came out to install the unit he talked to the installers and found out that their company would have sold him the same unit, directly, for $4,000. BTW that unit never worked right and he couldn't find anyone to fix it. When the new owner's moved in, they yanked out the AC and had a new one installed.

   The first thing that you need to do is to find out who is actually supplying the equipment and who is doing the installation and who is supposed to stand behind it; and where all of them are actually located.  In the case of HD and Sears, they allowed (and still do) the 3rd party sales people to loiter in their stores (since they don't have a local office) and sell things and HD or Sears would process the CC or other payments for them (for a percentage of course). But otherwise HD and Sears have no involvement. 

[Ranayna]

Totally off topic, but i had to check if that is really the Aldi i know
Apparently it is. Amazing how diversified Aldi has become internationally.

And in Germany they recently closed their online shop...

[Stray Electron]

   The Aldi near me is a small (physically) grocery store. They enlarged the building a couple of years ago but it's still a fraction of the size of most of the other local grocery stores. However the local Winn-Dixie went out of business about a year ago and Aldi has bought the building and is putting in a new store.  I don't know if they're going to use the entire space that WD used to occupy or not but I think that the new store will be many times larger than the existing store. If so then they might start selling all sorts of products. They're due to open in a few day so it will be interesting to see how big the store is and what other products that they will be selling. 

  When the local Aldi first opened here they would frequently sell all sorts of odd non-food related items but they seemed to have gotten past that and now they're only selling food or food related items. Most of the other items were very poor quality and they looked it!  I bought a chain saw from them and it turned out to be a complete piece of crap so I returned it and got my money back.  Yeah, a grocery store selling chain saws! 

[jfiresto]

Totally off topic, but i had to check if that is really the Aldi i know
Apparently it is. Amazing how diversified Aldi has become internationally.

And in Germany they recently closed their online shop...

That was the one that was selling solar panels a little while ago.

I take it you shop at Aldi Süd which is just called Aldi in the U.S. I shop at the other Aldi, Aldi Nord, which is Trader Joe's in the U.S.

[Gyro]

The good thing about Aldi (and Lidl) is their long, no quibble warranties and not skimping of approvals, even on cheap stuff. Whether that ethos extends to solar equipment and particularly installation... it would be nice to have somebody else to find out.

[Whales]

Tried to use their online estimation system, but they demanded a mobile phone number to see it.  No thanks.

[BILLPOD]

I have bought a few non-food items there, and found them to be of good quality, for a lot le$$ than brand names.   But if you are a chocolate aficionoto, then go there for that, if for no other reason....it's EXCELLENT

[calzap]

There are two independent Aldi’s:  Aldi Nord with operations in N. Germany and the rest of the Continent (except Hofer countries) and the U.S. (Trader Joe’s); and Aldi Sud with operations in S. Germany, British Isles, Australia, Hofer countries (Austria, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia, and Switzerland) and the U.S.  Aldi (not sure which) bought a bunch of Winn-Dixie stores in the U.S. and then immediately sold them to a group of investors.  Aldi Solar in Australia is part of Aldi Sud.     Hard to keep up with Aldi.        Mike

[Messtechniker]

Guaranteed product and performance warranty
•   10 year battery warranty
•   10 year inverter warranty
•   25 year panel performance warranty
•   10 year workmanship warranty

And who warrants the warranty? Usually suppliers offering such long warranties
decide to go out of business within 5 years......