Tesla Solar Roof Review: Was it Worth It?

So it appears Tesla found a bug in their app after watching this video that accidentally counted all production and usage totals as DOUBLE their actual numbers. Doesn't affect my payback timeline calculations, but it does make more sense that I was seeing ~4000kWh of production in a month, not 8000 🤓

I’m a solar representative in Texas, I’ve been in solar Sales for 8 years now and this has to be one of the best explanation and representations of how solar and Net Metering works. Seriously, Marques has explained this flawlessly.

I would buy this (if I wasn't broke😭). Tbh for me this channel is just 99% window shopping 🤣🤣. Love you Marques

27:00 the $5.75 isn’t just to have an account. It’s your fee to be connected to the grid so you get to use it (through net metering) as a huge battery backup by proxy! Not bad for effectively having a backup that’s gigawatt-hours in size!

• Renovate your home to passive house standards • Add Energy Recovery Ventilation • Replace HVAC (gas and A/C) with Air sourced heat pumps or Ground sourced heat pump with hot water Your house will feel more comfortable and healthier while completely running off electricity. Ensure your home will be solar and battery ready when you renovate (especially when you replace the rood). Also, by end of the 2020s you'll be able to run the house off the car battery supplementing the house batteries. Car runs low, run out to an area that has power to charge and then bring those electrons home for the house.

That sponsorship segue was beautiful

That was super detailed and useful! With the lack of sunshine and smaller houses/roofs in the UK, I can only generate a max of around 24kWh a day in summer 🥲

I really like how your Tesla roof solar tiles look. Very classy look, you can't really tell you have solar on your roof, just looks like a tile roof.

I have solar on my roof and I have a Tesla Model 3. This is the best professional review that I have seen on YouTube in the past 5 and 1/2 years educating the public on this subject. Thank you very much.😊

This is such a great example of how you can create a straight forward, no BS video without all the flashiness and still be engaging. Refreshing

Probably the best MKBHD video so far. My PhD was about optimization of smart grids, including smart houses with solar panels and EVs. I'm saying this because I understand how much research and effort in general was put in building up for this video. The most difficult part in this process is how to make it simple enough so that the general audience would understand most of what you're talking about. I think you did a very good job in making it as simple as it can be, although I understand that it still could be very complicated for some people with all those numbers and graphs. Overall, well done Marques! An incredible video that even professionals and researchers can find it useful.

in Pakistan electricity cost is so high that solar system pays off in just 1.5 to 2 years.

As usual you have great videos. Super informative, clearly presented, no fluff, no puff of personality, articulate, concise so well produced. You are setting the standard, don't change a thing.

I've been working in the solar industry for over 14 years and this is hands-down one of the best videos out there explaining solar, batteries, and home energy use. Such a great resource for the public - thank you!

The lighting in the beginning of the video is so satisfying

Very fun video to watch! I am an electrician in Sweden who works with just this, setting up and installing solar panels. And all your facts and ramblings are equivalent in my country.

As an electrical engineer working in the "US F.E.R.C." equivalent in another country (Electricity Regulating Commission). Everything in this video is true and was oddly satisfying to watch. Also in 27:03, the reason why the distributors charge you even if you don't use their electricity, is because of the fact that having you connected to their grid is also part of the service they provide you. The service they charge isn't only electricity, it also is the availability to supply power to your household the instant you demand it. This charge would also apply if you just abandoned a house and didn't consume any power at all. Insane amounts of effort and planning go into the distributors' decisions as a business to supply electricity to each household and what is the most optimal provider for them to buy that electricity from (which you, the consumer, will pay for); so having you disconnected from the grid completely (actual $0 dollars bill) might encourage them to take a slightly different business decision.

The coolest thing in my opinion, that you mentioned is the seamless transition to going off grid when there’s a power outage. That’s crazy that you don’t know that a power outage happened because you’re already running off of solar and battery power and not off the grid so nothing changed. If I was in the situation, imagine myself watching TV at 10 o’clock at night and looking out the window and my neighborhood being completely black and then I’m going. “ huh We must have a power outage right now.”

I live in Kenya and even watch your electric car reviews and I can't help but feel like we live in 2 different centuries, I wish all this tech was available and affordable to us in 3rd world countries bc they are really awesome, anyway a step at a time, I'm an aspiring innovator and I'm hoping to bring this and much more home. Great video keep up🎉

I have watched a couple of your review videos of various gadgets. Kudos to you! I love the way you explain somewhat complex ideas in a very understandable format. Keep it up bro!