Solar Bear

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Updated: 23 April 2024
Installer

Installing solar since 2015

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Pre-Screened Solar Pro

Since 2019

4.80 from 757 Reviews

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Solar Bear reviews


Breakdown of consumer reviews

Sales Process

4.9

Price as quoted

4.9

On schedule

4.8

Installation quality

4.8

After sales support

4.7

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Todd | Bradenton, Florida | 04/23/2024

We did have some hiccups in the beginning with my project coordinator but that got handled very quickly and Kiara did A great job getting me over the finish line. Aaron my sales guy was awesome always answered when ever I called with any questions.

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Kim Newman | Tallahassee, Florida | 11/20/2023

DO NOT Use Solar Bear if You Don't Live in Central Florida

We went with this company over local companies because they get such great reviews. Our experience was very different from most other companies. The salesperson, Michael, was great. That's it. Everything fell apart after we signed the contract in October 2022. We were told we would have solar panels within two months, and we ended up waiting more than 6 months for our solar panels to be installed and another 6 weeks to be hooked up to the grid. As soon as our project was handed to Patricia, we were in the dark. She basically ghosted us for 2 months and when she did respond to our requests for updates, she did not take ownership of her failure to keep us informed, sent us information about other projects, or provided inaccurate information. When I attempted to reach out to the company via the phone number and chatbot on the website, I could not directly access representatives. I left messages, only to never get calls back. We finally received a call from one of the owners, in February of 2023, within 2 hours of me writing an email threatening to cancel our contract for not completing the work, after more than 3 months of waiting in the dark. I had to contact our city department to get updates about our permits because we weren't getting info from Solar Bear. On multiple occasions, when I called the city's permitting department, they informed me that they were waiting for something to be corrected or submitted by Solar Bear. On the day we were finally getting the panels installed in April 2023, a team drove 4 hours to Tallahassee, only to find they didn't have the materials they needed to complete the installation on a metal roof. They had to wait to start the job until someone brought them materials from Tampa. The inspection failed and we had to wait another several weeks for Solar Bear to send a tech to Tallahassee from Tampa to fix all the mistakes. In the meantime, we were making payments for 2 months on solar panels we couldn't use. We signed a contract October 11, 2022, and started using our solar panels on June 29, 2023.

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Sue | Sarasota, Florida | 04/23/2024

Everyone from solar bear has been great Aaron my sales guy was very professional very knowledgeable and very patient with me with trying to understand how all of this works. We are now on and our system is producing great. we would highly recommend solar bear.

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John | Deltona, Florida | 04/22/2024

Tom my sales man did a great job. Very professional. Very nice easy to work with. solar bear was great with installation.

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Danny | Ormond Beach, Florida | 04/22/2024

Very pleased with everyone at solar bear. Very professional great installers. Tom the sales guy did a great job Very professional and knew his stuff. Over all we had a excellent experience

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Walter | Brooksville, Florida | 04/19/2024

Everyone did a wonderful job all the way from installation to Patricia in the office to will getting me activated very happy with everyone.

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Niecy Lacey | Okahumpka, Florida | 04/17/2024

Very professional company salesman was very nice and professional.

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Michael P | Ocala, Florida | 04/17/2024

Salesman was knowledgeable and all the people involved in permits, installation, and inspections were quick to answer any questions. Overall great job!

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Thomas | Winter Haven, Florida | 04/10/2024

Everything so far has been great with solar bear and our sales guide mike gonzales. He was very detailed and professional.

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Edward Carman | Altamonte Springs, Florida | 04/10/2024

Great Organization to work with for your Solar needs! Our Salesperson Katie assisted us through the process and answered questions when needed. It was good to feel supported when we had questions. Also got spray foam insulation and 2 battery back ups.

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Art | Dunnellon, Florida | 04/08/2024

Installer from solar bear, roof bear and foam bear all did a great job. Everyone arrived on time as scheduled. Communicated well about the job task and what was to be done. Also they did a great job cleaning up after themselves. Very polite and professional group of individuals. Over all excellent job from all 3 teams.

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Ken | Seminole, Florida | 04/08/2024

Everyone from Solar Bear has been very professional very courteous, including our salesman Aaron Puckett, who did a great job at explaining how everything works and all the great benefits of switching over to solar. We are very happy with him. He is very professional as well as the installers they all did a great job Jacob and his team and a special shout out to Patricia our project coordinator who kept us informed the entire way. We are very happy overall. And we also were able to bundle and spray foam insulation from Foam Bear.

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About Solar Bear


With Floridas Big Power Companies rallying for rate increases across the state, the cost of electricity is going to continue to rise. You can protect yourself from this trend for the next 25 years by making your home efficient and going solar, with Solar Bear, all while significantly lowering your energy bill through solar energy!

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Florida - Largo

4091 AMTC Center Drive, Largo FL, 33764

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South Carolina - Conway

2091 Hawksmoor Drive, Conway SC, 29526

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EC13006630. SC - M-151949

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