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Victron every time, also 5 year warranty

As above, good kit. Go for the Smartsolar, as it has built in Bluetooth (as mentioned above too).

The Victron controllers are hard to beat for the needs of most yachts. The Smartsolar models have built in Bluetooth which makes...

It is brilliant kit with superb after sales service. The ability to down load the data to a spreadsheet keeps old geeks like me happy...

+1 for Vitron, its very good stuff

Yes. Particularly with the Bluetooth connection to the monitoring app (via a separate plug in on our one)

I have one sitting in my loft at home in London. It seemed like a great idea after the first fuel-bug fuel starvation issue in 10 years...

It’s an old thread but a notification has just popped up on it and the answer is absolutely yes. South Brittany was a favourite cruising...

Hello @Geoff A have you worked out your power usage in 24 hours? I sail a 10.10 metre boat, 33 feet in old money, and have 2 * 100 watt...

I’d maybe change the oil and leave the filter. I confess that my genny, with only 90mins use this past summer, I’ve skipped on the oil...

I would advise not using default passwords, such as 000000 Anyone could connect to your controller and change settings, for instance...

Usage case is key. If you are a jester type and only intend to use the power to enter and leave port then it's a nice solution. If you...

What a marvellous idea. Put an electric drive into a boat known to be sluggish in light winds, and heavy to push along under engine. At...

Not sold on electric. Range is a big issue and the thought that when you really need an engine with some punch, you could run run out...

W e have had leaks from freshwater tanks and the first leak was fresh as expected but then rapidly became salty. The culprit was an...