ION Solar: Read 1,207 User Reviews From Real Homeowners

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Bruce A Phillips Longmont, CO

All I can say is Excellent Service in all phases from start to finish. Ion's Professional Team worked with us, answer all of our questions and show up 15 minutes before all our meetings with them.

5 years ago

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Bruce, we appreciate your kind words. Hearing you had an "excellent" experience made our day. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review.

Oct. 16th, 2019

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Alex Albuquerque, NM

I am in Albuquerque. The cost wasn't the cheapest but the Company was willing to work with me to run the conduit in the wall for a seamless look. Their electrician did a really awesome job. However, while the installation was great, the sales was terrible. My recommendation is not to use this company unless you've become an expert in what a kwh is and exactly how many you need. I was naive and thought I could rely on "professionals" to correctly calculate what I needed. Well a year later I am at 70% coverage when I was told I'd be at 120%. Going through my paper work, they didn't estimate how we discussed and left the vital summer months out of the calculation. When I called to inquire, I just received people willing to sell me more rather than tell me what happened. I had to figure it out on my own and have never heard back from them regarding a solution. Every time I get a bill where I have to pay, I just think how horrible this experience has been and how I wished I did my due diligence upfront rather than relying on someone else to do the right thing. Don't make my mistake!

5 years ago

Reply from ION Solar

Alex, we apologize for our delayed response. Thank you for sharing your experience with us and providing this useful feedback. We're sorry that you felt our calculations were off - we understand how frustrating that would feel! When your energy offset changes, it can often be due to your energy usage increasing or decreasing over time. We build your system to match your energy needs based on previous usage patterns. If there is anything else we can help you out with, please don't hesitate to reach out. You can reach us by calling us at 888-782-7074 or emailing us at . Thanks.

Oct. 16th, 2019

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James Gilbertson Pueblo, CO

We have been very happy with the overall quality of the work as well the service and support. They stayed in constant contact with us and always kept us informed about the process. Awesome job

5 years ago

Reply from ION Solar

James, thank you for this awesome review! And thank you for choosing ION as your solar provider!

Oct. 16th, 2019

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Jerry Creekpaum Riverside, CA

Excellent experience. My options were well presented and explained by the salesperson. There was a sprinkler line broken during the panel upgrade, they were immediately responsive and had it repaired within 24 hours of being notified, at no charge, no questions asked. Installation was completed as promised on schedule.

6 years ago

Reply from ION Solar

Hello, Jerry! More than anything, we want our customer's switch to solar to be easy. Thank you for sharing your positive experience of switching to solar with ION. We really appreciate it.

Nov. 3rd, 2018

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Louis Weiss

Excellent communication between the customer (me) and the company. Ion Solar took care of arranging all the inspections. The installers were excellent and knew what they were doing. All the equipment is top quality.

7 years ago

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Randall Strey San Antonio, TX

No complaints, installation all went well. Had slow upstart tho. Was due to power company on their part after all was installed. Vision was very helpful with any questions. Well pleased.

7 years ago

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Jackie Clausen

Vision Solar is an amazing, very professional company. They have the best sales people and installers. Their customer service is outstanding. I highly recommend them to anyone thinking about going solar.

8 years ago

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Karl Grimmett Provo, UT

What can I say? Extremely pleased with my solar and Vision Solar specifically. Great service, communication, and installation. Satisfied customer, highly recommend Vision Solar!

8 years ago

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Brad South Jordan, UT

We have had nothing but positive interactions with vision solar. The sales person explained everything in clear detail and every service technician has been thorough and easy to work with.

8 years ago

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austin hayes Salt Lake City, UT

Great Company! although their website is a little obscure, their salesman are the absolute most professional, easy to talk to, and knowledgeable people there are in this industry.

8 years ago

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Lauren Whitton MO

ION is an exceptional company! We had the best experience from their Appointment Setter Cameron, Energy Consultant Kane, Operations Manager Johnathan and Project Coordinator Sam. These guys were exceptionally professional and knowledgeable. We are so proud to be part of the ION Solar family located in the Houston TX area!

1 year ago

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Jose Diaz Fredericksburg, VA

I think the system is good, but I believe I might have paid more for this service than some of my peers with the same total service, installation service was extremely slow, but credit to ION they kept me update every step of the way, but I did end up paying for solar and my original energy company for two months, but fixed now (could be due to staffing shortage we are experiencing currently, circa 2021/2022). Overall process was really easy, coordinator reaches out and handled everything with dates you provided. ** One big red eye is that you wait so long your start thinking about cancelling as you go through all four seasons and realize that there are times where the solar will actually charge you double than what your paying during the colder months on your standard energy bill, but this can be cancelled out if you take advantage of going through process of doing "SREC" which you can sell back any energy produced but not used and get money back each month... This can be a big bonus. Do your research and make it make sense. We are no happy or sad about it, just "Meh" for now, we shall see as Solar normally makes it's money during the hotter months, not trying to bash ION in no way, just a honest review. Hope this helps and have a great day.

2 years ago

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Glenn Prescott Spotsylvania, VA

Our experience with ION Solar has been professional from the beginning. The original presentation was clear and the installation went as planned. Our inspections passed and as soon as our meter was switched out, our panels were producing. Communication has been perfect. We have been pleased with every step in the process.

2 years ago

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Donna Curley Hampton, VA

Clear, concise explanation of the program, including costs, timeframe for installation and f/u process. Excellent experience from introduction to turn on of panels. All personnel involved in explanations, installation, concerns and/or questions were personable, patient, caring and knowledgeable.

2 years ago

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Rise & Grind with Duke MN

From the first conversation to the last everything has been fantastic. Timely, professional, courteous, patient with all my questions, knowledgeable, and skilled. Now to see if the juice is worth the squeeze. I’m sure they are using a product they can trust to deliver, and it looks great.

2 years ago

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Dewayne Luster

Installation went fairly quick and smooth, I am really pleased with the Profesionalism and service.

1 month ago

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Augusto Sarmiento

Ben took the time to explain their solar product and answered our questions accordingly.

1 month ago

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Angela Howe

The entire process is pretty streamlined. It takes awhile to set up but is totally worth it!

1 month ago

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John Aurora, CO

It went smoothly. It just would have been nice to be notified that items were coming.

1 year ago

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Blake Buda, TX

It's really taking my electricity bill down a lot and it really helped out with everything.

1 year ago

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Deveron Aurora, CO

Installation went pretty good other than one of the guys kept his shoes on and walked across my carpet upstairs.

1 year ago

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Jeremy Scott Rio Rancho, NM

Easy to work with. Gave a gift when we had issues setting a meeting up/being able to work with them.

1 year ago

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Jennifer Hill Cochiti Lake, NM

The project is not finished so I'm giving them a three out of five. Maybe the rating will improve after the project is finished.

1 year ago

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Jeffrey K Georgeson Albuquerque, NM

Professional and easy to work with. The sales team was not pushy like the other companies.

1 year ago

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Leta Worthington Santa Fe, NM

Confusing communications because I have two properties under review. Also, too many different representatives contacting me with updates.

1 year ago

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Martin Paulsen Sr Tijeras, NM

Very professional, communication was excellent, took care to ensure set up was done correctly

1 year ago

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Anne Minard Albuquerque, NM

Ion Solar was easy to work with, start to finish. Professional, fair, and highly competent.

1 year ago

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Bruce Albuquerque, NM

I had good communication with them. They were very good about letting me know when things were going to be happening.

1 year ago

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Charles Hawkes Portland, OR

They left me hanging for 6 months, had to call them all the time to see what was going on. Then after 6 months told me they couldn't do the job, made me think they were scamming me into going to someone else then it would come back on me and I would owe them money because of the clause in the contract. So if you go with them make sure you have defined time lines in the contract.

11 months ago

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Marco Ruiz

I hated my experience with Ion. I don't recommend their services. I wish I could provide negative stars. I was promised Benefits that will not occur and despite the representatives that I spoke with. My grievances were dismissed, and Ion made no effort to make things right. I was the guinea pig for my cul-de-sac, because a few of my neighbors want to go solar. I will not recommend Ion. I understand mistakes happen, but no one tried to make it right. If that was an example of the service I will receive in the future, I'm not looking forward it.

7 months ago

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Matthew Simms Castle Rock, CO

Ion Solar was fantastic in all aspects - from design, planning, permitting, and financing - they were responsive and excellent in all phases of getting my system!

1 year ago

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ROBERT MARSHALL Orem, UT

The solar panels look nice. It took 8 months longer than you said it would take. You improperly installed electrical breakers, leading me to lose power to most my house. You couldn't pass city inspection for 6 months after you said they were installed. I was double charged for 4 months on the cost of my power. You still haven't paid me back for the 4 months of being double charged. You didn't send me the $500 rebate you promised for my power box not needing to be upgraded.

1 year ago

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Dan Salem, OR

We love the way ION worked with us to make solar happen for us. We have a shaded yard and had to do some special configuration to make things beneficial for us.

1 year ago

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Johnny Boerne, TX

The system is great, the web site to check has been off line since February. Call customer service and I was not able to bring on line. Now can not see if I'm saving.

1 year ago

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Connie Sue Portland, OR

ION Solar made the process easy and kept us informed step by step along the entire process. I just wish they would have taken advantage of all the rebates available to Oregon homeowners.

1 year ago

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Patricia Austin, TX

Company not very good after the sale. I am still paying almost $200 on my electricity bill. I called my electric company and they showed me where the panels were producing a good amount of energy at the beginning but then the panels started under performing after 6 months. I contacted ION Solar and explained to them about the panels under performing to see if someone could come out and inspect the panels. I was told someone would get in touch with me. I waited for 2 weeks and no one reached out to me. I called a second time and told them this was the second time I was calling and explained to them again what the issue was with the panels and once again I was told again that someone would reach out to me. A couple of days later I received an email with charts and graphs explaining the way the panels produce energy. But still no one to physically come out and inspect the panels to see if they were connected correctly or damaged! This was in 2022. We are now 2023 and still no action from ION Solar. I am still paying up to $200 a month for electricity plus the regular payment for the panels! I would not recommend this company for this reason

1 year ago

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Dana Gresham, OR

ION Solar provided the services they promised on time and exactly as stated. They continually communicated with us during the process and patiently answered our questions.

1 year ago

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Brent Richman Corvallis, OR

I was dealing with ION and thought things were going well. We had passed all the inspections and were set to install. Everyone showed up on install-day and everyone was busy in their own little area when it was announced that the roof had to be replaced (after it had just passed its inspection). I said, "That sounds like fraud and I am done>" They all picked up their things and left, thinking that they would probably be back. In the meantime the A/C had gotten disconnected. Come to find out they were also overpriced. I have tried now for over a year to get them back here just to reconnect the A/C but to no avail. I still have salesmen come to the door and when they hear my story they are aghast and know someone who can help. Have had a couple of phone calls but NO ONE has stepped foot on the property to even try to fix the problem. I am a rather easy going guy it has also taken over a year for me to write this review. The bottom line is I would not have them ever touch my home or property again. I would NOT recommend them to anyone except to AVOID like the plague.

1 year ago

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Marsha New Braunfels, TX

I liked the courteous service when they removed the panels for a roof replacement and I really like the lower power bills that have resulted from installing them.

1 year ago

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Michelle Las Vegas, NV

So disappointed and ready to share it with EVERYONE. Of course the salesman, Chris, was charming and made us feel like your company was #1 but as the process continued it seem like things just kept going downhill. The latest is I literally emailed everyone I ever sealed with at ION because I was not getting g a return Email or call back from my sales man or his supervisor. My solar was turned on 2 months ago and my last electric bill was higher than the previous one. I asked if someone could get back with us and show us how to properly read the ION App and help us figure out what we are looking at - to no avail. If this does not get handled this coming month I promise I will speaking to many more people. Terrible FOLLOW UP with ION 👎🏻

1 year ago

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ED Westminster, CO

Quite possibly the worst company I’ve ever worked with as far as communicating and keeping a project on schedule. As someone who works in utility-scale solar, I fully understand the processes involved, utility requirements, and hoops to jump through that cause delays, but my goodness, Ion really took things to a whole new level of terrible. There were constantly changing “project managers” who failed to communicate and clearly had no clue what was going on, installation crews that changed each time they visited our house, and generally speaking, Ion was just hard to work with. They don’t even provide direct contact info for the project managers, just a stupid general phone number to call. Will never recommend them to anyone looking to install solar.

1 year ago

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Linda Hampton, VA

I love having the panels. I feel I'm doing a good thing for our planet. That is a good feeling. Maybe I don't have enough panels because I am still getting an electric bill and paying for the panels.

1 year ago

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Crystal Gonzalez Hampton, VA

We started this process almost a year ago. We are still waiting for it to be finalized so we can start using it. We were also told we would not have to pay anything until everything was hooked up but now we are paying for something we are not using. Not very happy at all!

1 year ago

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Sylvia Parker, CO

I would not recommend ION Solar. The process takes a long time, understandably not all ION’s fault, but due to an error in our address on paperwork AFTER the panels were already installed delayed the process significantly. The customer service in the final stages was so poor that we had to continue following up to see what part of the process we were in after installation and when they would be turned on. No communication after the panels were installed. Installation was completed in December 2022 and our panels were finally turned on in February 2023. We randomly got an email in February providing us with step by step instructions on how to turn on the system OURSELVES and went outside to see that everything was already on! But we were not entirely sure as we are not the professionals? No follow through from their end to actually turn on the system with us and walk us through setting up the app and show us how to work everything. My husband figured out the app on his own and we have had one panel not working and no one still has cared to stop by to fix the issue or let us know things are working properly or thank us for being a customer. They said they were sorry but they have been so busy! Busy, walking door to door to get those numbers or meet their quotas, too busy to go back to those homes and make sure the customers they already sold to were satisfied customers. On another note, they are lying when they tell you, you will get $9000 back in your tax refund. This is not something they should be telling people because it’s not the case for everyone. This should not be the selling point to get customers. If they can stop by my house and sell me a product, they should be able to return to my house in person to make sure we are even happy, but now we are stuck. In the options for submitting this review the longest option is 1-2 months from the time the contract is signed to the time the system was FULLY installed. We signed our contract in June 2022 and our system was turned on in February 2023 totaling 8 months!

1 year ago

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Amy K

I was very impressed by ION solar’s professional and knowledge. All through the process I was well informed and actually even after! The product is great too!

1 year ago Edited May 15, 2023

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Seth Holland Castle Rock, CO

Our experience with ION solar has been great through both of our solar installations. The keep you up to date and follow through everything. Been a great experience!

1 year ago

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irina donaldson Sun City, AZ

We were very disappointed to not have solar panels. We had a great offer and signed up. We were told we could wrap the roof as part of the contract with the low, low rate, so that was grand. ION provided us with a bid, and we had our own roofer provide a bid. After we decided on our roofer, ION kept sending us the 2nd contract to sign, with their roofer even though I told them repeatedly we would use our roofer and that the first contract was the one we had signed and still wanted. At that point, communicating with ION became difficult. Phone calls, texts, emails -- none were replied to. In the end, finally, I asked point blank whether their original contract was invalidated and for whatever reason, it was. Further research showed that it is illegal to wrap a roof replacement into a solar panel contract, so we could not legally have gotten the rebate on the whole package as we were assured.

1 year ago

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CARLOS ARCILA New York, NY

Liked how they educated me on the benefits of solar. Strongly disliked the pushy sales tactics. Sales was not based on customer needs and focused on the amount total sales, which is of ZERO value to me. Also focused heavily on speaking negatively about competitors. Canceled contract and went with other company that offered better and bigger system, with better finance options. I did appreciate the hassle free cancelation of my contract.

1 year ago

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Bruce Richey Yorktown, VA

The system works great! Customer service is outstanding! Now I need a company that sells a battery so I can keep and store some of the power, especially when the power goes out. Can you recommend a company?

1 year ago

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Benjamin Suyematsu Las Vegas, NV

This process began in September of 2022 and was not completed until March of 2023 due to delays on both my utility company's side as well as Ion's. I understand Ion is at the mercy of utility companies for some of these delays. Regardless, the communication I received from Ion was poor to put it nicely. For most of the last 6 months, I did not have a dedicated account rep and by the time I got one at the end of February 2023, even she was surprised to hear all the troubles I'd been through. In addition, this was an add on system to an already functioning system I had on my roof. Upon installation of the new panels, my original panels that were already in production were turned off with no explanation as to why. Upon receiving an account rep in February, she was also surprised to hear this and confirmed they shouldn't have been turned off. She gave the OK to turn the system back on, which I did, and which I found another issue - the original system was malfunctioning. An electrician was then called out to correct the original system and did so. Just last weekend, I got clearance to put both systems into production, but this is 3 months after I've paid for full energy usage. I was told there was a possibility to have the amount paid to the utility company removed from the system cost, but once my system was deemed "complete," I have been ghosted by the account rep.

1 year ago

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