The great solar hopes of the 70's went through decades of gauntlets until today it seems to have some rich/powerful champions determined to make it happen. Most of us on the tangent of these studies and poised to put systems into practice have only seen "for future use" applications installed with only a few working today. Ever since the 70's the smart money was on the Solar Shingle, not the panels. Now a top roofer has brought to Aggieland one type of Solar Shingle, ready to go.

So I am asking for personal experiences, pros/cons from those owning solar shingles.
+Would you do it again?
+Tips, pitfalls?
+Other?

GAF has a solution and Tesla has a solution.

Both are significantly more expensive than panels. In my opinion, the Tesla solar roof looks good, but I've heard bad things about the installation experience (long periods of no communication) and service after installation.

The GAF solar shingles are also provide less power per unit area and look like garbage (in my opinion). The panels install like shingles, but there are wires that sit on top of the shingles.

Pay back on a PV system is already typically in the 10-12 year range in Texas, and solar roof/shingles are going to have a longer pay back period.

tgivaughn said:

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Now a top roofer has brought to Aggieland one type of Solar Shingle, ready to go.

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Which roofer and shingle?

No input here other than someone in my neighborhood got the Tesla Shingles installed.

Good insight, thanks for sharing insider news!
Some have been waiting on this great solar shingle hope since ... the 70's

I've heard shingles is very painful.