See how customers install solar power kits from GridFree, and read all their stories about off grid living in NZ. Whether it's a tiny home, cabin in the bush, architectural masterpiece, or even a glamping business, living off the grid looks different to everyone, and our kits can support all those different journeys.
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Solar power for us means more time, more flexibility, it takes the struggle out of off-grid life.
We can focus on the good things!
Story Spotlight: Bach Kit Giveaway
Sarah and Tim
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Karen's Bach Kit near Taumarunui [VIDEO]
Recently Karen purchased a Bach Kit to power their new cabin they've built on a patch of bare land near Taumarunui, and she videoed the process of her and her partner Hayden installing it! Make sur...
DIY Dreams: The Reboot Life House Bus, NZ, powered by The Bach Kit
Karma and Scott are running the Bach Kit in their 1984 Isuzu bus, which they have converted themselves over the last year!
Andrew's Bach Kit
Overall we are very happy with our system, its perfect for what we need.
Uses about 40% of the stored battery capacity overnight and we don’t minimize power usage and by 10am its at 100% again.
Marcia's Family Home in Raglan - Upgrading the Bach Kit
We purchased a Bach Kit for our whare back before Christmas 2019. It was great over the summer months and kept up with what we needed it to do. When we purchased it, we always knew that by March 20...
Tom's Tiny House
We checked in on Tom earlier this year and had a quick chat about how he's finding off-grid life so far! He's running the Bach Kit on his tiny house with his wife.
An Update from Orca Bus - One Year On
When we first talked to Rachel and Marius, they were just one month into living in their newly renovated housebus, Orca. It's now been over a year of adventures, and we're lucky enough to have an u...
Graeme in Nuhiti
"We successfully installed the Bach Kit this Summer on our place at Nuhiti and are more than happy with it. It does a fridge-freezer, another freezer, lights, toaster, jug, battery chargers, vacuum...
3 Bach Kit Installs + our own testing
The summer holidays are the perfect time to get DIY projects finished, so it's no surprise that we saw several of our kits get set up recently! Check out a few of our latest customer installs below.
Kohi and Doreen's Bach Kit in Kawhia
Our place is at Te Waitere which is in the Kawhia harbour. With no experience at all on how to install a solar system, we were worried alright, but with that kiwi attitude (you know just give it a ...
Holly's Bach Kit
Check out some pics from a recent customer install! Holly is running the Bach Kit at her bach in Gisborne! "This system is awesome! It runs my fridge 24hrs a day, TV 6hrs a day, and on average I'm ...
Murray in Mangawhai
Murray's Review of the Bach Kit: The solar panels provided harvest enough charge even on the most cloudy of days, and in the lowest of light, and they have adequately provided a full recharge every...
Rachel And Marius' Orca Bus!
We talked to Rachel and Marius when they were celebrating two weeks of adventures in their housebus, Orca, running the GridFree Bach Kit. So far, they're absolutely loving it! Learn more about thei...
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