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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Jane's Freedom Kit in Whangerei
We are really pleased with the setup so far. We got the lead carbon batteries and so far have not discharged below 70% with them generally 90 - 100% charged. We installed our system over lockdown a...
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...
Elias and Maria in Auckland
Check out this fully off-grid relocated house, located south west of Auckland CBD.Massive water storage and 10kw of solar/battery capacity using our Freedom Kit. The super-resilient owners Elias an...
Nathan in Karamea
I have had a great experience purchasing our solar system from GridFree. Their website is full of useful information for working out what we want, they have been very helpful with questions before...
Marie's Tiny Home - Interview
Originally from France, Marie has been in New Zealand for several years, and we first met her in June of 2019, when she purchased a Tiny House Kit with a Hybrid Inverter from us. She had just finis...
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 ...
Aidan's Tiny House on Wheels
We're always so stoked to get feedback like this. We know from experience how much of a pain it can be to get a small scale solar set up done, so it's really awesome to hear that we made it easy fo...
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 ...
Bruce's Tiny House Kit
"We are absolutely over the moon with this. We run our freezer 24/7 and have power for lights, stereo, wifi and tv at our disposal. Thoroughly recommend this product as well as GridFree assisting 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...
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