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Howie the Solar Guy

Solar energy company · Crystal Lake, IL

What the listing shows you

5.0★

6 Google reviews

What it doesn’t

0%

rated 1–2★

typical in Illinois, 2%

Newest review held

Mar 2026

newest held review 5 months old

Google's rating breakdown · all 6 reviews

Rated 1–2★
0%
typical in Illinois, 2%
Posted an update
—
we saw no owner post, which is not the same as none existing
Replies to reviewers
60%
of the 5 reviews we hold

Its one and two star share is 2 points below the typical installer in Illinois. Across Illinois, 104 of the 183 installers whose breakdown Google has published carry a higher share than this one.

The percentages are Google’s own arithmetic over every review it holds, not a sample we assembled. Separately we hold 5 review texts for this company, quoted below. Google publishes review ages rather than dates, so every date here is approximate.

Every company we hold in Illinois, on one axis

none

1–5%

6–10%

11–20%

over 20%

Every company we hold in Illinois whose Google breakdown has been read, grouped by their share of one and two star reviews. Howie the Solar Guy is in the highlighted group.

What reviewers said

  • 5★ · around March 2026

    I have recommended individuals to Howie the solar guy and I’ve heard nothing but good things. Howie is so knowledgeable when it comes to solar panels, highly recommended it.

  • 5★ · around March 2026

    Howie was great! Made sure I had the lowest rate for getting solar delivered by ComEd. Highly recommend!

  • 5★ · around February 2026 · the company replied

    I recommend Howie the Solar Guy. Howard takes care of his customers, isn't high pressure, and is easy to work with!

Reviewer names are not published here. Negative reviews are shown first because they are the ones a listing hides, not because they are more representative.

What reviewers keep mentioning

  • knowledgeable staff 3

Topics Google derives from the review text, with how often each appears. A frequent topic is not a good one: “price” turns up in praise and in complaints alike.

What the company says about itself

Taken from its own website. We have not checked any of it, and a sentence on a website is not evidence.

    Its website also mentions free estimate, but not in a sentence we can quote cleanly.

    Elsewhere

    • It is also reviewed on Angi and Yelp. Worth reading before you sign anything: those are a different crowd, and the complaints that reach the Better Business Bureau rarely reach Google.
    • It posts on YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram. A page that stopped posting years ago tells you something a listing will not.

    When they say they are open

    Sunday
    7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
    Monday
    7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
    Tuesday
    7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
    Wednesday
    7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
    Thursday
    7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
    Friday
    7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
    Saturday
    7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

    As Google published them when we last read the listing, not a live check. Ring before you drive anywhere.

    Other installers in Illinois

    1–2★3★4★5★gauge 0–20%typical here, 2%

    Ordered by how much we can tell you about each, which is not an order of quality. We do not know which of these is better and would not say if we did.

    What we don't know

    • The date above is the newest review we hold, which is not necessarily the newest that exists — we hold a large share of Google's reviews, not all of them.
    • Google publishes no street address for this company, so we cannot say which town it is based in. Crystal Lake is the area its listing was returned for, not an address we hold.
    • We do not verify licences, insurance or bonding. Nothing here has been checked against a state licensing board.
    • We cannot tell you what an installation costs, and we hold nothing about the equipment they fit.

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