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Solarman

Solar energy company · Keaau, HI

What the listing shows you

5.0★

32 Google reviews

What it doesn’t

0%

rated 1–2★

typical in the Hilo area, 2%

Newest review held

Oct 2025

newest held review 11 months old

Google's rating breakdown · all 32 reviews

Rated 1–2★
0%
typical in the Hilo area, 2%
Posted an update
—
we saw no owner post, which is not the same as none existing
Replies to reviewers
100%
of the 5 reviews we hold

Its one and two star share is 2 points below the typical installer in the Hilo area. Across Hawaii, 53 of the 87 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.

On the Hawaii ranking

No. 6 of the 24 rankable records in Hawaii →

Ordered by the share of one and two star reviews, weighted by how many reviews stand behind it. It ranks review records, not workmanship.

Every company we hold in the Hilo area, on one axis

0% rated 1–2★75%

Each mark is one company we hold in the Hilo area whose Google breakdown has been read, placed by its share of one and two star reviews. Solarman is the red one. The amber line is the middle of that set, which includes suppliers and maintenance businesses as well as installers.

What reviewers said

  • 5★ · around October 2025 · the company replied

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SolarMan in Hawaii is absolutely outstanding! Doug, Stephan, and Austin were amazing to work with — kind, detail-oriented, and incredibly efficient. Beyond their skill, they’re just truly wonderful people, and it shows in the care they put into their work. The company is professional, well-run, and made the entire process seamless from start to finish. Our solar system is running beautifully, and I couldn’t be happier. I highly recommend SolarMan to anyone looking for top-notch service and a trustworthy team for their solar needs!

  • 5★ · around September 2025 · the company replied

    I've been with Doug for more than 10 yrs. He was the installer of my system at the time. The installation was very professionally done & approved by the county of Hawaii. The system has worked very well with only minor issues such as a cooling fan. When issues have occurred resulting in system shutdown Doug has been VERY QUICK to send help as I am totally off grid. I highly recommend Solarman now that Doug is the owner.

  • 5★ · around September 2025 · the company replied

    Doug has been my goto Solarman 15 years. First from upgrading my FX3048 duo to quad, to upgrading my battery bank to LiFePo to totally replacing the FX system with a completely new Radian system, to upgrading that Radian to dual GS8048a, and a few calls in between. Not only the guy I trust but the one I recommend to others.

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

  • new systems 19
  • solar installation 11
  • quick response 8
  • warranty 3
  • system reliability 3
  • timeliness 2
  • solar knowledge 2
  • knowledgeable team 2
  • living off grid 2
  • solar system upgrades 2

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 established, but not in a sentence we can quote cleanly.

    Elsewhere

    • It is also reviewed on Yelp and the Better Business Bureau. Worth reading before you sign anything: those are a different crowd, and the complaints that reach the Better Business Bureau rarely reach Google.

    When they say they are open

    Sunday
    Closed
    Monday
    8 AM to 3 PM
    Tuesday
    8 AM to 3 PM
    Wednesday
    8 AM to 3 PM
    Thursday
    8 AM to 3 PM
    Friday
    8 AM to 3 PM
    Saturday
    Closed

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

    Other installers around Hilo

    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.
    • 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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