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Comparison to Competition

Solar Wall Experience:We installed a Solar wall two years ago. Eightfeet wide and twelve feet high. That is four timesthe size of a Cansolair. It worked very well some

of the time. The best times were on the shoulderseasons. When the outside temperature wasvery cold the incoming air was colder than theinside temperature so we would turn it off. If itwas windy, and the wind was blowing on theSolar wall, it did not work at all. We think this isbecause the air inside the panels changed toofast. This last winter we built a cover for it using aspecial plastic. That did help somewhat, but stillnot the 20 degree increase we had been led toexpect.

It was very awkward to build sucha large cover. Its not somethingthe average home owner wants todo. And it was so ugly.

Cansolair Experience:We installed this product in theearly spring. Not the best time for

testing it. Where we live there is very little sunbetween mid March and mid May. However, on

those few sunny days the temperature of the aircoming out of the product was over 38 degrees Cand the product is not affected by the wind. Wewill do a parallel test this winter and getcomparison figures. From the little experience Ihave had I know what the results will be. TheCansolair will come out ahead, even with a Solarwall three times bigger. I think there are tworeasons for this. The Cansolair takes inside airand pumps it through a closed system back into

the room, while the Solar wall heats outside air.Perhaps the Solar wall is more efficient than theCansolair, but it is using much colder air as input.The other reason is that the Cansolair has a lenscovering the heating ducts, and is not affected bythe wind. If you want to preheat fresh air then theSolar wall is the product you should use. If youwant to heat your house then the Cansolair is theone for you. We have been very unhappy with theperformance of the Solar wall. The Cansolair isdoing what we expected from the Solar wall, isone quarter the size, and it was much easier toinstall.

Marta Mihoff

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