The short version

Some of the products we cover, we bought ourselves. Some, we may receive for free from manufacturers or PR contacts for review or evaluation purposes. Some links on this site are affiliate links that earn us a small commission if you click through and buy something.

None of that changes what we actually say about a product. A free unit doesn’t earn a better writeup than one we paid for out of pocket. If something underperforms, we say so — regardless of how it landed on our desk.

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Why this matters to us

We built this site because we were tired of clean energy coverage that felt like disguised advertising. If we’re ever going to ask you to trust our take on a product or a piece of news, you deserve to know exactly how we got there — so you can weigh our opinion accordingly, not despite our silence about it.

Questions

If you ever have a specific question about how we obtained a particular product, or whether a specific link is an affiliate link, email us at contact@owlsolarnews.com — we’re happy to tell you.