East Mids Register

No deals, because no price has cleared the bar

Four things a price has to carry before it goes on this page, and nothing we have seen carries all four.

What a deal has to show

RequiredWhy
A named deviceNot a category. A specific product we can look up
That device on the ENA Type Test RegisterRegistration and confirmation of compliance are required before a device may be placed on the market, so it is the check that settles whether the thing is what it claims to be
A price with the seller attachedA number with no vendor behind it is not a price, it is a rumour
The date we saw itPrices move. A deal with no date is untestable a fortnight later
Where that leaves us today

With nothing to print. We have read the register directly and can confirm one device on it. UK retail prices remain an open item in our own research file, and the figures circulating in vendor posts are not something we will repeat as though we had checked them.

What we will never do on this page

Worth stating, because the format invites all three.

Not doing itReason
Affiliate linksThey make the ranking a commercial decision and the reader cannot see it happening
Countdown timers and stock warningsThey are pressure devices, not information
A price we have not seen ourselves on a date we can stateBecause that is the entire difference between a deals page and an advert
If you have seen one

A named device, a seller and a price, and we will look at it. If it clears all four requirements it goes up with the date attached. Send it through the form.

One thing worth knowing before any price tempts you

Panel wattage and output are different numbers. The specification allows up to 2000 W of panels feeding an inverter limited to 800 VA at the mains, so a listing headlining a large panel figure is quoting the input side.

Cross 960 W of panel capacity and the maker owes you a recommendation to get the existing wiring assessed. A price that looks unusually good for a large array may be a price with that recommendation quietly attached to it.