Brands
Battery and hot water brands
Specifications, Australian warranties and our take, from each manufacturer’s own documents. No brand pays to be here.
Home batteries
Best home batteries- AlphaESS SMILE-G3A hybrid inverter and battery system that scales up to 60.5 kWh, for homes that use a lot of power.★ Best for lots of capacity on one hybrid inverter
- Anker SOLIX X1A modular battery from 5 to 30 kWh, sold to add to existing solar or with Anker’s own power module, with a 10-year warranty.
- BYD Battery-Box Premium HVS and HVMA battery-only system that pairs with many brands of hybrid inverter, with a clear Australian warranty.★ Best for pairing with your choice of inverter
- EcoFlow PowerOceanA hybrid inverter and battery system in 5 and 8 kWh packs, up to 40 kWh per inverter, with 15 years on the 5 kWh pack.
- Enphase IQ Battery 5PSmall, AC-coupled 5 kWh units with the longest warranty of the batteries we cover: a good fit for adding a battery to existing solar.★ Best for adding a battery to existing solar, and the longest warranty
- Fox ESS EQ4800A high-voltage battery in 4.66 kWh modules, scaling from 9.32 to 41.93 kWh.
- FranklinWH aPower and aGateAn AC-coupled battery with a whole-home backup controller, for homes that want the lights on in a blackout.★ Best for whole-home backup
- GoodWe Lynx Home FA high-voltage battery from 6.55 to 16.38 kWh for GoodWe hybrid inverters.
- Huawei LUNA2000-S1A modular battery that mixes 5 and 6.9 kWh modules, from 5 to 20.7 kWh, with an optimiser in each module.
- Sigenergy SigenStorStackable battery modules on Sigenergy’s own hybrid inverter, so you can build the size you need.★ Best for building the size you need, all in one unit
- SolaX T-BAT HA stackable high-voltage battery for SolaX hybrid inverters, with a 10-year Australian warranty and a 70% capacity guarantee.
- sonnen sonnenBatterie EvoAn AC-coupled 10 kWh battery that backs up the home, can restart your solar in a blackout, and guarantees 80% of its capacity.★ Best capacity guarantee
- Sungrow SBRA high-voltage battery in 3.2 kWh steps, from 6.4 to 25.6 kWh, to pair with a Sungrow hybrid inverter.★ Best for sizing in small steps
- Tesla Powerwall 3A battery with a solar inverter built in, so a new solar and battery system needs one box instead of two.★ Best for a new solar and battery system
Heat pump hot water
Best heat pump hot water systems- Apricus All-In-One heat pumpA one-piece 260 L R290 heat pump with a 6-year parts and labour warranty, and a 2025 recall to check.
- Dux Ecosmart heat pumpA one-piece R290 heat pump designed and made in Australia, sized to drop in where an electric tank was.★ Best Australian-made swap
- Emerald All-In-One ProA one-piece R290 heat pump with an inverter compressor, in plug-in versions that don’t need an electrician.★ Best plug-in all-in-one
- iStore 180 L and 270 L heat pumpsA one-piece R290 heat pump that plugs into a standard power point, with one 5-year warranty on the lot.
- Quantum Compact heat pumpsOne-piece R290 heat pumps rated to -10 °C without an element, in four sizes from 150 to 340 L.
- Reclaim Energy CO2 and Eco R290 heat pumpsA CO2 heat pump with a controller built to use spare solar, from an Australian company with Australian-made tanks.★ Best for using spare solar
- Rheem AmbiheatAn Australian-made 270 L heat pump with a 10-year cylinder warranty and a 2.4 kW backup element.
- Sanden Eco PlusA CO2 heat pump that keeps heating down to -10 °C, for cold climates and homes that want a long-life system.★ Best for cold climates
- Stiebel Eltron SHP-O and WWKGerman-engineered heat pumps that can go inside as well as outside, with an R290 model that connects to solar.★ Best for installing indoors