Joshua and Angie Janes

In our experience with our Skystream, which sits about 125' from the house on a 45' monopole tower, we rarely notice the sound coming from it. Once in a while if you listen close you can hear the hum it makes when the wind is really cranking out side, but otherwise we usually don't even notice it's there. A grand total of 0 kilowatt hours of electricity bought yesterday! Not too bad for working out of my home office and my computer, music and peripherals going the entire time. Not to mention the typical stuff in the house pulling juice the whole day long.

Mike Hoiden

I like the way my turbines look, I like that I am doing something proactive to reduce my electric cost, and I like most of all that in my own small way I am doing my part reducing the use of fossil fuels.

Nancy Riddick

Price was a leading factor. Actual projected savings and payback on our investment were also big concerns. Aesthetics also played a part in our decision and we thought the Skystream structure itself was very attractive to look at. We felt our neighbors would not consider it an eyesore either. Of course, we want to try to help the environment, what with all the news reports all about going "green" and we wanted to be a part of that movement. We also believe that if/when we ever retire and sell the house, having a wind turbine up and running and saving on electric bills would be a big plus to any future owners.

Pierre and Susan Marcotte

The Marcotte family was searching for wind power for several years. We were looking to offset the power that our geothermal heating system uses. We discovered the Skystream 3.7 in June of 2006. We installed the unit in the fall of that year and we discovered that the power it generated reduced our energy bill by 20 percent over one year. We enjoy watching our energy bill going down every month. So far this year 2008 we produced 487 KWh we are well on are way to break last year's KWh produced. We love to here the weather man say that it going to be windy day tomorrow. That's money in our pocket and we smile going to the bank.

Rena Wilson Jones

With so many issues around global warming, I wondered what I could do to impact the environment in a measurable way, besides activities like recycling and installing compact fluorescent light bulbs. I was hoping that something would come along to help a homeowner take advantage of natural wind resources. It's been a lifetime dream of mine. Until now there was not a technology that made this possible. With Skystream, now it is possible.

Chad Monteith

For many years I have been interested in harnessing the power of the wind. I have always been fascinated with the idea of using the wind, which is available most anywhere, to make a light bulb shine or a television operate. I decided on Southwest Power (Skystream) for a few reasons:

Muffy and Jim Floyd

Since installing our Skystream 3.7 in July 2007, combined with conservation measures, we are purchasing about one third to one half of the power that we were in the comparable period a year ago. For an interesting insight into wind power issues and how an individual can help in the big picture, see the article at http://www.wolfmoonpress.com/opinion/InTheirBackyard.htm and photos at http://www.wolfmoonpress.com/Images/windpower/ImagesSpringJournal08.htm

Anita Shaw

I'm a pleased customer. I really enjoy our Skystream because I know when it is windy out, it's using that wind. We're interested in the environment. It just seemed like it would be good for the earth and take a little bit of strain off the grid. I'd do it again. We're seriously thinking about putting another one up. Aesthetically it is very nice. I love my wind turbine.

David Keppel

My Skystream is working fantastically, getting 20kwH+ on a windy day. We have even seen over 3000 watts on the remote display.

Bill Dingle

As everyone tries to survive the current storm conditions up here in Maine, and throughout the Northeast, I thought you would like to know how the Skystream3.7 has been dealing with the winds. Sunday night, after 8" of snow had already accumulated, the snow turned to freezing rain, and my nightmares of the "Ice Storm of 98" began to come back again. The snow and ice conditions had trees falling even before the winds picked up. My Oregon Scientific weather station keeps a record windspeed of 63.5 MPH from Jan 2002, and I believe that record was broken early Monday morning, but because of the ice, the weather station stopped recording the windspeeds. The Skystream3.7 spun flawlessly thru all the winds and gusts, producing 45 KWH's of power in the past 36 hours. Please feel free to email me with any questions, and I will let you know the final KWH count of this lingering Nor'easter once it goes away and we can get back to a normal Spring.

Gene Kinslow

The Skystream is doing its job as advertised. There were lots of variables that I wondered about when I used this tower but it all seems to be working very well...I am very pleased with the turbine... It was steadily putting out 800 to 1000 watts yesterday. It makes a slight whine sound that increases with the speed of the turbine. At wind speeds of near 20 MPH or so you can start hearing the blades. We consider it very quiet.

Rick Johnson

I am the first to have this system in my area (that I know of) and since install have several people ask me how/when/where to get one too! It actually has encouraged me to reduce my power use by running the AC less (major power user) and fans more. This is something I should have always done, but with the Skystream my goal is to see how low I can get the bill. Last month it was reduced by 100 dollars, not a bad return on the money in any ones book. Now if the government would get their head out of the clouds, maybe this will be more of a common sight and we will reduce our energy intake across the country. It's a win win for everyone!

John E Tokash

We just started our SKYSTREAM up 2 days ago. This is the first one in Delaware. It was pretty exciting to come home yesterday and see my electric meter running BACKWARDS. Since it's only been operational for a couple of days I haven't tracked any benefit yet, but early indication leads me to believe that our electric bill will be greatly reduced or eliminated. I'll let you know the end of Nov.