Have 2 - moved the solar night light away from the bedrooms and into the kitchen

Check their work!!
 

I had a solar tube installed by the Solar Guys. A month later I decided to install a ceiling fan in the same kitchen area. I was going to install it myself. Access to the area meant climbing over HVAC tubes and roof trusses in the attic and was a challenge to get too. What I discovered made me shocked me. The Solar Guys installer had done a very poor job. The solar tube was not lined up correctly and sealed so bugs kept getting in and only partial light was coming down the tube. The installer had cut a few HAVC hangers but had not rehung the HVAC lines so they were lying on the ceiling. The installer had cleared insulation around the area but had not replaced it so there was no insulation on our kitchen ceiling. I called and spoke to a Solar Guys manager who offered NO compensation for me fixing this bozos poor installation. BEWARE...these guys never imagined I would go up and check their installation. Another case of workers taking advantage of what they perceive as old folks never gonna know they did a half ass job!!!

We must be the outlier, but ours leaked for years during a hard rain. Tried all kinds of sealers but after a while, it would go back to leaking. We have an aluminum roof, so that must be the problem. Maybe wood roofs expand and contract less than aluminum. Sorry, I guess I answered my own question. Anyway, if they are not leaking, then the solar light does brighten up an area.

We have an Iris that was quite gloomy. Solar guys installed a solar tube in the Kitchen over the island, in the gloomy dining area and in the guest bathroom.

No need for a tube shutter in our home. We like the solar nite light they installed that leaves a glow in the solar tube at night. The guest bath now has real daylight. Great for checking colors. The only downside I have found is that our decorator was horrified by the color temperature of the light. We found out that filters are available.
Also, the nite lites have to be replaced and the lites may need cleaning periodically.

We had the Solar Guys install 2 solar tubes in the main living area of our designer home (a Veranda). It is perfect. We added night lights that are solar powered; I was skeptical at first but they are welcome addition. Do it you will be pleased with the Solar Guys. If you're still skeptical go to their showroom in Belview on 441. It is an interesting educational experience.

Solar Guys!!
 

I have a Wisteria model and found the kitchen and dining/living room area to be very dark and gloomy as lower ceiling height and not as open floor plan as many homes. Had white quartz counters installed, white marble like tile and even painted cabinets white which helped lighten things up, but still not sunny or cheerful. Finally installed large solar tube in dining area and small solar tube over kitchen sink area and that made a huge difference, as now always sunny and cheerful in those areas. I admit it took awhile to stop trying to turn off kitchen lights, when they weren't on, as kitchen was so much lighter now with natural light. I also love the "night light" they give off at night if you take that inexpensive option. Solar tubes were definitely one of the best investments I've made in my home!!

Solar Tubes
 

We love ours. Towels were sun faded in a small bathroom, though.

Any chance you could send a pic of solar tube between living and dinning area?

solartubes
 

We have 4 in our home. One in kitchen, one in hallway bathroom (very dark at night), two in living area. They're great. Get nightlight with them; battery easy to change.

I had Solar Guys put two in my living room and one in each shower. I LOVE them. Before, I always needed lights on to read in the living room. No more. They don’t heat up a room the way old style skylights do, and the filter out UV light, so the light doesn’t fade the furniture.

One bit of caution when planning a location for a tube; be sure to avoid a placement where a ceiling fan would interfere with the spread of light from the new tube. You do not want a shadow of fan blades on or constantly moving across walls, floor, or counter top.

I don’t like ours at all in the Summer
 

It’s too bright! I have one in the kitchen and one in the bathroom. They say it doesn’t make it hotter, but it does. Both areas are hotter than other rooms where I can close the blinds. They are too bright. Off-season I love them. Next year I am covering those suckers up in the summer. If I had a choice I would not have them but they were in the home when we purchased home. IMHO
Yvonne

I would not have solar tubes in our home unless there is a way to completely close off the light. I do not want a source of light that I can not "turn off". I have also seen solar tubes in other people's homes and I think the light is too harsh and bright.

I like it as dark as possible when I watch a movie on TV in our living room. In my sister's home, that is impossible because of that bright light in the kitchen that floods the living room too. She has no way to "turn off" that light from the solar tube.