Overview
- Ikea’s DIY balcony-solar range, launched in summer 2025 via partner Svea Solar, includes EcoFlow sets such as the Stream Komplettset L with four 520 W panels, a Stream Ultra battery, a Smart Meter, and a flat‑roof mount.
- In CHIP’s on-site test, total project time was about four hours including unpacking and preparation, while assembly and commissioning alone stayed within roughly two hours using only a cutter and a 6 mm Allen key.
- The supplied eight cables of roughly three meters each did not cover the required runs to a garage location, leading testers to buy an additional €60 cable kit and identifying cable routing as the trickiest step.
- Testers found the mounting hardware workable yet less convincing for long arrays because modules lack mid support, with ballast improving stability and a mid-connection between mounts suggested for four-panel setups.
- The inverter sits inside the Stream Ultra battery, the system starts after plugging into a household socket, control runs through the EcoFlow app, and CHIP advises dedicated circuit protection or lowering to 10 A on shared circuits, with Smart Meter installation challenges to be detailed later.