Lining up the product specs is the obvious way to compare TruLight and Oelo for a San Antonio home, and it will not get you very far here, because both companies publish a 100,000 hour rating on their LEDs. The bigger differences on a San Antonio quote sit in the paperwork and the plan: which install class your job falls into, what the warranty pays for in year one versus year five, what you have to do when you sell the house, which cover your neighborhood will accept, and how the roofline gets divided into zones. I own the local TruLight dealership, so I have a side in this. The questions below still work on both quotes, and our TruLight vs. Oelo comparison page has the shorter side-by-side version.

Your install class sets the warranty clock

This one is easy to read past, and it is published plainly. Per Oelo's warranty page, effective January 1, 2024, the term depends on who does the installation. An installation performed by an Authorized, Preferred or Platinum dealer carries a seven year term. An installation done by a contractor or by the customer as a do it yourself project carries five years.

Two years of coverage therefore ride on a line item you may never see stated out loud. If a builder, a general contractor, or a handyman is putting the system on your house, or if you are buying product and mounting it yourself, that is a different warranty than the one on the brochure page you were shown.

So before you sign, get the answer in writing: who exactly is performing this installation, what is their dealer designation with the manufacturer, and what term does that produce on my system. This is not a gotcha question. Ask the dealer to state its designation and the resulting warranty term in writing, on the quote rather than in conversation.

Labor and components are covered differently

The warranty length is the number on the brochure. The coverage structure is the number that shows up on an invoice.

Per the same Oelo warranty page, the first year covers product along with direct repair labor. Later years are component only. In practice that means a covered failure in year one gets the part and the visit, and a covered failure in year five gets the part while the trip, the ladder work, and the technician's time are a separate conversation.

That structure is common in this industry and I am not calling it a flaw. It does mean the question to ask is what a service call will cost you in year five, rather than how many years the term runs. Put that to both bidders and write down what they say:

After the first year, who pays for labor on a covered failure, and what is your current service call rate?
Does the manufacturer perform warranty service, or does your company?
What is the process, and roughly how long does it take, to get a replacement component approved and shipped?
If a roofer removes a section of track for repairs, what does that do to my coverage?

Our current terms are on our warranty page and the system details are on our permanent lighting page. Read the exclusions on both documents side by side. That section, not the headline number, is where warranties genuinely differ.

If you sell the house, the transfer has a deadline

If the house changes hands while the term is still running, the coverage does not follow it automatically. Per Oelo's warranty page, the first transfer must be registered within 60 days. That is a specific window with a specific action attached, and it falls during the busiest and most distracted part of a move.

If you expect to sell, or you are buying a home that already has a system on it, work out the mechanics now rather than at closing:

Who is responsible for registering the transfer, the seller, the buyer, or the dealer?
What documentation does the manufacturer require, and where is the original registration on file?
Does the remaining term carry over in full, and does the transfer change what is covered?

Ask us the same set of questions about our terms. Then put the answer, and the original paperwork, somewhere you will find it in five years. A warranty nobody can locate is not much of a warranty.

Covers, and what your HOA will approve

The lights are off during daylight, so most of the time what your neighbors see is the channel along your eaves. Oelo's 2025 residential brochure lists metal and acrylic cover options, so cover material is a real decision on that quote rather than a detail the installer picks on the truck.

It is also the part of the system that an architectural review has something to look at. If your San Antonio property sits under a set of architectural guidelines, the daytime appearance of the track against the fascia is what a submission has to document, not the color range of the LEDs. Check your own governing documents rather than relying on what a neighbor did, since these rules vary from one association to the next.

What to ask both companies:

Which cover material and color is on this quote, and what else is available?
Can the cover be matched to my fascia or trim color, and what does that add?
Will you provide product photos and a specification sheet I can submit to an architectural review committee?
How does the track attach, and how does it hold up on a south or west facing elevation in full sun?

Getting the submission package early is worth the trouble. Missing documentation can delay a review, so request the required submission materials before scheduling.

Design the zones before you compare hardware

Oelo's 2025 residential brochure lists six signal outputs, described as zones. TruLight runs on 48V, and each node carries six LEDs, three RGB and three dedicated warm white. Both of those facts matter less than whether the design on your quote reflects how your house is actually shaped.

If the property has a detached structure, long garage wing, or separate patio, decide whether those areas need independent zones. Wanting the front of the house on warm white while the patio runs something else, or the garage wing controlled separately from the main roofline, has to be planned as zones before anyone quotes parts. Retrofitting a zone plan after the wire is in the soffit is not a small change.

Ask both bidders to hand you a marked up sketch showing which run belongs to which zone, where the power injection points are, and where the transformer mounts. Require both of them to measure your roofline first and to document that final design on the quote, so you are comparing two plans rather than two descriptions.

One caution about everything above

Manufacturers revise specifications and warranty language, and sometimes they do it quietly. Everything here reflects the sources listed below as they read on August 10, 2026. The document that protects you is the written warranty and the written quote your dealer hands you, so ask for both on paper from both companies.

Sources

Oelo warranty, accessed August 10, 2026: effective January 1, 2024, seven year term for Authorized, Preferred and Platinum dealer installations and five year term for contractor or customer do it yourself installations; first year covers product and direct repair labor, later years are component only; first transfer must be registered within 60 days.
Oelo 2025 residential brochure, accessed August 10, 2026: IP68 LEDs, six signal outputs described as zones, 16 million hues, metal and acrylic cover options, scheduling, Amazon Alexa, Google Home and Control4 support, 100,000 hour rating.
TruLight vs. Oelo comparison and TruLight warranty terms: 48V system, six LEDs per node with three RGB and three warm white, 100,000 hour published rating.

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