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I thought heat pumps were a bad fit for cold places until my neighbor got one
For years, I figured heat pumps were only for mild climates and would be useless in a real winter. My neighbor in Portland, Maine, installed a Mitsubishi Hyper-Heat unit last fall. I was sure he'd be calling for a backup furnace by January. He showed me his power bills from this past winter, and they were about 40% lower than mine for the same size house, even during that cold snap where it hit 12 degrees. The tech has clearly gotten a lot better. Now I'm looking at them for my own place, but I still hear people say they're not reliable below freezing. Has anyone else in a cold climate made the switch and had it work out?
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lucas3116mo ago
How cold does it get where you are? I'm in upstate NY and mine kept up fine last winter, even when it was below zero for a few days.
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hunt.hayden6mo ago
Yeah, that's the thing with modern gear, it's way tougher than we give it credit for.
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the_daniel6mo ago
What kind of unit did he get and how old is his house? I'm wondering if the insulation and the specific model make a bigger difference than people talk about... my place is pretty drafty and I worry it would just run nonstop trying to keep up.
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