Nate Nagel wrote:
Pete C. wrote:
Nate Nagel wrote:

Pete C. wrote:

Nate Nagel wrote:



Another poster suggested Mitsubishi or LG
but in my mind neither one of those brands is associated with
longevity
or reliability.


I'd suggest you look a lot more closely. Those are both reliable, high
quality brands. Your lack of familiarity with them is largely due to
their lack of presence in the US HVAC market. Both brands are quite big
outside the US market where the mini split systems are the norm vs. the
US norm of large central units.

Well, I am a car guy, which gives me a serious mistrust of anything
branded with the triple diamond. Their cars are, in a word, ****, with
the possible exception of the original Eclipse which they somehow
miraculously made reasonably reliable.


Their trucks seem to be plenty popular.


My only exposure to LG is asking for opinions on home appliances, and
the consensus seems to be the same (although to be fair, some fine,
once-proud American brands are peddling the same made-in-china crap)


LG is *NOT* made in China. LG is Korean and has been around for a long
time with an excellent history.


so are you saying that this doesn't necessarily apply to their HVAC
products?


I'm saying it doesn't apply to *ANY* of their products. You need to take
another look at who LG is, and the other brand names they have used over
the years. They used to use the Goldstar brand name in the US (the G in
LG), always maligned by most as a "cheap piece of crap" until they
realized that the item they just called a "piece of crap" had been
working flawlessly for a couple decades.

See, this doesn't give your post a whole lot of credibility. Mitsubishi
cars are notorious ****, just ask anyone that bought a Chrysler and then
found out that it had a Mitsu engine in it. If it's not smoking like a
hot turd after five years, you either should play the lottery or don't
drive it. I've also heard of plenty of people with LG washers and/or
dryers, and a lot of them have had problems. (problems with a washer or
dryer? those ought to be pretty much plug and play for a decade or more.)

My point was, I don't feel like dropping a couple grand on something
that's going to crap out on me after five years or less, and that is
what I expect of those two companies.

nate


Then here's a suggestion. Don't buy anything from anyone, because no
matter how great a product is touted, you "will" get the one lemon in
the whole bunch.

--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
in the original Orange County.