heat pumps are total scam in extreme climates ... here in colorado, where winters, even on the plains, can go to -23 degrees for a few days in a row, heat pumps, which are nothing more than reversible whole-house refrigerators + “emergency heat” from a giant toaster, are absolutely insane: an AC with electric heat ...
a year or so ago, there was a local article about some idiot “green” moron Karen crowing about how she had a heat pump installed AND had her natural gas heating ripped out because, you know, “green” ... no doubt she was SHOCKED, i tell you SHOCKED, when her winter electric bills rolled in ...
I’m in Chicago and have a natural gas furnace with central air conditioning in my house. The AC crapped out on me and I had an HVAC guy give me a quote on replacing just the AC coil and condenser unit, the furnace was in good condition. He tried to sell me on a heat pump/AC unit, said it would be the same price as just replacing the AC, and I could use it as a back up to the natural gas furnace. I declined, figuring it is just another system that could break and cause problems down the road.
Tell karen to call a bear