Really start worrying when they figure out how to ban portable units. I’m having a house built and there’s no way I’m putting in central air. It’s either going to be the roll around portables with the window hoses, muliple split-packs or, as a last resort, window units. I’m not putting that much money into a single point-of-failure whole-house unit.
“I’m not putting that much money into a single point-of-failure whole-house unit.”
So installing multiple points of failure is better?
They all fail eventually. I have a Goodman central A/C and 2 non-name Chinese window units. They all failed. Only the Goodman has been owner-serviceable. It was eating voltage rectifiers every month until I installed the cheapest $17 version off Amazon. Made in China too. It’s been going fine for 4 years.