I wanted to own a heat pump system for a long time. When I moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota I figured those dreams were over. Have you ever looked at the weather report there? The weather basically is freezing cold all year long. Winters in the single digits and snow all the time. The summer season barely needs a cooling system. So owning a heat pump seems stupid. I liked the stats though. I liked the idea of not having ductwork in my home. I wanted to do HVAC zone control. I liked that a heat pump does green heating. It uses existing heat energy to transfer it room to room in the house. The snag is that when the temperatures drop below freezing, you’re screwed. The heat pump can’t do its job anymore. More modern, high efficiency heat pumps are better at it, but not great. It is better to own a boiler or a furnace. I then found online that you can do a dual fuel system or a hybrid heater it is called. This is where you pair a heat pump with a furnace. So for most of the year I can rely on a heat pump to provide energy smart heating and cooling. It uses clean, renewable energy that saves me money. On colder nights the device automatically changes settings to gas heating. Then the furnace tags in and I never experience a cold burst. So I save as much as my Minneapolis, Minnesota home will let me. It is not the device’s fault that I live in a cold location.