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353 points dmazin | 1 comments | 09 Jul 25 12:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.407s | source
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Animats ◴[10 Jul 25 07:45 UTC] No.44518398[source]▶
"Last year, for the third year straight, heat pumps outsold furnaces in the U.S."

Now that's a major development not mentioned much.

Heat pumps have both improved quite a bit, and become cheaper due to sheer volume.

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matwood ◴[10 Jul 25 09:41 UTC] No.44519127[source]▶
I recently bought a heat pump dryer and it's pretty cool. No exhaust vent, just water drain. It also doesn't need the heavy duty power plug since it pulls so much less electricity than a typical heated air dryer.
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markus_zhang ◴[10 Jul 25 10:51 UTC] No.44519535[source]▶
I don’t know this thing exists. I need to take a look and maybe buy one when the current one breaks down. What brand did you purchase? Thanks.
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1. jpk2f2 ◴[10 Jul 25 16:15 UTC] No.44522624[source]▶
I used to have a Bloomberg heat pump dryer when I lived in a historical apartment. I was fairly happy with it, only real downsides was that it did take longer to dry compared to my prior electric and gas dryers, it tended to pickup a musty smell, and it was relatively complex and difficult to repair compared to a simpler dryer (had some minor failures over the years). Upside was the efficiency and not needing an exterior exhaust.

Been a number of years since then, so I'm sure they've improved even more and are hopefully somewhat cheaper.