Japanese heat pump worth the extra cost ?

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Is this thread about traditional old fashioned split system heat pumps?

 

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I guess I'm in a green grass climate, like you, being in central NC. The various calculators such as https://hvac.betterbuiltnw.com/ do give me pretty much equal heating and cooling loads though.

Dang, I think I missed that. Not in this thread. Hate to ask this, but can you point me to what you said or repeat it ? Thanks. I can't quite figure out how to tell if heat pumps are one- or two-stage.

All the two stage units (that I know of) are single speed compressors. They just open a valve for low pressure/first stage. All should clearly state that in the description.

Is this thread about traditional old fashioned split system heat pumps?

It’s a ducted install. If inverter compressors on a ducted split system is old fashioned then yes. Really I think the line is getting blurry from a technology point of view.