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Originally Posted by biker1
I'm not implying anything. Just trying to answer the OP's question with a point on the curve.
Regarding brand quality, here is a summary of my last 4 houses:
Current house in The Villages: Carrier system, 11+ years old. Evaporator fan blade was unbalanced and was replaced under warranty, otherwise OK.
Previous home: Carrier Infinity (2 speed Bristol compressor) with 4 zones. In 10 years there were 3 compress failures, an evaporator coil leak, a condenser coil leak, 3 defrost board failures, and the user interface failed. All covered under warranty.
Previous to that home: 2 Rheem systems. No issues in the 10 years we had the house.
Previous to that home: Carrier system, evaporator coil leak after 4 years.
Quality is a crap shoot.
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There are always exceptions. I had a neighbor in NY, got a Goodman to save money. Five years later, compessor failure. Had another neighbor has Rheem/Rhudd system. Worked fairly well just very noisy. Couldn't get that resolved, just needed to live with it. In my townhome development we had American Standard very few failures all the way to 15 years. Here in the Villages most Carrier single stage units are working 10+ years with little to no failures and that's a lot of systems. There are so many variables that can affect how long your system lasts but the point was the premium tier brands, generally should last the longest and be the most trouble free compared to the cheaper lower tier brands since the tend to use cheaper components that aren't designed to last as long and that's why there are less expensive.
When the Carrier Infinity systems first came out, like yours, they did have a lot of issues, but over time the system has changed dramatically for the better and there are much less issues. It's a fairly robust system now.