If the carrier is comparable in price to the Goodman, go with Carrier. People like names they recognize and seeing a shiny new Carrier condensing unit outside the house will certainly grab their attention. It's kind of like "Athletic Works" tennis shoes at Walmart vs "Nike" at the Galleria. They both serve the exact same function, but few people want the Walmart brand because they don't recognize it. At the end of the day though, the names on the case matters little, more important is the installation of the equipment. I have a 20 year old Goodman heat pump on a rental home that has been relatively trouble free and I credit that an excellent install and a good piece of equipment. It is probably on borrowed time now though and I will probably change it in the next year or two unless forced to do so earlier. I will go back with Goodman on that as well. My primary residence is also equipped with a Goodman.

Probably Carrier but for an additional reason. While I think both brands are the same as far as quality is concerned, historically, companies installing Carrier have a better reputation than those installing Goodman (which can be bought at heavy discounts over the internet). Again, the quality of the equipment is undoubtedly the same, but people may have a preference for a system installed by a Carrier dealer than a Goodman dealer (without knowing the history of the two dealers).

Mini Split Systems

Both brands are Good. It is difficult to say what brand another people choose. I prefer DAIKIN! Because I had excellent experience with this systems. But you can found some people prefer Mitsubichi or LG systems. That why I say that depend from the expecience which one had.

Daikin stays at the forefront of ultra-efficient inverter technology as well as creating safer refrigerants to keep up with the global demand to reduce CO2 emissions.

For more than 80 years Daikin has been producing innovative and energy efficient climate control products tailored to fit your needs. They have become a total solutions provider though unique product lines to fit your requirements and budget.

Daikin has also co-developed R-410A refrigerant with Carrier. They are the only manufacturer to produce their own refrigerant and compressors.

The poster asked which of two system she should purchase. Not a Sales pitch for Daikin or any other manufacturer for that matter.

In my area the recommendation would be Carrier. Goodman is unknown where I live. Carrier is widely recognized, but if Goodman is common in your area then either one would be fine.

When people buy a home, as long as the AC works, it's more about the features of the home and the location of the home rather than the brand of air conditioning system. Most people think these appliances last forever. So even an older AC system, as long as it works... will not matter when it comes to selling a home.

An AC is made with a condenser coil, an evaporator coil, and furnace or air handler. Along with a few key parts compressor, fan motors and controls that dictate how efficiently they work together. Of those parts the compressor is the most expensive.

The compressor used in 90% of all AC units are made by Copeland. Even Trane / American standard use Copeland although the compressor is called Alliance... but it's just a sticker that separtes the difference.

If someone comes out to look at a home, normally in the summer season and they walk thru the home and the home feels hot, only then will they take a closer look at the air conditioning system. There are so many things to look at when buying a home that most people aren't drawn to the 'name' on the AC. It's more important that what you pick actually works. You're not buying a toaster.

Above equipment you have duct work. You could by the most expensive AC and if the duct system falls short it won't work, leads to failures of the equipment and so on.

We switched from central AC to minisplit. It's a huge improvement. But it only works because we installed multiple wall units (but single outside compressor). The distributed nature of a minisplit is one of it's big benefits. It brings the cold air to exactly where you need it, rather than inefficiently moving it all over the place. If price was similar'ish, I'd always prefer a minisplit. But if Katherine wants to sell her house in the near future, it wouldn't make sense to pay a big premium.

One of the nice things with minisplits is that many can run as full heat pumps. So, they can double as an efficient heat source, when needed.

Where are you located?

Based on what you’re saying, that both contractors are reliable, prices competitive and that you want to sell relatively soon, I would see who offers in writing, the longest, best warranty - that is transferable.

I would hope it’s the Carrier dealer.

IMO

SR

(This isn't a home warranty, it would only cover the HVAC systems) As long as the system is less than 5 years old, you can add an extended warranty thru a 3rd party warranty company if you want to cover parts and labor, the contract is transferable and equipment brand doesn't matter.

You will have to have the system maintained annually by the servicer for the warranty to remain valid. You could then use this as a selling point of the home.

Other than in areas with extreme weather, or if a buyer happens to be an HVAC geek/nerd, I don't think questions very often go farther than "what does it have and how old is it."

Brands, warranties and the like? People choose houses for many reasons they consider to be of much higher priority. and I can't imagine the facts of the particular HVAC equipment will either make or break a buyer's interest. I recently bought a property - the HVAC equipment is at retirement age and needs to be replaced. I'll have that done in the coming months. The cost will be less than 1% of the purchase price. It didn't enter into my thinking at all.

Get what you want to have, spend what you want to spend with the contractor you feel most confident with. Homes are sold "as is" and if the HVAC equipment is functioning properly, a prospective buyer will likely give it no further thought.

All 3 houses I have bought, I have noticed the brand of HVAC. And I'm not a "nerd". Of the two choices, Carrier.

You noticed the brand, fair enough. Did you inquire about the warranty? Did what you noticed influence your decision? Stated differently, did you walk away from other choices because you "noticed" a brand you didn't prefer?

My first two houses were brand new and I chose them because they had appliance and HVAC brands I liked. The current house I live in, I bought when it was 1.5 years old so I knew the warranty would transfer, which it did. In the process of looking for a house to buy, there were a couple I found unacceptable due to appliance and HVAC brands.

boba, so instead of location, location, location, neighborhood features, yard and garden, house size, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, room layouts and design features (especially the kitchen and bathrooms), commute consequences, schools, etc., you decided based on HVAC and appliance brands? Or whether there was a transferable warranty? If so, you're quite an exception to the normal house buyer.

flo, without the right information, photos and descriptions on your publicized listing entry, many buyers wouldn't have bothered coming to see what you had posted on-site for visitors. If you didn't feel you could rely on your agent, you chose the wrong agent.

That's who's in the best position to do the marketing of the house, not the owner. There's a line of thinking that the a potential buyer or a buyer and the seller shouldn't meet or if so, only briefly, until a contract is signed and all contingencies have been cleared. Nor communicate with one another until then. If the agent isn't handling all those important steps effectively and professionally, what are they being paid to do?

No, I looked in the parts of town where I needed/wanted to be and then identified my choices and what option and house features would be best for me.

Okay, you did what made sense to you, but your's is a rare view compared to the priorities of most home buyers. HVAC equipment can always be replaced, it's not that expensive a proposition and so that's one of maybe 5 reasons why for many people it's not a priority or even a consideration.

Before doing a complete replacement job on two systems in my house two years ago, I asked 3 realtors whether my choice of equipment matters. They all said - get nothing less than a mid-level brand so as not to give a cheap impression, hire a respected contractor but beyond that, buyers will ask the age, if it works well, and leave it at that.

Cost is relative. If the biggest immediate expenditure a buyer has is to replace the HVAC equipment, they've done pretty well.

'Oh I just love the location of the house, the schools are perfect. The house is charming with a great floor plan, nice neighborhood that we can get out and walk around. Everyone is so friendly!'

My wife is going to hate it when I tell her we can't buy this house because the AC brand is inferior. ROFLMAO.