People out here pretending like their expensive goretex jacket is the only expensive goretex jacket that will last a long time

Yeah, I’m in VA so relatively mild winters. It gets below freezing but not super cold for super long. Still, we are pretty spoiled to warm oil heat.

Technically you’d want to assume efficiency of ~150-210% because heat pumps can move more than 1kW of heat energy for every 1kW used. It can be even higher in the fall or spring months when it’s mild outside.

However, you’re right that it depends on individual circumstances for the prices of electricity and natural gas. It also depends whether the user has or wants solar.

We’re in the Chicago suburbs and it made sense for us to go with a heat pump because we were also installing solar. It wasn’t much more expensive to boost our installed capacity and I think we’ll be able to get to net zero utility bills by disconnecting natural gas in the coming years.

I have a Remington F5 5800 and think it is excellent value.

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No you can remove an old sole and glue on a new one.

I found odor eaters insoles to be basically necessary with these. Even washing the normal insole just didn’t work for me as I’m pretty picky about body odor lol. They are a lot softer too as a bonus, I know what you mean about the abrasion especially when it’s hot.

Back in 2002 when I got to my first duty station I purchased a Braun 8585. It still runs perfectly and the original battery still holds enough charge for 2 full shavings of my face before it needs charged again (I always just have it plugged in when i shave anyways so it never dies mid shave).

I also haven't changed the foil in about 6 or 7 years...you're supposed to do it every 18 to 24 months. Still works perfectly.

Also, my cleaner broke about 11 years ago, so it hasn't had a deep clean since then...I've disassembled it before after I dropped it and a side popped off, and it was still clean on the inside.

I figured removing the glued some would ruin the shoe?

Ok cool, it’s a good looking jacket. Is that on the front too?

Seems about right when I did the math two years ago electric heat would’ve cost me around 3x the cost.

My state also raised electric cost 65% this year. So we would’ve been extra screwed

I bought a Braun series 7 probably 10-12 years ago, expecting it to last like 3 years and it’s still working perfectly. I will buy another if it ever breaks.

I had an American standard boiler, oil converted to gas from 1946. I replaced it in 2021, it still worked great but the pilot broke and they dont make it anymore. I probably could’ve found one that “worked” and fixed the system but I priced out a new one at $13k. So you’re might have some solid life left in it.

A huge benefit of upgrading is the new one brought my gas price from $600 down to $250/month in the winter. So taking in the 7 months I use it a year it’s take about 6 years to pay for itself. It also requires less maintenance (we have radiators and it self regulates the water intake and drainage).

You didn’t say where you live, if you live in a place where it’s consistently below 20F I think I’d still with natural gas. As heat pumps begin to struggle as it gets that cold and electric is expensive.

I upgraded two years ago from a 1946 American standard oil converted to gas boiler to a newer boiler. I didn’t go electric because it’d cost 3-4x the price to heat my house in the winter.

Heat pumps are supreme in places with a mild winter or no winter. If you do go heat pump where it can get sub 20 for awhile then I’d recommend have an auxiliary heating system installed.

I cannot believe I’m hearing people recommend electric heat pumps. It would cost me more to heat my house with electric than gas so I’m sticking to gas.

Please check my math based on my last bill.

Used 77 therms of gas @ .5948 per therm for a total of $45.81

77 therms is = to 2256 kWh?

I pay .0673 per kWh

2256 kWh x .0673 is $164.68

Now include an efficiency increase going from %82 to %100

Is $135.04 for last month

Please anyone double check this.

They will last and are worth it but don’t count on any shoe being BIFL, especially if it’s going to need to take abuse.

This person is not talking about Vibram Five Fingers. They're talking about Vibram rubber soles made by the same company that produces the Five Fingers.

At least for mine, it'll stay waterproof for a while in the rain, but if you're out in it for a long time it will soak through eventually. Had a practice in heavy rain for a couple hours where I was the cox for the boat and had my phone in the kangaroo pouch for drills, and ended up having to get a new phone after. For anything less than that though they're great

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Fix what you have first as a tank leak indicates the system is working just fine.

I see a lot of love here for electric systems, but they all ignore the elephant with electric. Power outages.

Figure out the cost difference between replacing with electric and patching/replacing the tank. Put that difference into Solar + Battery. Bank the money you save on electric to finance the new heat pump.

Pretty much any shoe can be resoled. GYW is really just a slightly more fool proof method than glue. But glue is really quite reliable as well. The issue is really the mid sole - which requires a more extensive process than just resoling.

I’m an HVAC guy, hvac guys push gas because they don’t understand electric. Get 1 or more Mitsubishi electric heat pump systems. They’re about as BIFL as it comes. Personally I have natural gas with a BIFL boiler system and I’m putting in 4 Mitsubishi heat pumps and keeping the gas as backup heat only.

I had a set of danners with vibrant soles. They lasted about 10 years, and I got them resoled about every year and a half or two years. At that time, I was really hard on boots so that was pretty exceptional.

So not buy it for life, but tough for sure.

High quality rubber but traction quite literally requires the rubber to wear off. By definition all rubber soles will wear out relatively quickly - especially those with greater traction.

I would get a heat pump. And since you're redoing electrical, consider doing it in a way that will make it easy to switch to solar power down the road, if that's an option. You might also be switching to EV down the road. In my house even 200 amps wouldn't be enough if we had an EV, but we have a big house with tenants.