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NAVSEA43
Dec 18, 2008, 05:38 AM
What is comparative quality of Goodman furnace?

hvac1000
Dec 18, 2008, 07:28 AM
Goodman is a good unit but the install tells all. For the money it is hard to beat Goodman.

MarkwithaK
Dec 18, 2008, 07:20 PM
I have to agree with hvac1000. I install quite a few Goodman's a year. Good warranty and the quality is comparable or better than anything else out there.

T-Top
Dec 18, 2008, 07:43 PM
Remember you get what you pay for. Do your home work. The best price may not be the best deal.

wmproop
Dec 18, 2008, 07:45 PM
And when the time come,and it will,nothing lasts forever,, the parts for a goodman isn`t like buying Cadilac parts ,reasonable and can be bought at most any hvac parts house. They (Goodman are not a parts selling company like a lot of the other brands are)

MarkwithaK
Dec 18, 2008, 07:47 PM
The above post is true but sometimes you don't get what you pay for. Some people still buy into the propaganda about certain manufacturers.

KC13
Dec 18, 2008, 08:06 PM
Man, I usually agree with my fellow "panel" members, but I just can't do it on this one. Just speaking from my own experience with them (goin' on 19 years), Goodman/Janitrol is by far the biggest piece of crap I have ever, ever seen. Sure, parts warranty is comparable to most, but you better take that cash you saved buying one and invest in a service/repair training course. Or make real good friends with someone who has. Parts are cheap, but labor ain't!

MarkwithaK
Dec 18, 2008, 08:10 PM
The quality of Goodman has increased over the past few years. The 'Junkitrol' stigma is all but gone... at least among the techs I know.

KC13
Dec 18, 2008, 08:14 PM
I hope you're right, they couldn't have been much worse in my view.

wmproop
Dec 18, 2008, 08:14 PM
If everyone like red trucks there wouldn`t be nothing but red trucks on the road,if everyone had trouble with too much gas in their beans everyone would stop eating beans,, this is why we say (differant strokes for different folks)

letmetellu
Dec 18, 2008, 08:18 PM
I sell Goodman as a second line, one because I can buy it a little less, second some people think the Carrier is just a company that you are paying for their name.

I see nothing wrong with a Goodman, and would replace my Carrier with one when the time comes.

KC13
Dec 18, 2008, 08:18 PM
Maybe this is another example of that "some things work well in some areas, not so well in others"... variable-speed motors work well here!:D You had to see that coming MW/AK!

KC13
Dec 19, 2008, 04:58 AM
The quality of Goodman has increased over the past few years. The 'Junkitrol' stigma is all but gone....at least among the techs I know.I know they finally ditched that ring-popper primary h/x design, but I still see far too many condensate leaks, collector box cracks, eccentric/vibrating blower wheels... I know they don't manufacture these parts, they just put 'em on their equipment. My house had a Goodman when we bought it, and I couldn't wait to be rid of it.

T-Top
Dec 19, 2008, 07:03 PM
www.consumerreports.org/cro/appliances/heating-cooling-and-air/gas-furnaces/furnaces-repair-history-205/overview

KC13
Dec 20, 2008, 12:56 AM
Just as the French language has no words for "victory" or "courage", I don't believe "Goodman" and "quality" can be used properly in the same sentence.

MarkwithaK
Dec 21, 2008, 12:46 PM
Just as the French language has no words for "victory" or "courage", I don't believe "Lennox" and "quality" can be used properly in the same sentence.
There you go. Fixed that comment for you. :D

KC13
Dec 21, 2008, 01:27 PM
Now you're putting words in my mouth... really bad words... :eek: