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Date created: 2012-05-22 Name: B. Molgey
Location: Madison, WI
Years owned: 7

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Review:
"Read it all through"
I have worked on furnaces for 7 years. I started with Bryants and moved to a company that sold Lennox. They are both great brands for dependability. Read the negative reviews carefully, friends. Most of them revolve around poor installation. There are technical flukes that can happen outside the range of warranty, but Bryant has a 10 year warranty. That's on a 5,000 dollar piece of equipment. How many of your 30,000 dollar cars even come close to that? (Settle down, Kia owners, I know.) The point is, read all the info in each review before making a decision. A lot is opinionated and a lot is poor installation. That is not related to Bryant, but to the dealer you chose. Consumer reports has a top 10 list, check it out. Goodman is not in top 5 on that one, just look. I have been in these machines and in 6 homes a day for 7 years

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Date created: 2012-04-11 Name: J Gatrell
Location: Midland, MI
Years owned: 1

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Review:
"Newly installed and love it"
New furnace and a/c installed in fall by Wild's (their installers did a nice job). We also had the house insulated and it was a mild winter, but it cost about $400 to heat the house (2250 sq ft) for the entire winter. Very efficient and quiet. We've had a few hot days already and the two stage a/c was very efficient and quiet. Good buy.

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Date created: 2012-04-09 Name: dave Deplumber
Location: South central Wisconsin
Years owned: 4

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Review:
"355CAV and heat pump"
I have a 355cav lp gas 95% Eff. furnace, with Bryant 17 Seer heat pump, zoning, Evolution thermostat, it's the hybrid system. Works great -- saves me $600 or 30% a year on my heating costs. With a warmer than normal winter in Wisc. I Have a separate electic meter on the heat pump. So from Oct.1 to April 9, 2012 I used $408.20 of electric at $.15 a kilowatt. LP man figures I used 375 Gal. of LP with a water heater. So, I spent about $1150 this season. My old 87% boiler would use 800 Gal. per year in a normal year. "Bryant for what ever it takes".

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Date created: 2012-03-26 Name: H.Roberts
Location: Hamilton, CA

Satisfaction Rating:
Review:
"Newly installed"
I just had the new Bryant Plus 95I Preferred Series furnace installed. I pray we don't have many issues and can save on heating and electrical. This is a 2 stage furnace with a dc motor and 60,000 btu.

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Date created: 2012-03-13 Name: J Zutz
Location: Plover, WI
Years owned: 16

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Review:
"Heat Exchanger Still Under Warranty!"
I love this furnace. Quiet and efficient. All I've ever done is take it apart for cleaning every 1-2 years. It quit yesterday. After going through the manual step-by-step I still still couldn't figure it out. I finally found a dealer who has over 30yrs experience with these. Long story short... The heat exchanger is plugging up. He said the law suit extended the warranty to 20yrs on these and it would cost $285 for labor to fix this. Thats alot cheaper than a new $5000 furnace! So hopefully everything else holds up because parts for these are very expensive. I look forward to many more years of quiet comfort.

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Date created: 2012-02-24 Name: J. Strohman
Location: Louisville, KY
Years owned: 4

Satisfaction Rating:
Review:
"Old Faithful"
In 2007, my Bryant furnace was estimated to be between 25-30yrs old when I purchased my old 1920's home. Although it was horribly old and was only 60% efficient, I never had a problem with it until this year when the gas valve finally went bad. I will sadly miss this furnace. It kept us incredibly warm.

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Date created: 2012-02-08 Name: Claudia Clark
Location: Laporte, IN
Years owned: 11

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Review:
"Flawless operation for over 10 years"
I purchase this furnace in 2000 it hasn't needed a repair yet. It's quiet and seems to use 1/2 the gas my old Rheem used. I definitely recommend looking at Bryant if you're in the market for a new furnace.

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Date created: 2012-02-08 Name: Ed Jones
Location: Grand Junction, CO
Years owned: 2

Satisfaction Rating:
Review:
"Very good usually"
I actually own the 355cav60100 (Plus 95s Evolution system) installed in a downflow configuration. Not sure what the difference is in the cav and mav but the cav wasn't available on the drop down list. I also got the Bryant humbblfp1418a whole house humidifier with the Bryant Legacy Touch and Go thermostat. The furnace/humidifier has been a good package for nearly two years - I got it April before last so I've only used it for one complete winter. It maintains a very nice temperature without the large fluctuations of my last forced air furnace. While this makes for excellent comfort, it means the furnace has to run a lot - sometimes, a new cycle will start before the blower even shuts off from the last cycle. The humidifier is worth it as it tames the nasty static electricity we usually have in this dry Colorado air. It does use hot water though, so that costs a little extra. And it has a small fan. When the furnace is raising the house temp from the overnight or away setting, it'll run on low for 15 minutes or so, then kick into high till the temp is slightly above the set point. While this furnace is much quieter than my last furnace (it runs on low or medium most of the time), it can still make some noise on high. Sometimes it even kicks into high after the set temp has been reached - strange. The main relay took a little getting used to also - it's mounted on metal and makes a fairly loud noise when it engages - it can startle on a quiet morning. I put a rubber pad under it which helped some. I don't get regular service from the hvac company. I change the filters and humidifier pads myself. I hadn't had any trouble at all with this setup until last week. The temperature was coming up early in the morning, before I had gotten out of bed. I heard the furnace shut off abruptly only about 1/2 hour after it started - it usually takes about 1.5 hrs to raise the morning temp. I found that the control board and surrounding area was wet and some switches had shorted out, shutting down the operation. The humidifier is located above the control board in the ducting and for some reason I still don't understand, water had come from above, down the ducting and onto the equipment below. I dried out the board with a hair dryer, reset the trouble codes and it started working normally. It did the same thing the following morning while I wasn't watching again. It wouldn't do it while I was watching, although I couldn't see inside the duct with the furnace in operation anyway. All I ended up doing is turning the water faucet valve for the humidifier down to only 1/4 turn open. I had watched the dump line from the humidifier through numerous cycles and noticed a surge of water in the line one time. Maybe the solenoid valve does something weird. Haven't had any trouble in days so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. I put a loose cover over the control board so it doesn't get sloshed if this happens again. I'm happy with my purchase and would buy it again. I think I got a pretty good deal as the dealer was trying to get rid of it, I guess to make room for newer models. I hope I don't end up needing some expensive service.

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Date created: 2012-02-06 Name: R Klein
Location: Deerfield, Il
Years owned: 4

Satisfaction Rating:
Review:
"Furnace in Attic"
I moved into my house about ten years ago and was very unhappy with my Lennox furnace that was installed in my attic above my bedroom. It was very noisy and it seemed like I was always having to replace parts. Then one year our heating company found a crack in the furnace and recommended a Bryant furnace to us. We have been very happy it is quiet and dependable. I also actually noticed a savings on my gas bill.

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Date created: 2012-02-06 Name: Dave Mathys
Location: Chicago, IL
Years owned: 12

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Review:
"12 Years running without a hitch"
I guess the best furnace is the one you just don't even notice. I've had this quiet furnace in my house for almost 13 years now. I have to admit I don't do the scheduled maintenance every year, but it doesn't seem to have mattered so far. I don't know what else I could ask for in a furnace.

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