No, they aren’t. I have 2. I’m sitting 8 feet from one right now. The only thing you hear is the whoosh of air.
Edit: I think you are talking of the super old motel style heat pumps. Not minisplits. Old style heat pumps are noisy. Minisplits are not. But seriously, minisplits have been a thing for the better part of a decade… Who the fuck is still installing motel style heat pumps anymore?
I’m talking about modern heat pumps which do not use mini splits. Mini splits are nice and quiet. But whoever owned my house before me installed a heat pump that does not use them but uses the ductwork. It’s loud.
There are obviously multiple models and we’re not talking about the same ones. Neither of us is wrong.
Ahh ok that makes sense. I feel like pretty much everyone is installing minisplits these days. Not saying that heat pumps don’t still exist, but it’s kind of a "but… Why?“ reaction. As in, why would anyone install this over an adequately powered minisplit.
Again…we have them. Unless by “modern” you mean something like “no more than 2 years old”, yes, they are still noisy.
No, they aren’t. I have 2. I’m sitting 8 feet from one right now. The only thing you hear is the whoosh of air.
Edit: I think you are talking of the super old motel style heat pumps. Not minisplits. Old style heat pumps are noisy. Minisplits are not. But seriously, minisplits have been a thing for the better part of a decade… Who the fuck is still installing motel style heat pumps anymore?
I’m talking about modern heat pumps which do not use mini splits. Mini splits are nice and quiet. But whoever owned my house before me installed a heat pump that does not use them but uses the ductwork. It’s loud.
There are obviously multiple models and we’re not talking about the same ones. Neither of us is wrong.
Ahh ok that makes sense. I feel like pretty much everyone is installing minisplits these days. Not saying that heat pumps don’t still exist, but it’s kind of a "but… Why?“ reaction. As in, why would anyone install this over an adequately powered minisplit.
That’s a question I expect to be looking into a few years from now.