Carrier Comfort with matching ALA Carrier evap coil, no third party coil. I would get an upgrade price though to the Carrier Performance 13 model. Should not be much more money and is a nicer condenser.

Paired with what model furnace?

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This post was edited by tigerdunes on Tue, Jun 24, 14 at 6:24

I will check into the Carrier Performance 13. I think my furnace is a Goodman. I will be replacing the coil with a matching one depending upon which one I will get.
Why the Carrier over the other ones?

The Carrier and Bryant are identical. The Carrier quote was the least expensive. You were getting better pricing from the Carrier dealer. You have a margin to upgrade to the Performance 13 model which still should be less expensive to the Bryant Legacy. You want to make certain though that dealer is giving you the best matching Carrier ALA coil. You mentioned that you were comfortable with the pricing of any of the models.

The Rheem and Lennox are low end POJ. Not sure about the Heil. The AmStd is same as Trane's XB series. Nothing wrong with either as long as a matching Trane/AmStd evap coil. I was looking at price and best bang for the buck.

Let me know if you have any questions. I assume dealer plans to flush existing lineset. Of course you want to be comfortable with the dealer.

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How important is it having high and low pressure switches?

How important is it having high and low pressure switches?

Good feature to have....

Hey Tigerdunes, why are the Rheem and Lennox POJ? What about them makes them POJ? Parts inside? How about the Rheem 14AJM or classic RANL-JAZ C?

The two models that I referred to, Rheem and Lennox are low end units made South of the Border. I wouldn't have them. I also don't care for their coils either. The market is trending toward aluminum for longer lasting, less leaks.

The ALA Carrier coil stands for aluminum. Trane has been the leader in coils for sometime. Carrier has been behind the curve in this area but are catching up now, first with their tin models and now aluminum. But you must ask. For years they had serious issues with their copper models. Nothing but trouble.

Nothing wrong with the Rheem RANL Classic condenser, a step up from their value series.

Have you received an upgrade price on the Performance 13 yet?

I think I am done here.

Good Luck
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Thank you, tiger dunes! No, I have not received a price yet for the Carrier upgrade.

When people refer to copper coil, is the coil all copper with fin as well, or copper foil with aluminum fin? Which is better?