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I've had natural gas heat for as long as I've owned a home. I've always been happy with it. But we just moved into an all-electric home this fall.

HVAC in it is 3 heat pump systems - sort of in between a central heat pump and mini-splits.

This heat pump system sucks. Absolutely sucks. And it's only 5 years old.

I had the company that has been maintaining it come out and give me a tutorial on using it. They call the air handler/heat exchanger the "furnace" and the outdoor units the "AC." One furnace is in the basement and the other two are in the attics.

The furnaces pump out huge volumes of lukewarm air. The moving air causes a wind chill factor, in addition to contributing to static electricity build-up, and being noisy. We were comfortable at 68 degrees in a gas heated house, but have to keep it at 72 here to stay comfortable because of the wind chill. Worst of all, one of the air handler/furnaces is directly above the master bedroom. When it comes on full tilt, it's like trying to sleep under a jet engine. It is so bad we turn that unit off at night and rely on air wafting in through the bedroom door to keep us from freezing.

Did I mention this system sucks? The last two electric bills were $685 and $895. The solar panels are finally on-line, so the bill for January should be lower.

We do have a fireplace insert and keep a fire in it, so there is at least one warm area in the house.

If I had a choice I would heat with natural gas unless I lived someplace where they don't use the heat much. Electric might work for the OP.