My husband’s mom bought our cats a chirping kicky toy that I guess is supposed to look kind of like a ferret. It was really shrill and annoying and they wouldn’t leave it alone because the noises made them so curious. It mysteriously vanished later on christmas day lmao.
The ability not to pee myself every time I sneeze, run or jump after giving birth vaginally would be pretty nice. Even without doing any physical therapy.
I’m not much for receiving gifts but I appreciate fancy candies and food items I wouldn’t buy for myself, and I turned most of them in to poop already.
just a spreadsheet, every paycheck gets a row. I write in how much to savings, spending, etc. then how much I spent of last paycheck. make sure everything lines up with what bank acct is at. works pretty okay for me
If the body couls generate muscle without needing to excersize first that’d be cool. But I guess that’s why steroids were invented and those have some side effects
Mine is not bearable from the inside and only hearable on the same side of the house, but I guess it depends heavily on the model. I. The summer it only runs for hot water - maybe 4 times a day.
I had a heat pump and you could barely hear it outside. I had to be within 10ft to hear it running. It could be an age thing too. Mine was installed within the past 3 years, so that probably helps too.
My downstairs is heated by a cold weather heat pump, my upstairs by a furnace. In extreme cold snaps, I noticed the heat pump sound when I’m directly on the other side of the wall to it. But I can still easily tune it out and sleep with it going full blast.
We have a heat pump. It’s a little louder in the winter, but not by much. It’s very quiet other than the odd hissing sound it makes when defrosting the unit.
I moved into a place with a heat pump for the first time recently and mine is definitely noisy, or more noisy than I would prefer. It’s not terrible when you’re inside near where it is but it is noticeable. It’s also around 10 years old and I believe newer ones are supposed to be quieter.
That’s what I’m thinking, it also may not be installed very well which could be a factor. It’s not quite level, which is supposedly not good for them. I’m planning on replacing it within the next year or three depending on budget and how well it holds out. It seems to work great otherwise, it definitely is much more efficient than anything I’ve had previously.
Also depends on whether you get air source or ground source. Ground source lasts a lot longer, and is way more efficient, but costs more to install up front.
We have two buildings on our property with mini split heat pumps. Both are very quiet. They can be a bit noisy indoors if you turn the fan above the medium setting. It’s basically silent on the low fan setting. Low is plenty for both heating and cooling.
It’s as noisy as an air conditioner. Because it is an air conditioner — just run in reverse. Some AC compressors are noisier than others depending on manufacturer and quality.
That said, the two noisy parts are in my basement and outside, so meh, whatever. It’s never bothered me. Every now and then I’ll be in the basement when it kicks on, and it’s mostly just reassuring, like at least that things still working fine.
Like with AC units, there are quiet heat pumps and loud heat pumps.
I would look online for reviews that talk about sound. Look for information about decibels and or sones. A lot of manufacturers publish that info.
You might also want to see if anyone has published anything about the sound your models put out. That way you have a baseline number to compare new unit specs to.
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