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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sacie,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I can appreciate your comment about the price, but, as someone else said, “You get what you pay for” is pretty good advice. I know the prices have gone up one them, but quality speaks for itself. I, frankly, would rather buy ANYTHING than buy it from China!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Too much of our $$$ has already gone there!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kathy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org [mailto:greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sacie Lambertson<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 02, 2012 8:18 PM<br><b>To:</b> Green Building<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Greenbuilding] tankless heaters redux<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Thanks for the responses; I'm thinking as well 'tis better to stick with known brands 'specially when the price of the unknown is so much less.<br><br>My first tankless was a Paloma, the other two have been Bosch, all used with propane, as will this one. I'm going to try a smaller type this time, so there's few choices among the manufacturers. Takagi has a good name and I've read good reviews about the 'Jr' version. Just hate to pay about as much for it today as I did the large Bosch I bought 13 years ago.<br><br>Again, thanks, Sacie<br></span><br>Steve, why did you go for an electric tankless btw?<o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=1 width="100%" noshade style='color:#A0A0A0' align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>No virus found in this message.<br>Checked by AVG - <a href="http://www.avg.com">www.avg.com</a><br>Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4845 - Release Date: 03/01/12<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>