In Massachusetts it is smart to invest in a good heating device… I decided that I was willing to pay the large bucks for a boiler system, but a boiler is a tank of a heater. It can last around 50 years with truly minimal care about or care, and you certainly don’t even need to hire out for repair since it doesn’t seem to war out parts unless due to age. In fact, if you can find upgradement parts a boiler can live up to 70 years; That is why everyone upgrade them due to no parts being made. How does it work? It is super versatile in operation. You can hook up piping to your boiler and have it hooked to radiators or baseboards. It can serve as the family water heater, pool heater, or snow melt system. You can even have a boiler hooked to piping within the floorboards to create hydronic heating; No matter how you use it, expect efficient, clean, and near silent operation. I care about that I have a boiler system for living in Lowell. The weather is just so chilly most of the time, however lowell doesn’t see a lot of hot afternoons. So spending quite a bit on a furnace is a justifiable expense. Also when you consider that this expense is going to last around 50 years, you have quite a budget for it. You get what you pay for and I am blissful that I paid extra to have a superior boiler to combat the Lowell, MA snowy season.