top furnace manufacturers

The brand and the reliability of the manufacturer is always a bit or very relative. All major brands have their own enthusiastic supporters, but hidden flaws and design failures can happen to any manufacturer.

Anyway, when buying, a good brand and a top furnace manufacturer are still important elements to consider.

Prefer a well established manufacturer

Prefer a long established furnace manufacturer. Being in the business longer represents a lot in the furnace market. A newcomer can't offer the same know-how and guarantees.

Since furnace equipment is supposed to last two decades or so, choosing a long established manufacturer decreases the risk of buying a furnace with hidden flaws.

Prefer a furnace manufacturer offering long warranties

If the furnace manufacturer is willing to back the most expensive parts of their equipment for many years, that’s a good sign of a lasting performance.

Picking a furnace with a long heat exchanger warranty – the most expensive part of a furnace – is very important. Some top furnace manufacturers are offering heat exchanger warranties of 20 years (or more) for their best models.

Beyond the brand, the manufacturer or the furnace AFUE

Be aware with the installation. If the installation isn't up to the furnace, its final performance will be largely doomed. Inferior units with a good installation can outperform furnace units with a better AFUE.

Popular gas Furnace Manufacturers

American Standard and Trane furnaces are particularly popular in the North American market, with several high efficient models.

Some lines of Bryant (Evolution) and Carrier are also particularly well rated in high-efficient units. Ruud, Lennox, Tempstar and York are other names to consider.

See, for a more complete list: Top gas and oil furnace manufacturers.

Choosing A Good Oil Furnace Manufacturer

If gas isn’t available in your region, and your choice fell on an oil furnace, Thermo Pride and Carrier/Bryant are between the best rated manufacturers in consumer reports for high-efficient units.

manufacturers & Environment

New high efficient furnaces are much less polluting than outdated ones. But they aren't exactly an environmentally-friendly choice.

That's were pellet, corn and other biomass furnaces have a word to say. Unfortunately, except for some rare cases, the manufacturers of these furnaces are small companies, some of them using a complex mix of old technologies with some new improvements.

Certified Models

For a large list of Energy Star furnace manufacturers, see: Energy Star List. It includes the top manufacturers listed below.

Top Gas and Oil furnace manufacturers

Amana
American Standard
Armstrong
Bryant
Carrier
Coleman
Goodman
Heil
Lennox
Payne
Pinnacle
Rheem
Trane
York

For a list of wood pellet furnace manufacturers, see: Wood Pellet Furnaces