Comments by "Laurence Fraser" (@laurencefraser) on "Why Heat Pumps are Immensely Important Right Now" video.

@DreitTheDarkDragon if you were looking for where to buy such an item, you'll probably have more luck looking for 'heatpump' rather than 'AC', and also looking for people who install them rather than to buy the individual item (It's not really the sort of thing one usually installs oneself, for various reasons.)
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@KekusMagnus Well, the Heating Element never breaks down... Every Other part of the system is exactly as reliable as any other electric system. Which is to say that if you spent enough money and the people doing the actual work and/or their bosses didn't scam you, it's fine, but otherwise... Seriously, the number of heaters I've seen crap out and die (in a couple of cases starting fires) because of shitty wiring in other components... Like everything else, they're only as breakdown-proof as the person who built/installed/maintains them is reliable. They're just not particularly prone to failing for any reason Other than being actually broken. Or, you know, a complete loss of electrical power. That's a thing.
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@startedtech The solution to boiling water is to just buy an electric jug/kettle to begin with. Though I understand that these are actually rather rare in the USA, so you might need to import it... Mind you, you still don't want to buy the cheapest ones, as they're often...er... well, you get what you pay for. But the mid range one's still aren't actually expensive, by any real measure. Basically an electric heating element optimised (well, somewhat) for boiling water. To my recollection, the difference between heating an amount of water in one of those and heating it in a mettle kettle on a wood-fired stove is... well, my recollection is that they take about the same length of time (plus or minus having to set the fire if you hadn't already), with no risk of accidentally boiling the kettle dry (with all the consequences of that) if things don't go to plan. No idea with gas, never lived anywhere that used it (and wouldn't want to, honestly, all relevant local factors considered (including unplanned rapid disassembly events caused by gas company negligence...))... Of course, such stove related problems may or may not be down to how your electrical grid works and how the stove is intended to make use of it. Around here they're part of the house, essentially, wired into the house's electrical systems fairly directly (not plugged into wall socket or the like) and I believe draw more than the standard wall socket and associated circuit are rated for (240v, pretty much universally in residential environments). For comparison, fridges, washing machines, and even the hot water tank (usually the single biggest source of electrical demand in any given house, just... a bit more spread out than the stove) all plug into standard 240v sockets.
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