That would be a mitigation strategy, but my main point is my old conventional had significantly fewer and less lengthy hot water outages compared to my new fanc

That would be a mitigation strategy, but my main point is my old conventional had significantly fewer and less lengthy hot water outages compared to my new fancy hybrid with a larger tank. To be clear, we make this work - it isn't a catastrophe by any stretch, but it is a marked surprise when you expected superior hot water uptime and you get distinctly WORSE hot water uptime, you know?