> The power output from an ASHP can exceed a typical gas boiler if that is desired. That is desired, and apparently is not actually the case. I did my research

> The power output from an ASHP can exceed a typical gas boiler if that is desired. That is desired, and apparently is not actually the case. I did my research and that's what people tell me, so I didn't get one. They might work better in hotter climates, but in northern ones with incoming water near freezing, they don't.