31 gas heaters and heat pumps from 9 brands, with capacity, efficiency, heat exchanger and warranty side by side. Every figure comes from the manufacturer's own documents.
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Built Right · XW Series
A pool that's swum most of the year where steady, low-cost heat matters more than fast heat-up.
Automation relay (no heater app)
AquaCal · HeatWave SuperQuiet
A pool that's used most of the year and could use a chill option in late summer, with steady, low-cost heat the rest of the time.
Built-in Wi-Fi
Thermeau · Prestige
A pool that's used most of the year and could use a chill option in late summer, with steady, low-cost heat the rest of the time.
Onboard controls only
Pentair · ETi
A high-use pool or pool-and-spa where fuel cost decides it, and a pad that can handle a condensing heater's condensate drain.
Automation relay (no heater app)
GulfStream · HE Series
A pool that's swum most of the year where steady, low-cost heat matters more than fast heat-up.
Automation relay (no heater app)
GulfStream · HE Series
A pool that's used most of the year and could use a chill option in late summer, with steady, low-cost heat the rest of the time.
Automation relay (no heater app)
GulfStream · HE Series
A pool that's swum most of the year where steady, low-cost heat matters more than fast heat-up.
Automation relay (no heater app)
GulfStream · HE Series
A pool that's used most of the year and could use a chill option in late summer, with steady, low-cost heat the rest of the time.
Automation relay (no heater app)
GulfStream · HE Series
A pool that's swum most of the year where steady, low-cost heat matters more than fast heat-up.
Automation relay (no heater app)
Hayward · Universal H-Series
A larger pool or a pool-and-spa combination that needs fast heat-up in any weather.
App control through automation
Hayward · Universal H-Series
A larger pool or a pool-and-spa combination that needs fast heat-up in any weather.
App control through automation
Hayward · Universal H-Series
An average-size pool, or a pool with a small spa, where you want gas-speed heat without paying for the largest unit.
App control through automation
Hayward · Universal H-Series
An average-size pool, or a pool with a small spa, where you want gas-speed heat without paying for the largest unit.
App control through automation
Moov · Moov Inverter
A pool where quiet, part-load operation matters, with a newer brand and a smaller installed base than the pro-channel names.
Built-in Wi-Fi
Raypak · Crosswind V
A pool that's used most of the year and could use a chill option in late summer, with steady, low-cost heat the rest of the time.
Built-in Wi-Fi
Jandy · JXiQ
A larger pool or a pool-and-spa combination that needs fast heat-up in any weather.
App control through automation
Jandy · JXi with VersaFlo
A larger pool or a pool-and-spa combination that needs fast heat-up in any weather.
App control through automation
Jandy · VersaTemp JRT
A pool that's used most of the year and could use a chill option in late summer, with steady, low-cost heat the rest of the time.
App control through automation
Jandy · VersaTemp JRT
A pool that's used most of the year and could use a chill option in late summer, with steady, low-cost heat the rest of the time.
App control through automation
Jandy · JXi
A larger pool or a pool-and-spa combination that needs fast heat-up in any weather.
App control through automation
Jandy · JXi
An average-size pool, or a pool with a small spa, where you want gas-speed heat without paying for the largest unit.
App control through automation
Pentair · MasterTemp
A larger pool or a pool-and-spa combination that needs fast heat-up in any weather.
Automation relay (no heater app)
Pentair · MasterTemp HD
A larger pool or a pool-and-spa combination that needs fast heat-up in any weather.
Automation relay (no heater app)
Raypak · AVIA
A larger pool or a pool-and-spa combination that needs fast heat-up in any weather.
Built-in Wi-Fi
Raypak · AVIA HD with NiTek
A larger pool or a pool-and-spa combination that needs fast heat-up in any weather.
Built-in Wi-Fi
Raypak · AVIA
An average-size pool, or a pool with a small spa, where you want gas-speed heat without paying for the largest unit.
Built-in Wi-Fi
Pentair · MasterTemp
An average-size pool, or a pool with a small spa, where you want gas-speed heat without paying for the largest unit.
Automation relay (no heater app)
Pentair · MasterTemp HD
An average-size pool, or a pool with a small spa, where you want gas-speed heat without paying for the largest unit.
Automation relay (no heater app)
Pentair · UltraTemp
A pool that's used most of the year and could use a chill option in late summer, with steady, low-cost heat the rest of the time.
Automation relay (no heater app)
Hayward · HeatPro MCHX
A pool that's swum most of the year where steady, low-cost heat matters more than fast heat-up.
Automation relay (no heater app)
Hayward · HeatPro MCHX
A pool that's used most of the year and could use a chill option in late summer, with steady, low-cost heat the rest of the time.
Automation relay (no heater app)
The ranges across the 31 models here, and what each one means for your pool.
Capacity
82,000–400,000
BTU/hr
Efficiency
COP 5.5–6.1
gas 82–96%
Heat exchanger
4 metals
in the water path
Warranty
1–7 yrs
parts · labor 0–5 yrs
Every heater carries our own 5-point score, built around what saves you money and headaches in South Florida, not around the spec sheet's biggest number.
Labor is the biggest single discriminator. A warranty that pays for the parts but not the repair visit leaves you with the bill, so it counts for 35% of the score.
The score is our opinion as an installer. The warranty terms, metals and efficiency figures behind it come from the manufacturers' documents and are shown on every model page.
The exchanger is where gas heaters and heat pumps differ most in how well they take Florida water.
| Material | How it holds up | Models here |
|---|---|---|
| Titanium | Titanium doesn't corrode in pool water, so it's the standard on quality heat pumps and the reason a heat pump can sit on a salt pool for years without exchanger trouble. It costs more, which is why it's rare on gas heaters, and the ETi 400 is the exception here. | 16 |
| NiTek nickel alloy | A nickel-alloy exchanger that Raypak offers on its AVIA HD gas heaters as a corrosion-resistant alternative to copper. It sits between cupro-nickel and titanium in resistance and price. | 1 |
| Cupro-nickel | Copper alloyed with nickel gives up a little heat transfer in exchange for much better resistance to unbalanced water chemistry and salt. On a gas heater this is the upgrade worth having near the coast. | 6 |
| Copper | The traditional material and the cheapest to build. It transfers heat well and does fine on well-balanced chlorine water, but it's the least forgiving of low pH, high chlorine and salt. Water chemistry has to stay in range for a copper exchanger to reach its full life. | 8 |
Where a chlorinator or salt cell is installed, it belongs downstream of the heater. For the full gas, heat pump and solar trade-offs, read heat pump vs gas vs solar, and size the unit with the pool heater size calculator.
Universal H-Series gas heaters and HeatPro MCHX heat pumps
MasterTemp and ETi gas heaters, UltraTemp heat pumps
The specs and warranty terms are manufacturer-published figures only. Each model page lists the documents behind its numbers, and each document is re-opened and re-matched against the model number, capacity and efficiency before the “last checked” date moves. The FBP Heater Rating on top of them is our own opinion as a Florida pool contractor who installs and services these brands. How we rate heaters or how we compile and verify the data.
Specs, ratings and warranties, answered for South Florida pool owners.
31 models from 9 brands: 16 gas heaters and 15 heat pumps. Each one has its own page with the full specification table, the warranty broken out term by term, and the manufacturer documents the figures came from.
Only from the manufacturers: their product pages, spec sheets, installation manuals and warranty documents. Every model page lists the exact documents with the date we last opened them. The figures on this page were last checked on October 14, 2026. Manufacturers revise terms without notice, so we confirm the current term on your written quote.
It's our own 5-point score for every heater, graded on what saves you money and headaches in South Florida: warranty and free repair labor (35%), salt and rust proofing of the inside metal (25%), monthly energy bills (15%), fast Florida repairs and parts (15%), and smart controls and a tough outside box (10%). It's our opinion as an installer, not a lab test, and the facts behind each score are on the model page.
No. A heater has to match the pool, not just be large. Gas heaters are sold by input, the fuel they burn, and heat pumps by heating output, and the number your pool needs comes from its surface area and the temperature rise you want. An oversized heater costs more to buy and run, and every heater needs the water flow your pump and plumbing can actually deliver. Our heater size calculator gives a starting number and we confirm it on site.
Thermal efficiency is for gas heaters: the share of the fuel's energy that ends up in the water, so an 84% unit sends 84 cents of every fuel dollar's heat into the pool. COP is for heat pumps: how many units of heat come out for each unit of electricity going in, so a COP of 5.7 delivers 5.7 times the heat you pay for. COP changes with the test conditions, which is why every figure here shows the conditions it was rated at on the model page.
Titanium is effectively immune to pool chemistry, including salt, and is standard on the heat pumps here. On gas heaters, cupro-nickel or NiTek nickel alloy gives much better resistance to unbalanced water and salt than plain copper, and the ETi 400 uses titanium. Copper does fine on balanced chlorine water and is the least forgiving of low pH, high chlorine and salt, so chemistry has to stay in range.
Yes. We quote, install and service the heaters listed here across Palm Beach and Broward counties, managed by us under our Florida Certified Pool/Spa Contractor license (CPC1461731). You get one written price after a free on-site sizing visit.
Free on-site sizing visit. We check the pool, the pump and plumbing, the gas and the panel, and give you one written price for the heater that fits.
