FH285-i 85,000 BTU Full Inverter Heat Pump

Ordered my FH285 last Thursday and it arrived Thursday. A little slower than advertised but to be fair, FED Ex is a bit lethargic with accurately communicating to their customers, I could have gotten on Wednesday if they would have reached out to me instead of me reaching out to them. Anyway, heat pump came well packaged. Protecting the unit was a high priority of FibroPool. Installed unit in place of an 10 year Hayward 50000 BTU unit. This I thought would be a little responsive with the advertised 85000 BTUs on a 11000 gallon pool. It does not seem to be. Maybe a little lazier the heat up pool compared to the Hayward 50 k unit. Also curious to what the manual states 62000 BTU and the website 85000 BTU? Probably more like the 62000 based on the comparative performance. Sharp looking unit with somewhat confusing display screen Han a hard time with WIFI but finally got it to work. Also seems to measure in 2 degree increments which I do not like. Each degree is important with pool heating. I also was not able to retain my 20 amp GFCI breaker from the Hayward. It would pop after the fan came on. This I guess was when the compressor came on. Not sure why must be leaking back some. Reluctantly installed a basic 20 amp breaker and presto…Overall happy with purchase and seemingly responsive support staff who reached out to me three times with out me even asking them anything- that is a great sign and very impressive.

First off, FibroPool is a first class company! Thank you to Yavuz and Matt for quickly replying to all my pre and post purchase questions and proving technical support! I purchased a FH285-i for our 5000 gallon pool here in Las Vegas. We intentionally chose to over size our unit as here in Las Vegas the humidity is very low which affects the efficiency of heat pumps and we wanted the ability to quickly heat or cool our pool depending on the weather. The unit arrived in good condition and has been installed and tested and is in good working order. My initial impression of the 285-i is that it's well built using quality materials. If I had to nit pick anything it would be the top cover is made of thin plastic and a lighter paint color would be nice since it's so hot here during the summer. Our unit was installed in a few hours since we had the electrical wiring ready and the plumbing was easily modified to incorporate the heat pump into our existing pool equipment. Wire used: #10 AWG, 2 hot leads, 1 ground, no nuetral from the breaker panel to quick disconnect pannel near the unit then #12 AWG from the quick connect to the heat pump. the circuit breaked used is a 30 amp Non GFCI breaker and BONDED to our existing pool equipment using #8 AWG bare copper wire.

We've only had our FH285-i heat pump for a for a few weeks now and it's mid July here in Vegas and the temperatures have been in the 100's during the day and high 80's at night so we haven't had a need to use the…

15k gallon above ground pool in central Connecticut. Even with a solar cover, the pool would rarely get into the 80s. I installed this unit on Saturday and my pool was at 70 degrees. By Monday night I was at a comfortable 84, success! I'm looking forward to seeing how this holds up over the season and how late in the year I can keep my pool open.

The "smart" feature seems to be working fine. I like being able to see my pool temperature on my phone before deciding to go for a dip. I can control the unit through the app without issue.

Installation was pretty straightforward. I like that it only requires a 20A breaker. 2 things I would like to see are a recommended pad size so I can buy one ahead of time, and the capability to run electrical conduit directly to the unit.