Although I have been an advocate for the Girard on demand water heater, it is a well known fact that even when working as it should, there are still a number of concessions/workarounds that one must learn to live with if you don't have ideal water pressure/flow and incoming water temperatures as well as dealing with the "cold blast" when trying to conserve water or turn it off/on to soap up or do the dishes. The Truma Aqua Go resolves pretty much every single one of those issues and so almost from day one, it has always been in the back of my mind that when and if the Girard dies, it will be replaced with a Truma Aqua-go Comfort.
Even though our Girard Gen 3 is still working just fine, my plans suddenly changed yesterday when an opportunity I couldn't turn down, suddenly appeared.
I ran across an article online about a new Truma Service Center that just opened in Lakeland, Florida and they were offering free installation for the first 50 units sold out of the new location. I called Truma and sure enough, they hadn't reached their 50 unit count yet, and the free installation was still available.
But immediately, the DW started throwing up roadblocks. It not only would cost a good portion of what we were saving to haul the Eagle TT up there and back, but the thought of breaking camp, hitching up, traveling, waiting, and getting back after dark were just a few of her "logical" arguments against doing it. I hate it when she makes sense!!!!!
But falling back on a couple of adages such as "Nothing worth having comes easy" and "It never hurts to ask", I thought what the heck, tossed the "Hail Mary" and called Truma back to see if they did on site installs. To my surprise they do, and for a mere $39.00 travel fee. Who does on site visits for a mere 39.00 these days??? TRUMA DOES!
So with the DW's blessing, I now have a factory tech scheduled to install a new Truma Aqua Go Comfort in our Eagle TT on our site next Wednesday the 10th. He also advised me that with their recommended 2-3 hour install time at 110.00/hr., that phone call just saved me almost 300.00!
A new Truma Aqua Go, the DW no longer has "logic" on her side, and I saved ~ 300.00, It's Christmas all over again!!!!
Goodbye Girard, Hello Truma!
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