Somebody owns it. It might be you. There's a prize for that — a brand-new Trane condenser and coil, installed, for nothing.
No purchase necessary. Takes about 90 seconds. Everyone who enters gets $500 off a new system and a free tune-up — win or lose.
Until entries close — Friday, August 28 at 11:59 PM
Nobody leaves empty-handed
Most giveaways pick one winner and forget the rest. We went the other way. Enter your system, and the credit and the tune-up are yours whether or not your air conditioner is the worst one in the county.
It's how we've run Comfort Madness from the start, and it's why people believe us when we say we actually give this stuff away.
Claim mineGuaranteed for every entrant
$500 offComfort Madness Credit
Credit applies to a complete system replacement, one per household, homeowners only. Redeem by September 30, 2026. Cannot be combined with other offers or financing promotions. Tune-up value $189.
The prize ladder
One grand prize, two runners-up, seven category champions, and a guaranteed prize for everybody else. Here is exactly what each one gets — no asterisks hiding in the basement.
A brand-new Trane outdoor condenser and matched indoor evaporator coil, professionally installed by ECI — zero dollars out of pocket. Your existing furnace or air handler stays where it is. If it isn't a good match, we'll tell you straight and offer you the matching unit at our cost, labor included.
A free matching Trane furnace or air handler with the purchase of a condenser and coil, plus our 10-year labor warranty. The half of the system nobody thinks about until January.
The Complete Comfort package free with any system purchase — smart thermostat, whole-house media air cleaner, UV light, and our 10-year labor warranty.
One winner in each of the seven categories below gets a free two-year maintenance agreement plus a smart thermostat with their system purchase. Seven more lanes, seven more winners.
A $500 Comfort Madness Credit toward a new system and a free 22-point tune-up. Emailed to you within the hour, redeemable through September 30.
Being straight with you: the grand prize is an air conditioner — the outdoor condenser and the indoor coil, installed. It is not a furnace, and we're not going to call it a "whole system" to make the headline bigger. If you want the furnace done at the same time, the winner gets it at our cost with labor included. Read the Official Rules for every detail.
Seven categories
A lot of people talk themselves out of entering because they figure somebody's got a worse one. So we built seven separate lanes. Old, loud, ugly, expensive, patched-together, or just hopeless upstairs — there's a category for it.
The oldest confirmed unit still limping along. If the nameplate has a date that starts with 19, this is your lane.
Mismatched parts, four different brands of components, and at least one repair involving tape. Held together by hope.
Rusted, dented, sun-bleached, and slowly being eaten by a shrub. The one you park the trash cans in front of.
Louder than the lawnmower. You can hear it start from inside the house with the windows shut.
Comfortable on the first floor, unlivable on the second. Nobody sleeps in the back bedroom in July.
Summer electric bills that make you flinch, or a repair history that adds up to more than a new system.
Judges' pick. The story that made the whole office stop and read it out loud. Make us laugh and you're in.
You don't pick your category — we do. Just tell us what's wrong with the thing and we'll put you in the right lane. A 12-year-old builder-grade unit that can't cool the second floor has just as real a shot as a 1988 relic.
How it works
STEP 01
Go outside, find the metal data plate on your condenser, and take a picture of it. That tells us the real age — no guessing. While you're out there, get one of the whole unit. The uglier the better.
STEP 02
Check off what's wrong with it and give us a sentence or two on why you deserve a new one. Funny helps. Honest helps more. Both is how you win.
STEP 03
Your $500 credit and free tune-up land in your inbox within the hour. Then watch the bracket in September to see how your system stacks up against the county.
No purchase necessary. Homeowners in our service area, 18 and over. Entries close Friday, August 28, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern.
The road to the title
Two finalists from each of the seven categories plus two judges' wildcards make a field of sixteen. From there it's head-to-head on Facebook and Instagram until somebody's air conditioner is crowned the worst in Bucks County.
AUG 3
Doors open. Every entry gets the credit and the tune-up immediately.
AUG 28
11:59 PM Eastern. Judging wraps over the weekend.
AUG 31
The field is revealed. Eight matchups, react to vote on your pick.
SEP 2
Half the field goes home. It gets ugly — literally.
SEP 4
The last four standing, live over Labor Day weekend.
SEP 8
Announced on video. Install filmed start to finish in October.
Questions people actually ask
A new Trane outdoor condenser and a matched indoor evaporator coil, professionally installed by our crew, at no cost to the winner. That's a complete new air conditioner. Your existing furnace or air handler stays in place and keeps doing its job.
We are deliberately not calling this a "whole new system," because a whole system includes the furnace and this prize doesn't. If the winner wants the furnace replaced at the same time, they get it at our cost with the labor included.
Sometimes an older furnace or air handler can't be safely matched to new equipment — the blower can't move enough air, or the unit is close to the end of its own life. ECI makes that determination, and if it's a no, we'll tell the winner honestly before anything is installed and offer the matching unit at our cost.
We'd rather have that conversation up front than hand somebody a new condenser bolted to a problem.
No. No purchase is necessary to enter or to win, and buying something will not improve your odds. The $500 credit and the free tune-up are yours for entering.
The credit is a discount you can choose to use on a new system if and when you want one. The tune-up is a real service visit with no obligation attached.
A panel of three ECI judges scores every entry against published criteria: condition and severity of the system (40%), quality and originality of the story (30%), documentation such as the nameplate and photos (20%), and fan engagement during the bracket rounds (10%).
Fan voting is one input, not the deciding factor. Judges' decisions are final. The full criteria live in the Official Rules.
Not at all — that's exactly why the seven categories exist. A twelve-year-old unit that can't cool the second floor, runs loud, or has eaten three capacitors and a compressor is a legitimate contender in The Upstairs Sauna, The Screamer, or The Frankenstein.
Age is one of seven ways to win, not the only one.
Only if you check the optional box saying it's okay. Even then, we identify entrants by first name and town only — never a full address — and we blur house numbers.
One promise about tone: the joke is always the equipment, never the homeowner. You're the person who's been putting up with this thing. The condenser is the villain.
Yes. The fair market value of a prize is taxable income to the winner, and prizes at this value require a Form 1099-MISC and a completed W-9. We'd rather you hear that from us now than from a form in January. Winners should consult their own tax advisor.
One entry per household and one system per entry. If you own two properties in our service area, each one can have its own entry.
Mention it when you book, or hand the emailed voucher to your comfort advisor. It applies to a complete system replacement, one per household, homeowners only, and it has to be redeemed by September 30, 2026. It can't be stacked with other offers or financing promotions.
No — please call us at 215-245-3200. We run same-day service and we'll get somebody out. Enter afterward. A contest is not a reason to sit in a hot house.
Worst case, you walk away with $500 off and a free tune-up. That's a pretty soft floor.
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