What do you think about heat pumps? Do they cool as good as other central Air Conditioning??

I do not like heat pumps in Las Vegas, they only work good in warm winter place.

I have had experience with heat pumps at my parents home in North Mississippi & would not install it at mine!
They complain that it does not cool enough in the summer & is not that great for heating in the winter. & it does not really get all that cold here!
Younger brother building his home next door considered heat pump & went with the central heat & air instead.
Their heat pump compressor went out a couple of years ago & had it repaired, it seemed to work a little better with the newer compressor installed. Techs said they had improved the design for more efficiency.
I did home repair/remodel/construction, certified as an HVAC technician & would not install one in my home.
One last thought, an AC unit will chill approximately 20 degrees from the temperature of the incoming air. That means, the cooler ur house gets, the colder the air coming from the vents will be! Like putting ur car AC on 'recirculate'.
Hope this helps!

An air conditioner IS a heat pump. It is designed to move heat in one direction only - from inside to the outside.

The heat pump u describe sounds like it is designed to move heat in both directions. That is good, as it usually takes less energy to move heat from one area to another than it costs to heat that area in the first place.

The drawback is that heat pumps r only effective to a certain point. I think once it is about 30 to 40 degrees outside, they do not work well for heating a house - there is not enough heat for them to capture it. At that point, u need another way to heat the house.

Another thing to consider is who in the area can service it, & what kind of medium is used to transport the heat. A friend has a ground-water source heat pump to heat his house. It draws water from a well, extracts the heat, & discharges the water into a pond. When it works, his winter heating bill (in Michigan) runs less than $50 per month. But when it breaks down, it costs him a lot to get it fixed. He has a backup furnace to warm the house. If u have anything like this, u need to get the maintenance records of the system, or at least find out who has done the annual maintenance on it.