Opinions on heat strip for A/C - UPDATED with Results

pnichols wrote:

At the same time, we ran the air conditioner on a low enough setting to reduce interior humidity and an electric space heater to keep from getting frozen out by the air conditioner.

Honestly, would you have done this if you were paying for electricity? (Not that we don't all pay in the end) Forgive my question if you were metered.

And I have investigated the heat strips and across the board have found them wanting.