Ductless mini-splits sold online, compared
Most mini-split brands sold online don't build their own units, many round their efficiency figures up, and few say plainly what a self-install does to the warranty. MiniSplit Facts reads each system's ENERGY STAR certification, the brand's own spec sheets and warranty terms, and the stores' prices, and lines up 410 systems from 9 brands, every figure with its source.
410 single-zone systems 292 matched to their ENERGY STAR record 9 brands, 6 factories behind them
ACiQ Extreme 12,000 BTU wall mount system ($1,649.99) and Senville AURA 12,000 BTU wall mount system ($1,399.99) are certified with identical figures at every test point: one system, two names.
We match every system's certification against the records the factories file under their own names.
Every brand and its factory →By the brands' own warranty terms, 145 of the systems we list keep their warranty when the owner installs them; 256 need a licensed technician or the warranty is void. Each product page quotes the terms and the date we read them.
Systems you can install yourself →Efficiency and cold-weather figures come from the certification record of the exact indoor and outdoor pair. 20 times so far, a brand's own page states a figure differently from its certificate; we show the certified one and record the other.
Where every number comes from →| Brand | Series | Points to | Products |
|---|---|---|---|
| MRCOOL | DIY 5th Gen · DIY Select · DIY Easy Pro · Advantage 5th Gen · Olympus | Midea | 66 |
| Pioneer | Diamante Essenza · Diamante Pro · Quantum Ultra · Quantum Hyperformance · Quantum Fresh | TCL, Midea | 72 |
| Senville | LETO · AURA · ELITE | Midea | 46 |
| DELLA | Optima Pro CloudAir · Optima CloudAir · Optima · Serena CloudAir · Serena · Vario · Vita · Motto · Umbra · Econo · cassette, duct and floor/ceiling | TCL, AUX | 64 |
| TOSOT | Aoraki · Cosmo · cassette, duct and floor-standing | — | 23 |
| Gree | Livo · Vireo · Sapphire | — | 43 |
| Daikin | Entra · Oterra · Aurora · Atmosphera | — | 18 |
| ACiQ | Standard · Extreme · single-zone | Midea | 52 |
| Mitsubishi Electric | FX · GX · EX · HX · WX · JX · SUZ ducted, cassette and floor · P-Series | — | 96 |
Previous generations, still listed because people buy them: Pioneer Diamante Pro (R-410A), Pioneer Diamante Ultra (R-410A), Pioneer Hyperformance (R-410A), Pioneer EStar (R-410A), Pioneer WYS Inverter+ (R-410A), Pioneer Inverter++ (R-410A), Pioneer Quantum multi-zone (R-410A). Previous generations →
Gaps stay gaps: a figure no source publishes shows as "—", never a guess.