Consumer Reports Ductless Air Conditioner

A mini split is an efficient scalable way to add cooling or heating to specific rooms of a home.

Consumer reports ductless air conditioner.

Look for complete coverage of air conditioning including window portable and split ductless in the july 2009 issue of consumer reports online and on newsstands in june. Consumer reports asked 34 000 readers about central air conditioning systems purchased between 2007 and mid 2013. The heating efficiency of air source and ductless splits systems is measured by hspf heating seasonal performance factor. Based on their experiences you may want to give three brands the cold shoulder.

The minimum federal hspf rating for all units is 7 7. Consumer reports tests the comfort level of portable air conditioners based on how a model cooled a room sized for the particular unit on its low fan setting and how accurate it came to. We test three sizes of window acs small medium and large and adjust the size of the chamber to the. The best ductless air conditioners are durable energy efficient and quiet which makes them a great solution for cooling and heating rooms in the home the office or in public establishments such as restaurants hotels or libraries.

We have compiled a list of our top recommendations and reviewed them in detail so that you can decide which indoor unit is the right option for you. To ensure that you have the best advice we surveyed almost 22 000 consumer reports members about new central air conditioning systems they bought and installed between 2007 and 2018. At consumer reports we test room air conditioners in a special climate controlled chamber. The most and least reliable central air conditioning systems according to a survey from consumer reports of nearly 22 000 members.