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Border Minisplits heat pump efficiency: 5 outdoor models compared

Border Minisplits has 5 heat pump outdoor models certified with this refrigerant group, in 5 AHRI-certified combinations. Each model is compared with models of the same size and duct type, so the scores below do not depend on which sizes Border Minisplits makes. Border Minisplits has no QMID (IRS Qualified Manufacturer ID) on file, so it is not ranked against other manufacturers.

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ManufacturerData as of updated · sources

Outdoor models
5
AHRI certifications
5
Efficiency index
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No model has all five ratings
Meet CEE 2025
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0 models

How Border Minisplits compares with comparable models

For each rating: the share of same-size, same-type models that a typical model of this manufacturer beats (50% is typical), its rank, and the raw median for context. Raw medians are not comparable across manufacturers that make different sizes.
Border Minisplits against every ranked manufacturerPeer scores, 0–100 · grey ticks: each ranked manufacturer · shaded: the middle half of Border Minisplits’s own modelsBorder Minisplits is strongest on EER2 (its typical model beats 22% of comparable models) and weakest on HSPF2 (4%).
  • Border Minisplits
  • Middle half of its models
  • Other ranked manufacturers
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Source: AHRI Directory, NEEP · as of

Average peer percentile of Border Minisplits’s models
RatingBeats comparable modelsRankRaw median
Efficiency index0 models scored—Not ranked—
COP at 5°F0 models scored—Not ranked—
Capacity retention at 5°F0 models scored—Not ranked—
HSPF25 models scored4%Not ranked8.2
SEER25 models scored13%Not ranked18.1
EER25 models scored22%Not ranked10.8
Heating capacity at 5°F0 models scored—Not ranked—

Standards met

Share of Border Minisplits’s models with at least one qualifying certification
StandardShareModels
CEE 2025 Tier 1 (Split ASHP)0%0
CEE 2026 Tier 1 (Split ASHP)0%0
CEE Advanced Tier (Split ASHP)0%0
Xcel Energy Colorado cold-climate ASHP (2025)0%0
DOE Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge0%0
ENERGY STAR Cold Climate0%0

Sizes and duct types offered

Models per peer group, and how they score against the other models of that group.
Border Minisplits’s models inside each size and duct typeShape: every model of the group · blue: the middle half of this manufacturer’s models there, median dot, 10th–90th percentile line
  • Border Minisplits (median, middle 50%, 10th–90th)
  • All models of the group
Non-ducted, up to 1.5 tons1.953,455 modelsNon-ducted, 2 tons2.00863 modelsNon-ducted, 2.5–3 tons2.001,106 modelsmedian

Source: AHRI Directory · as of

Share of comparable models beaten, per peer group
Size and duct typeModelsIndexCOP@5°FHSPF2SEER2
Non-ducted, up to 1.5 tons3——4%15%
Non-ducted, 2 tons1——3%12%
Non-ducted, 2.5–3 tons1——4%9%

Every Border Minisplits model in the market

Border Minisplits’s 5 models with a known size and duct type, over the shape of the whole catalog.
Border Minisplits models by size and ratingColoured: Border Minisplits · grey shapes: all 14,508 models · lines: catalog medians by size
  • Border Minisplits models
  • Ducted median by size
  • Non-ducted median by size
  • Every model at each size (width = count)
  • Standard threshold

Dots: 5 border minisplits models, each through its representative certification, in the colour of the rating shown. The grey shapes count all 14,508 models, half a ton at a time.
Show the data as a table
COP at 5°F by size and duct type (every model, by rated cooling capacity)
Duct type, sizeModels10th pct.25thMedian75th90th
Ducted, 0.5 tons8261.641.711.751.852.24
Ducted, 1 ton4071.801.902.052.412.45
Ducted, 1.5 tons9921.751.862.002.172.40
Ducted, 2 tons9991.751.862.002.182.30
Ducted, 2.5 tons1,0401.701.802.002.102.36
Ducted, 3 tons6961.801.902.002.102.42
Ducted, 3.5 tons8641.701.802.002.102.46
Ducted, 4 tons7271.801.862.002.122.40
Ducted, 4.5 tons6901.701.801.902.102.20
Ducted, 5 tons861.892.002.102.102.10
Non-ducted, 0.5 tons1,1861.751.801.902.002.22
Non-ducted, 1 ton1,3431.801.801.992.102.21
Non-ducted, 1.5 tons1,2611.801.802.002.102.31
Non-ducted, 2 tons7611.801.982.002.102.30
Non-ducted, 2.5 tons4031.801.852.002.002.10
Non-ducted, 3 tons4731.901.982.002.032.20
Non-ducted, 3.5 tons2802.002.002.002.052.10
Non-ducted, 4 tons2041.962.002.052.102.11
Non-ducted, 4.5 tons781.901.911.952.012.01
Non-ducted, 5 tons841.992.002.052.202.20

Source: AHRI Directory · as of

Top Border Minisplits models

Its top five cold-climate picks and its top five all-around models across sizes (both scores compare each model with models of its own size and duct type, so sizes compare), then, on each single rating, the model that beats the largest share of comparable models.

Cold-climate picks

No Border Minisplits model keeps at least 70% of its heat at 5°F with all three cold-climate ratings.

All-around best

No Border Minisplits model has all five all-around ratings.

Best model on each rating

Border Minisplits’s model with the highest peer percentile on each rating, ranked by that one rating only
RatingModelValueCompared withBeatsAHRI ref.
COP at 5°F—————
Capacity retention at 5°F—————
HSPF2ELITE-121A-O8.2Non-ducted, up to 1.5 tons4%218258571
SEER2ELITE-121A-O18.1Non-ducted, up to 1.5 tons15%218258571
EER2ELITE-182A-O11.6Non-ducted, up to 1.5 tons35%218258573
Heating capacity at 5°F—————

All 5 Border Minisplits models in Explore

Border Minisplits size class by size class: cold-climate and all-around

Its best model on each board in every size and duct type it makes. Both scores are 0–100 against every model of that size class (the line on each bar is 50, the typical model there). Cold-climate picks must keep at least 70% of their heat at 5°F; the all-around score needs all five ratings and has no such bar.
Border Minisplits: best cold-climate pick and best all-around model per size and duct type, with how many of its models are on each board (top 5 and 5 per class are in the snapshot)
Size and duct typeCold-climate pickCold-climate score, best modelAll-around bestAll-around score, best model
Non-ducted, up to 1.5 tonsNone on this board (0 of 3 models qualify)None on this board (0 of 3 models have all five ratings)
Non-ducted, 2 tonsNone on this board (0 of 1 models qualify)None on this board (0 of 1 models have all five ratings)
Non-ducted, 2.5–3 tonsNone on this board (0 of 1 models qualify)None on this board (0 of 1 models have all five ratings)

All-around board, every manufacturer

Newest Border Minisplits certifications

By AHRI reference number; AHRI issues references in increasing order.
The 5 most recently certified Border Minisplits outdoor models
Outdoor modelSize · typeCOP@5°FCap. 5/47HSPF2SEER2MeetsCombosAHRI ref.
ELITE-362A-OBorder Minisplitswith ductless indoor unit ELITE-362A-I3 tons34,600 Btu/h · Non-ducted——8.218.1None1218258575
ELITE-242A-OBorder Minisplitswith ductless indoor unit ELITE-242A-I2 tons23,400 Btu/h · Non-ducted——8.218.1None1218258574
ELITE-182A-OBorder Minisplitswith ductless indoor unit ELITE-182A-I1.5 tons17,100 Btu/h · Non-ducted——8.218.1None1218258573
ELITE-122A-OBorder Minisplitswith ductless indoor unit ELITE-122A-I1 ton12,000 Btu/h · Non-ducted——8.218.1None1218258572
ELITE-121A-OBorder Minisplitswith ductless indoor unit ELITE-121A-I1 ton12,100 Btu/h · Non-ducted——8.218.1None1218258571

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Border Minisplits includes these brand names as listed in AHRI: Border Minisplits. Standards are checked against published thresholds; program rules beyond ratings are not checked.