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DIYCOOL heat pumps: how do their ratings compare?
A typical DIYCOOL heat pump beats 54% of similar heat pumps (same size and type), which is about average. DIYCOOL has 75 heat pump models in this list.
Covers older R-410A heat pumps, no longer installed new. See models sold today · Updated
Overall score
54%
of similar heat pumps beaten by its typical model
About averageDIYCOOL has no QMID (the manufacturer ID the 25C tax credit needs) on file, so it is not ranked against other brands. Based on 95 models with every rating.
- Efficiency on a 5°F dayCOP at 5°FBeats 42%
- Heating power kept at 5°FCapacity at 5°F vs 47°FBeats 62%
- Winter-long heating efficiencyHSPF2Beats 62%
- Summer-long cooling efficiencySEER2Beats 59%
- Hot-day cooling efficiencyEER2Beats 43%
Average (50%)
Each bar: the share of similar heat pumps a typical model beats on that rating.
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Rebate standards
65%
meet CEE 2025 Tier 1, the level many utility rebates use.
49 models. All brands: 48%.
55%
meet Xcel Energy Colorado’s cold-climate rebate levels.
41 models. All brands: 38%.
1%
reach the cold-climate tier: full heating output and a COP of 2.1 or more at 5°F.
1 model. All brands: 1%.
Top DIYCOOL cold-climate picks, by size
Only units that keep at least 70% of their heat at 5°F, ranked on heat kept, efficiency at 5°F and seasonal efficiency (HSPF2), against units their size.
Showing Ducted, 2 tons (21,000–26,999 Btu/h cooling). What size is my system?
7 of DIYCOOL’s 7 models of this size and type qualify.
- 1ACIQ-24ZPL-HP230Bwith ducted air handler ACIQ-24CD-HH-MBDIYCOOL2 tons · 24,000 Btu/h · DuctedKeeps 108% of its heat at 5°FMeets CEE 2025, CEE 2026, Xcel CC, ENERGY STAR CC
- Heat kept at 5°F
- 108% (Capacity at 5°F vs 47°F)
- Top 10%
- Efficiency at 5°F
- 2.00 (COP at 5°F)
- Good
- Seasonal efficiency
- 10.5 (HSPF2)
- Top 10%
- 2ACIQ-24-EHPBwith ducted air handler ACIQ-24W-WMDIYCOOL2 tons · 24,000 Btu/h · DuctedKeeps 75% of its heat at 5°FMeets CEE 2025, CEE 2026, Xcel CC, ENERGY STAR CC
- Heat kept at 5°F
- 75% (Capacity at 5°F vs 47°F)
- Below the middle
- Efficiency at 5°F
- 2.33 (COP at 5°F)
- Great
- Seasonal efficiency
- 10.2 (HSPF2)
- Great
- 3ACIQ-24-HPBwith ducted air handler ACIQ-24W-WMDIYCOOL2 tons · 24,000 Btu/h · DuctedKeeps 92% of its heat at 5°FMeets CEE 2025, CEE 2026, Xcel CC, ENERGY STAR CC
- Heat kept at 5°F
- 92% (Capacity at 5°F vs 47°F)
- Great
- Efficiency at 5°F
- 2.00 (COP at 5°F)
- Good
- Seasonal efficiency
- 10.5 (HSPF2)
- Top 10%
- 4EZ-24-HPwith ducted air handler EZ-24-AHDIYCOOL2 tons · 24,000 Btu/h · DuctedKeeps 100% of its heat at 5°FMeets CEE 2025, CEE 2026, Xcel CC, ENERGY STAR CC
- Heat kept at 5°F
- 100% (Capacity at 5°F vs 47°F)
- Great
- Efficiency at 5°F
- 1.91 (COP at 5°F)
- Below the middle
- Seasonal efficiency
- 10.0 (HSPF2)
- Great
- 5ACIQ-PHH1824000K000VDIYCOOL2 tons · 24,000 Btu/h · DuctedKeeps 100% of its heat at 5°FMeets CEE 2025, CEE 2026, Xcel CC
- Heat kept at 5°F
- 100% (Capacity at 5°F vs 47°F)
- Great
- Efficiency at 5°F
- 1.75 (COP at 5°F)
- Below the middle
- Seasonal efficiency
- 8.8 (HSPF2)
- Good
These are certified test ratings, not a recommendation for your home. The right size comes from a load calculation by a contractor.
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