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Mirage heat pump efficiency: 24 outdoor models compared

Mirage has 24 heat pump outdoor models certified with this refrigerant group, in 33 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 Mirage makes. Mirage 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
24
AHRI certifications
33
Efficiency index
40%
Typical model vs same-size, same-type peers (17 models)
Meet CEE 2025
37.5%
9 models

How Mirage 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.
Mirage against every ranked manufacturerPeer scores, 0–100 · grey ticks: each ranked manufacturer · shaded: the middle half of Mirage’s own modelsMirage is strongest on heating capacity at 5°F (its typical model beats 47% of comparable models) and weakest on COP at 5°F (23%).
  • Mirage
  • Middle half of its models
  • Other ranked manufacturers
Mirage

Source: AHRI Directory, NEEP · as of

Average peer percentile of Mirage’s models
RatingBeats comparable modelsRankRaw median
Efficiency index17 models scored40%Not ranked—
COP at 5°F17 models scored23%Not ranked1.80
Capacity retention at 5°F17 models scored40%Not ranked69%
HSPF228 models scored26%Not ranked7.8
SEER228 models scored39%Not ranked19.0
EER228 models scored27%Not ranked10.0
Heating capacity at 5°F17 models scored47%Not ranked14,000 Btu/h

Standards met

Share of Mirage’s models with at least one qualifying certification
StandardShareModels
CEE 2025 Tier 1 (Split ASHP)37.5%9
CEE 2026 Tier 1 (Split ASHP)33.3%8
CEE Advanced Tier (Split ASHP)0%0
Xcel Energy Colorado cold-climate ASHP (2025)29.2%7
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.
Mirage’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
  • Mirage (median, middle 50%, 10th–90th)
  • All models of the group
Ducted, up to 1.5 tons2.00884 modelsDucted, 2.5–3 tons1.901,614 modelsDucted, 3.5–4.5 tons1.911,492 modelsNon-ducted, up to 1.5 tons1.902,417 modelsNon-ducted, 2 tons1.87611 modelsNon-ducted, 2.5–3 tons1.85975 modelsNon-ducted, 3.5–4.5 tons1.97438 modelsmedian

Source: AHRI Directory · as of

Share of comparable models beaten, per peer group
Size and duct typeModelsIndexCOP@5°FHSPF2SEER2
Ducted, up to 1.5 tons157%22%69%68%
Ducted, 2.5–3 tons266%38%75%95%
Ducted, 3.5–4.5 tons164%10%96%95%
Non-ducted, up to 1.5 tons1324%23%12%25%
Non-ducted, 2 tons434%15%12%29%
Non-ducted, 2.5–3 tons649%23%27%41%
Non-ducted, 3.5–4.5 tons152%22%47%61%

Every Mirage model in the market

Mirage’s 28 models with a known size and duct type, over the shape of the whole catalog.
Mirage models by size and ratingColoured: Mirage · grey shapes: all 11,475 models · lines: catalog medians by size
  • Mirage models
  • Ducted median by size
  • Non-ducted median by size
  • Every model at each size (width = count)
  • Standard threshold

Dots: 28 mirage models, each through its representative certification, in the colour of the rating shown. The grey shapes count all 11,475 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 tons1751.701.851.902.102.26
Ducted, 1 ton3401.851.902.002.402.65
Ducted, 1.5 tons7891.751.852.002.202.55
Ducted, 2 tons7821.731.802.002.102.33
Ducted, 2.5 tons7351.711.801.902.092.48
Ducted, 3 tons6521.681.701.902.062.36
Ducted, 3.5 tons6411.611.801.952.202.50
Ducted, 4 tons3671.701.801.912.022.52
Ducted, 4.5 tons5441.701.801.912.082.34
Ducted, 5 tons251.801.801.901.902.15
Non-ducted, 0.5 tons7171.751.811.972.102.19
Non-ducted, 1 ton1,0641.751.801.902.072.25
Non-ducted, 1.5 tons8861.801.801.872.072.21
Non-ducted, 2 tons5641.801.801.832.042.21
Non-ducted, 2.5 tons2751.801.811.841.862.03
Non-ducted, 3 tons5021.801.801.902.002.09
Non-ducted, 3.5 tons701.821.831.902.002.28
Non-ducted, 4 tons2631.801.801.982.002.10
Non-ducted, 4.5 tons1031.771.771.801.972.02
Non-ducted, 5 tons291.982.002.102.302.47

Source: AHRI Directory · as of

Top Mirage 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

Top 5 Mirage cold-climate picks across sizes. Qualifies when its capacity retention at 5°F (capacity at 5°F as a share of capacity at 47°F) is at least 70% and Capacity retention at 5°F, COP at 5°F, HSPF2 are all rated. Score = the equal-weight mean of its peer percentiles on Capacity retention at 5°F, COP at 5°F, HSPF2 (share of the other models in its peer group it beats, 0–100), all from one certified pairing: in each duct type a model is sold in, its qualifying pairing of that type with the best score; equal scores (one decimal) go to the higher heating capacity at 5°F.
# · Outdoor modelSize · typeCap. 5/47COP@5°FHSPF2Btu/h @5°FSEER2MeetsCombosAHRI ref.Compared withScore
1OVMH181BMIRAGE1.5 tons18,000 Btu/h · Non-ducted74%1.8610.214,00021.0CEE 25CEE 26Xcel3207862051Non-ducted, up to 1.5 tons57.1
2OVMH271BMIRAGE2.5 tons27,000 Btu/h · Non-ducted71%1.839.220,00023.5CEE 25CEE 26Xcel3207862054Non-ducted, 2.5–3 tons50.1
3OVMH181BMIRAGE1.5 tons18,000 Btu/h · Ducted74%1.869.814,00019.0CEE 25CEE 26Xcel3207862052Ducted, up to 1.5 tons46.5
4OVMH481BMIRAGE4 tons48,000 Btu/h · Non-ducted71%1.809.534,00021.1CEE 25CEE 26Xcel3207862060Non-ducted, 3.5–4.5 tons39.4
5OAEH241AMIRAGEwith ductless indoor unit IAEH241A2 tons22,000 Btu/h · Non-ducted83%1.758.519,80020.0CEE 25CEE 26Xcel110091693Non-ducted, 2 tons28.9

All-around best

Top 5 Mirage models on the all-around score across sizes. Score = 50% heating, the mean of its peer percentiles on COP at 5°F, Capacity retention at 5°F, HSPF2, plus 50% cooling, the mean of its peer percentiles on SEER2 and EER2 (share of the other models in its peer group it beats, 0–100). All five ratings are required; there is no minimum heat kept at 5°F. In each duct type a model is sold in, it is scored on its pairing of that type with the best score; equal scores (one decimal) go to the higher cold-climate score, then the higher heating capacity at 5°F.
# · Outdoor modelSize · typeCap. 5/47COP@5°FHSPF2SEER2EER2MeetsCombosAHRI ref.Compared withScoreHeating halfCooling halfCold-climate score
1OVMH271BMIRAGE2.5 tons28,000 Btu/h · Ducted67%2.009.221.011.7CEE 25CEE 263207862055Ducted, 2.5–3 tons75.565.485.6Not a pick
2OVMH271BMIRAGE2.5 tons27,000 Btu/h · Non-ducted71%1.839.223.512.2CEE 25CEE 26Xcel3207862054Non-ducted, 2.5–3 tons67.150.184.150.1
3OVMH481BMIRAGE4 tons48,000 Btu/h · Ducted66%1.709.720.510.8None3207862061Ducted, 3.5–4.5 tons63.553.573.6Not a pick
4OVMH181BMIRAGE1.5 tons18,000 Btu/h · Ducted74%1.869.819.012.0CEE 25CEE 26Xcel3207862052Ducted, up to 1.5 tons56.746.566.846.5
5OVMH361BMIRAGE3 tons36,000 Btu/h · Ducted65%1.689.220.011.0None3207862058Ducted, 2.5–3 tons56.643.769.4Not a pick

Best model on each rating

Mirage’s model with the highest peer percentile on each rating, ranked by that one rating only
RatingModelValueCompared withBeatsAHRI ref.
COP at 5°FOVMH271B2.00Ducted, 2.5–3 tons68%207862055
Capacity retention at 5°FOAEH241A83%Non-ducted, 2 tons60%10091693
HSPF2OVMH481B9.7Ducted, 3.5–4.5 tons95%207862061
SEER2OVMH271B21.0Ducted, 2.5–3 tons98%207862055
EER2OVMH271B12.2Non-ducted, 2.5–3 tons75%207862054
Heating capacity at 5°FOVMH181B14,000 Btu/hNon-ducted, up to 1.5 tons85%207862051

All 24 Mirage models in Explore

Mirage 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.
Mirage: 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
Ducted, up to 1.5 tons46.5(50 is the typical model of its size class)OVMH181B1 of 1 models qualify · AHRI 20786205256.7(50 is the typical model of its size class)OVMH181B1 of 1 models have all five ratings · AHRI 207862052
Ducted, 2.5–3 tonsNone on this board (0 of 2 models qualify)75.5(50 is the typical model of its size class)OVMH271B2 of 2 models have all five ratings · AHRI 207862055
Ducted, 3.5–4.5 tonsNone on this board (0 of 1 models qualify)63.5(50 is the typical model of its size class)OVMH481B1 of 1 models have all five ratings · AHRI 207862061
Non-ducted, up to 1.5 tons57.1(50 is the typical model of its size class)OVMH181B4 of 13 models qualify · AHRI 20786205152.8(50 is the typical model of its size class)OVMH181B7 of 13 models have all five ratings · AHRI 207862051
Non-ducted, 2 tons28.9(50 is the typical model of its size class)OAEH241Awith ductless indoor unit IAEH241A1 of 4 models qualify · AHRI 1009169342.4(50 is the typical model of its size class)OAEH241Awith ductless indoor unit IAEH241A2 of 4 models have all five ratings · AHRI 10091693
Non-ducted, 2.5–3 tons50.1(50 is the typical model of its size class)OVMH271B1 of 6 models qualify · AHRI 20786205467.1(50 is the typical model of its size class)OVMH271B3 of 6 models have all five ratings · AHRI 207862054
Non-ducted, 3.5–4.5 tons39.4(50 is the typical model of its size class)OVMH481B1 of 1 models qualify · AHRI 20786206051.7(50 is the typical model of its size class)OVMH481B1 of 1 models have all five ratings · AHRI 207862060

All-around board, every manufacturer

Newest Mirage certifications

By AHRI reference number; AHRI issues references in increasing order.
The 5 most recently certified Mirage outdoor models
Outdoor modelSize · typeCOP@5°FCap. 5/47HSPF2SEER2MeetsCombosAHRI ref.
OVKH361BMiragewith ductless indoor unit IVKH361B3 tons36,000 Btu/h · Non-ducted1.8058%8.519.0None1211096907
OVKH241BMiragewith ductless indoor unit IVKH241B2 tons24,000 Btu/h · Non-ducted1.8061%8.519.0CEE 251211096906
OVKH181BMiragewith ductless indoor unit IVKH181B1.5 tons18,000 Btu/h · Non-ducted1.8059%8.519.0None1211096905
OVKH121BMiragewith ductless indoor unit IVKH121B1 ton12,000 Btu/h · Non-ducted1.8070%8.519.0CEE 25CEE 26Xcel1211096904
OVKH120BMiragewith ductless indoor unit IVKH120B1 ton12,000 Btu/h · Non-ducted1.8070%8.519.0CEE 25CEE 26Xcel1211096903

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