MRCOOL heat pumps: how do their ratings compare?
A typical MRCOOL heat pump beats 54% of similar heat pumps (same size and type), which is about average. MRCOOL has 111 heat pump models in this list.
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Overall score
54%
of similar heat pumps beaten by its typical model
About averageRanked 15 among brands with a QMID on file. Based on 85 models with every rating.
- Efficiency on a 5°F dayCOP at 5°FBeats 49%
- Heating power kept at 5°FCapacity at 5°F vs 47°FBeats 41%
- Winter-long heating efficiencyHSPF2Beats 51%
- Summer-long cooling efficiencySEER2Beats 50%
- Hot-day cooling efficiencyEER2Beats 56%
Average (50%)
Each bar: the share of similar heat pumps a typical model beats on that rating.
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Rebate standards
47%
meet CEE 2025 Tier 1, the level many utility rebates use.
52 models. All brands: 48%.
25%
meet Xcel Energy Colorado’s cold-climate rebate levels.
28 models. All brands: 38%.
0%
reach the cold-climate tier: full heating output and a COP of 2.1 or more at 5°F.
None of its models yet. All brands: 1%.
MRCOOL all-around best, by size
Balances heating (5°F output and efficiency, HSPF2) and cooling (SEER2, EER2), each rating against units their size.
Showing Ducted, 2.5–3 tons (27,000–38,999 Btu/h cooling), the most-listed ducted size. Pick yours above. What size is my system?
14 of MRCOOL’s 24 models of this size and type have all five ratings.
- 1MULTI3-27HP230BMRCOOL2.5 tons · 28,000 Btu/h · DuctedNot a cold-climate pick: keeps 66% of its heat at 5°FMeets CEE 2025, CEE 2026
- Heat kept at 5°F
- 67% (Capacity at 5°F vs 47°F)
- Good
- Efficiency at 5°F
- 2.00 (COP at 5°F)
- Good
- Winter efficiency
- 9.2 (HSPF2)
- Good
- Cooling efficiency
- 21.0 (SEER2)
- Top 10%
- Hot-day cooling
- 11.7 (EER2)
- Good
- 2MHP17L36P-**Awith indoor coil MCDP0048CNPB+TDR and furnace MGD80SE110C5AMRCOOL3 tons · 36,000 Btu/h · DuctedNot a cold-climate pick: keeps 52% of its heat at 5°FMeets CEE 2025, CEE 2026
- Heat kept at 5°F
- 53% (Capacity at 5°F vs 47°F)
- Below the middle
- Efficiency at 5°F
- 2.34 (COP at 5°F)
- Great
- Winter efficiency
- 8.7 (HSPF2)
- Good
- Cooling efficiency
- 16.6 (SEER2)
- Good
- Hot-day cooling
- 13.0 (EER2)
- Top 10%
- 3MHP17L30P-**Awith indoor coil MCDP0042BNPB+TDR and furnace MGD80SE090B4AMRCOOL2.5 tons · 29,800 Btu/h · DuctedNot a cold-climate pick: keeps 51% of its heat at 5°FMeets CEE 2025
- Heat kept at 5°F
- 49% (Capacity at 5°F vs 47°F)
- Below the middle
- Efficiency at 5°F
- 2.34 (COP at 5°F)
- Great
- Winter efficiency
- 8.6 (HSPF2)
- Good
- Cooling efficiency
- 16.2 (SEER2)
- Good
- Hot-day cooling
- 13.5 (EER2)
- Top 10%
- 4MHP17036A-**Awith indoor coil MCHP51CNPA*+TDR+TXV and furnace MGM80SE090C5AMRCOOL3 tons · 36,000 Btu/h · DuctedNot a cold-climate pick: keeps 51% of its heat at 5°FMeets CEE 2025, CEE 2026
- Heat kept at 5°F
- 53% (Capacity at 5°F vs 47°F)
- Below the middle
- Efficiency at 5°F
- 2.22 (COP at 5°F)
- Great
- Winter efficiency
- 8.0 (HSPF2)
- Below the middle
- Cooling efficiency
- 16.6 (SEER2)
- Good
- Hot-day cooling
- 13.5 (EER2)
- Top 10%
- 5MHP17030A-**Awith indoor coil MCVP36ANPA+TDR+TXV and furnace MGM80SE090B4AMRCOOL2.5 tons · 29,200 Btu/h · DuctedNot a cold-climate pick: keeps 52% of its heat at 5°FMeets CEE 2025, CEE 2026
- Heat kept at 5°F
- 51% (Capacity at 5°F vs 47°F)
- Below the middle
- Efficiency at 5°F
- 2.26 (COP at 5°F)
- Great
- Winter efficiency
- 8.1 (HSPF2)
- Below the middle
- Cooling efficiency
- 16.2 (SEER2)
- Good
- Hot-day cooling
- 13.0 (EER2)
- Top 10%
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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