OUTES heat pump efficiency: 20 outdoor models compared

OUTES has 20 heat pump outdoor models certified with this refrigerant group, in 49 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 OUTES makes. OUTES has no QMID (IRS Qualified Manufacturer ID) on file, so it is not ranked against other manufacturers.

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ManufacturerData as of Oct 9, 2026updated Oct 10, 2026 · sources

Outdoor models: 20
AHRI certifications: 49
Efficiency index: 65%; Typical model vs same-size, same-type peers (6 models)
Meet CEE 2025: 30%; 6 models

How OUTES 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.

OUTES against every ranked manufacturerPeer scores, 0–100 · grey ticks: each ranked manufacturer · shaded: the middle half of OUTES’s own modelsOUTES is strongest on heating capacity at 5°F (its typical model beats 65% of comparable models) and weakest on SEER2 (37%).

OUTES
Middle half of its models
Other ranked manufacturers

Source: AHRI Directory, NEEP · as of Oct 9, 2026

Average peer percentile of OUTES’s models
Rating	Beats comparable models	Rank	Raw median
Efficiency index6 models scored	65%	Not ranked	—
COP at 5°F6 models scored	65%	Not ranked	2.05
Capacity retention at 5°F6 models scored	65%	Not ranked	76%
HSPF220 models scored	38%	Not ranked	7.5
SEER220 models scored	37%	Not ranked	14.3
EER220 models scored	50%	Not ranked	11.4
Heating capacity at 5°F6 models scored	65%	Not ranked	31,000 Btu/h

Standards met

Share of OUTES’s models with at least one qualifying certification
Standard	Share	Models
CEE 2025 Tier 1 (Split ASHP)	30%	6
CEE 2026 Tier 1 (Split ASHP)	30%	6
CEE Advanced Tier (Split ASHP)	0%	0
Xcel Energy Colorado cold-climate ASHP (2025)	30%	6
DOE Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge	0%	0
ENERGY STAR Cold Climate	30%	6

Sizes and duct types offered

Models per peer group, and how they score against the other models of that group.

OUTES’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

OUTES (median, middle 50%, 10th–90th)
All models of the group

Source: AHRI Directory · as of Oct 9, 2026

Share of comparable models beaten, per peer group
Size and duct type	Models	Index	COP@5°F	HSPF2	SEER2
Ducted, up to 1.5 tons	2	—	—	14%	22%
Ducted, 2 tons	4	71%	61%	38%	43%
Ducted, 2.5–3 tons	5	58%	56%	37%	32%
Ducted, 3.5–4.5 tons	9	64%	70%	44%	41%

Every OUTES model in the market

OUTES’s 20 models with a known size and duct type, over the shape of the whole catalog.

OUTES models by size and ratingColoured: OUTES · grey shapes: all 14,508 models · lines: catalog medians by size

OUTES models
Ducted median by size
Non-ducted median by size
Every model at each size (width = count)
Standard threshold

Dots: 20 outes 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.

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COP at 5°F by size and duct type (every model, by rated cooling capacity)
Duct type, size	Models	10th pct.	25th	Median	75th	90th
Ducted, 0.5 tons	826	1.64	1.71	1.75	1.85	2.24
Ducted, 1 ton	407	1.80	1.90	2.05	2.41	2.45
Ducted, 1.5 tons	992	1.75	1.86	2.00	2.17	2.40
Ducted, 2 tons	999	1.75	1.86	2.00	2.18	2.30
Ducted, 2.5 tons	1,040	1.70	1.80	2.00	2.10	2.36
Ducted, 3 tons	696	1.80	1.90	2.00	2.10	2.42
Ducted, 3.5 tons	864	1.70	1.80	2.00	2.10	2.46
Ducted, 4 tons	727	1.80	1.86	2.00	2.12	2.40
Ducted, 4.5 tons	690	1.70	1.80	1.90	2.10	2.20
Ducted, 5 tons	86	1.89	2.00	2.10	2.10	2.10
Non-ducted, 0.5 tons	1,186	1.75	1.80	1.90	2.00	2.22
Non-ducted, 1 ton	1,343	1.80	1.80	1.99	2.10	2.21
Non-ducted, 1.5 tons	1,261	1.80	1.80	2.00	2.10	2.31
Non-ducted, 2 tons	761	1.80	1.98	2.00	2.10	2.30
Non-ducted, 2.5 tons	403	1.80	1.85	2.00	2.00	2.10
Non-ducted, 3 tons	473	1.90	1.98	2.00	2.03	2.20
Non-ducted, 3.5 tons	280	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.05	2.10
Non-ducted, 4 tons	204	1.96	2.00	2.05	2.10	2.11
Non-ducted, 4.5 tons	78	1.90	1.91	1.95	2.01	2.01
Non-ducted, 5 tons	84	1.99	2.00	2.05	2.20	2.20

Source: AHRI Directory · as of Oct 9, 2026

Top OUTES 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 OUTES 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 model	Size · type	Cap. 5/47	COP@5°F	HSPF2	Btu/h @5°F	SEER2	Meets	Combos	AHRI ref.	Compared with	Score
1OTD-H60DMR3-C01/SE180OUTES · R32 18 Serieswith ducted air handler OAH-C48DMR3-B02/SE180	4 tons47,000 Btu/h · Ducted	72%	2.30	9.2	34,000	18.5	CEE 25CEE 26XcelES CC	3	216437867	Ducted, 3.5–4.5 tons	72.2
2ORT-H24DEMR3-M01/SE180OUTES · R32 18 Series	2 tons24,000 Btu/h · Ducted	103%	2.00	9.0	24,600	19.0	CEE 25CEE 26XcelES CC	1	218389013	Ducted, 2 tons	68.7
3ORT-H48DEMR3-N01/SE180OUTES · R32 18 Series	4 tons48,000 Btu/h · Ducted	73%	2.10	9.1	35,200	18.5	CEE 25CEE 26XcelES CC	1	218389014	Ducted, 3.5–4.5 tons	66.9
4ORT-H36DEMR3-M01/SE180OUTES · R32 18 Series	3 tons33,000 Btu/h · Ducted	85%	2.00	9.0	28,000	18.5	CEE 25CEE 26XcelES CC	1	218361292	Ducted, 2.5–3 tons	64.7
5OTD-H36DMR3-B01/SE180OUTES · R32 18 Serieswith ducted air handler OAH-C24DMR3-A01/SE180	2 tons24,000 Btu/h · Ducted	79%	2.15	8.8	19,000	18.5	CEE 25CEE 26XcelES CC	2	216437864	Ducted, 2 tons	60.2

All-around best

Top 5 OUTES 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 model	Size · type	Cap. 5/47	COP@5°F	HSPF2	SEER2	EER2	Meets	Combos	AHRI ref.	Compared with	Score	Heating half	Cooling half	Cold-climate score
1ORT-H24DEMR3-M01/SE180OUTES · R32 18 Series	2 tons24,000 Btu/h · Ducted	103%	2.00	9.0	19.0	12.3	CEE 25CEE 26XcelES CC	1	218389013	Ducted, 2 tons	73.1	68.7	77.5	68.7
2OTD-H60DMR3-C01/SE180OUTES · R32 18 Serieswith ducted air handler OAH-C48DMR3-B02/SE180	4 tons47,000 Btu/h · Ducted	72%	2.30	9.2	18.5	11.5	CEE 25CEE 26XcelES CC	3	216437867	Ducted, 3.5–4.5 tons	72.6	72.2	73.0	72.2
3OTD-H36DMR3-B01/SE180OUTES · R32 18 Serieswith ducted air handler OAH-C24DMR3-A01/SE180	2 tons24,000 Btu/h · Ducted	79%	2.15	8.8	18.5	12.5	CEE 25CEE 26XcelES CC	2	216437864	Ducted, 2 tons	67.9	60.2	75.7	60.2
4ORT-H48DEMR3-N01/SE180OUTES · R32 18 Series	4 tons48,000 Btu/h · Ducted	73%	2.10	9.1	18.5	11.2	CEE 25CEE 26XcelES CC	1	218389014	Ducted, 3.5–4.5 tons	67.7	66.9	68.6	66.9
5ORT-H36DEMR3-M01/SE180OUTES · R32 18 Series	3 tons33,000 Btu/h · Ducted	85%	2.00	9.0	18.5	10.8	CEE 25CEE 26XcelES CC	1	218361292	Ducted, 2.5–3 tons	58.3	64.7	51.9	64.7

Best model on each rating

OUTES’s model with the highest peer percentile on each rating, ranked by that one rating only
Rating	Model	Value	Compared with	Beats	AHRI ref.
COP at 5°F	OTD-H60DMR3-C01/SE180	2.30	Ducted, 3.5–4.5 tons	86%	216437867
Capacity retention at 5°F	ORT-H24DEMR3-M01/SE180	103%	Ducted, 2 tons	96%	218389013
HSPF2	OTD-H60DMR3-C01/SE180	9.2	Ducted, 3.5–4.5 tons	74%	216437867
SEER2	OTD-H60DMR3-C01/SE180	18.5	Ducted, 3.5–4.5 tons	81%	216437867
EER2	OTD-H42SMR3-C01/SE143	12.0	Ducted, 3.5–4.5 tons	83%	218690038
Heating capacity at 5°F	ORT-H24DEMR3-M01/SE180	24,600 Btu/h	Ducted, 2 tons	94%	218389013

All 20 OUTES models in Explore

OUTES 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.

OUTES: 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 type	Cold-climate pickCold-climate score, best model	All-around bestAll-around score, best model
Ducted, up to 1.5 tons	None on this board (0 of 2 models qualify)	None on this board (0 of 2 models have all five ratings)
Ducted, 2 tons	68.7(50 is the typical model of its size class)ORT-H24DEMR3-M01/SE1802 of 4 models qualify · AHRI 218389013	73.1(50 is the typical model of its size class)ORT-H24DEMR3-M01/SE1802 of 4 models have all five ratings · AHRI 218389013
Ducted, 2.5–3 tons	64.7(50 is the typical model of its size class)ORT-H36DEMR3-M01/SE1801 of 5 models qualify · AHRI 218361292	58.3(50 is the typical model of its size class)ORT-H36DEMR3-M01/SE1801 of 5 models have all five ratings · AHRI 218361292
Ducted, 3.5–4.5 tons	72.2(50 is the typical model of its size class)OTD-H60DMR3-C01/SE180with ducted air handler OAH-C48DMR3-B02/SE1803 of 9 models qualify · AHRI 216437867	72.6(50 is the typical model of its size class)OTD-H60DMR3-C01/SE180with ducted air handler OAH-C48DMR3-B02/SE1803 of 9 models have all five ratings · AHRI 216437867

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Newest OUTES certifications

By AHRI reference number; AHRI issues references in increasing order.

The 5 most recently certified OUTES outdoor models
Outdoor model	Size · type	COP@5°F	Cap. 5/47	HSPF2	SEER2	Meets	Combos	AHRI ref.
OTD-H60UMR3-C01/SE143OUTESwith ducted air handler OAH-C60DMR3-B01/SE180	4.5 tons55,000 Btu/h · Ducted	—	—	7.5	14.3	None	3	218792286
OTD-H36SMR3-B01/SE143OUTESwith ducted air handler OAH-C36UMR3-D11/SE143	3 tons33,000 Btu/h · Ducted	—	—	7.5	14.3	None	5	218732560
OTD-H30SMR3-A01/SE143OUTESwith ducted air handler OAH-C30UMR3-D11/SE143	2.5 tons28,000 Btu/h · Ducted	—	—	7.5	14.3	None	5	218732559
OTD-H24SMR3-A01/SE143OUTESwith ducted air handler OAH-C24UMR3-C11/SE143	2 tons22,000 Btu/h · Ducted	—	—	7.5	14.3	None	5	218732558
OTD-H18SMR3-A01/SE143OUTESwith ducted air handler OAH-C18UMR3-C11/SE143	1.5 tons17,000 Btu/h · Ducted	—	—	7.5	14.3	None	5	218732557

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