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TKS heat pumps: how do their ratings compare?

A typical TKS heat pump beats 50% of similar heat pumps (same size and type), which is about average. TKS has 8 heat pump models in this list.

Covers older R-410A heat pumps, no longer installed new. See models sold today · Updated

Overall score

50%

of similar heat pumps beaten by its typical model

About average

TKS has no QMID (the manufacturer ID the 25C tax credit needs) on file, so it is not ranked against other brands. Based on 12 models with every rating.

TKS, rating by ratingStrongest on summer-long cooling efficiency (beats 66%), weakest on efficiency on a 5°f day (beats 34%).
  • Efficiency on a 5°F dayCOP at 5°FBeats 34%
  • Heating power kept at 5°FCapacity at 5°F vs 47°FBeats 35%
  • Winter-long heating efficiencyHSPF2Beats 57%
  • Summer-long cooling efficiencySEER2Beats 66%
  • Hot-day cooling efficiencyEER2Beats 48%

Average (50%)

Each bar: the share of similar heat pumps a typical model beats on that rating.

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Rebate standards

Share of this brand’s models that meet the efficiency levels rebate programs use. Programs can have other rules too.

  • 63%

    meet CEE 2025 Tier 1, the level many utility rebates use.

    5 models. All brands: 48%.

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  • 25%

    meet Xcel Energy Colorado’s cold-climate rebate levels.

    2 models. All brands: 38%.

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  • 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%.

Top TKS 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, Up to 1.5 tons (under 21,000 Btu/h cooling). What size is my system?

1 of TKS’s 1 model of this size and type qualify.

  1. 1T2C-18MODUTKS1.5 tons · 18,000 Btu/h · DuctedKeeps 70% of its heat at 5°FMeets CEE 2025, CEE 2026, Xcel CC
    Heat kept at 5°F
    70% (Capacity at 5°F vs 47°F)
    Below the middle
    Efficiency at 5°F
    2.00 (COP at 5°F)
    Good
    Seasonal efficiency
    9.8 (HSPF2)
    Good
    52.0score / 100

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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