Mitsubishi Heat Pumps | Minisplit Heat Pump Efficiency at it's Best!

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Mitsubishi Heat Pumps Mitsubishi heat pumps are some of the most efficient, technologically innovative products available for heating and cooling. The popular minisplit systems are making ductless heat pumps a viable options in homes and businesses all over the world. With efficiency levels higher than central heat pumps can provide, and a philosophy of heating and cooling zones for greater efficiency, more buildings are being equipped with a ductless heat pump system every year.

Facts About Mitsubishi

The full name of the company that makes innovative heat pumps is the Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. It was founded in 1921 in Kobe, Japan. The company’s first products were electric engines for ocean-going vessels, a truly revolutionary idea. It branched out into consumer products such as electric fans as well as a variety of commercial endeavors. Since the 1960s, Mitsubishi has been making air cooling and heating products. The company has been on the leading edge of environmentally friendly technology since for more than 50 years. Today, Mitsubishi makes an impressive array of home electronic appliances and other products. The company employs more than 100,000 people in 35 countries around the world with net sales over $30 billion per year. Mitsubishi headquarters are in Tokyo, Japan.

Mitsubishi Heat Pumps

Mitsubishi has long been on the cutting edge of minisplit heat pump systems. They offer an exciting alternative to central HVAC systems which require duct work throughout the building and heating or cooling the entire building, not just rooms being used. A major hurdle was making the units affordable and Mitsubishi and other manufacturers of ductless minisplit heat pumps have done that.

A ductless heat pump consists of an outside unit known as a condensing unit and one to eight indoor air handlers that serve specific rooms or zones. A single small hole is made in the wall of each zone to accommodate a bundle that includes an electrical line, a refrigerant line and a condensate hose. The hole is covered by the air handler which is located high on the wall or on/in the ceiling in most cases. The air handler contains a coil through which heat is transferred and a small fan to distribute heated and cooled air. Mitsubishi covers most of the ductless minisplit heat pump systems with a 7-year compressor warranty and a 5-year parts warranty.

Mitsubishi MXZ Series Slim Jim Heat Pumps: This is the most popular heat pump series made by Mitsubishi. Models come in different sizes to accommodate from 2-8 indoor air handlers. Efficiency levels include efficiency ratings up to 26 SEER. Capacity available ranges from 18,000 BTU which is equivalent to a 1.5 ton heat pump, to 54,000 BTU which is equivalent to a 4.5 ton heat pump.

Mitsubishi City S Series Heat Pumps: Designed for larger homes and light commercial settings, these units offer efficiency levels up to 22 SEER. Available in units of 36,000 and 48,000 BTU, the Mitsubishi S Series heat pumps can serve up to 8 rooms or zones.

Mitsubishi Air Handlers: The company makes multiple air handler series that work with their MXZ Slim Jim and City S Series heat pumps. They give you the freedom to mount the units in the ceiling, suspended from the ceiling or on the wall. Free-standing floor air handlers are also available. These air handlers include the P Series, S Series, M Series, Fixed-Speed Series and the Zubadan Series.

Mitsubishi Heat Pump Prices

The Slim Jim and City S Series minisplit heat pumps are priced very competitively with standard split system heat pumps. The least expensive are small-capacity heat pumps with a 2 indoor air handlers. They cost less than $1,200. Large-capacity systems with multiple indoor units will cost more than $5,000.

Summary

Minisplit heat pumps are growing in popularity and Mitsubishi continues to be an industry leader in design and efficiency. If the space you want to heat and cool does not have a central HVAC system, a Mitsubishi ductless system is an outstanding choice. They are also being chosen more often for heating and cooling both new additions and entire new homes and buildings.

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23 Responses to “Mitsubishi Heat Pumps”
  1. Donna says:
    Price Value 44444
    Performance 22222
    Satisfaction 22222

    Had a mistubishi ductless installed in our bonus room and its always breaking down. it was cheap, but not as worth it as some others.

    • Andrew says:
      Price Value 55555
      Performance 55555
      Satisfaction 55555

      maybe an idiot installed the system. Mitsu most reliable air conditioners

  2. jeanne kowal says:
    Price Value Not Rated
    Performance 11111
    Satisfaction 11111

    This is the worst system ever. Do not believe the brochures the City of Seattle issues. They don’t keep the room warm, when you set the remote for on/off times the unit never comes on/off. They ruined my siding installing this worthless system. I can hardly wait for my electric bill. I hope to retire at the end of this month, and now I will have no heat in the front room. Please please do not get a heat pump system. It will only cause you misery.

  3. Linda says:
    Price Value 44444
    Performance 11111
    Satisfaction 11111

    Had this installed in master bedroom because I like to sleep at around 65 degrees. It will not cool below 68 after running 12-14 hours. Outside temperatures are in upper 70s. Takes hours to lower even a couple of degrees. Had for five years now and cannot get satisfaction from Company that did install and maintenance every six months. Of course now, they want to sell me a new unit. Not Mitsubishi, they don’t do those anymore. Gee, I. Wonder. Why.

  4. John says:
    Price Value 22222
    Performance 11111
    Satisfaction 11111

    Had 3 mini-split systems installed in 2011. Wthin 3 year one broke down with a bad compressor (very expensive fortunately under warranty) but the labor cost of $800 is not. The second one broke down in the 4th year with a bad circuit board (barely under the 5 year warranty). Again, Labor cost was $900. Now, the 3rd unit broke down outside of warranty. Diagnostic and Repair is currently being performed. Cost of repair will likely be much higher than $1000.

  5. dale sabine says:
    Price Value 44444
    Performance 11111
    Satisfaction 11111

    This thing is 3 years old and stopped working. The cost of the part is 30.00 dollars. The labor is not covered and is over $300.00. This thing is JUNK

  6. dale sabine says:
    Price Value 44444
    Performance 11111
    Satisfaction 11111

    Buyer beware

  7. brian Kilcommons says:
    Price Value 33333
    Performance 11111
    Satisfaction 11111

    Purchased two
    Mitsubishi Heat Pumps | Minisplit Heat Pumps. Less than a month old and the large two ton unit would only blow cold air, it is 18 degrees here to day. R & B HVAC come over, here for 4 hours (good use of my time) much of it waiting for a response from M level 2 tech people. I start calling and we finally get a tech after way too long. R&B called the following day and they are still waiting for the elusive level 2 tech people. In frustration they finally call their distributor. The late response is they are sending an new control board. The units come preinstalled with 31/2′ s of freon. The problem unit has 11/2lbs for not distinct reason. There may be a small leak. It can only be tested with “sophisticated equipment. Today is now Friday, this started Wednesday. Control board in hopefully Monday and they will come back Tuesday.
    On with customer service for over an hour. They are now saying it is the installers fault, but they are not sure. So I spend thousands of dollars to get a “new” unit where within a month the controller board goes and there is a leak in the system.
    Mitshubishi customer service is a joke.If you call them have a book handy. Evidently with the number of calls they are receiving they may have considerable problems with their products. They charge top price for inferior products backed up with poor customer service. If they do not resolve this to my satisfaction I am having the units pulled and will go with Fugitsu or Daikin. Mitchubishi has little regard for their customers time, cost or convenience.

    More as this circus unfolds.

  8. David Brown says:
    Price Value 11111
    Performance 11111
    Satisfaction 11111

    As a contractor purchased first systems and had issues from day one. After 100 hours of warranty work and 1 year of no heat and cooling for a customer is unsat. Tech services is a mess and how they handled this issue was unreal. Had to have boards sent back to Japan to be reprogrammed and could not tell anyone what time frame for repairs.
    Will never purchase a system again, nor sell one. Have one that was scraped for junk.
    Units have issues, it is not the issue, its how you deal with it. They failed. From top to bottom, cannot ever recommend a Mttsubushi heating & Cooling system for anyone.

  9. Jim says:
    Price Value 11111
    Performance 33333
    Satisfaction 11111

    I had a Daiken heat pump for ten years and decided to replace it. All four reps that came for a quote told me it was extremely loud. Well it was really extremely quiet compared to my new urchase.
    I had installed a floor mounted MUFZ KJ60VEHZ Hypercore. I was told this was a efficient and silent unit.
    Firstly it heats the room as stated. Silent? Not by any means. Outdoor unit sounds like an idling car at the back wallof the house. The indoor unit is shabbily put together and the panel vibrates with a loud buzzing sound a several times ever hour. Had the installers back to check and as usual no buzzing while they were here. I would not recommend this unit to anyone considering a purchase.

  10. John Onstad says:
    Price Value 55555
    Performance 55555
    Satisfaction 55555

    Friends:

    I’ve been installing Mitsubishi Electric (ME) heat pump air-conditioners in NM for almost 10 years. This year (2017), we’ll install upwards of 200 systems and our total ME revenue will be over $2 million. We get rave reviews from EVERY customer and our warranty claims are probably 1/2%.

    Thus I don’t know what planet the above reviews are from. My guess is these folks,in the interest of saving money, bought the equipment on-line and had their brother-in-law or some jackleg install it.

    We have homes where it’s the sole source of heating and worked perfectly at -20 F.

    ME equipment is the best there is.

    John Onstad, President
    Hubbell Electro-Mechanical
    Santa Fe, NM

    • Peggy Dowdy says:
      Price Value 11111
      Performance 22222
      Satisfaction 22222

      guess your lucky….I bought the split system..I have 5 units….when they work their great but it’s been 3 1/2 years and 1 unit is leaking water in my living room…this will be the 2nd visit for that unit…and yes they fixed it….waiting on parts to another unit in the spare bedroom that hasn’t been used more than twice…don’t understand how something breaks down when not even being used….O ,,,I bought from a company ,,had real installers…….My old system was heat pump ,,,which I had 30 years and never had a service call….Now reading all this I’m scard to death

    • Eleanor MacTavish says:
      Price Value 44444
      Performance 55555
      Satisfaction 55555

      We live in British Columbia and had a Zumba central 4ton installed 3 hrs ago by a certified installer and are very pleased with the system. Absolutely no issues with it. It is our only source of heat and has never let us down ! Would recommend it to friends and family !!!

  11. Jim Coope says:
    Price Value 33333
    Performance 11111
    Satisfaction 11111

    I’ve had four homes with traditional HP systems and was very comfortable and satisfied with their performance. I got “taken in” by the advertising and “hype” regarding the Mitsubishi Split System Heat Pump and had one installed in our 1900 sq.ft. home. My wife and I have post graduate degrees and are aware of the Protocols and nuances of using this system, HOWEVER IT HAS BEEN THE MOST “LABOR INTENSIVE” AND UNCOMFORTABLE HVAC SYSTEM WE’VE EVER OWNED!!!” Itl’s IMPOSSIBLE to maintain any semblance of a uniform temperature throughout the home when all the remote “thermostats” are set at the same temp. and fan speed. You wind up trying to adjust the temp of the room you are in, which is a disaster and impossible to find a comfortable level in any room. This system may work fine if you live in a “one room home” but is a total disaster if you have multiple units in multiple rooms!.

    Be advised and don’t make the same mistake we did!!!!

  12. Ronda Gouchie says:
    Price Value 11111
    Performance 11111
    Satisfaction 11111

    I’d give zero stars if it were an option. We bought our Mini-split M-series unit in July 2017 and in January 2018 it stopped working. Our technician said it was first due to build-up of dirt and grud for lack of a better word on the indoor unit. Said we should keep in on at ALL times to prevent a build-up of moisture on the unit and mold and mildew collecting on the fan wheel. After a thorough cleaning and $150, it was still not working. Now they tell us, it’s a failed compressor that is the cause of the malfunction and maybe why the fan wheel built up so much grud. The compressor wasn’t working properly and in tur,n caused the indoor unit to work harder. We were told that Mitsubishi has issues with their compressors because of materials they use rusting out in humid conditions. Parts that other companies use plastic, Mitsubishi still uses corrodible metals. We were basically told by our technician they would replace the compressor at a cost of labor and refilling the gas…some $500. We had a trouble-free 11 months, but now today, we heard a gawd-awful noise and we called our technician to describe it…he says it’s likely the fan bearings on our outside uniti failing and they’ll need to be replaced. Guess what? the parts are under warranty but it will cost us LABOR….this is some kind of racket where the Mitsubishi company prompts licensed technicians to install their defective SHITE, and the technicians get residual income on the labor. The company is a scam artist cloaked in a big company saying we stand behind our products and will replace defective parts…BUT I ask…why the F#$K don’t they just make working, reliable parts the FIRST time.

    BE ADVISED!! if you buy Mitsubishi you won’t save money heating/cooling your home because they make shoddy products that fail with minimal/normal use and even if it’s under warranty…The
    LABOR will cost you more than the $$ you may have saved on heating/cooling with several electric heaters and several air conditioners…you’ll be better off too because at least you won’t have a hole in your house needing to be repaired.

  13. Marc wylie says:
    Price Value 11111
    Performance 33333
    Satisfaction 11111

    The compressor failed after at 6 months from new. Can’t believe they don’t have lemon laws on this. The warranty isn’t much to talk about either since you have to pay a lot for the labor to fix it. Electric baseboards and furnaces are much more reliable and now it looks like will save you more money in the short and long run.

  14. Fred Uggla says:
    Price Value 44444
    Performance 55555
    Satisfaction 22222

    We had Mitsubishi split system heat pump plus 2 addl heads installed by the dealer. I compliment the efficiency, low noise, low elect bills. My low mark is the thermostats. After 6 return service calls to reset the units we were told that the units do not work on ‘auto’ setting to switch from heat to cool as the day gets warmer. All 3 must be set to heat or cool as desired. You also cant set 2 to cool and one to heat for example. With hot days and cool nights you must change the settings twice a day. The other problem is on cool setting it doesnt seem to know when to stop. Right now it is set for cool 72 but it is 66 in the house and still blowing cold air. Friends with other brands are able to set it and forget it. Yes we are disappointed.

  15. Ruth says:
    Price Value 11111
    Performance 11111
    Satisfaction 11111

    The 3rd winter in use the heat pump broke down. Took a couple of weeks to get the new part .
    The new part was not the correct part and I am now sitting in the cold with a couple of supplementary heat sources waiting for the compressor to be replaced. While the unit is on a 20 year warranty the labor is not. My bill so far for 2 visits is over $1600 and I expect that it will take another $800 visit to fix the heat pump. I am on a island in Maine so the logistics are more difficult. While the heat pump was efficient and heated my insulated house I would recommend a brand of heat pumps whose repair persons are close by. No heat pump should break down during the 3rd winter of use into a 20 year warranty. I do not recommend Mitsubishi for its lack of durability.

  16. James Damberger says:
    Price Value 55555
    Performance 55555
    Satisfaction 55555

    Great heating and cooling….and economical to run. Has run without a problem for 12 years.

  17. Joe Giardina says:
    Price Value 11111
    Performance 11111
    Satisfaction 11111

    We own a small 12 room inn and we have 10 Mitsubishi 12000 btu ducted mini splits on our property. When we built our property we assumed the HVAC contractor would use the best products available. We spared no expense. I should have done my homework. I will never purchase a Mitsubishi product again. In 6 years we have had to replace every single coil. We have heard every excuse in the book. From the cleaning products we use (minimal household products) to cheap Chinese copper to “off-gassing”. A 100% failure rate is a product defect. We have been round and round with our HVAC contractor. We are about to close on the sale of our property and I feel bad for the new owners. And we just realized that the warranties are not transferable. I don’t understand this. Either you stand behind your product or you don’t. Obviously, Mitsubishi doesn’t.

  18. Katie Barron says:
    Price Value 33333
    Performance 44444
    Satisfaction 44444

    Just to give you an idea, I heat a 660 sq general area (LV and 2 BR) over a basement with one unit and a very large kitchen with tons of windows and no insulation, and extension over a slab, with another one. I paid close to $13000 for both and to have them installed. I have a solar panels and I generate enough electricity that I can run both heaters at 70 degrees from early October to the beginning of January and not pay anything on my electric bill during that time. In January I switch to oil heat and turn off the electric heaters until mid April. I very rarely use the AC, so have no significant rise in electric during the summer that would impact what the solar panels cover. That all seems great, but one caveat. The forced air heat gives more immediate, consistent and uniform heat. The bedrooms, because they are located further from the heat unit, are about 10 degrees colder than the living room, and the living room is constantly going up and down in heat. Because it is just me and I live and work in the living room, I am satisfied with this. I like the idea of using solar, and for me it works pretty well, although not perfectly well.

  19. Peter Morris says:
    Price Value 11111
    Performance 11111
    Satisfaction 11111

    Paid for four heat Pumps at four newbuilds after problems galore and a lot of money spent the first heat pump is now scrap.
    just over six years old a total disgrace and can talk to no one to help the very best offer is 25 % off
    a new unit not good enough Mr Mitsubishi!!.
    Just about to build fourteen apartments in Wellington Shropshire not with the help of this company…
    We tried to go Green!

  20. Marland Ratekin says:
    Price Value 11111
    Performance 11111
    Satisfaction 11111

    Three head system Was installed 6 years ago Has been service call after service call When it works its great. But it works very little of the time. A few weeks at the most. Don’t do it

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