Each company resells the same Chinese-manufactured hardware platform under different private-label brands. None of them has a valid AHRI performance certification or NRTL (Intertek/UL/CSA) laboratory reports to support the published ratings. The numbers are not measured; they are invented.
Applied Comfort – Fabricated Ratings and Illegal PTHP Classification
Applied Comfort claims 10,000 BTU, 535W, and 8.9 EER. Basic math shows that 10,000 ÷ 535 = 18.7 EER, which is impossible for this hardware and proves that at least one of those values, in reality, both, is fabricated.
Applied Comfort labels these units as Packaged Terminal Heat Pumps even though there is no wall sleeve, no removable chassis, no through-the-wall design, in direct conflict with the PTHP definition in 10 C.F.R. §430.2.
Even if their own fake 8.9 EER were accepted, it still fails the PTHP minimum efficiency requirement of 11.0, making the product illegal on its own terms.
These brands also rely on CEER language, even though CEER is a Room Air-Conditioner metric, not a heat-pump metric. Applied Comfort does not publish SEER2 ratings for these units because they cannot meet the 13.4 SEER2 minimum; selling them as compliant equipment is unlawful.
PMC Green – Fake CEER, Fake Heating Metric, Illegal RAC Classification
PMC Green claims 10,000 BTU and a “12.26 CEER” on a product that is not a Room Air Conditioner under DOE definitions. The hardware and wattage are the same as the other copycats, yet they print dramatically higher paper efficiency.
Using the same 10,000 BTU and 535 W combination yields an EER of 18.7, which is impossible and exposes the numbers as fabricated. PMC Green also uses “CEER” as a heating metric, a value not defined in any DOE or AHRI procedure.
The unit does not meet the window/sleeve installation and geometry requirements to qualify as a Room Air Conditioner, so its RAC classification is false. Like the others, PMC Green never publishes SEER2 because the unit cannot achieve the 13.4 SEER2 minimum. Every number – cooling, “CEER,” and any implied heating value – is invented.
DesignLine (RoomMate) – Inflated BTU, Fake EER, Fake Heating Capacity
DesignLine markets the RoomMate MHP10 and MHP11 as PTHPs with 12,000 BTU cooling and 11,200 BTU heating. The unit is not installed in a wall sleeve with a removable chassis and therefore cannot be a PTHP under 10 C.F.R. §430.2.
DesignLine claims a 9.8 EER, which falls short of the PTHP minimum efficiency requirement at this size, making the label and rating illegal.
On the heating side, DesignLine claims 11,200 BTU and 3.5 COP. The OEM (Nordica) already inflates its own data, yet still lists only around 9,000 BTU with a COP range of roughly 3.1–3.4. DesignLine somehow claims higher capacity and equal-to-or-higher COP on the same hardware.
Under AHRI 210/240, higher BTU on a small platform always comes with lower COP; they publish the opposite. DesignLine does not publish SEER2 because the unit cannot achieve 13.4 SEER2 at its claimed capacity. Both cooling and heating numbers are fabricated.
Islandaire – Fake EER2 and COP2 That Fails Its Own Math
Islandaire sells models such as EZMB10L5A1S95AA and EZMB9L5A1S95AA using the same platform. They publish 10,000 BTU and 9.9 EER with watt inputs between 1,020 and 1,050 W. Real math shows 10,000 ÷ 1,050 = 9.52 and 10,000 ÷ 1,020 = 9.80, neither of which is 9.9.
On the heating side, Islandaire claims 9,000 BTU at 3.4 COP, but when you calculate COP from the published wattage range, the results are around 2.84–3.10, not 3.4. The COP is fake, the EER is fake.
Islandaire also hides SEER2 because it cannot reach the 13.4 SEER2 minimum. The published data set is mathematically and physically impossible.
Ice Air – Fake Capacity Drop, Fake 17 SEER2
Ice Air markets the same hardware as a smaller-capacity unit, dropping capacity to 7,800 BTU while claiming a “17 SEER2”. Using Ice Air’s own numbers, 7,800 ÷ 703 W yields 11.1 EER2; the 17 SEER2 claim for this coil, compressor, and fan system is not credible and cannot be achieved under AHRI 210/240.
Other brands sell the same platform as 9,000 BTU, 10,000 BTU, and 12,000 BTU, each with different EER/EER2 values. There is no way to reconcile 7,800 BTU with a calculated 11.1 EER2 and 17 SEER2, given that other brands report BTU: 9.8–9.9 EER/EER2, mainly since Nordica publishes a 16 SEER2 with 10,000 BTU. The only consistent explanation is that Ice Air’s capacity, as calculated by EER2 and SEER2, is fabricated.
Ortech – Impossible 15.5 SEER2, Inflated Cooling and Heating Capacity
Ortech claims 12,030 BTU cooling at 15.5 SEER2 and 12,000 BTU heating at 3.7 COP with 8.0 HSPF2, all on the same single-fan coil platform where the actual OEM, Nordica, already published inflated values: 10,000 BTU cooling at 16 SEER2 and 9,000 BTU heating at 7.5 HSPF2.
If Ortech’s ratings were real, the unit would need a larger coil surface area and a more efficient compressor than what physically exists in this chassis.
This unit does not deliver high SEER2 in real laboratory testing and cannot achieve these capacities.
Ortech’s fake specifications exceed even the OEM’s already-inflated baseline, meaning the relabeled unit supposedly outperforms the manufacturer’s own product using identical hardware—a physical impossibility.
There is no AHRI listing, no NRTL performance report, and no certification to support any of Ortech’s impossible values.
The cooling capacity, heating capacity, SEER2, HSPF2, and COP claims are fabricated.
Nordica (OEM) – Source of the Base Fabrication
Nordica, the OEM, publishes inflated baseline values such as 9.9 EER and 16 SEER2 with inconsistent watt inputs. Real math shows that 10,000 ÷ 1,080 = 9.26 and 10,000 ÷ 1,020 = 9.80, neither of which is 9.9, and neither of which has a valid AHRI certification. The same games with heating: Nordica fraudulently lists the heating capacity at 9,000 BTU with a 3.1 COP for 115V and 3.4 for 230V, whereas, upon calculation, the COP is actually 2.84 for 115V and 3.1 for 230V.
These lies are then copied and further exaggerated by the private-label brands. When the source data is fraudulent, every downstream rating that relies upon it is also fraudulent.
Applied Comfort, PMC Green, DesignLine, Islandaire, Ice Air, Ortech, and Nordica all publish BTU, EER, COP, SEER2, HSPF2, and CEER values that are mathematically inconsistent, thermodynamically impossible, and legally non-compliant. Every brand on this platform is publishing false, non-test-based numbers.
Silktech – Confusing and Fake SEER2 and HSPF2
Silktech markets two Zymbo-manufactured units that are listed on the California Energy Commission MAEDBS website with fraudulent data.
For the EcoAuro 1.0, Silktech inflated the capacity from 8,000 BTU cooling, as printed in their brochure, to 8,831 BTU and from 8,000 BTU heating to 8,800 BTU. When uploading data to MAEDBS, a manufacturer must identify the testing laboratory and certify that the data is accurate. The data submitted by Silktech is false; no certified laboratory can achieve these results.
While Silktech publishes SEER2 and HSPF2 values on the MAEDBS website, its own documentation lists only incorrect and fabricated figures, including EER and COP, and improperly classifies both units as PTHPs, which they are not.
Even the numbers Silktech prints are internally inconsistent—for example, the EcoAuro 2.0 lists 12,030 BTU cooling, 1,100 W, and 11.6 EER. The calculation is simple: 12,030 ÷ 1,100 = 10.94, not 11.6.
Williams – Manipulated Efficiency contradicts the manufacturer.
Williams markets the Montara HP003 as an 8,000 BTU heat pump with 8.9 EER and 13.9 SEER, even though the applicable standards require EER2 and SEER2 and valid laboratory testing. No such testing exists. Instead, Williams manipulated the manufacturer’s data from Zymbo by increasing the watt input from 750W to 900W and reducing the cooling capacity from 8,831 BTU to 8,000 BTU, indicating a lack of confidence in Zymbo’s already fabricated numbers.
Even with these reductions, the published figures remain impossible and would not pass real laboratory testing. In heating, Williams compounds the violation by publishing a 3.2 COP instead of the required HSPF2 rating. The Montara HP003 is based on counterfeit data and marketed with fabricated efficiency claims.
Zymbo – Fake EER2 and COP2 That Fails Its Own Math
Islandaire sells models such as EZMB10L5A1S95AA and EZMB9L5A1S95AA using the same platform. They publish 10,000 BTU and 9.9 EER with watt inputs between 1,020 and 1,050 W. Real math shows 10,000 ÷ 1,050 = 9.52 and 10,000 ÷ 1,020 = 9.80, neither of which is 9.9.
On the heating side, Islandaire claims 9,000 BTU at 3.4 COP, but when you calculate COP from the published wattage range, the results are around 2.84–3.10, not 3.4. The COP is fake, the EER is fake.
Islandaire also hides SEER2 because it cannot reach the 13.4 SEER2 minimum. The published data set is mathematically and physically impossible.
Inspiron Air – Super Fake Data, Wrong Ratings
Inspiron Air is a trademark of Wuxi Hammer, a Chinese manufacturer. When copying Ephoca’s units, they decided to produce a “super fake.” The data is beyond what is physically possible, and the math doesn’t even work. Even Multi MFG, which sells the same Wuxi Hammer unit under its own label, doubted the numbers so much that they reduced them dramatically.
Wuxi Hammer doesn’t bother using the correct SEER2 test procedure, publishes SEER instead, and omits the HSPF2 rating in favor of a completely fabricated COP. Their math doesn’t work in heating or cooling. Let’s do the math in cooling: 12,000 BTU ÷ 1,150 W = 10.43 EER, not the 11.3 EER published. Finally, EER is wrong; the new legal test is EER2
Multi MFG – Fake Manipulated Data
Multi MFG markets their MAIRHP-35-WM as a 9,600 BTU heat pump with 11.1 EER and 14.8 SEER, even though the applicable standards require EER2 and SEER2, as well as valid laboratory testing. No such testing exists. Instead, Multi MFG, acting in a similar way to Williams, manipulated the manufacturer’s data from Wuxi Hammer by dramatically reducing the capacity from 12,000 BTU to just 9,600 BTU, reducing the efficiency from a whopping 16.95 SEER to a more realistic, but still fake 14.8, indicating a lack of confidence in Zymbo’s already fabricated numbers.
Even with these reductions, the published figures remain impossible and would not pass real laboratory testing. The MAIRHP-35-WM is based on counterfeit data and marketed with fabricated efficiency claims.
Kinghome – A Sloppy Victim of Fraud
Kinghome takes the Zymbo Dolphin 40 and makes no changes to the specifications. Instead, simply copy and paste Zymbo’s data directly into their brochure. And while Kinghome may be innocent of manipulating data themselves, they are not innocent of failing to verify it. They are guilty of not knowing math. They rely entirely on Zymbo’s poor math skills: Real math shows 12,000 BTU ÷ 1,209 W = 9.83 EER, not the 10.5 EER that Kinghome publishes based on Zymbo’s fake and poor math. Even if Kinghome didn’t invent the numbers, publishing false data is still illegal.
