Review on Senville AURA: Energy Star Mini Split Heat Pump W/ 9000 BTU & Alexa Compatibility by Robb Fillmore

We got this split unit this year instead of making costly repairs to our old steam heating system in our 120 year old ranch style farmhouse. We have not tried the cooling yet, but our house stays pretty cool in the summer and we barely ever use AC.so I'm sure it will work just fine. We mostly bought it for heating, and it has been almost exactly as we expected. It is installed in our main living space which is about 750sq ft not including a small hallway and four additional rooms that we keep the doors closed. We got the 18k btu aura model.During cold weather, it heats great. During temps below freezing, it keeps up but struggles some. We have had some single digit temps and we have to run it at full steam.but it does keep it warm enough. We like it relatively warm compared to most though. We even had a blizzard this winter with over a foot of snow and it miraculously kept working away. It did freeze up to a huge block of ice at one point and I had to melt it with warm water because I was afraid of damage to the unit, but it kept working the entire time. I also shoveled the snow from around the unit and it. It is installed on a Senville standing mounting bracket something like a foot or so above grade.The only reason for 4 stars instead of 5 is because of the stated square footage it covers. We are on the low end of the suggested coverage but feels more like we are over. I would have to concede that our home is not superbly insulated and is quite old though, so anyone with a newer home will likely have better results. Also, the layout of our home required us to put the indoor unit in a less than ideal location in the corner of the room, likely exacerbating that particular issue. All in all, I would DEFINITELY recommend this unit. I've only had it for a couple of months now.but compared to heating fuel oil that we would have used during that time.it seems it will pay for itself within a single heating season of use.maybe two.Hopefully it lasts a very long time.