Quick Answer: Goodman’s ductless lineup is a single series — the E-Series, sold in 9,000, 12,000, and 18,000 BTU single-zone sizes at roughly 18 SEER2 with a published heating floor of just 5°F, well short of the -13°F to -22°F cold-climate ratings this site’s other reviewed brands publish. Goodman has been a Daikin Industries company since 2012, but the E-Series isn’t a budget version of Daikin’s own Aurora cold-climate line — it’s a narrower, separately-documented product with no multi-zone option and a 5-year parts/7-year compressor warranty that, unlike nearly every other brand here, has no published registration terms. Equipment-only pricing runs roughly $479-$800 depending on size and retailer, well below Daikin’s own Entra tier, but installed cost and even some spec figures vary more between sources than on any other brand we’ve covered.
Goodman’s name carries real weight in central air and furnaces, and “Daikin owns Goodman” shows up more than once elsewhere on this site as shorthand for manufacturing scale. What that shorthand skips over is that Goodman’s own ductless mini split lineup looks nothing like the Daikin-branded systems it sits next to in the same parent company’s catalog.
Goodman E-Series by size
| Size | Efficiency | Heating floor | Refrigerant | Equipment price (approx.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9,000 BTU | 18 SEER2 / 9.0 HSPF | 5°F | R-32 | $479-$600 |
| 12,000 BTU | 18 SEER2 / 9.0 HSPF | 5°F | R-32 | $700-$800 |
| 18,000 BTU | 18 SEER2 / 9.0 HSPF | 5°F | R-32 | Not consistently published |
1. Goodman E-Series 9,000 BTU — the cheapest single-zone unit we’ve reviewed
Goodman E-Series 9,000 BTU Single-Zone Mini Split
- Third-party HVAC comparison coverage puts the 9k E-Series at roughly 18 SEER2 cooling and 9.0 HSPF heating — inverter-driven, single-zone only, with no multi-zone air handler option published anywhere for this line.
- Pricing is the standout: one technician review cited around $479 including a full installation kit, while general retail pricing runs closer to $550-$600 on sale — both well under Daikin's own Entra tier and under every DIY quick-connect brand on this site at the same capacity.
- The heating floor is rated to 5°F, not a cold-climate spec. That's fine for a mild-winter room addition or sunroom, but it's a real step down from the -13°F to -22°F floors MRCOOL, Senville, and Mitsubishi publish for their cold-climate lines.
to get your gauges and line-set cover delivered before your installer’s first visit, since Goodman’s E-Series doesn’t ship with either.
2. Goodman E-Series 12,000 BTU — the size with conflicting price listings
Goodman E-Series 12,000 BTU Single-Zone Mini Split
- Same efficiency and heating-floor specs as the 9k unit, scaled up. Pricing is where sources disagree: one comparison site lists $700-$800 as "equipment only" in its spec table, then separately describes the same figure as including an installation kit elsewhere on the same page.
- That kind of inconsistency doesn't show up on Daikin's own Entra or Aurora coverage, or on most other brands this site has reviewed — Goodman's ductless line is thinner-documented even than York's, which at least contradicts itself on York's own site rather than across third-party sources.
- Line sets are standard braze-and-vacuum, not pre-charged quick-connect, so even at this low a price the install cost still needs a licensed tech or a homeowner with EPA 608 certification and the right gauges.
3. Goodman E-Series 18,000 BTU — the top of a short lineup
Goodman E-Series 18,000 BTU Single-Zone Mini Split
- Confirmed as a real, currently-listed product — a 208/230V, R-32, single-zone wall-mounted air handler at this capacity shows up on ductless-parts retailer listings — but equipment and installed pricing weren't consistently published across the sources we checked, unlike the 9k and 12k sizes.
- 18,000 BTU is also the ceiling for the entire E-Series: there's no 24k, 36k, or multi-zone step-up the way Mitsubishi, Daikin, Senville, and MRCOOL all offer above this capacity.
- A general 2026 HVAC price guide puts single-zone 9k-12k systems at roughly $1,200 low to $3,800 high installed; expect the 18k unit to install above that range, but confirm with a written quote rather than assuming a linear scale-up.
Where Goodman fits against the rest of this site
Daikin’s 2012 acquisition of Goodman Global — a $3.7 billion deal that made Daikin the world’s largest HVAC and refrigerant manufacturer, with Goodman’s U.S. operations later folded into Daikin Comfort Technologies North America in 2022 — gets cited elsewhere on this site as shorthand for scale: see our full Daikin mini split review or mini split refrigerant guide for where that comes up. What those mentions don’t say is that Goodman’s own ductless mini split lineup isn’t a rebadged, budget version of Daikin’s Entra or Aurora series. Daikin’s Aurora line is a genuine cold-climate product rated to -13°F; Goodman’s E-Series publishes no cold-climate variant at all and tops out at a 5°F heating floor. The two brands share a parent company and, per the refrigerant guide, the same R-32 standardization — but not the same engineering tier. Sales channel is another real difference: Daikin’s Entra and Aurora sell through Daikin’s own certified-dealer network, while Goodman’s E-Series shows up on general online ductless-parts retailers that also stock Mitsubishi, Fujitsu, and other brands’ hardware — a multi-retailer channel, not the single-retailer private-label setup behind Blue Ridge, but still a step away from how its own parent company sells. On pure equipment price, Goodman is the cheapest pro-install single-zone brand this site has reviewed, undercutting even Bosch’s budget-focused Climate 5000 line — but it’s also the brand with the least consistent documentation: conflicting price listings within the same source, no published registration terms for its warranty, and no verified pricing at all for its largest size.
The bottom line
Goodman’s E-Series is a real, inexpensive, Daikin-owned single-zone mini split — not a trap, but also not the budget Aurora some buyers might assume from the ownership connection. If a 5°F heating floor covers your climate and 18,000 BTU covers your room size, it’s the cheapest equipment price on this site by a wide margin. If you need genuine cold-climate heating, multi-zone coverage, or a warranty with registration terms you can actually verify in writing, look at our best mini split heat pump roundup or the Daikin review for Goodman’s own, better-documented sibling brand instead.