Approved installerEvery Daikin wall unit, and what actually separates them
All five sit on the same platform, so what you pay extra for is the front panel, the sensors and a step or two of rated efficiency, not a different machine underneath. Any of them will share one outdoor unit with up to four other rooms. The floor, ceiling and concealed formats are here too.
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Five wall units. One machine behind five different faces.
All five run the same R‑32 refrigerant, the same inverter compressor family and the same Onecta app. What separates them is the front panel, the sensors and where they land on the rated efficiency scale, which is why the right answer depends on the room rather than on the spec sheet. All five will share one outdoor unit with up to four other rooms, so nothing here limits what you can add later. The other full wall range we write up in this much detail is Samsung WindFree, where the point of difference is a front panel that cools without a draught.
The five that go on your wall
In rough order of how much each one is designed to be looked at, ending with the entry unit. Any of them will share an outdoor unit with up to four other rooms.
Emura
The statement piece. A curved aluminium fascia in white, silver or matt black: the one people photograph, and the one that turns up in architectural press. Same 19dB, same capacities, same app.
Two-area presence sensing and the same underlying engine as the Stylish. You are paying for the material and the shape, and if that matters in the room it is going in, it is worth it.
Stylish
The slimmest casing Daikin make, and the widest choice of finishes of anything we fit: nine, including wood effects, fabric and leather. If the unit is going somewhere it will be looked at every day, this is usually the answer.
Presence and floor sensors, Wi-Fi as standard, and the same 19dB quiet setting as the rest of the range. Efficiency sits a step below Perfera, which is the price of the shape.
Perfera
The one to buy if you care what it costs to run. Perfera carries the highest seasonal efficiency of the range and the most serious air treatment Daikin fit to a wall unit, Flash Streamer, a silver allergen-removal filter and a titanium apatite deodorising filter, rather than one filter doing everything.
It also has the 2-area motion sensor, which steers air away from wherever you are sitting and drops the unit to an economy setting when the room empties. White only, and a plainer face than the two above it, which is the trade.
Comfora
The one nobody asks for by name and plenty of people should be asking for. No wood finishes, no aluminium fascia, no presence sensor. What it does have is the same R‑32 engine, the same 19dB quiet setting, the same Onecta app and the same place on a multi-split as the three above it.
If the unit is going somewhere nobody looks at, this is the point where spending more stops buying you anything you will notice.
Sensira
Daikin’s entry unit, and the one people write off too quickly. Same R‑32 engine, same Onecta app, same 20dB quiet setting. Efficiency sits a rung below the rest of the range, and the price sits below it too.
It shares an outdoor unit like the rest of them. Daikin pair the FTXF indoor with their 2MXF and 3MXF multi outdoor units, and build a compact CTXF version for multi-split work. If the room is not one you look at and the budget is doing the deciding, this is the sensible end of the range.
Floor, ceiling and hidden entirely
Daikin build the same system in formats most people never get shown.
Sits under a window where a radiator would, which suits rooms with no usable wall height, bay windows, dwarf walls, rooms with picture rails you would rather not cut through.
The unit disappears into the ceiling void and you see grilles only. The quietest option in the room, and the one that survives a conservation officer.
Flush with the ceiling, blowing in four directions. Standard in shops and offices, and increasingly in large open-plan extensions.
For long or awkward rooms where you need throw rather than spread, and there is no ceiling void to hide anything in.
One outdoor unit. Up to five rooms.
You can mix formats on the same system, a Stylish in the lounge, a concealed unit in a bedroom, a floor unit in the study, all off one box outside. Daikin put it plainly: up to five indoor units, any range or style, on one Multi Split outdoor unit. Size it for the rooms you might add later and the second room costs you pipework, not another box on the wall outside.
Five indoor units, one condenser
One mounting, one set of drains, one thing to service and one thing to look at. Each indoor unit still runs its own temperature and schedule.
Size the outdoor unit now
Specify a larger condenser today and connect the spare room in two years without touching what is already in.
One unit, not three
A single outdoor unit is measurably quieter than two or three smaller ones, and gives the neighbours one thing to notice rather than several.
Daikin Multi+ connects a 120L or 230L domestic hot water cylinder to the same outdoor unit that runs your indoor units. In summer the heat pulled out of your rooms goes into the tank. It is a different proposition to the units on this page, so it has its own page.
Guides for your Daikin
Free step-by-step ArcticNord guides to the remote, the Madoka wall controller and the Onecta phone app. Read them here, or download a PDF to keep or print.
Why have ArcticNord fit it?
Daikin build good kit. Whether you get the efficiency on the label is decided by what happens before anyone picks up a spanner.
We run a heat-load calculation on the actual room: glazing, orientation, insulation, occupancy. An oversized unit short-cycles, runs noisily and costs more to buy and to run.
If a Perfera in white does the job and you were about to buy an Emura for a room nobody sits in, we will say so. The margin is not worth the review.
Handling refrigerant legally requires certification. We hold it, and the paperwork you get at handover proves it.
Access, airflow, condensate and noise at the neighbouring window. Decided before we quote, not on the day.
Nine Stylish finishes look very different on a wall to how they look on a website. We will get the right samples in front of you first.
Pressure tested, charged, performance logged, controls explained. The last hour on site is the one that decides how it behaves for ten years.
Common questions
Which one should I actually buy?
If running cost matters most, Perfera. If the unit is going somewhere prominent, Stylish for the choice of finishes or Emura for the aluminium fascia. If it is going somewhere nobody looks, Comfora does the same job for less, and Sensira less again if you will take a rung down on efficiency. All five are quiet, all five heat as well as cool, and all five will share one outdoor unit with up to four other rooms.
Is the efficiency difference worth paying for?
Perfera is roughly half a point of SEER ahead of Emura and Stylish, and further ahead of Comfora and Sensira. On a bedroom used a few hours a day that is pennies. On an open-plan room running most of the day, it adds up over ten years. We will put actual numbers against your rooms rather than leave you guessing.
Can I mix different Daikin units on one system?
Yes. Up to five indoor units of different types can run from one outdoor unit, each controlled separately, and wall, floor, concealed and cassette can all share the same condenser. Daikin’s own wording is up to five indoor units, any range or style. Size the outdoor unit for the rooms you might add later, not only the ones you are doing now.
Do they heat as well as cool?
Yes, all of them. A Daikin wall unit is an air-to-air heat pump. Heating is what it does most of the year in this country, and it does it at a fraction of the running cost of electric heating.
What about hot water?
That is Daikin Multi+, which pairs a hot water cylinder with the same outdoor unit. It has its own page.
Find out which Daikin unit your rooms actually need
Free on-site assessment, heat-load sizing, and a fixed written quote before anything is ordered.