Best Panasonic Air Conditioners
Panasonic PE3 Series
- Cooling Power6 kW to 22.4 kW
- Heating Power6 kW to 25 kW
- Reverse Cycle Yes
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We replaced our 20 year old Panasonic ducted air-conditioning system in October 2025 with another Panasonic system and we also added AirTouch5 Zone… Read more
controller, 5 zones all with zone temperature sensors. We initially had mixed feelings about the system when initially installed. It heated really well, however once setpoint temperature was reached and AC compressor cut out we got a cold breeze. AirTouch Support has been excellent providing expert advice regarding best configuration settings for AirTouch. I also contacted Panasonic support regarding the comfort issues.
In summary, thank you to Mannix Air-conditioning and Panasonic for the excellent customer service and support. Mannix liaised with Panasonic regarding Panasonic’s options for further customisation of settings for Panasonic indoor unit. Changes were made to installation which initially used default settings, settings were customised to work well with Airtouch 5 zoning. Since the customisation of settings I no longer have cold drafts during heating, house very comfortable. This system is now working extremely well and we are very pleased we purchased another Panasonic ducted airconditioning with NanoeX air purifier.
I highly recommend the Panasonic airconditioning incorporating 3rd party Airtouch5 zoning setup to anyone looking for complete whole of house heating and cooling with NanoeX air purifier.
Panasonic CS-RZ25VKRW (2.5kW)
- Cooling Power2.5 kW
- Heating Power3 kW
- Reverse Cycle Yes
This aircon was a replacement for a system damaged during the 2019 flood in Townsville, also a Panasonic. While the first one was a very good one,… Read more
the CS-RZ25VKRW with CU-RZ25VKR installed in September 2020 created a lot of troubles and required a lot of warranty servicing by Empire Airconditioning. This was mostly due to a helicopter/motorcycle like strong noise of the external unit appearing often. I had expected this Panasonic to be quiet and create low noise as this aircon was in my bedroom, but sadly this was not the case... With the warranty over I asked another company last month to do full cleaning of the system (before the summer heat) and to do something about the noise. It was explained to me that such a helicopter noise is not uncommon for two blades fans especially at low speed, and that mechanical balancing of two blade fans is more difficult than of three blades fan. And no improvement was achieved as far as noise was concerned.
I am now considering a replacement of my bedroom aircon. But I do not think I will go for another Panasonic, I find it hard sleeping with the motorcycle noise...
Panasonic Z-XKR Series
- Cooling Power2.5 kW to 8 kW
- Heating Power3 kW to 9 kW
- Reverse Cycle Yes
Drippy Panasonic – Installed last year, found wifi connection to be a real plus and wifi works so much better than our Mitsubishi ac wifi does.( it disconnects often).… Read more
The Panasonic has a remote and can be set down to 16 degrees (whether this is a gimmick or not I’m not sure but we like it) . We have 4 Mitsubishi splits to compare with in our house and the Panasonic operates the best. It cools immediately, is not to noisey on high and this 7kw unit does large area very well. The nanio technology I find is a nonsense and makes using the remote confusing the phone app is easier to use. This unit leaked water down the wall quite a bit on humid days and to fix it was a tedious job as problem was only solved by removing cover and running on humid days. The condensation was running and dripping from an earth wire inside the unit then just missing the water tray and running out bottom of unit. Also on the other side of the tray, water was dripping outside of the tray. The fix was quite easy with some bitumen tape simple allowing the drips to drip onto the tape down into the tray . Drips were a bit close to wiring and could have caused an electrical short. It’s a design fault with the unit so doing this review so others know ( might save a house fire) Also about to purchase another 3 units for bedroom s and wondering if the 3.5 kw units have same problem. Would appreciate anyone’s reviews on these.
Panasonic Standard Reverse Cycle Inverter RZ Series (AKR)
- Cooling Power2.5 kW to 9.5 kW
- Heating Power3 kW to 10.3 kW
- Reverse Cycle Yes
Panasonic Premium Reverse Cycle Inverter Z Series (AKR)
- Cooling Power2.5 kW to 9.5 kW
- Heating Power3 kW to 10.3 kW
- Reverse Cycle Yes
Panasonic Standard Reverse Cycle Inverter RZ Series (XKR)
- Cooling Power2.5 kW to 7.1 kW
- Heating Power3 kW to 8 kW
- Reverse Cycle Yes
Panasonic NX Series Adaptive Ducted PF3
- Cooling Power3.4 kW to 13.4 kW
- Heating Power3.6 kW to 15.5 kW
- Reverse Cycle No
Panasonic Low Profile Mini Cassette PY3 Series
- Reverse Cycle Yes
Panasonic Floor Console System UF Series
- Reverse Cycle Yes
Panasonic 4-WAY Mini Cassette UB4 Series
- Reverse Cycle Yes
Panasonic Cooling Only Inverter U Series (WKR/XKR)
- Cooling Power2.5 kW to 8 kW
- Reverse Cycle No
Panasonic Ultra Slim Ducted UD3 Series
- Reverse Cycle Yes
Panasonic 4-WAY Ceiling Cassette PU3 Series
- Reverse Cycle Yes
Panasonic Ultra Premium Reverse Cycle Inverter HZ Series (YKR)
- Cooling Power2.5 kW to 8 kW
- Heating Power3.2 kW to 9 kW
- Reverse Cycle Yes
Panasonic Cooling Only Inverter U Series (AKR)
- Cooling Power2.5 kW to 8 kW
- Reverse Cycle No
- Cooling Power12.5 kW
- Heating Power14 kW
- Reverse Cycle Yes
I bought this system after removing my ducted natural gas heater. I was aware that it would be a different experience to gas. The electric system… Read more
uses a high volume of warm air to heat, whereas gas uses a higher temperature and lower volume.
As the install was in late summer my initial use was for cooling. It was very effective, so much so that I could not find a comfortable temperature, it was either too cold or didn’t cool at all. I’ll experiment more next summer.
The winter heating is good most of the time, with quite quick warming during the day (see 2 below). The large volume of air heats the entire room from ceiling to floor (the vents are in the ceiling). This provides a much more comfortable space when the system is working efficiently.
Now the things I wasn’t told. 1) The air conditioner makes the air extremely dry. At first I thought my allergies were being affected by the dust being disturbed by the increased air flow. But, no. The relative humidity was too low. I have since purchased two humidifiers and run at least one of them almost constantly. This has helped significantly. 2) The system struggles to warm effectively when the outside temperature is below 0 degrees C. This makes mornings in the house colder for longer than I would choose. It also means in the evenings as the temperature outside falls the system uses a larger volume of cooler air to warm, this has the effect of actually making you feel cold as it blows on you. 3) The system has a bypass mode to prevent damage to the ducts. Essentially this means that the vents in the areas that are set to a lower temperature (when heating) or turned off will still have an air flow. This means that in winter the bedrooms become uncomfortably warm and, because of the whole column of air being heated, don’t cool down enough for comfortable sleep. (This is made worse by the inefficient third party zoning system which is not Panasonics fault, but mine).
If I had my time again I would see if there is a system that doesn’t cause such dry air and I would save my money and manage zoning with the native zoning of the system.
Panasonic NX Series Splittable Ducted
- Cooling Power18 kW to 22 kW
- Heating Power20 kW to 25 kW
- Reverse Cycle No
We replaced an old Brivis central heating unit with a Panasonic NX series reverse cycle air conditioning using the existing ducting under the… Read more
Victorian Split System Rebate scheme. It was installed by Savage Air who made a good fist of the installation even though the unit arrived dead. The messing around to replace a dead circuit board took a couple of weeks but we eventually got the unit up and running. Overall the unit works really well and very easily heats and cools our 40 square double storey home. The only issue now that its running is that in cooling mode you cannot turn off the fan. Even when it has achieved the setpoint temperature the cooling turns off but the fan keeps running all the time at a very low speed. The heating function also worked like this but we complained and the installers changed a setting and it now turns of completely but they have told us Panasonic said this cannot be done on the cooling function. Given the whole idea was to save power costs we were surprised that we have to pay for the fan to run 100% of the time during summer even when cooling isn't needed. Not sure what that's costing us.
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