Mijia Air Conditioner GentleAir 5.2 kW

The Mijia Air Conditioner GentleAir 5.2 kW is a split air conditioner from Xiaomi’s Mijia smart-home brand, with cooling and heating. Xiaomi positions the GentleAir range as mid-range. There are four sizes: 2.6, 3.5, 5.2 and 7.0 kW. The 5.2 kW one is the 18,000 BTU model. What’s new is the louvre, which has up to 602 micro-holes to soften the airflow. In Spain it joins the Eco and Pro Eco ranges.

There’s no battery here, so the figures to check are capacity and draw. Cooling capacity is 5,400 W and heating capacity is 5,300 W, using 1,928 W and 1,428 W respectively. The compressor is a full DC inverter, and Xiaomi recommends the unit for rooms of 40–55 m². The company claims up to 20.6% lower energy use with AI, cooling in 30 seconds and heating in 60. Nobody has tested those numbers independently. The indoor unit is 328 x 920 x 224 mm and weighs 11.3 kg. The outdoor unit is 551 x 860 x 331 mm. You control it through the Xiaomi Home app or Google Assistant. It also has scheduling, sleep curves, auto restart after a power cut and anti-condensation control.

In Spain it costs €960, and Xiaomi’s installation service adds €430. The range starts at €569 in Austria. I found no confirmed prices elsewhere. It fits a single large room of 40–55 m², like a big living room or open-plan space, where one unit has to do both cooling and heating. Within Mijia, it sits between the Eco 5.2 kW at €859 and the GentleAir 7.0 kW at €1,200. Other brands’ 18,000 BTU rivals include the Samsung WindFree and the LG Dual Cool, though I haven’t checked their prices. The closest direct comparison is the Eco 5.2 kW. It has the same room recommendation and the same 20.6% energy claim, and it costs about €100 less.

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