PERFERA A SERIES
The quietest, most efficient Perfera, sized for a bedroom
This is the smallest Perfera Daikin makes for a single room: the 9 000 Btu model in the current A series, pairing the FTXM25A indoor unit with the RXM25A9 outdoor unit. It is built for bedrooms, nurseries and studies of up to about 20 m².
It also carries the highest seasonal rating in the Perfera range. Daikin rates the pair at 9.47 in cooling and 5.20 in heating, both A+++, and it heats as well as it cools, so it is as useful on a July night as in February.
At its nominal rating it delivers 2.5 kW of cooling (about 8 500 Btu/h) and 2.8 kW of heating.
“Quiet in operation: down to 19dBA sound pressure level.” — Daikin
EFFICIENCY
A+++ in both seasons, on under half a kilowatt
At its nominal rating the Perfera 9 000 draws just 0.48 kW to deliver 2.5 kW of cooling, an EER of 5.20. In heating it delivers 2.8 kW at a COP of 5.00: five units of heat for every unit of electricity.
As an inverter it seldom runs at full output. The compressor varies between 0.9 and 3.8 kW in cooling and between 0.8 and 5.0 kW in heating, slowing right down once the room reaches temperature. Throttling down to 0.9 kW is what lets it hold a bedroom steady through the night instead of switching on and off.
Econo mode caps the power draw further, which helps when the aircon shares a solar or backup supply with the rest of the house.
COMFORT+
Twin flaps that spread the air evenly
The A series uses two airflow flaps instead of a single louvre. Together they narrow and steer the air so it carries further and settles evenly across the room, rather than leaving a cold patch under the unit. Daikin calls this Comfort+.
3D airflow combines vertical and horizontal auto-swing to reach the corners, and heat boost brings the room up to temperature up to 14% faster on start-up than a comparable Daikin unit without it.
The two-area motion sensor reads the room. It steers air away from where people are sitting, and when nobody has been detected for a while it drops to an energy-saving setting on its own.
WHERE IT WORKS
Made for the room you sleep in
On its silent setting the indoor unit runs at 19 dBA in cooling, below the background noise of most bedrooms at night. It is the size and the sound level that make this the usual Perfera for a main bedroom or a child’s room.
Night set mode raises the cooling set point by 0.5 °C (or lowers the heating set point by 2 °C) overnight, so the room does not end up too cold or too warm by morning, and the indoor silent button takes a further 3 dB off.
A study or a small home office suits it just as well. If the room is larger than about 20 m², or gets strong afternoon sun, step up to the Perfera 12 000 Btu.
CLEANER AIR
Flash Streamer and two purifying filters
Daikin’s Flash Streamer releases a stream of electrons that breaks down airborne allergens such as pollen and mould, and removes odours, as air passes through the indoor unit.
Behind it sit a silver allergen-removal filter, which captures pollen and similar allergens, and a titanium apatite deodorising filter for smells such as cooking, tobacco smoke and pets. The dust filters are removable and washable.
It does not replace a dedicated HEPA purifier for severe allergies or smoke; for that, look at our air purifiers. But the air the Perfera circulates is cleaner than the air it draws in.
MADE FOR SOUTH AFRICAN POWER
Daikin South Africa stock, ready for load-shedding
This unit is supplied through Daikin South Africa for a 220–240 V single-phase supply, so the local Daikin warranty applies and parts come through Daikin’s South African network. Air conditioners brought in by private importers are not always covered here.
Auto-restart returns the unit to its previous settings when the power comes back after an outage, so there is no reaching for the remote after load-shedding. At under 0.5 kW in cooling it is a light load on any home inverter.
Control it through the built-in Wi-Fi and Daikin’s Onecta app, at home or away, with a weekly timer and voice control through Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant. An infrared remote is in the box.
The Perfera A series in operation
Daikin’s short film of the new Perfera at home.
Perfera FTXM25A specifications
| Indoor unit | FTXM25A |
| Outdoor unit | RXM25A9 |
| Cooling capacity (min / nominal / max) | 0.9 / 2.5 / 3.8 kW (about 8 500 Btu/h nominal) |
| Heating capacity (min / nominal / max) | 0.8 / 2.8 / 5.0 kW |
| EER / COP (nominal) | 5.20 / 5.00 |
| SEER / SCOP | 9.47 (A+++) / 5.20 (A+++) |
| Indoor sound pressure, cooling | 19 (silent) / 25 / 33 / 41 dBA |
| Indoor sound pressure, heating | 20 (silent) / 27 / 34 / 39 dBA |
| Outdoor sound pressure | 46 dBA cooling / 47 dBA heating |
| Maximum airflow | 11.9 m³/min cooling |
| Operating range (outdoor) | Cooling −10 to 50 °C; heating −21 to 18 °C (wet bulb) |
| Indoor unit (H × W × D, weight) | 298 × 804 × 252 mm, 11.5 kg |
| Outdoor unit (H × W × D, weight) | 610 × 923 × 367 mm, 36 kg |
| Refrigerant piping | Up to 20 m, 15 m height difference; no extra charge up to 10 m |
| Air purification | Flash Streamer, silver allergen-removal filter, titanium apatite deodorising filter |
| Comfort features | Comfort+ twin flaps, 3D airflow, two-area motion sensor, heat boost, night set mode |
| Power features | Auto-restart after a power failure, Econo mode |
Figures from Daikin’s published data for the FTXM25A and RXM25A9. Read Daikin South Africa’s Perfera product flyer (PDF) or the operation manual (PDF).
How the Perfera 9 000 Btu sits against the alternatives
The Daikin Sensira 9 000 Btu is Daikin’s value wall split for the same size of room, with its own built-in Onecta control. Daikin rates it at a SEER of 6.8 (A++) against 9.47 here, it runs down to 21 dBA against 19, and it does without Flash Streamer and the motion sensor. For a guest room used now and then the Sensira is the sensible buy; for the bedroom you sleep in every night, the Perfera’s quiet and efficiency are worth having.
The Perfera 12 000 Btu uses the same indoor unit body with 3.5 kW of cooling, for rooms of up to about 30 m². An undersized unit runs flat out and never quite gets there, so if the room is borderline, size up.
Where several bedrooms need cooling and there is little space outside, the FTXM-A indoor units also run off a single Daikin outdoor unit as a multi-split system.
Questions we are asked about the Perfera 9 000 Btu
Up to about 20 m² with a standard ceiling height: a typical bedroom, nursery or study. Large sun-facing windows, a top floor under a hot roof or an opening into another room all add load; in those cases the Perfera 12 000 Btu is the safer choice.
At its nominal rating it draws 0.48 kW in cooling. In practice it uses less once the room is at temperature, because the inverter slows the compressor right down. Its SEER of 9.47 is the highest in the Perfera range.
Yes. At under 0.5 kW in cooling it is a light load on any home inverter, and Econo mode can cap its draw further. Auto-restart brings it back to its previous settings once the power returns.
Daikin redesigned the indoor unit and moved to twin flaps for Comfort+ airflow. In the 9 000 Btu size the inverter range widened to 0.9–3.8 kW in cooling (from 1.3–3.2 kW), and the seasonal cooling rating rose from 8.65 to 9.47.
Indoors it runs from 19 dBA on silent to 41 dBA on high in cooling. The outdoor unit is rated at 46 dBA in cooling. Both units have a silent button that lowers their sound level by 3 dB.
Yes. Wi-Fi is built in, and Daikin’s Onecta app controls the unit at home or away, with scheduling and a view of past energy use. It works with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. The infrared remote is also supplied.
No. A split system has to be installed by a qualified installer, with copper piping, cabling and a bracket or base for the outdoor unit. Our installers cover the major South African cities and quote separately. The units can sit up to 20 m apart (15 m in height), with no extra refrigerant needed up to 10 m.
It cleans the air it circulates: Flash Streamer breaks down allergens and odours, a silver filter captures pollen, and a titanium apatite filter deodorises. It is not a HEPA air purifier, so for severe allergies or smoke a dedicated air purifier is the right tool.
This is genuine Daikin South Africa stock, so Daikin South Africa’s local warranty applies. If anything goes wrong, you deal with us: we log the claim with Daikin South Africa and follow it up on your behalf.
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