Haier AS25SHP1HRA-S / 1U25SHP1FRA air conditioner

Our verdict on the Haier AS25SHP1HRA-S

Stellar HP Inverter is Haier’s flagship residential inverter lineup for 2026. In one sentence: a “home split system with premium hardware and a built‑in heat pump down to −20 °C.” The 25 size is priced at 62,000 roubles, and at this price point Haier no longer comes across as a “budget Chinese brand.”

The range comes in a soft, pastel palette: our test unit is metallic grey, with white and ivory also offered. The front panel is textured, and the shade match between the panel and the louvre is spot‑on—a detail that’s hard to nail in mass production, but here it’s done properly.

On paper, the feature set is rich. The UV lamp, with a claimed 99.9% disinfection efficiency, is a sizeable, full‑format unit—not a box‑ticking marketing add‑on. Self‑cleaning is implemented in two ways: the classic coil‑freeze cycle with condensate drainage, and a hot‑air sterilisation mode (heating the evaporator to 56 °C for 30 minutes). Spiral Air throws the stream up at 35 ° toward the ceiling, and the louvre’s “ski‑jump” profile genuinely lifts the cold air above head level.

Wi‑Fi is standard, as on all new Haier models; the EVO app’s servers are physically located in Russia, and there are native integrations with Alice and Salute. Warranty is 4 years, plus one additional year of free service when you register the unit in the app.

The remote is arguably the only clearly visible weak point. Functionally it’s fine (Russian‑label buttons, dedicated mode keys, colour indication on the indoor unit), but it looks simpler than the air conditioner itself: a small display, fine markings, and an overall feel that’s cheaper than some direct rivals. The backlight is bright and easy to read.

The key metric is noise. At the quietest fan speed, the unit measured 29.9 dB. This is the first unit in our test series this season to break the “below 30 dB” barrier. What’s distinctive about Stellar is that at the quiet setting the airflow is still noticeably strong (around 2 m/s), meaning it stays quiet without artificially dropping fan RPM. The louvres respond without lag—the actuator is quick, and in real use it shows: remote commands are executed instantly.

Mains stress test on a lab autotransformer: the air conditioner holds both 150 V and 100 V input steadily. For this class, that’s exactly what you’d expect.

The indoor heat exchanger is a two‑row coil with two end caps top and bottom; 5 mm copper, 12 loops, 60 cm length, surface area 0.23 m². That’s about average for the sample. A series-specific detail is the remote temperature sensor: it’s moved out of the main airstream so it doesn’t get “fooled” by a strong jet right at the intake zone.

The outdoor unit weighs 23.6 kg and uses a large full‑height grille. Vibration is around 0.18, within the normal range for the class. The standout is the tray heater cable that underpins the stated heating operation down to −20 °C; competing materials with a similar layout often quote −25 °C, while Haier sticks to a conservative −20. The compressor is a Rich unit (a joint venture with Daikin for the Indian market), C5 series; there’s no EEV, with metering handled by a standard capillary. The outdoor coil copper surface area is 0.37 m²—solidly mid‑pack and properly proportioned relative to the indoor unit.

Cosmetically, the outdoor unit has two notes: aluminium tape used on one of the casing plugs (an on-the-spot tweak, not the most process‑driven solution), and that same Rich compressor, which the market often places in a “second tier”—although the Daikin joint production makes that reputation feel more like legacy perception than a technical verdict.

Bottom line on Haier Stellar HP Inverter: a well‑built, well‑equipped inverter with an extended temperature range and genuinely low noise. Strengths: 29.9 dB measured noise (the season’s first sub‑30), a powerful UV lamp, two self‑cleaning systems, the outdoor tray heater cable for −20 °C, standard Wi‑Fi with the EVO app, Alice and Salute support, neat factory assembly, and tight colour matching across the housing. Weak points: the remote feels noticeably “simpler” than the indoor unit, the aluminium‑tape workaround in the outdoor unit, the Rich compressor (instead of the more expected GMCC), and—at −20 °C and below—the absence of EVI injection. Recommended as a full‑fledged replacement for an older Japanese mid‑tier unit for a flat or small house with real shoulder‑season operation.