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Before Buying Ac From Any Brand

🌡️Check before buying Ac

a. 5 year PCB warranty

b. 1 year comprehensive warranty on whole product.

c. 10 years compressor warranty and Copper coil, and coating on it. Refrigerant should be R32

If any company is not giving these 3 things, just kick that brand from your mind.

⚠️ Don't forget to Vacuum your AC while installing.Otherwise AC will not cool your room. If technician said not required then tell him to come with vacuum machine otherwise bhaga dena.

⚠️ If voltage fluctuate in your area then I would say use good stabilizer from a repute brand.

☀️Now People will suggest buying a 3 star AC But trust me go with 5 star model of the same 3⭐ model you choose.

🌡️Reason to buy 5 Star

5 ⭐ Ac is more effective than 3 ⭐

Compressor size is bigger in 5⭐

5 ⭐model has better cooling than 3 ⭐

It will definitely save your electricity bill

🎯 Keep 1.5-4K extra for installation in your budget. Price may vary on Brands.

🌡️Now come to the Bands

Mitsubishi and O General are the OGs in market. Those are premium segment AC and heavy duty AC. Like Mitsubishi AC costs 90K only for indoor outdoor unit. You have to purchase copper pipe separately + installation charges. Total cost 95-100k. And it's after sales service available in few metro cities.

1. Daikin

Pros: excellent cooling, electric consumption is less, auto clean

Cons: no Convertable mode, technically auto Convertable so no issues.

2. Hitachi

Pros: Excellent cooling, auto clean

🍅 Now Hitachi giving 5 years PCB warranty for both INDOOR unit and OUTDOOR unit. Other companies provide warranty only Outdoor PCB warranty for 5 years except Hitachi. PCB is a vital thing in the Inverter AC.

Cons: Consumes a little more electricity, temparature Display not available, Convertable mode unavailable technically auto Convertable so no issues.

3. Carrier

Sufficient cooling, auto clean, Convertable mode available. Overall good. Carrier is the company who invented AC.

4. Panasonic

AC are excellent but Panasonic remote sucks, it will not response or stop working after sometimes. Wi-Fi available.

🌡️Don't buy Lloyd, Samsung, Voltas, Godrej, Haier, IFB, Bluestar, LG, Whirlpool.

🤖 Smart Wi-Fi ( Although it's useful for tech-savvy people, may create difficulty for elders), AI features are marketing gimmick, don't fall on those trap.

🌞 Bonus tip: suppose your room size is 170 sqft. top floor, directly sunlight exposed. Generally you think a 1.5 ton AC will be more than enough. No you need a 2 ton act. You can use Ac 2 ton Ac as 1.5ton ( some models has 7 Convertable modes) but you can't use a 1 ton Ac 110% efficiency. It may effect on your compressor. So it's better to buy higher Tonnage AC for some conditions.

Don't run behind Brands, check ISEER value, Actual Tonnage and Maximum Cooling capacity.

Salesman may suggest you ac but keep in mind they will suggest only that brand or model with gives them maximum margin.

🪐If you want to know perfect tonnage according to your room size, then check posted few weeks ago:

Edit: Guys just checked LG took customer feedback and Recently Launched this Ac in 2024, model no: TS-Q19JWZE ( particularly this one only).

It has 1.42 tonnage and all necessary features, You can go with this model.