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Did a fair amount of research in last 2 years while buying AC. Here are my 2 cents:
For MHI, the imported models are gonna cost you a fortune while the ones made in India are not that great. After sales service is a big problem, outsourced to a third party vendor and spare parts are super expensive. The imported ones are great machines if you have the budget.
I think OGeneral had some good offers going on a few months ago, they offered free standard installation iirc. You can check on Amazon.
After going back and forth with MHI and Mitsubishi Electric, I decided not to go with them simply because of the above mentioned reasons. Not worth the premium at all, atleast here in Pune where the summers are not that hot and last for only 2-3 months. In your case, gurgaon remains hot for way longer so do explore OGeneral, I feel its more VFM.
A little off topic but here's what I feel about AC brands in India:
Panasonic and Voltas are the only two brands which offer good after sales and service here in Pune. I have got 3 Panasonic ACs and 1 Voltas AC for the guest bedroom.
Panasonic is better build, has good after sales service and is very power efficient. I got the 3 star model and it saves on a lot of power. Takes around 5-10 mins to bring down the room temperature to desired level(typical inverter compressor behaviour).
Voltas has inferior build but it cools brilliantly. Cools down the room in about a minute or two(west facing direct sunlight). Surprisingly it was the cheapest AC I bought from flipkart for 27k. 1.5T 3S. Spare part availability is also great with Voltas across India. A little power hungry compared to the Panasonics but worth it given the time it takes to cool down a baked up room.
I always had this opinion in my that voltas is bad but using it since last 2 years and my opinion has turned around. Sure it's build poorly but works very well. Even if it lasts for 5-6 years, I'd say money well spent.
If I were to buy another AC I will definitely get a Voltas. Can also explore Bluestar, seen a lot of them at restaurants and Hotels lately.
For MHI, the imported models are gonna cost you a fortune while the ones made in India are not that great. After sales service is a big problem, outsourced to a third party vendor and spare parts are super expensive. The imported ones are great machines if you have the budget.
I think OGeneral had some good offers going on a few months ago, they offered free standard installation iirc. You can check on Amazon.
After going back and forth with MHI and Mitsubishi Electric, I decided not to go with them simply because of the above mentioned reasons. Not worth the premium at all, atleast here in Pune where the summers are not that hot and last for only 2-3 months. In your case, gurgaon remains hot for way longer so do explore OGeneral, I feel its more VFM.
A little off topic but here's what I feel about AC brands in India:
Panasonic and Voltas are the only two brands which offer good after sales and service here in Pune. I have got 3 Panasonic ACs and 1 Voltas AC for the guest bedroom.
Panasonic is better build, has good after sales service and is very power efficient. I got the 3 star model and it saves on a lot of power. Takes around 5-10 mins to bring down the room temperature to desired level(typical inverter compressor behaviour).
Voltas has inferior build but it cools brilliantly. Cools down the room in about a minute or two(west facing direct sunlight). Surprisingly it was the cheapest AC I bought from flipkart for 27k. 1.5T 3S. Spare part availability is also great with Voltas across India. A little power hungry compared to the Panasonics but worth it given the time it takes to cool down a baked up room.
I always had this opinion in my that voltas is bad but using it since last 2 years and my opinion has turned around. Sure it's build poorly but works very well. Even if it lasts for 5-6 years, I'd say money well spent.
If I were to buy another AC I will definitely get a Voltas. Can also explore Bluestar, seen a lot of them at restaurants and Hotels lately.
I recently bought Hitachi's sumo heavy ac. 1.6 ton 3 star. costed me about 40k offline. I think during Amazon sale you'll get that for like 36k.
I looked at mhi, ogeneral, hitachi, Panasonic, Daikin, LG etc and hitachi was offering the highest cooling watt in the price range.
from what I have researched, in ac's, you should be looking at how much wattage of cooling it does.
so I'd say look at hitachi's sumo ac lineup.
and just as rajat has said about mhi's customer service, same applies to hitachi as well. they dont have their own inhouse technicians or customer service. everything is outsourced to third party vendors.
with customer services agents sitting in what seemed like a cheap call center to 3rd party installation guys not following recommended installation procedures ( vacuuming )
but the ac unit is good. chills the room quickly.
I looked at mhi, ogeneral, hitachi, Panasonic, Daikin, LG etc and hitachi was offering the highest cooling watt in the price range.
from what I have researched, in ac's, you should be looking at how much wattage of cooling it does.
so I'd say look at hitachi's sumo ac lineup.
and just as rajat has said about mhi's customer service, same applies to hitachi as well. they dont have their own inhouse technicians or customer service. everything is outsourced to third party vendors.
with customer services agents sitting in what seemed like a cheap call center to 3rd party installation guys not following recommended installation procedures ( vacuuming )
but the ac unit is good. chills the room quickly.
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Cooling capacity wattage and air throw CFM is something you should look at. Voltas has higher air throw, helps the room cools faster. Get any brand you want atp, whatever is the cheapest and suits your need.
Paying such premium for MHI and then being at the mercy of third class technicians is something I'd avoid.
LG ACs are great and super silent but not sure if it will be enough for the top floor. I'd suggest get a bigger sized AC with higher tonnage. For example if the room is 140sqft instead of getting a 1.5T, get a 2T AC. There are convertible modes and you can always adjust the capacity as per needs.
Avoid Daikin at all costs, it doesn't have convertible modes and takes a lot of time to reach 100% capacity.
Paying such premium for MHI and then being at the mercy of third class technicians is something I'd avoid.
LG ACs are great and super silent but not sure if it will be enough for the top floor. I'd suggest get a bigger sized AC with higher tonnage. For example if the room is 140sqft instead of getting a 1.5T, get a 2T AC. There are convertible modes and you can always adjust the capacity as per needs.
Avoid Daikin at all costs, it doesn't have convertible modes and takes a lot of time to reach 100% capacity.
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My Daikin split inverter has been working pretty good since I got it a few years ago to replace my Hitachi non inverter split model.
What is convertible mode and what reasons you say to avoid Daikin?
My unit ramps up to 100% full load within maybe a minute if room is hot, even faster if I trigger the power chill mode.
What is convertible mode and what reasons you say to avoid Daikin?
My unit ramps up to 100% full load within maybe a minute if room is hot, even faster if I trigger the power chill mode.
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Oh I see, well I simply adjust the temperature setting to reduce the power but not too much to defeat the cooling effect.
BTW since I got a floorstander pedestal fan I've much reduced my ceiling fan usage, quite a significant improvement in cooling because airflow is directed right at you thus further allow me to reduce my AC usage.
BTW since I got a floorstander pedestal fan I've much reduced my ceiling fan usage, quite a significant improvement in cooling because airflow is directed right at you thus further allow me to reduce my AC usage.
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@vishalrao One of my friend bought a Daikin AC a couple of years ago and he says it takes a lot of time to cool the room. He got everything checked, gas and everything is fine. The AC takes about 25 mins to reach 100% load. Due to lack of convertible modes, he can't force the AC to 100% capacity manually.
Convertible modes let you choose the cooling capacity, you can adjust it to 110%, 100%, 70%, 55% and 40% in case of Panasonic AC.
I personally use this a lot, set it to high cooling mode(110%) and the room cools down quickly in 3-4 mins. If I just set the temperature and leave it(let's say 24), the inverter compressor PCB adjusts the cooling capacity as per the heat load and it takes around 10 mins to achieve the desired temperature.
The good thing about daikin AC is power efficiency. Compressor goes as low as 17-18% capacity to save power and maintain cooling. Panasonic compressors shuts down below 40% capacity.
One more reason to avoid daikin is low cooling capacity. Their 1.5T ACs have 5000W cooling capacity which is around 1.4T, panasonic has 5280W which is exactly 1.5T. Wifi and app connectivity is something which I find very convenient with panasonic ACs, daikin does have a smart AC model but quite expensive compared to the regular one.
Convertible modes let you choose the cooling capacity, you can adjust it to 110%, 100%, 70%, 55% and 40% in case of Panasonic AC.
I personally use this a lot, set it to high cooling mode(110%) and the room cools down quickly in 3-4 mins. If I just set the temperature and leave it(let's say 24), the inverter compressor PCB adjusts the cooling capacity as per the heat load and it takes around 10 mins to achieve the desired temperature.
The good thing about daikin AC is power efficiency. Compressor goes as low as 17-18% capacity to save power and maintain cooling. Panasonic compressors shuts down below 40% capacity.
One more reason to avoid daikin is low cooling capacity. Their 1.5T ACs have 5000W cooling capacity which is around 1.4T, panasonic has 5280W which is exactly 1.5T. Wifi and app connectivity is something which I find very convenient with panasonic ACs, daikin does have a smart AC model but quite expensive compared to the regular one.
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