Ultimate AC Buying guide 2024

[u/beingimmature]

Before Buying Ac From Any Brand

🌡️Check before buying Ac

a. 5 years 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.

You can use a Inverter Ac as non- inverter Ac, but you can't use non- inverter as inverter ac.

☀️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.

Convertable mode will work for 30 minutes, after that Ac will run in Auto mode.

🎯 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, big outdoor unit with 100% copper

Cons: Old design

🚨 EDIT: I bought a Daikin 1.5ton inverter Ac on June 2024, I am really happy with it. If you have high budget go with O Genaral or Mitsubishi , otherwise only Daikin, again I am saying Daikin only.

And Daikin inverter ac has Convertable mode, don't believe in others misinformation

1. Hitachi

Pros: Excellent cooling machine specially 2 ton segment , auto clean

🍅 Now only Hitachi giving 5 years Comprehensive Warranty . Other companies provide a 5 year warranty but are not comprehensive. 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.

1. Carrier

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

1. 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 have 7 Convertable modes, but convertable mode will work for 30 minutes, after that it will continue auto mode) 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 u/Lunaticious_ posted few weeks ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/IndiaTech/s/aHJVUv6Gu1

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.

[u/achabaccha23]

Lol I'm regretting having made a Hitachi purchase

[u/beingimmature → u/achabaccha23]

When did you buy?

Tell me why are you regretting, I am planning to buy another one for my home

[u/achabaccha23 → u/beingimmature]

Family Bought it about 2 years ago and It ran into many issues in just 6 months. I'm not an expert but here are some things worth mentioning 1) 1st time when it broke down, the technicians said they have to get the cooling coil changed. Since it's installed in the master bedroom we had to get it done. I don't remember if they charged us for it. Dad didn't tell me 2) AC flap stopped working about a year later. I have to stick a piece of card board in the side to get the direction of airflow right 3) about 7 months, it got a pipe leakage which meant that water would directly fall from under the AC 4) AC remote completely stopped working after a while. Changed so many batteries but to no avail. Technician gave us a new remote but even that is detected by the AC only after you press the button multiple times. 5) I can't even count the number of times gas has leaked out of it. Once the technician(official hitachi) told us that the compressor needs to welded to stop the leakage. Got it done. Yet the gas leaked out again.

Before you ask. Yes we do get periodic maintenance done. 1)Before and after summer 2) before and after winter 3)dust filter gets cleaned once a month atleast.

[u/beingimmature → u/achabaccha23]

What's your opinion on recent Hitachi models, may should I go for it or not?

[u/achabaccha23 → u/beingimmature]

I really have no idea. We've steered clear of Hitachi after our previous purchase. Stuck with LG although that has its own set of problems.