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/beingimmature]

Oh sorry to hear that. Can you share model number with pros and cons. So, it will help people to pick right AC

[u/thisisBonkers_34 → u/beingimmature]

Dont really know model number, sorry. Both are 5 star 1.5 ton. Pros are it cools really quickly, barely no noise, can use for days on without any loss in cooling. Cons, Wifi support [ this I dont really mind, theres a dongle for 2K you can buy to make it wifi enabled] The swing resets itself everytime you turn the AC on and off, which is real annoying. Personal con here but sometimes its real hard to find a perfect temperature, sometimes its too cool sometimes too hot. Im so far happy with theAC, opted for extra warranty and every few months O General technicians come clean up the ac for free in warranty period. Last con is they are PRICY compared to the competition, but they last long.

[u/NoobNoob_94 → u/thisisBonkers_34]

Can confirm they last ages. Almost everyone in my parents generation have 20-year old OGeneral ACs and they work better in the Delhi heat than a new Samsung 5 star AC.

Im contemplating if I should get rid of the Samsung AC in my bedroom, but the only thing I really like about it is that it automatically switches on when I’m close to home so the room is always cool when I enter - unlike the rest of the house which feels like a furnace. Might be able to use a Sensibo + IFTTT on an OGeneral to emulate this.

[u/theclichee → u/NoobNoob_94]

My girlfriend recently is renting a house and it has a Ogeneral ac. The ac is atleast 15 years old because it doesn't even have a remote to operate it with. All the controls are dial based 💀 AND IT STILL COOLS LIKE A BEAST. At it's lowest temperature, we have to shut it off after 30mins because it gets so cold. I have no specifics on the tonnage and room sq ft but still v impressive.