Inverter power saving is too much hype adi...for bedroom, buy inverter for comfort, becos less temperature variation. For power saving, honestly not really that much.

Im contemplating changing to inverter also as my normal Daikin ac (2hp and 1hp) contributes to ard RM300 bill.

The RM240/RM140 is actual bill rite?  Not just from the AC..

Usage pattern quite similar to mine, in excess of 10 hours. And yes, Panasonic Inverter have to set lower temperature setting versus non-inverter air con. Your findings is same as mine.

Do you feel any difference in terms of how fast the room cools down from when you turn it on?
Take into consideration that he on the air con in excess of 10 hours.. if 2 hours only, don't expect to see huge difference.

Are you trying to says that most of the people never read the manual properly

That's if you enable Econavi mode. I don't use Econavi and its still not as cool as other air cons.

Some people don't have the air con and have absolutely no clue what we're talking about. 

Do u guys actually test out which mode is the have the best saving? Haha.. i currently running my 1.5hp pana without any mode.. and do u guys turn off power when the nanoeg led still active even though u off it?

That's if you enable Econavi mode. I don't use Econavi and its still not as cool as other air cons.

Some people don't have the air con and have absolutely no clue what we're talking about. 

Seems like ur Pana Inverter got alot of functions to play with, my farking ME inverter just some plain basic fucntion.

Haha.. i do read the manual, but the problem is when i turn off aircon and want to go for work, i usually will switch off and unplug (my habit).. but due to this nanoe stuff, i cannot power off it and have to wait 2hours.. so normally if i see the nanoe turn on when i off, i will restart the aircon and off it again.. the nanoe will off. It seem like nanoe will automatic perform the cleaning after 2 or 3 times of usage

Mine slightly older model than yours, no iAutoX function. I just know turn on air con, set 23C and turn on powerful mode, still not as powerful as York Cooling King L. 

Simply said, Pana cooling capacity is lower primarily due to cut cost, period.

Cooling quality is not solely depends on compressor, it also depends on the quality of the condenser, cooling coil, arrangement/density of the fin, with the latter component is much more important in cooling role than the compressor alone.

Sensors, electronic parts price are far more lower (can be negligible) than the mechanical parts (cooling coil, condenser fin) in an aircond. Remember, in an electrical appliances, plastic parts (which mostly made by crude oil) and all other mechanical parts (especially aircond which use alot of aluminiums in the construction) material cost are far more higher than the electronic part. In an aircond, the estimated BOM cost for electronic vs non electronic = 10% vs 90%, you weight yourself. But the appearance to the customer will be those 'high tech electronic features', that's why they need to include to impress ppl, in fact, those added features cost is almost negligible, just using 1 or 2 extra sensor and few software algorithm to achieve it, is almost free for them.

From your point of view, they sacrifice some comfort for electricity saving, but from the point of view of Pana, they sacrifice comfort for lower material cost, that's the fact, the electricity saving is just a 'by product' of their cut cost activity. Sorry if it sound offended, but naturally i don't have good impression on Pana product, becos i was a R&D electronic engineer in Pana for 5 years before, cut cost was their philosophy, especially now after they faced a huge deficit in their finance globally in year 2013, cut cost is their 1st priority, cost down or terminate business, and this is part of the reason i left the company.

one was the first generation Panasonic aircond with ionizer back in 2001 and another was just 2 years ago. deluxe non inverter with econavi. for both, i spent close to 1k on repairs. enough to buy me another aircond. but what cheese me off is the poor technical support these days once ur aircond is over 1 year old. Panasonic gives u numbers to call and arrange yourself third party to come to repair. first number that i called, told me they're full for the next 3 weeks! second number that i called told me they don't service my area! wtf. i had to call back Panasonic and then they gave me two more numbers to call. 'fantastic' service

Save power but not cold. What for? I'll definitely buy inverter for my usage, but not Panasonic inverters.
Of course, compared to most people, I'm damn hot. We all have different tolerance for temperature. I cannot tahan panas.

Just don't cry and say not cold after you buy Panasonic Inverter. 

Sorry to say, Pana and Sharp were the struggling company at the moment, especially Pana, the group is too huge, they step into too many sectors. But ask yourself, which area/sector Pana is the no.1 now? Heater? We know Joven and Alpha. Washer? We know Electrolux. Display? You know Sony, Sharp, Samsung. Fridge? We know sharp, Toshiba, LG. I only can name Panasonic in my 1st mind for ceiling fan (although alot of complaint for their remote and Bayu series) and stand fan, what else? It present in all categories, but the performance is not outstanding, and the price is premium. Until now you already can guess why Pana group record a highest financial lost in year 2013 since the Matsushita group established. Pana can survive today is mainly due to the strong foundation built by 'National' brand during 1980'-2000' era in Asia region. Reliability basically buried together with the National brand already. My father was the one who strongly support this brand during that time, that's why my hometown now still consist a 30 years old National 1HP aircond, 33 years old National fridge, 35 years old National Cassette Radio, 20 years National heater, almost 40 years National rice cooker and all these items were still perform the daily job well (Except aircond rarely open).

Buy inverter sure because of power saving feature. Now latest inverter aircon no need 7-8hours in order to save energy?

Fan sure got one, impossible open aircon 24x7x365

standard warranty. one year for indoor unit and 5 for outdoor. Panasonic SOP now is.. once ur unit is more than 1 years old, they'll ask you to go call their contractors. looks like they outsource the repair work these days like Samsung. But Samsung at least will arrange the contractor to come repair unlike Panasonic who give you numbers and ask you to call yourself. this is bad customer service.

Not too right, nowadays like Miele & Bosch products still sales like hot cake.

Even the price can kills all

Bosch made in China just a entry level only, for me I would go for Miele washer model 570 if I can.

But the selling price in SGD is $2700 wow cool

Want to ask. Is it possible to tap the aircon power supply from a nearby power socket? It's for a new (1HP) split unit. Cos if I were to run a new one it will be very messy.

Unfortunately, I think this socket is being shared with another socket. It is used to power the computer.
Alternatively, can I take the power from a wall light point?

1) How come inverter ACs need to be 0.5hp more than conventional ACs if we are cooling the same sized room

2) When does inverter ACs do not make sense?

3) Are there Malaysian websites that review ACs?

How about a quiz.

100 sqft room. 1HP should be enough. If you were to use 1.5HP inverter, would you see power savings?

Since the air con is overkill, it would hit set temperature fast, and the inverter will keep the air con in low speed to maintain the temp.