Its like that.. you pay a lot more for the fancy looking stuff.. just like their water heater.. want black colour plastic, pay more. Want fancy plastic cover, pay more. When in fact the inside components are the same.
Get a normal one and use the savings for two of those Sharp HEPA air purifiers (380-399/ea) will be better to ensure dust free environment.

Can you suggest one?

About pana reliability or other AC  reliability  really  hard to say.  without  the real figures .
cos  you do see  users  who swear  that their pana  keep going faulty 

I will favour  AC  with longer warranty  as this is a good indication of Reliability .

Same factory doesn't mean same products.

Both Hyundai & BMW CKD are assembled in same plant. Do you think both are the same products?

Okay maybe my example is too extreme.

But still, my point is it isn’t the same product. They might share some same components, but still it isn’t the same product having the same performance.

just some thoughts .

what is the  normal service life  of house AC  ?  before you plan for a new one.    8 years ?  or

why use /keep  an Aircond if its more then   say  10 years ?
i guess  by then  cooling  performance would have drop 50 %   compare to todays  AC.
power consumption  will i guess  40 % higher .
AC gas  have changed from r22 , r410 , r 32
my opinion  is  AC Reliability  is  not  measured by the number of years it lasted  in service .

i would use the FIRST   5 years  of service  as a guide .
and counting the number of service faults  per year  figure to get a reliable  indicator.

AC reliability is specific to  AC model , invertor or non invertor.

between mitsubishi and hisense aircon ,which 1 is recommend?? looking to put 2 1hp inverter in bedroom and 1 non inverter 1.5 at living room on new house.

wait for my review
just installed

hisense 2hp inverter (hall)
mitsu mr slim 1.5hp inverter (master bedroom)
sharp 1hp inverter (bedroom)
midea 1hp (bedroom)

initially i wanted to go with Mitsubishi because of it easy clean design. the hisense is after i go through some reading of the posts here and seems like a good choice for a china brand and its pricing.

1. Electric consumption based on kw/h in star rating sticker
2. Price
3. Experiment

RM300+-.. 1 of the reason why im considering hisense now.

Supposedly i stick with york.. but at new house the developer already have r32 piping ready.

hi,

I'm looking for a good aircon contractor recommendations around klang valley.

My new house has all the inverter copper, drain pipes and wiring built-in.
No additional hacking needed.
No outdoor mounting bracket needed.

I find it strange when they are still charging the normal installation rates RM200 for 1HP, RM230 for 1.5HP and so on.

Zero material cost and purely installation labor only for 7-8 aircons.

Hi, this is my first time buying aircon. I got in mind either Panasonic / Daikin. However still torn between inverter or non inverter. Based on below situation, can anyone advise which should i get?

1. Bedroom 1.0 HP - Small bedroom around 110sqf. Expected to turn on more than 5 hours everyday.
2. Living room 2.0HP - Expected to seldom turn on.

Tried a few shops without luck.
All claimed installation is outsourced to contractors.

how to differentiate inverter and non inverter piping?I'm worried for this as my house developer include 2 nos air cond piping .

no difference lah. its like whether you like strawberry or chocolate ice cream means nothing to the nasi lemak seller.

the correct question is it using substandard 0.6 or 0.7 thickness pipe, or 0.8 as specced in the aircon installation guide by aircon maker

Hey guys, my current air-con use r22, do i need to change the pipe if i get r32 air-con? thanks.

Wow this is nonsense, changing the concealed piping is big project.
If it is incompatible then i can understand.
What do you mean by not complete outdoor unit?

Wait, you can change to inverter type by just changing the components of the outdoor unit?

Mind to share the link/contact?