Hi am looking to purchase a 1.5HP air con to replace my old one ( about 10 years old). Air con repairman said no point in repairing any longer, not efficient.
It has been repaired several times over the past 3 years.

Any recommendations on brands or must have features other than an inverter?
Been out of this for so long and really have no idea what are the good and reliable brands out there now, or what is commonly accepted as must have features.

Budget 2K ( incl installation ) - is that possible?

Thanks

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Cuckoo aircond.
Coway aircond.
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Panasonic > All

Panasonic inverter

5 stars energy rating

midea ok with that price

aircond people always say that.

and yes panasonic inverter > all

Yes possible. I bought Hisense 1.5hp non-inverter around RM1.4k including installation before puasa. Inverter model extra RM300+.

gree je..been 4-5 years so far so good. sejuk pun sejuk

My grandfather got a new 1.5hp Sharp brand. Around 2k+ with installation

yep ..goes with inverter

daikin inverter

Go for 2hp trus, brand ikut budget.

panasonic inverter. try ask senheng. sometimes they got good deals. raya sales now. 2 years ago i got a really good deals for 1.5 hp. including installation, its still the cheapest in town at the time. i went to all aircond selling shops.

Panasonic inverter

The best and make sure get 5 star energy rating

invertor aircon only useful if you let it run for long period

if u are replacing 1.5hp aircon in open living room like mine, dont need to get inverter type because open living room the air con wont stop blow also.

if non inverter aircon, china brand can get below 1k, japan brand in 1.5k or so.

i am using haier, gooding and at less than 1k price.

my aunt just installed haier in her open living room due to heatwave these days

Aircond, just go with panasonic or daikin

You won't regret..

what is inverter benefit?

temperature reached then it will reduce compressor load.

non inverter type u either have the compressor on or off, no inbetween.

Find those 5-star inverter basic unit, those premium features are pretty unnecessary

How long is long period? Even for 1-2 hours, non-I causes temperature fluctuations as the compressor cuts in and out. Inv airconds will slow down the compressor speed so the temperature is better regulated.

It uses sensor to control the operation. Normal AC operate in an on-off interval.

Basically if you tend to use AC for a long period of time ---- like 4-5 hours minimum, go inverter.
If not, normal is better and cheaper for you.

This post has been edited by ray148: Apr 17 2023, 03:16 PM

i have Sharp and Daikin, both 1.5HP and inverter. I actually prefer the Sharp

Where is this application ? is this in your bedroom or living room ? how often and how long do you use this ? do you have a ceiling fan in your room ?

Fixed speed bicycle vs a bike with a nice gearbox.

Faster cooling upon fresh start.
Power saving when already achieved target temp.

i have two 1.5hp units. 1 daikin, another mitsubishi heavy industries. the daikin temperature much cooler than mitsubishi. i bought daikin with wifi function. one disadvantage or that daikin' its remote control lacking timer function. u want to use timer function, u need to use its app. the app used to be free but now u need to pay for annual subscription.

Isu is x wat brand… isu here is if can find installer… kena tunggu ohhh… esp summers here…hot 🥵

No, no banggla M40 d, local b40 workmanship mahal

Installers mostly paki / bangala… willing 2 climb up n down …

This post has been edited by TiramisuCoffee: Apr 17 2023, 03:45 PM

I using Daikin all the way

But wanna try Panasonic.

Bought 1 Inverter Pana unit during Lazada Birthday sale.
Very gooding price

But after fix brady alloying high pitch sound for the outdoor compressor. Seriously can't live with it. Lucky it's for my kids room and the compressor is high up.

Regret getting the Panasonic, will stick to Daikin even thou the smallish compressor the fans spin quite loud. Better than high pitch noise from the Panasonic.

In my case, yes you can go wrong with the Panasonic.

This post has been edited by azbro: Apr 17 2023, 04:14 PM

Hitachi inverter silent ODU only got wind noise when operating
But it is not the cheapest lah

want cheap can consider Haier, Midea, GREE, Hisense, Hitachi.


Whether rosak or not really depend luck, and installer expertise.



This post has been edited by WaCKy-Angel: Apr 17 2023, 04:15 PM

Panasonic inverter, so far best efficiency and perform really good~

Off brand works better

Gree, Koolman

Was in your same situation and replaced old bedroom unit with the Panasonic XPU 1.0HP three months ago from megacool via online platform. More often than not, use it throughout the night. Was pleasantly surprised to find recent electricity bill has gone down slightly. Besides that, less noisy compared to old unit. In hindsight, probably should have changed earlier.

Megacool service good or not?

long enough for the aircon to reach the set temperature

some ppl turn aircon on, when cool enough, they turn it off, they use human sensor instead of the aircon sensor.

Using daikin and pana, very tahan.

You get an underpowered aircon for your living room of course the aircon compressor will keep running. Some people turn on their living room aircon from morning till night, so inverter would be a good choice for them.

Btw why only 1.5hp for an open living room?

bcuz the topic is 1.5hp not 2.0 2.5hp?

also first floor and second floor linked. for what reason you wanna cold down the whole house with a living room air con? when you switch to bedroom just turn on bedroom aircon lo

This post has been edited by darkterror15: Apr 17 2023, 08:35 PM

Just the living room alone already running 1+1.5HP for my place
1.5 only good for one bedroom leh

maybe my first floor is not direct facing evening sun. now my living room thermostat showing 26.3C while i tune my air con to 27C. i can live with that temperature.

I'm asking why you only got a 1.5hp aircon for your living room? Is your living room small? You should get a bigger hp since it's open like you mentioned.

Btw 1.5hp is more like 1.3hp

Panasonic X-Premium Inverter
1.0hp - 9,550 (3,140-11,600) Btu/h Btu/h
CS-XU10XKH-1

1.5hp - 12,500 (3,480-14,300) Btu/h
CS-XU13XKH-1

31% or 1.31. Even the model code write 13 not 15 lol

I defer, I have Panasonic, Mitsubishi and Daikin, Daikin much cooler and more consistent, both are the same age. But i have to admit Daikin is abit more expensive from what I was told. Mitsubishi is the one regretted the most, while on auto mode it will shut all fans once it reaches the said temp, will annoy the shit of out you during the night as the fan will consistently go off and on, the Daikin will at least stay on fan one.

the sofa i am sitting is directly facing my air con. as long as the air con blowing towards me when i am watching the tv it is enough for me.

like i say dont need to cold down the whole area and my downstair living room is not expose to evening sun to begin with.

house front and back facing north and south. although corner lot but west sun shine on my second floor only.

if your house is facing west and sun directly shine on your house of course you need more hp.

sharp is my fav for now.(most efficient) feature packed.

daikin only the flagship can buy which will cost you 1.5x a/c of other flagship. no issues with it other than slightly less efficient compared to my sharp, mistubishi and samsung.

Do checkout our local a/c evoair, its pretty good as a/c. other function not as good as per bigger brands. example aiot functions.
Its the first green a/c i installed which requires water connection to the a/c unit.

panasonic is a bit overrated, its not bad. not good also compared to the others

This post has been edited by jett138: Apr 17 2023, 09:57 PM

I divert the drain pipe into the ac unit.

For evoair ?

would it be extra humid and mouldy if say not using the unit for more than 6 months ?

dieking

From my point of view need frequent maintenance.
Need clean every 1 months.

It basically a side throw cooling tower which cool down the condens

Also see btu ratings esp the turbo mode if you need fast cooling

Good one for 1.5hp something like 12,640 (3,070-14,330)BTU/h
Average one like 12,000 (3,070-13,000)

Make sure inverter and try get japanese brand.

dei, if want get inverter you better calculate properly on the space and cooling capacity

install an underpowered inverter aircond is a suicide mission for your AC

living room - min 2 HP or 2 x 1.5HP
masteroom > 500 sq ft - 2 HP
masteroom ~ 350 sq ft - 1.5 HP
room 100- 250 sq ft - 1HP

forget entry level inverter japanese brand at all cost

go for mid range japanese brand or high range chinese brand

This model ok?

https://www.harveynorman.com.my/home-applia...oner-white.html

I did not experience any issues with their installer. Responses to my queries on Shopee chat was quite timely.

Bedroom - and I have a ceiling fan as well

Hmmm- something to consider. Price of the Pana and Daikin almost the same for 1.5HP

farking expensive leh

Well, so far I tried Panasonic, Daikin, and non inverter Samsung.

I would gladly stay away from Panasonic due to the whistling high pitch noise for the outdoor compressor.
But I must say, the indoor unit Panasonic is the quietest.

Doesnt make sense . They are using midea split unit, resurface it using their brand and selling at dogshit price .

honestly the best airconditioning unit for own use in the market is Hitachi. The thing with Hitachi is that they, really use high quality products, but sadly they seriously lacking the marketing .

For example when 1600 for Hitachi , almost all is spent on quality alternatively when comes to daikin , they spend 40 % on marketing and kick backs to the dealers. So you see aggressive marketing and promotion even by the installers to meet their 1mil / 2 mil sales target.

LG

Panasonic RM1.8k with installation 1.5H

i was quote by my installer yesterday. Previously i was using Daikin, 4years and it decided to died on me haiz

For open living room, is it bettee to use non-invertee where door sometime will open and close?

Tried to look for non with wifi capability but hard to find

Daikin FTV-P series with wifi

Get an Inverter AC. Daikin, Midea, etc...

In shopee got Panasonic inverter 1.5hp ngam² 2k with installation

R32? My Panasonic R32 inverter also bocor gas just after 4 years, top up gas 2 months later no longer cooling, nowadays aircond getting very fragile..

AC must get inverter!

Do some research on how inverter AC work and how it save electricity.
Pana 1.5hp out of his budget.

I have used national, panasonic, toshiba, mitsubishi, trane, daikin, and sharp AC.
Changed all to inverter AC. Currently using 6 AC of mixed brand panasonic, midea, daikin & trane all 5 & 4 stars inverter.

You can install the digital meter to monitor the AC power consumption and see for yourself how and when inverter AC start to safe electric as taught by the below video.








This post has been edited by dzire8089: Apr 21 2023, 01:23 PM

bruh the the video black box de

Fixed. this guy very long winded skip to the essential parts.

Are you using?

Make sure the sizing is correct.
Otherwise an inverter A/C running at 100% speed all the time consume more electricity than a non inverter A/C.

God, NO!
the rental for 2 yrs alone = might as well outright buy, one-time install, periodical servicing for 2 years

and 3 yrs afterward you are paying premium for what could have been avoided.

sharp j-tech inverter. very gooding