Hitachi vs Daikin

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Hi folks,
I'm considering buying a Air Conditioner and on market visit have drilled down on 2 brands being heavily recommended which are Hitachi & Daikin.
Both have 5-Star rated 1Ton ACs with Inverter technologies.
I would like to know if anyone of you have ACs from these brands installed and what is your experience / feedback ?

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if you asked this last year , would have advised to go with daikin just because of their 5 yr warranty on pcb . But now , mostly all the companies are giving 5 yrs warranty on pcb on the models launched this year with the new iseer rating . So it all boils down to the customer service of the particular brand in your area.
 
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Jaskaran said:
if you asked this last year , would have advised to go with daikin just because of their 5 yr warranty on pcb . But now , mostly all the companies are giving 5 yrs warranty on pcb on the models launched this year with the new iseer rating . So it all boils down to the customer service of the particular brand in your area.
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Exactly now days it all boils down to the customer service in your area. Also avoide inverter ACs especially from daikin as they have a super high pcb breakdown problem basically if you don't have a servo in your house (mostly don't) any fluctuations in the voltage have increased chances of blowing out the pcb. Source is my friend is a authorised daikin and Mitsubishi channel partner.

Hope this helps.
 
I have been on the hunt for a new AC too, every company now looks to be good with the new ISEER ratings. Just make sure to buy the current year model that way it will have the latest ratings.
Lloyd served me well for 10 years with multiple shifts in between and still works fine, currently looking to get another Hitachi one.
Other things to look for might be PCB warranty, although almost all have 5 years on it now and local service.
While at it you can also buy a warranty service from day 1, that way if anything happens you don't have to pay anything extra, good quality of life upgrade and zero tension.
 
But why is that most of the A/C technicians are against inverter ac's? I have a Daiken inverter a/c for over a year and half and touch wood it is working without any problem as of now.
 
technofast said:
But why is that most of the A/C technicians are against inverter ac's? I have a Daiken inverter a/c for over a year and half and touch wood it is working without any problem as of now.
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It's a hit or miss and when I say they fail a lot that doesn't mean all the ac's they produce are faulty, it's just that the failure rate it a little bit higher and that they don't like power fluctuations (sorry for my vague terminology not a technical person) Personal I too have daikin ac's in my office and house and non have failed on me to this date especially the office one is running since 2014 so almost 10 years and since Daikin have factory here in india replacement parts are easily available and can be arranged at a short time period the same can't be said for Mitsubishi right not, during the covid period they had parts shortage of 6 months which was mind boggling at that time but hey that was a tuff time for all of us.
 
I sold my Hitachi Window AC with in an year so my experience with them is bad where as Daikin split AC bought couple of years back work great. Also bought 2T Carrier Window AC last week so far so good.
 
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For last 3 years, I have been buying Split AC of 1.5 tonnages. Here's my experience so far;
Mitsubishi is said to be the King as it provides "industrial grade cooling" in residential space, which is just a colloquial way of saying that they have a higher flow rate owing to bigger and better fans and motors. But that also translates into higher costs. Last week I got a quote for 65K for the 1.5-ton model.
In 2021, I bought 2 1.5-ton AC; a Hitachi 1.5-ton Non-Inverter model for my village home lobby and a General 1.5-ton 5-star Inverter AC for my bedroom of the house.
In 2022, I bought 2 1.5-ton AC, both Daikin units, one 3 star Inverter and one Non-Inverter unit. The inverter unit was put in my mother's bedroom while the non-inverter unit was installed in my guest area in my city home.
The Hitachi unit has worked fine without any hitch till now and the same goes for Daikin ones. The only major difference between the 2 manufacturers I noticed was the way how both "boot up" the AC. While the Hitachi one gets up and running within a minute of powering it ON, the Daikin one takes a bit of time due to its "self-cleaning" mechanism.
Other than that, there's no major difference in performance across the 2 brands.
 
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kartikoli said:
Wow thats too much, I was offered 49k for 2T Mitsubishi Split AC (installation extra thats around 4.5k for 3 mt standard pipe fitting) and 63k for 2T O'General Split inverter/66k for non inverter
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Was the quote from a Mitsubishi dealer or a chain outlet ?
 
kartikoli said:
Wow thats too much, I was offered 49k for 2T Mitsubishi Split AC (installation extra thats around 4.5k for 3 mt standard pipe fitting) and 63k for 2T O'General Split inverter/66k for non inverter
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Was it Mitusbishi Electric or Mitsubishi Heavy Industries? The later is more expensive.
 
I concur the best AC in the market is Mitsubishi Electric for consumers and Mitsubishi Heavy for Commerical. My entire house has Mitsubishi's 1-ton and a 2-ton in the living room, The ACs are amazing to cool everything down quite quickly, all are inverter ACs. They are not cheap, but no good thing every is! if there is no budget constrain go with the Mitsubishi period.
 
Will vouch for Hitachi any day!
Using their ACs since yr 2005 and zero unit failures or service issues till date.
 
I’m in the hunt for reliable AC. Temps will hit 45+ here in summer (Andhra) and is very humid. Looking at Daikin and second option is Carrier. Do you guys know which one in Daikin is reliable. There are too many models in the market now. Looking for 1.5 ton inverter AC.

One problem is that the house is on single phase power supply. Will this be a problem. Use will be limited to an hour or two during the day and 7-8 hours in night.
 
lockhrt999 said:
Single phase usually supplies up to 5KW in some places and 7.5KW in other. 1.5 ton inverter AC usually takes 1.5KW when running under a full load. So you are fine as long as the wiring is good.
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Thank you. Getting new wiring done from mains to AC point.
 
LaatSahab said:
Was the quote from a Mitsubishi dealer or a chain outlet ?
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Got the quote from Value Plus outlet in Lucknow
skoka123 said:
Was it Mitusbishi Electric or Mitsubishi Heavy Industries? The later is more expensive.
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I am not sure but it should be Electric, Since I was more inclined towards O'General so didn't pay much attention when the cost came almost equal for both. My choice was O'General
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Thank you. Getting new wiring done from mains to AC point.
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Good Idea
 
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