I bought a 1.5 Ton Quadricool TM in Jul 07. I narrowed down my search to Carrier and Hitachi due to Energy Efficiency rating given on respective sites. I was to use the window AC in a place where the summer temperature touches 52 - 54 deg C, anyone heard of Lalgarh Jattan, Rajasthan, it’s not on railway map. I had a first / top floor house. I homed on to this AC due to survey I did in Lucknow.
The mentioning on place is to emphasize the fact that the people I asked were not trying to sell the product to me and did not know here will I be using it. I asked a few dealers but I based my decision on the rating of four mechanics. Two of whom
work for certain companies / showrooms and do installation and service of ACs. Two were those who people trun to after expiry of the warranty for repair and maintenance to save money. These guys were in business coz they had a reputation for being good at their job. The machine was worth every penny, even my guest from BBay asked for the thing to be switched of after a while even on economy setting.
My electricity bill was same as my neighbor using an LG 1.5 Ton AC on ground floor. The day I was moving from there one call was good enough and the service guy came uninstalled the machine, did complete servicing and packed the thing. I am mega satisfied.