I was looking to buy a split AC for my 13x13 room. After doing whole lot of research on numerous sites (including mouthshut), I zeroed in on Voltas and Onida (my budget was upto 25000). And then I saw Onida’s TV ad for newly launched SuperCool Series with iCool feature.
22nd March, 2010 - went to dealer (Kohli Brothers) at Prahlad Market and inquired for Voltas Vertis Plus 1.5T split and Onida S18SPD3 1.5T split (both 3 stars). Since we had already bought an LCD, a Flat T, and, an iron from dealer, and, since he saw that we had already done whole lot of research on ACs - he told us that Onida comes with the Compressor same that’s used in Hitachi while Voltas come with Chinese compressor, even LG and Samsung have Korean compressor. So unlike Onida, the performance of others hammer down after 45 degrees.
The price of Onida was 500 above Voltas Vertis Plus, and 1500 above Samsung BioSleep 1.5T split.
Based on dealer reviews and my entire research, we selected Onida newly launched SuperCool range model - S18SPD3 1.5T Split.
Price - 23400 (negotiated for this)
Installation - 1500
Stabilizer (Bluebird) - 2100
Stand - 500
Final Cost - Rs. 27, 500
Installation engineers came home the same day right on time. And entire setup took place around 2.5 hrs. We tested its super cool feature, and alas, it chilled our 13x13 room in 15 mins (our room is at top floor and hence get direct sunlight, so it actually burns during Delhi’s summer).
So far so good. Will update on the performance after few days.