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1. One refrigerator is used for daily needs, hence will be opened pretty often. This raises the temperature and vegetables may loose the crispness. If you are a non vegetarian, the freezer will also maintain lower temperature. 2. Use the second refrigerator for long term storage. As it will be opened at the most once a day, the vegetables will remain crisper, meat products will be at a lower temperature and you will be using less electricity as the refrigerator will not have to recoup every time you open it. 3. Two refrigerators have redundancy built in, and in case of failure at least one is operational. 4. 500L+ sizes are priced disproportionately high - they are all imported, which may entail higher repair costs in case of any problem. For example a 400L will be 35K at the most, I got my Whirlpool for 30K, while a 600L will be upwards of 80K. 5. Another thing. Most of the high capacity refrigerators have a lot of gizmos - ice maker, butter warmer etc which you may not need (at least I do not). I have two refrigerators - 400L for day to day use and a 300L for long term storage, and the combination works flawlessly. | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() This is the only french door model in the market that does not have the dividing central wall. This results in its interior cavity being the widest and deepest of all the models, french or otherwise. The freezer on this machine is rated 4 stars (not our ISI electric consumption but this is a different rating related to how slowly a freezer warms up) and the model itself has been selling here since Hitachi introduced their refrigerators here. Is therefore a proven and stable model. Current price is a shade over 100K. Quote:
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| ![]() The magnetron of my 9 year old LG microwave conked off. Now I am in the market for buying a new one, a convection model. Usage would be mostly reheating with occassional cooking/baking. Need 25-26 litre capacity and budget is 10-12K max. Any suggestions which brand and model to buy? I would prefer something other than LG & Samsung. |
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| ![]() Just picked up an LG MC2641SPS a couple of days ago in Udupi for 12k for my son. I hear it is on Flipkart a few hundred rupees cheaper. Why LG - Infrared grill. |
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| ![]() we picked up a Panasonic 400Ltrs frost free, two door, refrigerator very recently, MRP is 35500 and got a deal for 29500 with old 7yr old fridge returned. this is three star fridge. was bowled over with bottom freezer design. has two separate compartments in the refrigerator section for vegs and fruits. which was good. as per research .. the order of power consumption from lowest to highest for the same design type as per Consumers Energy -- Bottom Freezer -- Top freezer and then side by side. bottom freezer consumes 4% less power than top freezer of same design. this guy is super silent and work brilliant so far. i havent got any spike in my e-bill. my old direct cool 165 with no rating was probably consuming more or less same as the new one. happy shopping!! |
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I am on the lookout for upgrading my fridge to 400 lts - only difference being that my current box is 220 lts. | |
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We (i.e. incl my better half) also liked one Panasonic model. The physical buttons looked more durable than the feather touch buttons which are in vogue nowadays. An invertor model was also there in Panny lineup. Is it worth spending 4K extra over 12K? | |
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| ![]() I have had an LG Micro-cum-grill for over 12 years. Then membrane keypad is still going fine. Maids also operate it. |
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![]() Actualy, I too was inclined to buying a Panasonic, but wasn't ready to shell out the premium they demand; esp. when I'v heard that some/many LG and Sammy MWs also last over a decade. Not sure what Panny offers extra for the premium they demand. Build quality wise also, I failed to notice any significant superiority. I found the enamel (or is it porcelain?) coated (internally) Sammys the best looking and best build quality of the lot. No idea about the inverter model. Last edited by Raccoon : 11th July 2012 at 01:31. | |
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The generator power is capped to roughly 1kW per apartment and seemingly that is not enough for two reasonably big fridges. However a single large fridge has much lower power consumption and doesn't cause trouble. Quote:
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Sharp It cost me exactly 11k. It was bigger and better built than the panasonic. The inside cavity is stainless steel and it cooks way faster than the previous LG even though both are rated at the same power. Also it has two grills - one at the bottom, other at the top and this causes grilling to happen more evenly. This is basically the JDM model being sold in India as is without modification. Comes with Japanese cookbooks and manuals ![]() Also insist on a stainless steel cavity. Enamel coated ones rust bigtime - atleast my LG had started rusting at the bottom. Last edited by reignofchaos : 11th July 2012 at 02:18. | |||
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Infractions: 0/2 (9) | ![]() ^^^Regarding your LG MW, how would you rate your usage? I mean like low/medium/high? Ours sees low usage. I hope it will last a long time, else I'll LG will find me a rather sulky customer, lol! I like things that last and don't need repairs... Further, was your LG a low end MW only model? Hope you are not confusing the ordinary enamels used in low-end MWs with Samsung's ceramic enamel. I doubt if you will see any rusting there. The finish looks really good... in fact better than stainless steel IMO. No idea if it will last as long as stainless steel though. There was a discussion on this in this thread several months ago. Please do a search if interested. Some call it a marketing gimmick... but IIRC there was no clear conclusion regarding its superiority/inferiority compared to stainless steel. |
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This time round, the oven would work but there was no heating - the magnetron was kaput. Since we do not know whether this ceramic enamel will last, its best to get stainless steel since we know it lasts for sure ![]() | |
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| ![]() Bought a Samsung RT2735TNB refrigerator (255L) yesterday for Rs.23,300 (5* energy rating, 10-year compressor warranty). I hope the choice and price are right. I didn't have any time to research the purchase because our old refrigerator had stopped working (compressor issue). The rough estimate for fixing the old refrigerator was about Rs.4000-4500. Getting a new refrigerator has been on the back of our minds for some time now, so chose to go in for a new one immediately. The shop offers only Rs.750 as exchange for refrigerator in any condition, so chose not to go for exchange. |
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