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Voltas warranty includes Condenser & Evaporator coils and gas charging if two paid annual preventive maintenance is done by them. No other brand offers this.
Also from my personal experience if an inverter ac is not cooling and is showing an error code then ac mechanic will give vague estimates like first they have to repair a leak and try to start the ac. If after this repair ac does not work then they will have to repair any or all of the PCBs. Again they are unable to offer estimates as it may be more than one PCB. They won't give you one finite quote before starting the repairs.
In my case of General ac which is a premium brand, repairs could have gone up to 25k and i would have gotten only three months warranty for these repairs only.
I ditched that inverter ac and switched to Voltas for its 5 years comprehensive warranty.

LG offers all-in-one warranty - parts, labour and annual service as a part of its extended warranty. Only some consumables and rubber parts are exempt.

When I first bought an LG Inverter in 2018, MB had no 5 year warranty. Once some one started, then LG also went in for it (the 5 year extended warranty reduced to 10K from previous 15k). That is the power of competition.

Similarly no one had 5 year, all told extended warranty. Now all major brands have jumped in.

So in future one can expect a 10 year extended warranty all expenses included.

Our local street mechanic would mend obvious leaks, but if that was not enough, would take the whole thing to the shop for testing.

Bought a new AC in March. Was confused between LG and Panasonic as well, but ended up opting for Panasonic eventually, solely because their outdoor unit is much more weather resistant than any other brand. Also, features-wise, Panasonic has really upped the game, while pricing their products just right. Appending a link below of the one I purchased. I bought it from Reliance Digital though since they offered a great deal.

https://www.panasonic.com/in/consume...ku18wkyxf.html

I am setting up a new apartment. Below are few open points where I need some suggestions.

1) Fans: I should go with BLDC motors. But Superfan or Atomburg or anything else?
2) Chimney: I want an auto-clean Chimney, preferably with low noise. Elica and Faber rule the market but which model should I go for?
3) For the shower, I want a partition due to the usually high moisture climate here in Bangalore. Should I go for a glass partition or a shower curtain?

Please advise on mid range 10inch tablet for my niece who is 5.5 year old. This will be Rakhi gift from my son. Budget is around 15-20K and it should be useful for online classes.
Moderator: Please move this query to the Android thread.Sorry about posting it here.

My advice is to always avoid glass sliding partitions. I have once got stuck in a bathtub with a glass partition - it wouldn't open. I was alone & it was hell because I was wet, the partition was wet & the space was too small to get leverage.

I was also alone - so shouting also wouldn't have helped.

It took me around half hour of struggling before I was able to get out of the bathtub!

I have recently purchased 4 Atomberg fan to be used as second fan in each of the bedroom. So all the rooms have now Crompton and Atomberg.
Atomberg is very light weight, less noisy, works well with remote and considerably good sweep over Crompton.
Crompton is bit expensive, good looking and dust free.

Any BHPIANS have good experience with recent LG front load washing machines? I have a 6 year old Samsung front load washing machine which has been a pain to own. Now the motor itself is gone kaput which they are saying will be replaced under 10 year warranty but I am expecting change in PCB and other parts costing about 6-7000 from my end. Is it worth putting such and amount in a 6 year old washing machine? I am torn between a Bosch 9Kg model which I can get for 38.8 K in bangalore vs a LG 9 KG for 33K. Both are 9 Kg frontloads similar rpm at 1400. The LG however does use up lesser water. Would be good to hear from fellow BHPians on next course of action!

Look here:
https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/gadge...ml#post5001809

Are these washer cum dryers any good? Am talking about the ones that offer 100% drying, not just spin. Or is it better to get a separate dryer? Do they use a lot of electricity?

My take - the regular washer-spin dry are sufficient for our climate conditions, mostly. If you were up in the mountains where drying is an issue, then yes - for winter months. Trivandrum ? 40-60, may be. I think you should be able to manage without a separate dryer - unless costal folks suggest otherwise.

I have a Samsung washer cum dryer. It is quite useful for those rainy days and low sunlight (and humid) times. But I would prefer going for a separate dryer next time - both from drying performance and wider choice of washing machine options perspective. Cost wise I guess both the two box option and single one turn-out to be same. Since the dryer load capacity is lesser than the washer capacity in the washer cum dryer, the advantage of no shifting clothes from one box to the other has turned out to be not much of an advantage. Washer cum dryer still has a space advantage though...

If you have hard water then it's a no-brainer to avoid the glass partition. The reason is that cleaning the hard water stains is very hard. And over time it becomes very dirty. In the case of shower curtain, cleaning is ok, and worst case you can just replace it. We have been through a few replacements over the last decade.

Actually, Trivandrum has rains almost half of the year - any time between April - Nov. The high humidity only makes matters worse.
Thanks for the comprehensive feedback. Space is not an issue for me. So I'd go for a separate dryer.