To sugarkane, I thought so too until last year when 3 out of 4 of my Panasonic Aircon had a leaking evaporator after just 2 years of use. I can't say that the LG aircon is better than the Panasonic since I just had them for barely a year but so far so good (didn't encounter any problem yet). I bought them because of the 5 year warranty on the 5 major parts including the evaporator. Incidentally, I had the evaporator of the 2 defective Panasonic aircon replaced which cost me around P4,000(parts and labor) per unit by an authorized Panasonic service center. However, after just a year, 1 of the 2 replacement evaporator leaked!