Quote Originally Posted by jut703 View Post
Just a thought - does having one appliance lasting many years make the brand "matibay" and conversely, having one appliance conk out prematurely make it not matibay?

It feels so anecdotal and there will always be bad eggs in any brand/model. Pag mataas failure rate as a percentage of a large sample size, yun lang yung talagang definitive na lemon talaga - like Ford's DCT. But even then, does not mean that all Fords are bad, because Mustangs are pretty well-built cars.

So typically I put more weight to people who deal with hundreds of appliances as opposed to paisa isa lang. Which is why I went for Daikin for my aircon - my contractor has installed countless Daikins for his clients with no issues so far. Si travs na contractor din, highly recommended. Then it's the second largest aircon manufacturer (next to Carrier, which has an advantage because they also sell a lot of window-types), so that counts for something too. And on the flipside naman, as mentioned previously, a friend who deals with appliances every day and even works for Samsung doesn't recommend it so I crossed it off my list even if it's relatively cheaper than Daikin or Panasonic. But even amomg these professionals who deal with lots of appliances may kanya kanya ding favorite - wala namang purely objective measure talaga of failure rates across models and brands across the world.

At the end of the day, to each his own of course - everyone has a different decision tree and criteria when buying appliances. [emoji846]

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tama bro, i got 5 brands installed in my place (Panasonic, LG, Carrier, Sharp, Samsung). ganyan din sa car brand hindi iisa
itong biggest air-conditioning contractor dito sa eLyU is highly recommending hitachi brand. they carries all aircon brand naman kaya depende na lang sa preference ng kliyente. sirain nga daw ang Samsung pero meron kami 1-unit at maayos pa naman ang takbo sa ngayon.
mas tipid daw ang power consumption ng hitachi at 2 daw ang board nya. so bale mas madaling magpalit pag nasira. sabi sa akin... pansinin mo lahat ang mga aircon units ng 7-11 na naka-install puro hitachi that runs 24/7 (totoo nga ito dito sa amin)
nung tinanong ko ang price ay medyo pricey sya. kaya non-hitachi brand ang pina-install ko sa kanya!

ang pinaka-importante sa lahat sa akin ay yung reputable installer at proper maintenance. pag maayos ang installation siguradong tatagal ang aircon unit mo.