AO Smith HAS-X1-025 Storage 25-Litre Vertical Water Heater vs Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser (BWD3FMRGA)
What separates them
These two differ on 10 recorded specifications. The Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser (BWD3FMRGA) is ₹2,000 dearer.
AO Smith HAS-X1-025 Storage 25-Litre Vertical Water Heater vs Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser (BWD3FMRGA)
AO Smith
AO Smith HAS-X1-025 Storage 25-Litre Vertical Water Heater
₹10,990
Standing loss is the figure nobody publishes and the reason a geyser costs more to run than people expect: leaving it switched on wastes roughly 0.6 kWh a day doing nothing but keeping water hot, which is about Rs1,750 a year for no benefit.
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Blue Star
Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser (BWD3FMRGA)
₹12,990
Two specifications separate this from the cheap dispensers it sits beside.
Full details →Who the AO Smith HAS-X1-025 Storage 25-Litre Vertical Water Heater is for
Buy it if: Families of three to four needing consistent hot water at 8 bar pressure for a high-rise.
Avoid it if: Single users needing hot water occasionally -- an instant heater wastes nothing on standing loss.
Who the Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser is for
Buy it if: Homes and small offices getting through a 20 litre bottle regularly who want both hot and genuinely cold water.
Avoid it if: Anyone who thinks this purifies water -- it does not filter anything at all.
Specifications, side by side
10 of 22 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | AO Smith HAS-X1-025 Storage 25-Litre Vertical Water Heater | Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹10,990 | ₹12,990 |
| Annual energy use | Roughly 800 kWh a year for a family of four, about Rs6,400 at Rs8 per unit | Roughly 400 kWh a year running continuously, about Rs3,200 at Rs8 per unit |
| BEE rating year | 2023 rating year | Not applicable |
| BEE star rating | 5 star | Not rated -- BEE does not cover water dispensers |
| Capacity | 25 litres | 20 litre bottle; 3 litre hot, 3 litre cold reservoir |
| Dimensions | 45 x 45 x 55 cm | 33 x 33 x 97 cm |
| Installation | Wall mounted, needs a 16 A point and a plumber | Free standing, needs a mains socket |
| Noise level | Not applicable | About 40 dB when the compressor runs |
| Rated power | 2000 W | 500 W heating, 100 W cooling |
| Refrigerant | Not applicable | R134a |
| Weight | 14 kg | 17 kg |
| ISEER | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Anode rod | Magnesium, and it is a consumable -- it should be inspected every 2 years | not published |
| Child lock | not published | On the hot tap |
| Cooling | not published | Compressor, not thermoelectric, so it genuinely chills rather than merely cooling |
| Heat-up time | About 15 minutes for 25 litres | not published |
| Hot water | not published | Reaches about 90 degrees C |
| Loading | not published | Bottom loading -- the bottle sits in a cabinet, no lifting a 20 kg bottle overhead |
| Not a purifier | not published | This dispenses and conditions bottled water; it does not filter or purify anything |
| Pressure rating | 8 bar, suitable for high-rise buildings | not published |
| Standing loss | Roughly 0.6 kWh per 24 hours -- the energy lost keeping stored water hot | not published |
| Tank | Blue Diamond glass-lined steel | not published |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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