Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser (BWD3FMRGA) vs AO Smith HAS-X1-025 Storage 25-Litre Vertical Water Heater
What separates them
These two differ on 10 recorded specifications. The Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser (BWD3FMRGA) is ₹2,000 dearer.
Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser (BWD3FMRGA) vs AO Smith HAS-X1-025 Storage 25-Litre Vertical Water Heater
Blue Star
Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser (BWD3FMRGA)
₹12,990
Two specifications separate this from the cheap dispensers it sits beside.
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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.
Full details →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.
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.
Specifications, side by side
10 of 22 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser | AO Smith HAS-X1-025 Storage 25-Litre Vertical Water Heater |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹12,990 | ₹10,990 |
| Annual energy use | Roughly 400 kWh a year running continuously, about Rs3,200 at Rs8 per unit | Roughly 800 kWh a year for a family of four, about Rs6,400 at Rs8 per unit |
| BEE rating year | Not applicable | 2023 rating year |
| BEE star rating | Not rated -- BEE does not cover water dispensers | 5 star |
| Capacity | 20 litre bottle; 3 litre hot, 3 litre cold reservoir | 25 litres |
| Dimensions | 33 x 33 x 97 cm | 45 x 45 x 55 cm |
| Installation | Free standing, needs a mains socket | Wall mounted, needs a 16 A point and a plumber |
| Noise level | About 40 dB when the compressor runs | Not applicable |
| Rated power | 500 W heating, 100 W cooling | 2000 W |
| Refrigerant | R134a | Not applicable |
| Weight | 17 kg | 14 kg |
| ISEER | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Anode rod | not published | Magnesium, and it is a consumable -- it should be inspected every 2 years |
| Child lock | On the hot tap | not published |
| Cooling | Compressor, not thermoelectric, so it genuinely chills rather than merely cooling | not published |
| Heat-up time | not published | About 15 minutes for 25 litres |
| Hot water | Reaches about 90 degrees C | not published |
| Loading | Bottom loading -- the bottle sits in a cabinet, no lifting a 20 kg bottle overhead | not published |
| Not a purifier | This dispenses and conditions bottled water; it does not filter or purify anything | not published |
| Pressure rating | not published | 8 bar, suitable for high-rise buildings |
| Standing loss | not published | Roughly 0.6 kWh per 24 hours -- the energy lost keeping stored water hot |
| Tank | not published | Blue Diamond glass-lined steel |
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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