Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser (BWD3FMRGA) vs LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine (FHM1408BDW)
What separates them
These two differ on 10 recorded specifications. The LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine (FHM1408BDW) is ₹24,000 dearer.
Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser (BWD3FMRGA) vs LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine (FHM1408BDW)
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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LG
LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine (FHM1408BDW)
₹36,990
The comparison worth making is with a top loader rather than with other front loaders.
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 LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine is for
Buy it if: Anyone who values water use and wash quality over cycle time, in a home with a level floor.
Avoid it if: Anyone needing laundry done quickly, or with intermittent water supply -- a front loader will not run part-filled.
Specifications, side by side
10 of 22 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser | LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹12,990 | ₹36,990 |
| Annual energy use | Roughly 400 kWh a year running continuously, about Rs3,200 at Rs8 per unit | Roughly 190 kWh a year at 4 washes a week on the standard cotton programme, about Rs1,520 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 | 8 kg dry laundry |
| Dimensions | 33 x 33 x 97 cm | 60 x 56 x 85 cm |
| Installation | Free standing, needs a mains socket | Free standing, needs inlet, drain and a level floor |
| Noise level | About 40 dB when the compressor runs | 55 dB washing, 74 dB spinning |
| Rated power | 500 W heating, 100 W cooling | 2100 W with the heater engaged, about 150 W washing cold |
| Refrigerant | R134a | Not applicable |
| Weight | 17 kg | 63 kg |
| ISEER | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Child lock | On the hot tap | not published |
| Cooling | Compressor, not thermoelectric, so it genuinely chills rather than merely cooling | not published |
| Front load vs top load | not published | A front loader uses roughly a third of the water and washes more thoroughly; it also takes about twice as long per cycle |
| 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 |
| Motor | not published | Direct drive inverter, with a 10 year motor warranty |
| Not a purifier | This dispenses and conditions bottled water; it does not filter or purify anything | not published |
| Spin speed | not published | 1200 rpm |
| Steam | not published | Allergen cycle reaching 60 degrees C |
| Water use | not published | About 55 litres per standard cotton cycle |
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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