Faber 60cm 1200 m3/hr Auto-Clean Chimney (Hood Orient 3D) vs LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine (FHM1408BDW)

What separates them

These two differ on 9 recorded specifications. The LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine (FHM1408BDW) is ₹22,000 dearer.

Faber

Faber 60cm 1200 m3/hr Auto-Clean Chimney (Hood Orient 3D)

₹14,990

The sizing rule nobody explains at the showroom is that suction should be roughly ten times your kitchen's volume per hour -- 1200 suits a kitchen of about 20 cubic metres, and buying more than you need only adds noise.

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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.

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Who the Faber 60cm 1200 m3/hr Auto-Clean Chimney is for

Buy it if: Anyone with a kitchen around 20 cubic metres who can duct to an external wall.

Avoid it if: Anyone who cannot duct outside -- recirculating a chimney through a carbon filter removes very little Indian cooking smoke.

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

9 of 22 rows differ. Differences first.

Specification	Faber 60cm 1200 m3/hr Auto-Clean Chimney	LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine
Price	₹14,990	₹36,990
Annual energy use	Roughly 90 kWh a year at 1 hour a day, about Rs720 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 kitchen chimneys	5 star
Capacity	1200 cubic metres per hour, hobs up to 3 burners	8 kg dry laundry
Dimensions	60 x 50 x 45 cm	60 x 56 x 85 cm
Installation	Wall mounted, ducted through an external wall; professional installation required	Free standing, needs inlet, drain and a level floor
Noise level	About 58 dB at maximum speed	55 dB washing, 74 dB spinning
Rated power	250 W	2100 W with the heater engaged, about 150 W washing cold
Weight	12 kg	63 kg
ISEER	Not applicable	Not applicable
Refrigerant	Not applicable	Not applicable
Warranty	1 Year Official Brand Warranty	1 Year Official Brand Warranty
Auto clean	Heats a collection bowl to liquefy trapped oil at the press of a button	not published
Ducting	Shorter and straighter duct means more of the rated suction actually reaches the outside	not published
Filter	Baffle -- separates oil by changing the direction of airflow, unlike mesh which clogs	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
Motor	not published	Direct drive inverter, with a 10 year motor warranty
Sizing rule	Suction should be roughly 10 times the kitchen's volume per hour. A 20 cubic metre kitchen wants about 1200	not published
Spin speed	not published	1200 rpm
Steam	not published	Allergen cycle reaching 60 degrees C
Suction	1200 cubic metres per hour	not published
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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