Godrej 180L 5 Star Direct Cool Single Door Refrigerator (RD EDGE 205C) vs IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX)
What separates them
These two differ on 11 recorded specifications. The IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX) is ₹5,000 dearer. They are different kinds of product — single door refrigerator against vented -- expels warm damp air through a hose, so it must reach a window or vent — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Godrej 180L 5 Star Direct Cool Single Door Refrigerator (RD EDGE 205C) vs IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX)
Godrej
Godrej 180L 5 Star Direct Cool Single Door Refrigerator (RD EDGE 205C)
₹16,990
A 180 litre direct-cool refrigerator fits couples and small households. This Godrej model's 5 star rating and roughly 105 kWh annual draw make it about half as expensive to run as a frost-free double door unit, at the cost of manual defrosting every few weeks.
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IFB
IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX)
₹21,990
Roughly Rs25 a load and 2100 W make this an expensive way to dry clothes in a country where sunlight is free most of the year -- its case is the monsoon, and for a few months it is a genuinely good one.
Full details →Who the Godrej 180L 5 Star Direct Cool Single Door Refrigerator is for
Buy it if: Couples, small households and secondary-kitchen use, where low running cost matters more than frost-free convenience.
Avoid it if: Anyone unwilling to defrost manually, or households needing more than about 200 litres.
Who the IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer is for
Buy it if: Households in heavy monsoon regions with somewhere to vent the hose outside.
Avoid it if: Anyone with no external vent route, and anyone who can line-dry most of the year.
Specifications, side by side
11 of 16 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Godrej 180L 5 Star Direct Cool Single Door Refrigerator | IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹16,990 | ₹21,990 |
| Annual energy use | 105 kWh/yr | Roughly 480 kWh a year at 3 loads a week, about Rs3,840 at Rs8 per unit |
| BEE rating year | 2023 | Not applicable |
| BEE star rating | 5 star | Not rated -- BEE does not cover clothes dryers in India |
| Capacity | 180 litres | 5.5 kg dry laundry |
| Dimensions | 119 x 55 x 61 cm | 60 x 58 x 85 cm |
| Installation | Free-standing, no installation required | Free standing or wall mounted; must vent warm moist air outside |
| Noise level | 38 dB(A) | About 62 dB |
| Rated power | 95 W | 2100 W |
| Refrigerant | R600a | Not applicable -- this is a vented dryer, not a heat pump |
| Warranty | 1 year product, 10 year compressor | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Weight | 34 kg | 30 kg |
| Anti-crease | not published | Tumbles intermittently after the cycle ends |
| Cycle time | not published | About 90 minutes for a full 5.5 kg load |
| ISEER | not published | Not applicable |
| Not condensing | not published | A condenser or heat-pump dryer needs no vent but costs more; this one must be vented |
| Running cost | not published | Roughly Rs25 a load |
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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