IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX) vs AO Smith HAS-X1-025 Storage 25-Litre Vertical Water Heater
What separates them
These two differ on 10 recorded specifications. The IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX) is ₹11,000 dearer.
IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX) vs AO Smith HAS-X1-025 Storage 25-Litre Vertical Water Heater
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.
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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 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.
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 21 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer | AO Smith HAS-X1-025 Storage 25-Litre Vertical Water Heater |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹21,990 | ₹10,990 |
| Annual energy use | Roughly 480 kWh a year at 3 loads a week, about Rs3,840 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 clothes dryers in India | 5 star |
| Capacity | 5.5 kg dry laundry | 25 litres |
| Dimensions | 60 x 58 x 85 cm | 45 x 45 x 55 cm |
| Installation | Free standing or wall mounted; must vent warm moist air outside | Wall mounted, needs a 16 A point and a plumber |
| Noise level | About 62 dB | Not applicable |
| Rated power | 2100 W | 2000 W |
| Refrigerant | Not applicable -- this is a vented dryer, not a heat pump | Not applicable |
| Weight | 30 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 |
| Anti-crease | Tumbles intermittently after the cycle ends | not published |
| Cycle time | About 90 minutes for a full 5.5 kg load | not published |
| Heat-up time | not published | About 15 minutes for 25 litres |
| Not condensing | A condenser or heat-pump dryer needs no vent but costs more; this one must be vented | not published |
| Pressure rating | not published | 8 bar, suitable for high-rise buildings |
| Running cost | Roughly Rs25 a load | not published |
| 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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