IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX) vs Havells Cozee 2000W PTC Ceramic Room Heater (GHGLC2000)
What separates them
These two differ on 10 recorded specifications. The IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX) is ₹18,500 dearer.
IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX) vs Havells Cozee 2000W PTC Ceramic Room Heater (GHGLC2000)
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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Havells
Havells Cozee 2000W PTC Ceramic Room Heater (GHGLC2000)
₹3,490
PTC ceramic is the meaningful difference from a coil heater: the element's resistance rises with temperature, so it self-limits rather than glowing red, which is why it does not scorch dust or present the same fire risk.
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 Havells Cozee 2000W PTC Ceramic Room Heater is for
Buy it if: Anyone heating a single bedroom or study for a few hours a day in winter.
Avoid it if: Anyone trying to heat a large or open-plan room -- 2000 W will not do it.
Specifications, side by side
10 of 20 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer | Havells Cozee 2000W PTC Ceramic Room Heater |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹21,990 | ₹3,490 |
| Annual energy use | Roughly 480 kWh a year at 3 loads a week, about Rs3,840 at Rs8 per unit | Roughly 360 kWh a season at 3 hours a day for 60 days on full power, about Rs2,880 at Rs8 per unit |
| BEE star rating | Not rated -- BEE does not cover clothes dryers in India | Not rated -- BEE does not cover room heaters |
| Capacity | 5.5 kg dry laundry | Rooms up to about 15 square metres |
| Dimensions | 60 x 58 x 85 cm | 26 x 18 x 40 cm |
| Installation | Free standing or wall mounted; must vent warm moist air outside | Free standing |
| Noise level | About 62 dB | About 45 dB |
| Rated power | 2100 W | 2000 W maximum, 1000 W on low |
| Refrigerant | Not applicable -- this is a vented dryer, not a heat pump | Not applicable |
| Running cost | Roughly Rs25 a load | Rs16 an hour on full power at Rs8 per unit |
| Weight | 30 kg | 3.4 kg |
| BEE rating year | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| ISEER | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Anti-crease | Tumbles intermittently after the cycle ends | not published |
| Cycle time | About 90 minutes for a full 5.5 kg load | not published |
| Element | not published | PTC ceramic -- self-limiting, so it cannot glow red or scorch dust |
| Heat settings | not published | 1000 W and 2000 W, plus fan only |
| Not condensing | A condenser or heat-pump dryer needs no vent but costs more; this one must be vented | not published |
| Oxygen | not published | A fan heater does not burn oxygen; that claim applies to gas heaters, not this |
| Safety | not published | Tip-over cut-out and thermal overload cut-out |
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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