IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX) 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 ₹15,000 dearer.
IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX) vs LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine (FHM1408BDW)
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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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 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 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 21 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer | LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹21,990 | ₹36,990 |
| Annual energy use | Roughly 480 kWh a year at 3 loads a week, about Rs3,840 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 clothes dryers in India | 5 star |
| Capacity | 5.5 kg dry laundry | 8 kg dry laundry |
| Dimensions | 60 x 58 x 85 cm | 60 x 56 x 85 cm |
| Installation | Free standing or wall mounted; must vent warm moist air outside | Free standing, needs inlet, drain and a level floor |
| Noise level | About 62 dB | 55 dB washing, 74 dB spinning |
| Rated power | 2100 W | 2100 W with the heater engaged, about 150 W washing cold |
| Refrigerant | Not applicable -- this is a vented dryer, not a heat pump | Not applicable |
| Weight | 30 kg | 63 kg |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Not condensing | A condenser or heat-pump dryer needs no vent but costs more; this one must be vented | not published |
| Running cost | Roughly Rs25 a load | 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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