IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX) vs Symphony Diet 12T 12-Litre Personal Tower Air Cooler
What separates them
These two differ on 9 recorded specifications. The IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX) is ₹15,700 dearer.
IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX) vs Symphony Diet 12T 12-Litre Personal Tower Air Cooler
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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Symphony
Symphony Diet 12T 12-Litre Personal Tower Air Cooler
₹6,290
Evaporative cooling costs about a tenth of what an air conditioner costs to run, and the reason is that it does not remove heat -- it converts sensible heat into humidity.
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 Symphony Diet 12T 12-Litre Personal Tower Air Cooler is for
Buy it if: Anyone in dry inland heat wanting cooling at roughly a tenth of an air conditioner's running cost.
Avoid it if: Anyone in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata or any coastal humidity -- evaporative cooling does not work in damp air.
Specifications, side by side
9 of 21 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer | Symphony Diet 12T 12-Litre Personal Tower Air Cooler |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹21,990 | ₹6,290 |
| Annual energy use | Roughly 480 kWh a year at 3 loads a week, about Rs3,840 at Rs8 per unit | Roughly 110 kWh a season at 8 hours a day for 90 days, about Rs880 -- against roughly Rs9,000 for a 1.5 ton air conditioner over the same period |
| BEE star rating | Not rated -- BEE does not cover clothes dryers in India | Not rated -- BEE does not cover evaporative coolers |
| Capacity | 5.5 kg dry laundry | 12 litre tank, rooms up to about 10 square metres |
| Dimensions | 60 x 58 x 85 cm | 30 x 30 x 84 cm |
| Installation | Free standing or wall mounted; must vent warm moist air outside | Free standing, needs an open window |
| Noise level | About 62 dB | About 52 dB |
| Rated power | 2100 W | 185 W |
| Refrigerant | Not applicable -- this is a vented dryer, not a heat pump | None -- water evaporation |
| Weight | 30 kg | 7.5 kg |
| BEE rating year | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| ISEER | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Air throw | not published | About 6 metres |
| Anti-crease | Tumbles intermittently after the cycle ends | not published |
| Cooling method | not published | Evaporative -- water absorbs heat as it evaporates, which also adds humidity |
| Cycle time | About 90 minutes for a full 5.5 kg load | not published |
| 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 |
| Ventilation | not published | Requires an open window; a sealed room becomes humid and uncomfortable |
| Where it does not | not published | Coastal humidity. In Mumbai or Chennai it adds moisture to already saturated air and provides little cooling |
| Where it works | not published | Dry heat. In Delhi or Jaipur in May it works well |
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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