LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine (FHM1408BDW) vs Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser (BWD3FMRGA)
What separates them
These two differ on 10 recorded specifications. The LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine (FHM1408BDW) is ₹24,000 dearer.
LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine (FHM1408BDW) vs Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser (BWD3FMRGA)
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.
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Blue Star
Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser (BWD3FMRGA)
₹12,990
Two specifications separate this from the cheap dispensers it sits beside.
Full details →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.
Who the Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser is for
Buy it if: Homes and small offices getting through a 20 litre bottle regularly who want both hot and genuinely cold water.
Avoid it if: Anyone who thinks this purifies water -- it does not filter anything at all.
Specifications, side by side
10 of 22 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine | Blue Star Bottom Loading Water Dispenser |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹36,990 | ₹12,990 |
| Annual energy use | Roughly 190 kWh a year at 4 washes a week on the standard cotton programme, about Rs1,520 at Rs8 per unit | Roughly 400 kWh a year running continuously, about Rs3,200 at Rs8 per unit |
| BEE rating year | 2023 rating year | Not applicable |
| BEE star rating | 5 star | Not rated -- BEE does not cover water dispensers |
| Capacity | 8 kg dry laundry | 20 litre bottle; 3 litre hot, 3 litre cold reservoir |
| Dimensions | 60 x 56 x 85 cm | 33 x 33 x 97 cm |
| Installation | Free standing, needs inlet, drain and a level floor | Free standing, needs a mains socket |
| Noise level | 55 dB washing, 74 dB spinning | About 40 dB when the compressor runs |
| Rated power | 2100 W with the heater engaged, about 150 W washing cold | 500 W heating, 100 W cooling |
| Refrigerant | Not applicable | R134a |
| Weight | 63 kg | 17 kg |
| ISEER | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Child lock | not published | On the hot tap |
| Cooling | not published | Compressor, not thermoelectric, so it genuinely chills rather than merely cooling |
| Front load vs top load | A front loader uses roughly a third of the water and washes more thoroughly; it also takes about twice as long per cycle | not published |
| Hot water | not published | Reaches about 90 degrees C |
| Loading | not published | Bottom loading -- the bottle sits in a cabinet, no lifting a 20 kg bottle overhead |
| Motor | Direct drive inverter, with a 10 year motor warranty | not published |
| Not a purifier | not published | This dispenses and conditions bottled water; it does not filter or purify anything |
| Spin speed | 1200 rpm | not published |
| Steam | Allergen cycle reaching 60 degrees C | not published |
| Water use | About 55 litres per standard cotton cycle | not published |
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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