LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine (FHM1408BDW) vs Faber 60cm 1200 m3/hr Auto-Clean Chimney (Hood Orient 3D)

What separates them

These two differ on 9 recorded specifications. The LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine (FHM1408BDW) is ₹22,000 dearer.

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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Faber

Faber 60cm 1200 m3/hr Auto-Clean Chimney (Hood Orient 3D)

₹14,990

The sizing rule nobody explains at the showroom is that suction should be roughly ten times your kitchen's volume per hour -- 1200 suits a kitchen of about 20 cubic metres, and buying more than you need only adds noise.

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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 Faber 60cm 1200 m3/hr Auto-Clean Chimney is for

Buy it if: Anyone with a kitchen around 20 cubic metres who can duct to an external wall.

Avoid it if: Anyone who cannot duct outside -- recirculating a chimney through a carbon filter removes very little Indian cooking smoke.

Specifications, side by side

9 of 22 rows differ. Differences first.

Specification	LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine	Faber 60cm 1200 m3/hr Auto-Clean Chimney
Price	₹36,990	₹14,990
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 90 kWh a year at 1 hour a day, about Rs720 at Rs8 per unit
BEE rating year	2023 rating year	Not applicable
BEE star rating	5 star	Not rated -- BEE does not cover kitchen chimneys
Capacity	8 kg dry laundry	1200 cubic metres per hour, hobs up to 3 burners
Dimensions	60 x 56 x 85 cm	60 x 50 x 45 cm
Installation	Free standing, needs inlet, drain and a level floor	Wall mounted, ducted through an external wall; professional installation required
Noise level	55 dB washing, 74 dB spinning	About 58 dB at maximum speed
Rated power	2100 W with the heater engaged, about 150 W washing cold	250 W
Weight	63 kg	12 kg
ISEER	Not applicable	Not applicable
Refrigerant	Not applicable	Not applicable
Warranty	1 Year Official Brand Warranty	1 Year Official Brand Warranty
Auto clean	not published	Heats a collection bowl to liquefy trapped oil at the press of a button
Ducting	not published	Shorter and straighter duct means more of the rated suction actually reaches the outside
Filter	not published	Baffle -- separates oil by changing the direction of airflow, unlike mesh which clogs
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
Motor	Direct drive inverter, with a 10 year motor warranty	not published
Sizing rule	not published	Suction should be roughly 10 times the kitchen's volume per hour. A 20 cubic metre kitchen wants about 1200
Spin speed	1200 rpm	not published
Steam	Allergen cycle reaching 60 degrees C	not published
Suction	not published	1200 cubic metres per hour
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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