LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine (FHM1408BDW) vs IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX)
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.
LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine (FHM1408BDW) vs IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX)
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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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.
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 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.
Specifications, side by side
10 of 21 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | LG 8kg 5 Star AI Direct Drive Front Load Washing Machine | IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹36,990 | ₹21,990 |
| 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 480 kWh a year at 3 loads a week, about Rs3,840 at Rs8 per unit |
| BEE rating year | 2023 rating year | Not applicable |
| BEE star rating | 5 star | Not rated -- BEE does not cover clothes dryers in India |
| Capacity | 8 kg dry laundry | 5.5 kg dry laundry |
| Dimensions | 60 x 56 x 85 cm | 60 x 58 x 85 cm |
| Installation | Free standing, needs inlet, drain and a level floor | Free standing or wall mounted; must vent warm moist air outside |
| Noise level | 55 dB washing, 74 dB spinning | About 62 dB |
| Rated power | 2100 W with the heater engaged, about 150 W washing cold | 2100 W |
| Refrigerant | Not applicable | Not applicable -- this is a vented dryer, not a heat pump |
| Weight | 63 kg | 30 kg |
| ISEER | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty | 1 Year Official Brand Warranty |
| Anti-crease | not published | Tumbles intermittently after the cycle ends |
| Cycle time | not published | About 90 minutes for a full 5.5 kg load |
| 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 |
| Not condensing | not published | A condenser or heat-pump dryer needs no vent but costs more; this one must be vented |
| Running cost | not published | Roughly Rs25 a load |
| 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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