Samsung 28-Cu. Ft. French Door Smart Refrigerator (RF28R7351SR) vs Faber 60cm 1200 m3/hr Auto-Clean Chimney (Hood Orient 3D)

What separates them

These two differ on 9 recorded specifications. The Samsung 28-Cu. Ft. French Door Smart Refrigerator (RF28R7351SR) is ₹1,35,000 dearer.

Samsung

Samsung 28-Cu. Ft. French Door Smart Refrigerator (RF28R7351SR)

₹1,49,990

Two practical things decide whether this is buyable, and neither is on the spec sheet.

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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 Samsung 28-Cu. Ft. French Door Smart Refrigerator is for

Buy it if: Large households with a wide doorway, a plumbed water point and the floor space for 91 cm.

Avoid it if: Anyone who has not measured their doorway, and anyone without a kitchen water line.

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	Samsung 28-Cu. Ft. French Door Smart Refrigerator	Faber 60cm 1200 m3/hr Auto-Clean Chimney
Price	₹1,49,990	₹14,990
Annual energy use	Roughly 620 kWh a year, about Rs4,960 at Rs8 per unit	Roughly 90 kWh a year at 1 hour a day, about Rs720 at Rs8 per unit
BEE star rating	Not rated -- BEE does not rate refrigerators above 500 litres	Not rated -- BEE does not cover kitchen chimneys
Capacity	792 litres, 28 cubic feet	1200 cubic metres per hour, hobs up to 3 burners
Dimensions	91 x 92 x 178 cm	60 x 50 x 45 cm
Installation	Free standing; needs 5 cm rear and 2 cm side clearance, and a water line for the dispenser	Wall mounted, ducted through an external wall; professional installation required
Noise level	About 40 dB	About 58 dB at maximum speed
Rated power	Variable, inverter compressor	250 W
Refrigerant	R600a	Not applicable
Weight	132 kg	12 kg
BEE rating year	Not applicable	Not applicable
ISEER	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
Compressor	Digital inverter, 10 year warranty	not published
Door width note	91 cm wide; standard Indian doorways are often 76 to 82 cm, so measure the route before ordering	not published
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
Power backup	132 kg of refrigerator on an inverter supply needs a genuinely sized backup	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
Suction	not published	1200 cubic metres per hour
Twin cooling	Separate evaporators for fridge and freezer, so odours do not transfer	not published
Water dispenser	Plumbed -- requires a water line, which most Indian kitchens do not have	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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