Samsung 28-Cu. Ft. French Door Smart Refrigerator (RF28R7351SR) vs IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX)
What separates them
These two differ on 9 recorded specifications. The Samsung 28-Cu. Ft. French Door Smart Refrigerator (RF28R7351SR) is ₹1,28,000 dearer.
Samsung 28-Cu. Ft. French Door Smart Refrigerator (RF28R7351SR) vs IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX)
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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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 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 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
9 of 21 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Samsung 28-Cu. Ft. French Door Smart Refrigerator | IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹1,49,990 | ₹21,990 |
| Annual energy use | Roughly 620 kWh a year, about Rs4,960 at Rs8 per unit | Roughly 480 kWh a year at 3 loads a week, about Rs3,840 at Rs8 per unit |
| BEE star rating | Not rated -- BEE does not rate refrigerators above 500 litres | Not rated -- BEE does not cover clothes dryers in India |
| Capacity | 792 litres, 28 cubic feet | 5.5 kg dry laundry |
| Dimensions | 91 x 92 x 178 cm | 60 x 58 x 85 cm |
| Installation | Free standing; needs 5 cm rear and 2 cm side clearance, and a water line for the dispenser | Free standing or wall mounted; must vent warm moist air outside |
| Noise level | About 40 dB | About 62 dB |
| Rated power | Variable, inverter compressor | 2100 W |
| Refrigerant | R600a | Not applicable -- this is a vented dryer, not a heat pump |
| Weight | 132 kg | 30 kg |
| BEE rating year | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| 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 |
| Compressor | Digital inverter, 10 year warranty | not published |
| Cycle time | not published | About 90 minutes for a full 5.5 kg load |
| Door width note | 91 cm wide; standard Indian doorways are often 76 to 82 cm, so measure the route before ordering | not published |
| Not condensing | not published | A condenser or heat-pump dryer needs no vent but costs more; this one must be vented |
| Power backup | 132 kg of refrigerator on an inverter supply needs a genuinely sized backup | not published |
| Running cost | not published | Roughly Rs25 a load |
| 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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