Symphony Diet 12T 12-Litre Personal Tower Air Cooler vs IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX)
What separates them
These two differ on 9 recorded specifications. The IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX) is ₹15,700 dearer.
Symphony Diet 12T 12-Litre Personal Tower Air Cooler vs IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer (Maxidry EX)
Symphony
Symphony Diet 12T 12-Litre Personal Tower Air Cooler
₹6,290
Evaporative cooling costs about a tenth of what an air conditioner costs to run, and the reason is that it does not remove heat -- it converts sensible heat into humidity.
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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 Symphony Diet 12T 12-Litre Personal Tower Air Cooler is for
Buy it if: Anyone in dry inland heat wanting cooling at roughly a tenth of an air conditioner's running cost.
Avoid it if: Anyone in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata or any coastal humidity -- evaporative cooling does not work in damp air.
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 | Symphony Diet 12T 12-Litre Personal Tower Air Cooler | IFB 5.5kg Turbo Dry Automatic Clothes Dryer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹6,290 | ₹21,990 |
| Annual energy use | Roughly 110 kWh a season at 8 hours a day for 90 days, about Rs880 -- against roughly Rs9,000 for a 1.5 ton air conditioner over the same period | 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 cover evaporative coolers | Not rated -- BEE does not cover clothes dryers in India |
| Capacity | 12 litre tank, rooms up to about 10 square metres | 5.5 kg dry laundry |
| Dimensions | 30 x 30 x 84 cm | 60 x 58 x 85 cm |
| Installation | Free standing, needs an open window | Free standing or wall mounted; must vent warm moist air outside |
| Noise level | About 52 dB | About 62 dB |
| Rated power | 185 W | 2100 W |
| Refrigerant | None -- water evaporation | Not applicable -- this is a vented dryer, not a heat pump |
| Weight | 7.5 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 |
| Air throw | About 6 metres | not published |
| Anti-crease | not published | Tumbles intermittently after the cycle ends |
| Cooling method | Evaporative -- water absorbs heat as it evaporates, which also adds humidity | not published |
| Cycle time | not published | About 90 minutes for a full 5.5 kg load |
| 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 |
| Ventilation | Requires an open window; a sealed room becomes humid and uncomfortable | not published |
| Where it does not | Coastal humidity. In Mumbai or Chennai it adds moisture to already saturated air and provides little cooling | not published |
| Where it works | Dry heat. In Delhi or Jaipur in May it works well | 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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