Aircon insights

[I.am.Sam]

I'm happy I went with the Daikin's, their entry level ones (Sensira) are the same price as your Samsung/LG, etc. so not really much of premium over those brands but pricier than Alliance/Midea.

Outdoor units are very quiet, even the big one I have you can hardly hear it. Indoor unit obviously depends on your fan setting but I mostly have mine on silent mode and they are pretty quiet.

apparently hard to get parts for daikin and carrier

 

[WAslayer]

and both units pretty much the same ?

and yes i am going for the normal alliance and midea
im not paying crazy money for breezeless and silence

Midea looks better, is loud but less than the alliance.. other than that, can't say..

 

[W@P]

not saying why lol

10-year warranty, as you mentioned.
And they just work. I have 2 x 12k BTU and 1 x 18K BTU.
I have 2 x 24k BTU Samsungs as well. All of the above are inverter models.

No issues with Samsungs. But if I were to buy another one today, it would be Midea.

 

[spit]

anyone ?

My two cents: I have a 9,000 BTU Alliance installed in December 2025, and 6 weeks later got a 24,000 BTU Alliance. The Midea units were about R2k more expensive at the time, so I didn't think it was worth the extra cost.

However, my sister—who lives 1 km down the road—got a 24,000 BTU and two 12,000 BTU Mideas installed from the same installer i've used and wow, they are much quieter than the Alliance units.

Another factor to consider is the app: the Midea app is a lot nicer and provides far more stats if you're into that sort of thing.

 

[calypso]

apparently hard to get parts for daikin and carrier

According to who? They have local agents.

 

[I.am.Sam]

According to who? They have local agents.

according to ac direct and rightair

 

[I.am.Sam]

My two cents: I have a 9,000 BTU Alliance installed in December 2025, and 6 weeks later got a 24,000 BTU Alliance. The Midea units were about R2k more expensive at the time, so I didn't think it was worth the extra cost.

However, my sister—who lives 1 km down the road—got a 24,000 BTU and two 12,000 BTU Mideas installed from the same installer i've used and wow, they are much quieter than the Alliance units.

Another factor to consider is the app: the Midea app is a lot nicer and provides far more stats if you're into that sort of thing.

how big off a difference is that noise

like we have never had aircon before so new noise we will get used to it

also yeah i saw that midea app, has lots of nice consumption and stuff

 

[I.am.Sam]

10-year warranty, as you mentioned.
And they just work. I have 2 x 12k BTU and 1 x 18K BTU.
I have 2 x 24k BTU Samsungs as well. All of the above are inverter models.

No issues with Samsungs. But if I were to buy another one today, it would be Midea.

its working out to total of R1500 more

i think maybe i will go midea

the midea breezeless is around 5k more

 

[I.am.Sam]

currently have the electrical guys here sorting out electrical 1st

 

[I.am.Sam]

pricing changed so now it looks like a 1200 difference so will go with midea

thanks all