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Hello brains trust, I’m seeking appliance advice.
Thinking of getting a split system for heating/cooling as gas heating costs are nuts and we also don’t have aircon, so combining the two seems like a good idea.
Could anyone suggest brands to check out or avoid, please?
So far, I’ve heard Mitsubishi and Panasonic are good, but am a bit unsure about where to start
- I'm looking in to them too. I don't know whether to try to choose a brand first, then try to find a decent installerr, or pick an installer and choose from the brands they sell. I really just want to wave a magic wand and have it done.
  
  So many options! I didn’t think of going through an installer - will check that out
  
  I don't think I've got much option. You can buy them seperately and then have them installed, but you need to have somewhere to put it after it is delievered, which I don't have.
- Apparently there's a difference between Mitsubishi heavy industy and Mitsubishi electric. You want the former.
  
  Mitsubishi Electric are still decent. Mine is around 10 years old and I let it get dirty and never serviced it. It was full of cat fur and mould. I paid someone to do a full clean and now it works like new.
  
  How much did you pay for the cleaning?
  
  $130. It was gross and spitting out black fluffy stuff and the dude used cleaning spray and a pressure water spray to clean out all the crap between the metal fins. The crap that came out from flushing it was like a water cooler bottle size that was black and less transparent than coke. Money well spent.
  It also runs way better now and probably saving me a crapload on electricity. Before on 26c full blast hardly heated and now on 22c one fan bar it’s warm as fuck. I guess the fins inside the system don’t work if they are clogged with mould/cat fur which seems like common sense now I think about it.
  
  Thank you :)
  
  Thanks for the info!
- Choice magazine placed mitsubishi heavy industries just above Daikin, which are kind of the BMW of split systems. Might be worth seeing if you can find a choice review, but I think you'd need to be a subscriber. My mate is a subscriber and that's where we looked them up, last year sometime. I moved out of the place I was looking to install one in and my new place already had this one installed. It's been on almost every day since I moved in in May. I have one here, it's great though a touch underpowered for my whole flat but it smashes one room if I close the door to the bedroom.
  
  Currently have Panasonic and seems fine so far, but it’s not very old so don’t know how good the longer term reliability is. Don’t be tempted to get a smaller unit that needed for the space, the sweet spot for efficiency and function is having a right sized unit. Check the cost of installation before you buy a unit. Installation can be expensive, and if you have an older house and switchboard is not to current standards there may be a requirement to update it.
  Edit: oops replied to wrong comment in thread.
  
  Thanks for the tip, I’ll check out choice reviews. I’ve been thinking of getting one for years but am the queen of procrastination, so keep putting it off
  
  If you are a library member you may be able to access Choice magazine through your library.
  
  Oh great idea! Thanks :-)
  
  Great idea. Thanks for that!

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