Daily Moan

[kingwilly]

^ Wow... that's terrible.

My usual choice of bottled water is whatever I get for free when buying fuel at the petrol station, or from Sukhumvit hotels.

Then every week I decant water into the empty bottles from the 12 Baht, 20 litre containers we get delivered every month.

of course you do…

[Bettyboo]

You'd want a Daikin to give you 10+ years, if not 15.

Maybe a Hicense at a very cheap price working for, who knows, but it had a 5 or 7 year warranty, is the way to go nowadays. Mine is f'kin cool as fuk.

[Shutree]

^ Wow... that's terrible.

Your sympathy means a lot to me.

If you ask someone who shares a bed with an actual person they'll probably confirm that when your partner shuffles back from a bathroom visit at 0200 and wants a sip of water then a rigid bottle is the quieter option. These flimsy bottles make a noise like someone strangling a bag of crisps, which is sub-optimal as you try to get back to sleep.

In case you need to refill a (highly sanitised) pre-used water bottle then a rigid bottle is better for that purpose too.

My main issue with this Aro/Aura hybrid is the taste. I shan't be buying it again.

[Shutree]

You'd want a Daikin to give you 10+ years, if not 15.

Maybe a Hicense at a very cheap price working for, who knows, but it had a 5 or 7 year warranty, is the way to go nowadays. Mine is f'kin cool as fuk.

Yes, I'm disappointed. Partly my own fault, I bought Daikin locally but now the shop has gone there is no one locally who can support it. If they replace just the main board the final bill will be about 5K. I could get a Hisense Inverter for about10K?

[VocalNeal]

Not my moan but SWMBO was sweeping the carport of HER house which I paid for complaining to me, reclining in a chair, that she she didn't win the lottery.

Can you spell I.R.O.N.Y.

[Ghost61]

I bought Daikin locally...

Before I purchased Daikin I chatted with a few reefer engineers I work with and asked them their views on quality of equipment Co. used,
such as Daikin, Mitsubishi, Carrier, York etc. Everytime they said from experience, Daikin was the best quality, especially the cooling section
and they would chose Daikin everytime.
I still have 2 Daikin A/C doing well after 13+ years, no defects, only annual inspection and service.

Mendy won't like Hi-sense as altho modern n lots of functions n inverter with scroll compressor, temp setting can be set at
Cold as Feck mode 16 deg C, rather than the usual 18 deg C.

[VocalNeal]

I am well up for a few moans today. I used to buy Aura water in Makro, the 500ml size is handy in the night, not too big, not too small and made out of plastic of a sensible thickness rather than the cheap, wafer thin bottles that tend to squirt everywhere if gripped too hard. Lots of hotels use the cheap stuff and many a midnight I have groped for a bottle in the darkness and flooded the floor. (As the bishop said to the actress.)
Aura is no more, at least locally. I now have to buy Aro branded Aura water. Larger bottles, wafer thin and worst of all it tastes different. CP Group strikes again.
I'll need to try some alternative brands.

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pH wise Nestle is similar to Aura. I tested a some waters a few years ago.

[Bettyboo]

Yes, I'm disappointed. Partly my own fault, I bought Daikin locally but now the shop has gone there is no one locally who can support it. If they replace just the main board the final bill will be about 5K. I could get a Hisense Inverter for about10K?

I was wondering if it's worth your while just getting the inverter or the outside but (it has a technical name, but...) - I had a similar situation, but my LG was so old, it was better to buy the entire machine.

If it was my house and I was building properly to live in, I'd have bought a Daikin or a Mitsubishi from the local expert - I don't think you've done anything wrong there; you've been unlucky.

Once something goes wrong on an item that's a few years old, are more elements likely to be under stress and potentially go wrong quite soon? I'm not sure, but if it's 5+ years old, out of warranty, I'd probably go for a cheaper Chinese which has local support and a long warranty. A low cost machine that lasts 5-7 years is fine, imho. Not so when your paying Mitsubishi or Daikin prices - you've been unlucky.

[david44]

Once something goes wrong on an item that's a few years old, are more elements likely to be under stress and potentially go wrong quite soon?

Such wosdom from one so youthful you should be a marriage guidnace counsellor.

[Edmond]

Got around 4 years out of a Hisense fridge, it was a smaller secondary fridge, rather than the big main one. One day it suddenly stopped being cold. Got some advice from the TD specialists, it still wouldn't get cold. Told a local electronic guy that has old fridges and washing machines etc outside his place to come in his pickup and he can take it away for free. Think it was maybe 8K on Lazada.

[Molle]

I could get a Hisense Inverter for about10K?

That's the spirit Shutree, don't give a failing appliance a second chance.
It's much better to buy a new one, that will teach 'em!

[Bettyboo]

^ I've found cheap fridges to be crap generally. Whereas "affordable" aircons seem to work better for longer (?). I think my LG that finally went wrong after 20+ years, was cheap when I bought it.

[Shutree]

That's the spirit Shutree, don't give a failing appliance a second chance.
It's much better to buy a new one, that will teach 'em!

As I've said elsewhere, I am very much against built-in obsolescence.
I'm not buying a new computer just so that I can become a Microsoft slave to Windows 11. I'll run Win10 on this perfectly good laptop until it falls over. Then and only then will I buy a new machine and that will be Linux or possibly Mac.
I am going to give Daikin engineers one chance to fix it. Of course, if they do some work and the fix doesn't work then I'll be doubly out of pocket. Or if it turns out that their recommended repair goes over the cost of a new appliance then I'll have to reconsider my environmental commitment and scrap it.

[Edmond]

That's the spirit Shutree, don't give a failing appliance a second chance.

Knowing which part is actually faulty generally helps that decision.

Should he be like Thai Honda and just start changing every part until they happen to replace the faulty one by which point you've already spent more on various parts than the motorbik... aircon cost new?


Thai style repairing: Don't diagnose and fix, keep on replacing various parts on the customer's dime until it happens to work again.

[Mendip]

I don't know what you guys do with your stuff?

I have four aircon units, two fridges and a Toyota Vigo, all bought in 2007 and all running fine!

[cyrille]

I don't know what you guys do with your stuff?

Try to turn it on?

[Mendip]

12 Baht, 20 litre containers we get delivered every month.

WTF! I pay 15 Baht for those. He delivers every week.

WTF!

I have just discovered we now pay 20 Baht for these and get around five delivered every week or so.

That's inflation for you!

[klong toey]

I'm at the hospital for an appointment and the junior doctors are on strike.Might have a few light ale's if I have to wait.

[Topper]

I'll say it again...

I moved into a newly renovated townhouse in Bangkok and the owner had installed a Samsung split aircon unit. We had constant problems with it, until after replacing the inside part for the second and it dying in a year, we bought Daikin and made a deal with the landlord we'd go 50/50 on costs, so we didn't get cheap shit.

One of things I insisted on is that the Daikin service people came out on their schedule to maintain the aircon, which was about every three months. They'd phone the wife, make an appointment and everything was cool. I think the costs was about 1k.

The A/C was still going strong after 10-12 plus years. The service reminders were great and kept the warranty going.

[Topper]

I'm at the hospital for an appointment and the junior doctors are on strike.

Fook, I'd go on strike if I had to attend to ya too.

[Molle]

One of things I insisted on is that the Daikin service people came out on their schedule to maintain the aircon, which was about every three months.

We have 5 Daikin and 1 mixed brand and we have them cleaned every 3-4 month, I can see from the electric consumption when it is time to call the aircon guys.
Changing to Daikin inverter 4 years ago did a major improvement to the electricity bill, it was the nest best thing I did at that time, the best was installing a solar system half a year after.
We have our own well, our own electricity and later this year an EV. Fook monthly bills!

[Bettyboo]

possibly Mac

Ther we go, a wise man indeed. Can I suggest a couple of Japanese jean retailers for you, Sir?

Knowing which part is actually faulty generally helps that decision.

Does that work with a wife too - it seems she's entirely faulty apart from her ability to cook, and a weird thing that happens about once a day for ten minutes when she smiles and is nice to me. I wonder if she'll still fit into her uni uniform?

Should he be like Thai Honda

Since I've stopped taking the Honda City to their main dealer garages, everything has become a lot cheaper, and the car runs better.

I have four aircon units, two fridges and a Toyota Vigo, all bought in 2007 and all running fine!

Apart from the truck, a good purchase that'll go forever, have you turned any of the others on?

Changing to Daikin inverter 4 years ago

During my recent looking for an aircon, I noticed all sorts of inverters (or at least names on stickers) such as mine which has a double inverter and is self cleaning without ever needing re-gassing (I'm not sure how any of these things are possible, but the point being that there seems to have been a lot of advances in aircons).

[Edmond]

Probably more worrying than a molar that could do with extracting, whatever happened, have found meself drinking big cans of beer every single night as routine without fail over the last few months, and can't seem to stop. 5 cans, 2.5 liters, which no doubt adds up when it's every single night nowadays.

the rather uncomfortable realisation that I cannot seem to control (stop) me nightly routine beer drinking, so it's either continue until something happens health wise down the line - mental or inside organ stuff - which would likely not be good, or stop completely and never start again.


Fudgeschnickle!

[Iceman123]

^
Get yourself into” Dental 4 U” in Chiang Mai
Very good Dentist - not the cheapest but you’ll be getting a good result

[NamPikToot]

it ain't caviar