Carrier Split Type Inverter XPower Gold Aircon Review

Hello po!
When you grew up sleeping in an air-conditioned room, then you get to live somewhere with only an electric fan, at one point you will miss the coolness of the former. In fairness to me, I never complained nor asked for an aircon.

But then time came when hubby was ready to buy, because we wanted to replicate the hotel experience and aside from the ultra comfy bed (hoped to buy one but alas, our room is too small), the other feature we love about guesthouses are their aircon and cozying under thick glorious comforter.

So we canvassed first to see the available brands and their features and benefits (so many, it was a dilemma), and which store made the lower offer.

I also wanted to obtain one with an anti-mosquito feature but a salesman told me all aircons have this quality. Of course, I found out his words aren't 100% correct because I have slept in air-conditioned rooms and it posed no threat to the determined, hungry lamok.

We ended up buying this Inverter Aircon- Carrier 42CVUR010/38CVUR10 in Anson. Carrier of course is known for their aircon so we have trust in this name. The first modern electrical air conditioning unit was invented in 1902 in Buffalo, New York, America by Willis Carrier.

Total Cost of Carrier X Power 2 Gold= Php 43, 700

Breakdown: Price of the Aircon unit in spot CASH is 28, 750 plus 3, 450= Php 32, 200 (the price was separated because it's 2 units, one for inside and one outside and they are connected by a hose)
Delivery fee= 0 (We carried it home and did not have it delivered by Anson)
Installation fee= Php 6,000
Wire, Panel Box and Electrician fee= Php 2,000
Optional:
Housing for the Outdoor Unit para iwas nakaw
Welder and Metal= Php 3,500

Carrier Aircon made in Thailand, Remote Control made in Malaysia.

Likes-

• Fast cooling- cools the room within a few seconds
• Quiet operation- not exactly 100% silent, but noise is minimal
• Cost efficient- electricity bill did not skyrocket
• Comes with a warranty of 5 years

Dislikes-

• EXPENSIVE! Split type aircon costs more than old window type models!!!
• Problems- for the first five months, we experienced that at times, it won't power on. One night, we tried to turn it on but it won't start. The light on the unit just kept blinking til the morning after. We just decided to push the reset button on the remote control and waddaya know, it worked again. This problem materialized again and again after every 3 weeks. Good thing, it's fixed now after we called the technician.
• Filter- The major factor that made us (well okay, me, coz my hubby follows what I want) choose this is the healthy-sounding Filter combo of Nano Silver Ginseng and Nano Photo Copper Zinc. Well, after the technician installed the aircon and left, we found these with the manual- 2 pieces of strips that I assumed was the filter. These weren't even a built-in part pala of  the aircon and we had to attach it by ourselves! I was disappointed by how the filter looked- like it was a floor mat.

TIP:

Take advantage of the one FREE professional cleaning.

Clean the filter every week to avoid allergies.
Opt for the highest setting (30 degrees); in that way, you get lesser energy consumption.

Thanks for visiting and reading my review of the Carrier Split Type Inverter Aircon XPower Gold 42CVUR010/38CVUR10! :)

UPDATE:

As of April 6 2018, the remote control is broken. It wasn't dropped or what that moment but it had just decided it won't work anymore...

You'll know the remote is ruined when you point your celphone's camera at its sensor and it does not blink.

Hubby bought a universal remote control at Recto for Php 300. (Carrier remote is expensively priced at Php 1200). We watched some guides on Youtube but it did not respond to the things we did. Apps won't work since our phones have no IR (infra red).

Finally we called in an official technician (had to pay him Php 350 service fee). He confirmed that this unit has no manual on/off button behind the filter. But the good news is, he was able to make the new remote work. Turns out, for the first time during configuration, you had to  hold it pointblank to the unit's sensor (the remote needs to be touching the aircon sensor itself). After you have fixed it, you can use the remote even from a far distance.

So it does the trick for now, but we feel that the aircon is not as cool as before. Maybe that unofficial remote cannot reach the lowest temperature or something, or maybe my imagination! But still, it can reach my desired coolness fast, even at 30 degrees setting.

UPDATE:

This is middle of 2020 and it is having issues of suddenly turning on, and sometimes automatically shutting down. We had it cleaned but after a week the problem returned. The technician used a blower and said some parts were still wet. It was fine after, but a few days hence, the switching on/off on its own persisted. He said he will check the unit outside. Now this problem is fixed.