Just going down the rabbit hole of buying a split system reverse cycle aircon. After others experiences, are there any brands out there worth keeping away from and others worth looking into. Chasing a fairly big system of 8kw+.

Hoping to streamline this process and make it as painless an install and research project as possible.

Cheers for any advice.

From memory the Fridgie said stay away from Panasonic. I think we went with Fujitsu based on price.

MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES Are okay

I have a 10kw Daikin i put in about 5 years ago and it has not given me any drama.

Fridgie mate says there are only two choices - Daikin and Daikin.

Toshiba
Daikin
Mitsubishi
Fujitsu

Running a Fujitsu at home. Only used for those summer crackers. Gets turned on every quarter to lube the seals. Hasn't missed a beat in the 10+ years that's been installed.

After trawling product reviews, I decided on a Mitsubishi MSZAP25VG-KIT (consisting of indoor and outdoor unit) to A/C a bedroom. I brought it at Harvey Norman during an end of month clearance sale for $999, and had it fitted by a sparky. All up $1300. It was installed November 2020, and has never missed a beat. The sparkie did a quality job of the install.

PS/ Panasonic were looking pretty good by the reviews. This was my 2nd choice. I suppose it depends on the era. Mitsubishi may release a **** model one day, and then the brand will get bagged.

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CH3MTR4IL5 said..
I have a 10kw Daikin i put in about 5 years ago and it has not given me any drama.

Sorry i didn't read the original post closely, mine is ducted. But i'm sure the splits are good too.

You may be right, but in my experience, Panasonic uses rubbish grade plastics and any moving parts are a fail waiting to happen.

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jn1 said..
After trawling product reviews, I decided on a Mitsubishi MSZAP25VG-KIT (consisting of indoor and outdoor unit) to A/C a bedroom. I brought it at Harvey Norman during an end of month clearance sale for $999, and had it fitted by a sparky. All up $1300. It was installed November 2020, and has never missed a beat. The sparkie did a quality job of the install.

PS/ Panasonic were looking pretty good by the reviews. This was my 2nd choice. I suppose it depends on the era. Mitsubishi may release a **** model one day, and then the brand will get bagged.

Thats a great price for the install ,most here in WA would charge at least double for a small unit back to back install

I've got 3 split pani's , 2(3.5/8kw) 14 years old and 1 2.5kw 1 year old .
i live 250m from the beach and the old ones still going strong ,hope the new 1 holds up

hi i have installed a few mitsubishi heavy industries and they are the go
they are offering cash backs at the moment too
look no further

I have four Fujitsu splits 10+ years old and going strong - they get a good run in Summer, and occasional use in Winter. Also still have a big through the wall cooling only 'rattler' that is now 25+ yo in the Games Room that is still going strong - also Fujitsu.

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aaronfinn said..
hi i have installed a few mitsubishi heavy industries and they are the go
they are offering cash backs at the moment too
look no further

I agree got one of those - its odd but there is also a Mitsubishi which is not the same as the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ones (or so I read on reviews)