Midea = New Aircon Brand?

[iamnewbie 0]

Anyone know this brand is from where? Never seen b4

[mejul 1]

Anyone know this brand is from where? Never seen b4

iirc...its from China. The salesperson attached to courts said they that are very big in China. They are now expanding their market.

[iamnewbie 0]

iirc...its from China. The salesperson attached to courts said they that are very big in China. They are now expanding their market.

Oh thanks. I also saw their ads for front load washers. really cheap compared to european brands.

Anyway anyone share experience with their aircons? I check out their compressor unit is quite big size.

[mejul 1]

Oh thanks. I also saw their ads for front load washers. really cheap compared to european brands.

Anyway anyone share experience with their aircons? I check out their compressor unit is quite big size.

They just entered SGP market few months back. Was considering this as well coz it was much cheaper then. However, decided to stick to something that has been around for some time. You might want to try seaching other countries feedback on this brand (esp in those countries where it has been around longer).

[PoppyLove 0]

Anyone know this brand is from where? Never seen b4

From personal experience, it's best to splurge slightly more for a reliable and quality brands. You wouldn't wanna end up buying aircon which is cheap but suck big time later on.

Learnt my lesson. Another brand to avoid, York

[PoppyLove 0]

From personal experience, it's best to splurge slightly more for a reliable and quality brands. You wouldn't wanna end up buying aircon which is cheap but suck big time later on.

Learnt my lesson. Another brand to avoid, York

And one more thing, NEVER take in what salesperson said 100%

[mindym 0]

Hmmm, we considered this brand briefly but we decided that many Chinese brands equate to "Quality Analysis often can't make it".

Reviews are average for Midea if you look around on the net(forums like HWZ and even Australian forums, online stores, possibly review sites) and it seems the product lifespan is hit and miss. If you're lucky, it can last for a few years but if you're not, it lasts for a few months to just over 2++ years.

I'd stick to Japanese brands like Mitsubishi, Daikin, Panasonic, Toshiba and so on. At least they've been around for many years and have better R&D. Plus, replacing multiple aircon parts is a lot of hassle and having to replace all the almost "brand new" units seems a major pain if the warranty isn't for long.

[renoseeker 0]

Go for the established brands la. Not worth taking the risk with a brand that may spoil easily

[stacksofcash 0]

its a big OEM brand from China.

I am sure they manufacture for many European and American appliance houses, somewhat similiar to Hai-er.

They are slowly branding themselves over the years. But i think there is still a substantial difference in terms of quality and material.

[collins 0]

Midea is quite an established brand in China though new in local market. Millions are sold each year in mainland China. There must be some plus points in this brand, otherwise it should have closed shop long ago in that cutthroat market.

[swl0122 0]

Midea Air-con Review: Terrible Quality, High Repair Cost.

Dear all,

If you are looking for new Air-con, my suggestion is DO NOT choose Midea.

I have purchased one Midea air-con (system 4) 2+ years ago from All Best. The outdoor unit breakdown at least 6 times within 2014, the same parts spoiled again and again. (total 6 Valve spoiled, 4 Valve have been repaired or replaced and 2 outdoor unit has been replaced). But the problem seems never been fixed.

Unfortunately, the same problem happen again last week with my unit and I have to pay S$260 just for replace the Valve, because it already out of warranty. (After I complain to their customer support, they wave S$60 transport fee for me.)

Now, I decide to buy a new air-con if the existing one spoil again. The unit is totally beyond repair.

Maybe Media have the rights to not responsible for their product after warranty period even it is a totally faulty product. But I don't think it is worth to pay S$3000+ for just 2+ years life span Air-con.

If anybody want to see the prove, please email me pingzimumu@gmail.com, I will show you all my service form.

3rd season 2013: One Valve Failure

2nd season 2014: Three Valve Failure

2nd season 2014: Replace the whole outdoor unit after Valve Failure again after replacement

3rd season 2014: One Valve Failure

3rd or 4th season 2014: Replace the whole outdoor unit again after valve failure again same day after replacement

2nd season 2015: One Valve Failure again. (User have to pay)

[swl0122 0]

Following review from another user.

I though my recent encounter experience with them was devastating but after reading through the review from thread starter it seem that mine could be just a small set-back.

Summarize: Do re-consider if you are looking at the brand of Midea as your air-conditional for your future apartment.

I don't normally post such review so pardon my lengthy story as it's full of anger in between.

Part 1: I purchased my System 3 in early 2012, my first issue started occurring somewhere around middle of 2013 whereby the room closer to the condenser unit intermittently start blowing hot wind and other room work fine but isn't as cold as before. In end of 2013, the room affected issue become persistent. The service man diagnose and claim that it is due to a faulty expansion valve which he did a replacement for free as it's under warranty period for 2 years.

Part 2: The issue re-arise early 2015, whereby the problem again started to become intermittent follow by persistent over the span of several month. So recently, had called up the company and was quoted the standard charges of service call $60.00 for transportation, labour and diagnostic fee. When the technician came I had explain to him on the issue occurring and without further diagnostic he say the expansion valve is faulty. I ask him again, don't he need to do some diagnostic or measuring to determine the fault. He decline and claim that the only possible fault. So for the replacement part of expansion valve is $260.00 as it is no longer under warranty. After changing, everything function well as per normal condition.

Part 3: 5 days later after he did the replacement, the similar issue re-surface but it happen intermittently. I call the technician directly and he drop by my place 3 days later. During his visit, it was blowing cold air and he refuse to do further check claiming there is no problem. He shared based on his experience after changing the expansion valve there is could not be any other fault which cause the air-con to function in this manner. He added, he had help many customer to change the expansion valve before and there no need for him to re-visit their home. I disputed and after which he shared with me a illogical analogy. It is something along this line, if you visit a doctor telling him you're having a fever but during the visit and after measuring your temperature everything is fine so there's nothing further can be done. Before he left, he told me if there still any problem then contact him again and the problem must surface during his visit. In another words, I felt as if my integrity is being doubt and an insult of my intelligence.

Part 4: One day after he left, the problem re-surface and he came about 3 hours later. I was not at home during this visit. He witness the problem this time round and change the motherboard as share from my family member and him. He told us to monitor again and if problem will to re-occur again to contact him and he will check again.

Conclusion:

• He's the only technician whom do such repair job.
• Expansion Valve seem to be faulty frequently with this brand.
• Be prepare to fork up $260.00 ~ 2 year times.

I am still monitoring everything as the last appointment happen to be today.

[wingkk 0]

its a big OEM brand from China.

I am sure they manufacture for many European and American appliance houses, somewhat similiar to Hai-er.

They are slowly branding themselves over the years. But i think there is still a substantial difference in terms of quality and material.

True, Midea is an OEM brand and help other brands but do note each European and American brands have their QA acceptance level which could be and are higher standards than Midea hence giving us the current quality products.

Midea is a major air-con brand in China as their price alot cheaper compared to Japan / European brand, something I dont see in Singapore market.

Please dont get fooled by salesperson talk about OEM and helping other big company products as Aircon breakdown can be costly and cause alot of hassle to us.

Just my 2 cents

[vincinty 0]

My advice, do not go for such brand at the moment. We are not even sure if they are a reliable brand and after sales service.

Go for the established brand such as Mitsubishi or Daikin should be the safe option.

I got my StarMex 3A28, for 3 rooms and 1 hall at the price of $2699. Consider a pretty good deal, been using such brand than Midea.

Can check out with Everjoint Electrical if you are looking for aircon, they take care of installs as well.

[magixz 0]

My advice, do not go for such brand at the moment. We are not even sure if they are a reliable brand and after sales service.

Go for the established brand such as Mitsubishi or Daikin should be the safe option.

I got my StarMex 3A28, for 3 rooms and 1 hall at the price of $2699. Consider a pretty good deal, been using such brand than Midea.

Can check out with Everjoint Electrical if you are looking for aircon, they take care of installs as well.

Who do I look for? I looking for same as yours.