Thank you for opening this thread, please keep the thread clean so people like me can benefit it. You guys should give your opinions but lets try not to force it on others.
So i have to buy AC this weekend, it seems kenwood is local made so currently considering gree, lg and samsung. I am living in Lahore so opting for 1.5T as 1T in future might be under-powered if ever i move to top floor or sun facing room.
Now the thing is that samsung does not have certified installers (technicians) to install their appliances. I am saying this because two weeks ago i bought a washing machine from samsung flagship store packages mall, and they send normal contractor type electrician to install it at my home. Now this guy did not even remove the transport packaging material on which machine is standing. I asked him that its written on box that remove the packing and machine should stand on its legs but he said its alright bla bla. After usage, it vibrated a lot so i lodged a complain to samsung. On weekend, they sent their certified technician who came on a shehzor truck with all his good tools. He said to me that samsung does not have its own installers any where. The people who come to install it are usually contacts of shop owners.
So even though samsung provides a great after sales repairs/troubleshooting services but they don't have their own certified technicians to do the first time installation. Please do correct me if i have been miss-informed but if it is true, then its useless to spend 100k on an AC which is not even installed by professionals.
I also went to Gree emporium last week, upon inquiry, they just gave me a brochure and quoted prices on that so again it is unclear what is the difference between each model. They said installation is not free and when i asked about vacuuming, he said its not needed for new ACs. Is that correct? Don't know if they have good certified installers or they too have local contacts to do the job on some commission.
Edit: there is a gree model which states two stage compression and their rep said to me that this AC has two compressors lol