In order to avoid the suspicion of advertising, I generally don't mention specific brand names in articles, but today is an exception.I want to talk about the air conditioner I bought last year - the old air conditioner is beautiful, due to the leakage of the indoor unit, no matter how it can be repaired, it is simply thrown away. The new air conditioner was selected and finally finalized the sub-brand of Midea: Hualing.
The first time I saw it, I sighed: it really deserves to be an Internet home appliance brand. The more I use it, the more I feel about this sentence.
The characteristics of Internet home appliances are vividly reflected in the Hualing I bought (don't worry, there are really no ads, the advantages and disadvantages will be said, I am very sensible).
Appearance
Beauty! Beauty! Beauty!
The characteristic of online shopping is that it "starts with appearance". First of all, this thing needs to look good, so as to attract people to click on the product to enter the detail page to learn more. In terms of appearance, Hualing is very in line with the aesthetics of the Internet.
What is Internet aesthetic? Just take a look at the home appliances of Internet brands such as Xiaomi, Yunmi, Huawei Smart Home, and NetEase Yanxuan: they look almost identical, solid colors (mainly black and white), right angles, and flat straight lines.
Some people say it's "minimalism", some people say it's "light luxury", anyway, it's a little bit tall and simple in it. In contrast, offline home appliances are often old-fashioned, and they cannot be said to be "ugly", but can only be said to be "a little complicated".
It may not look ugly when taken out alone, but when placed in the whole room, the complex shapes, colors, and patterns will be slightly cluttered. The size of the room is better, but it is a disaster to put it in a small room.
The appearance of the Internet air conditioner is very good.
parameters
High! High! High!
Another characteristic of online shopping is that it focuses on parameters: the main thing is that we don't have much to pay attention to. Online shopping can't see whether the shell is strong or not, and we don't know whether the wind is soft or not, we can only choose by comparing parameters.
Therefore, the parameters of Internet home appliances are often "surprisingly high". The cooling capacity should be at least 3500W or more, and the noise should be at least 20db. There should be a level of energy efficiency, 30s quick cooling and 60s fast heating. In the high-temperature sterilization function, the sterilization rate of each bacteria that can be written is at least 99%.
Level 1 energy efficiency. With such high parameters, even the mid-to-high-end models of five or six thousand yuan in the ** model dare not guarantee that all of them are included. But in Internet air conditioners, these are just "standard".
features
Whole! Whole! Whole!
What ultimately attracts people to place orders in online shopping is the function. Therefore, almost every Internet air conditioner has its own unique functions.
For example, I have a Yunmi air conditioner at home, which is characterized by "offline voice control". There is also this Hualing air conditioner, its special function is "intelligent temperature control" (rapid cooling at high temperature, automatic ** after cooling).
Of course, some functions that look good offline have also become "standard" on Internet air conditioners. For example, high-temperature self-cleaning (not ordinary self-cleaning, but self-cleaning with high-temperature sterilization function), energy-saving mode, anti-direct blowing, etc.
The high-end functions on offline air conditioners have also been sold as "cabbage prices" by some Internet air conditioners. For example, in the past two years, the popular "fresh air air conditioner" and "windless air conditioner" have to sell for at least a few thousand yuan offline, and they only need about 3,000 yuan to get their hands on it.
Fresh air conditioning.
Low! Low! Low!
So in the end, it came to the **: the easiest thing to do with online shopping is to compare prices. With the same size of air conditioner, I will choose whoever has the lowest ** - I don't care about the function or what, cheap is king.
Therefore, while improving the parameters, enriching the functions, and increasing the appearance, the Internet air conditioner also reduces the **.
As I said earlier, the size of the Internet air conditioner is generally 3500w (1.).5 horses). Why is there no 1 hp air conditioner? Because it's so cheap, people don't sell it! Or that the price difference is very small and not worth choosing.
The common selling price of Internet air conditioners.
Like this air conditioner I bought last year, 1 HP and 15 horses are only 50 yuan short, so of course I choose the big one. So even though my small study is only 10, it is still equipped with a 15 hp air conditioning.
The highest price of Internet air conditioners rarely exceeds 5,000 yuan, and 5,000 yuan is just a watershed in the middle and high-end.
You can also buy air conditioners with more than 10,000 yuan in online shopping, but those are the same models online and offline, which are not "Internet air conditioners".
Accessories
Province! Province! Province!
As the saying goes, "the wool comes out of the sheep", the Internet air conditioning configuration is so high, and the ** is so low, what is the money saved from **? One of the answers is accessories
After my Hualing air conditioner was installed, I found that there was no remote control! I said in my heart that it really learned the essence of the iphone and saved the most important accessories. Want a remote control? Requires 29$9 to buy separately.
Without a remote control, you can use the phone's applet to connect to Bluetooth to control the air conditioner. The control interface looks like this
Speaking of which, there is no trouble not finding the remote control, but it is still quite troublesome to connect to Bluetooth every time you use it. And the Bluetooth is unstable and often drops the call. Every time you want to adjust the temperature, it needs at least half a minute. If the elderly use it, I am afraid it will be more troublesome.
Not only Hualing is like this, but the Internet air conditioners I know seem to be like this. Some of the supporting air conditioning pipes have been shortened, some are not sent to the cabinet empty, and some have canceled the "free installation" service.
Quality
Difference! Difference! Difference!
How to easily judge the quality of your own home's air conditioner? This is what I learned from an air conditioner installer: turn on the heating in winter, don't turn on the electric auxiliary heat, and observe the temperature of the air conditioner. The lower the temperature, the worse the quality.
I observed it last winter and found that the wind blowing out was not "hot" at all, but only "not cold". After more than 10 minutes, there will be a loud "rustling" sound, which scared me to turn off the air conditioner.
The power consumption is also on the high side, and the graph below shows the power consumption I measured when the day was not too hot (room temperature 30) - 04 kWh.
However, my master bedroom is equipped with a Yunmi air conditioner, and I obviously feel powerless. Problems such as slow refrigeration speed and poor constant temperature effect are also very prominent in summer. On the other hand, the beauty in the second bedroom does not have these problems at all.
Internet air conditioning
Buy! No! Buy!
There are a total of four air conditioners in my house, two Internet air conditioners and two offline air conditioners. Coupled with the air conditioners that I used before, bought for my parents, and other houses, I bought at least a dozen units.
It's really hard to decide which air conditioner to buy – and to this day, when I buy an air conditioner, I'm still struggling. Or you can choose to do so
"Offline air conditioner" refers to offline styles, which can be purchased through online shopping channels).
Pay attention to quality, and if you want to use it for more than ten years, buy offline air conditioners;
If you pay attention to function and want to experience the sense of science and technology, buy an Internet air conditioner;
If the budget is sufficient and can accept a large number of thousands of yuan, buy offline air conditioners;
Rent a party, it won't take long to change, buy an Internet air conditioner.
When buying, you shouldn't compare online and offline styles together. For example, the refrigeration capacity of the offline 1 HP air conditioner may even be higher than 1The 5 hp internet air conditioner is even stronger – you get what you pay for, and it's very applicable here!