Air Conditioner -- Best Retailer and Prices

I am starting to research prior to the purchase of an air conditioner. It will be for a home in Udon Thani so I assume it needs to be purchased in Udon Thani. Where can I get the best price on a unit? Also, what are common prices for several BTU outputs?

Any input will be appreciated
430xc

Here is a little info that has been posted on the fourm. Not much about prices but some discussion about sizing.

air-conditioner-sizing-t17044.html

ACs are also discussed at viewtopic.php?p=270539

As with all things in Thailand (building a house/wall, buying land, etc), you generally get what you pay for. My suggestion, take some house/room size drawings to a few of the bigger AC shops. Get some quotes. A bigger AC isn't necessarily better (yet, too small isn't good either)....but my experience is that Thais tend to suggest at the high end of the BTU range. If you have no shade, lots of sun beating walls/windows, and no insulation, then the high end may be better than the low end.
Consider whether you want to pay the added costs for an inverter.
Finally, I would tend to use the stores that have been in town for several years, rather than some of these fly-by-night small shops that sell ACs on the cheap.
Happy shopping!

parrot wrote: rather than some of these fly-by-night small shops that sell ACs on the cheap.
Happy shopping!

Those shops that sell ACs on the cheap

Well I bought mine from one of those shops, in fact so small and with paying with a credit card had to go to another shop to make the payment.

When I didn’t like the performance of one of the units, got the maker of units to check it out, they ended up replacing it, checked other units and serviced, and the cost was nothing. Company Daikin.

Only problem was that I had to wait about 2 months, for them to be in the area. (from BKK)

Problem with unit: I thought it was too noisy and vibrated a little too much, new unit was a tad better, non inverter type.

Oh, can’t remember the exact # (5 years ago) but saved well over 4k for the 4 units.

I bought an aircon from Big C and was surprised by the service. 13000 baht for a 12000 btu single unit air conditioner - the guys came to fix it up ( in the rain ) within 2 hours, and after just an hour, the aircon was working with all the pipes laid out neatly and wires tacked up nicely. Payment was to the guys, not to Big C, for some strange reason.

Was the fitting included in the 13,000 bht ? If not how much to fit ?

GARYZX6R wrote:Was the fitting included in the 13,000 bht ? If not how much to fit ?

It was included, and I think it was a Panasonic. You can check it out at Big C.... I nearly bought an air con unit at Powersave or something like that, outside Robinsons in Central Plaza, but my bf said check out big C first...

Whow know Chancop is giving us advice about shopping in Udon but she's only been here twice and never went out

merchant seaman wrote:Whow know Chancop is giving us advice about shopping in Udon but she's only been here twice and never went out

Merchant seaman, I don't mean to be rude, but if you can not be bothered to read properly, please stop posting after me. I've been to Udon twice, once for 16 days and the other for 10 days. All I saw was shopping centers and Nong prajak for massage. I saw a topic on Aircons, and since I had just bought a unit for my bf, I thought I would share my excellent customer service experience with the rest who were asking about aircons.

Please read carefully if you are trawling for posts to flame.

Chanchop: Thanks for sharing your experience. I will definitely take a look at Big C.
Hope to hear more from you in the future
430xc