Not surprisingly, lots of big home appliances' brands are in fact OEM end product of local manufacturers. Take few examples, York air conditioners are actually from Acson, Rubine cooker hoods are actually produced by the same manufacturer as Elba and some branded LCD TV too following this kind of OEM process.
You might be familiar with the saying that when buying ceiling fan better stick with KDK or Panasonic. Other brands such as Alpha, Euro UNO, Khind and etc are not within my consideration, even though some of their designs are quite appealing.
So what's the big deal with KDK or Panasonic's ceiling fan. Well, nothing much since
they are in fact manufactured by the same people. You might opt to buy Panasonic one for their after sales support and services, which are managed by Panasonic themselves. On the other hand, you can spend less with KDK to entitle for the same features and quality.
Check out this cool 7 speed ceiling fan when you plan to get a ceiling fan. Try to max out the speed when you test out one in the store. :p
KDK version:
Panasonic version:
Technical specs (Regardless of KDK or Panasonic)
1/f Yuragi is irregularity and a phenomenon that widely exists in nature. It has a natural rhythm that makes a person feel relax.
3D Aero Curve Design delivers smooth and strong air flow.
Distinctive Blade Material
Quadruple Safety Features- thermal safety fuse, current fuse, safety fuse & cut-off safety switch.
Easy Installation
LCD Screen Remote Control
7 speed Control Sleep, 2-8 hours Sleep Mode and 1-8 hours Off Timer
RPM : Low - 90 High - 200
Air Delivery (m3/min) : 245
Motor W : Low - 25 High - 91
Motor HP : 0.13
Motor Type : Condenser Motor
Noise Level (dB) : 49
Nett Weight (kg) : 9.7
I googled about Yuragi
- A japanese word means Fluctuations
- It is difficult to find phenomena without fluctuations in the real world. In fact, most social, economic, and political phenomena are considered to be always fluctuating in contrast to our pursuit of order and causal relation. In addition, our day-to-day physical and mental activities have fluctuations about which we are often unaware. An understanding of the nature of such fluctuations would have important practical and research value. This is our goal.
Our original interest was in 1/f fluctuations in electronic devices. For such devices, there are four kinds of fluctuations or noise: thermal noise, shot noise, generation-recombination noise, and 1/f noise. The physical mechanisms of the first three, from which their names are derived, are well known. On the other hand, the mechanism behind 1/f noise, which was first observed in vacuum tubes, in 1925, remains unknown. This type of fluctuation is not restricted to electronic devices but is ubiquitous in nature. The international symposium on noise in physical systems has been held every two years since 1977, but still this problem remains a mystery.
In 1982, 1/f fluctuations were discovered in human heart rates. This discovery was followed by similar findings in rhythms of various parts of biological systems such as central nervous system, autonomic nervous system, etc. and even in human behavior such as clapping. Although the mechanism of these special fluctuations is not fully understood, scientists are considering the hypothesis that fluctuations generally play crucial roles in maintaining biological functions.
Thus, we now understand that fluctuating states are more fundamental than steady states not only in physics and electronics but also in biological systems and even in human behavior and social events. This is one of the reasons why we are especially interested in 1/f fluctuations. The word "fluctuations", or "yuragi" in Japanese, is often used in daily life.
In Japan, a research group on fluctuation phenomena, consisting of physicists, electronic engineers and mathematicians was organized in 1980. The group's activity has been expanded since 1987 to various fields of science including physics, electronics, astronomy, biology, statistical mathematics, medicine, economics, and anthropology. In 1989 the group organized Associations for Science, Art and Technology of Fluctuations and since then it had annual meetings in which speakers of various fields gave many outstanding and up-to-date invited talks. Morikita Publishing Co has been publishing the contents of these invited talks in ten volumes of "Science of Fluctuations" in Japanese. The group now intends to expand this activity in a different form.
Besides the regular activity of research the group will open a window through our internet website, to allow exchange of scientific ideas with scientists all over the world. Anyone who has new topics on fluctuations is welcome to join. When certain topics attract the interest of many participants in the forum, an international symposium will be organized for exchanging ideas on these topics.
We ended up paying RM440 for KDK version of this fan. If you insists on Panasonic, then you gotta top up extra RM30 bucks for it (RM470).
No fancy decoration nor colors, just purely strong flows of air. Definitely worth my money in the long run. No offense, but I don't think I will get those with light fittings or wooden blades, nice looking spinning jokes :p.
P/S: The fan comes with Polypropylene Fibre Glass blades. No more rusts.
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