Window type aircon (inverter)

**Walter** · December 3rd, 2024 10:28 AM

There was this thread in one of the pinoy forums that detailed major aircon brands and what china brand they were rebadged from ... for example, a carrier inverter window aircon is actually a rebadged midea ... does anyone know which forum that is? ...

**oj88** · December 3rd, 2024 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by Walter

There was this thread in one of the pinoy forums that detailed major aircon brands and what china brand they were rebadged from ... for example, a carrier inverter window aircon is actually a rebadged midea ... does anyone know which forum that is? ...

You mentioned something of the sort a couple of years ago, except naming Midea specifically: https://www.tsikot.com/forums/miscel...7/#post3313097

Doing some search, several Reddit and Quora threads popped up talking around this topic.

I think major brands now are rebadging Midea and/or Gree units for their smaller residential and SMB product offerings (ductless splits and window ACs) because it doesn't make sense for them to continue R&D when their cheap Chinese competitors are flooding the market. If you can't beat 'em....

That said, it seems that they still continue to design and innovate on their larger core HVAC systems, in-house.

Kinda like how Toyota rebadged Daihatsu units to capture a specific market segment, before they bought the company altogether.