Bonaire BI12ID-BI12OD
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Good experience – Purchased 17 years ago. Still working OK. Only service call was when a mouse shorted the pcb.
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Boniare BI12OD (Good For Nothing) – My Bonaire Dual BI12OD Dual Cycle Refrigerant Cooling & Gas Heating System. I had my unit installed in my brand new house. The air con worked fine for less than a year (it cooled the house down on hot days). Until the day it stopped working and started blowing out warm air. I have had countless problems with this system over the 5 Years. Never worked good again since the first problem. (Never have had the house cooled down on hot days after that. The system always trips. It worked fine on day one. I tell them, why not now?)
I have had endless callouts, during the warranty period. In most cases works for a week, then it blows out warm air again. Please read other reviews on the Bonaire brand first before you make a decision.
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Bonaire are Rubbish – If you were thinking of purchasing a Bonaire product and have found this review then you are in luck. Dont buy their products - they constantly fail and finding replacement parts is impossible. We spend upwards of $9000 and when the fan blades packed it in the company was unable to get replacements. No one had any solution or any great interest in trying to fix the problem.
Make no mistake - BONAIRE ARE A RIP OFF
Dont believe the sales talk, don't believe anyone who claims the units are fine and are supported by a parts network. We waited 12 weeks for the replacement fan blades to come and they did not fit and the company couldnt priovide ones that did.
If you still purchase Bonaire after reading this then you deserve all you get.
The worst! – Do not ever buy any Bonaire, Celair or Pyrox product. Do not purchase anything under the Climate technology banner. Unit lasted one summer, National service manager does not return calls or emails. have now resorted to consumer affairs to try get my unit fixed which still has 3 and a half years warranty on. Consumer affairs are also getting the same response as me. paid $11000 and this is the service they give. NOTHING! EVERYTHING!
Piece of junk – Don't buy it , Don't buy it . you will be wasting ur money on this garbage . Put a new one in my brand new house and the refrigerating is terrible . it was 42 this summer and after 5 hr operation it manages to decrease it to 39 . called the service and believe me this mob all they want is ur money and they won't give u anything in return . i got a reply from them to contact the guy who put it first to check the problem . Done that and he doesn't have any clue about what is wrong . Rang them back and they told they will charge me 200 $ to get another guy to come to check even if still under warranty .
doesn't cool enough , high running cost even with the 4 star system
Mr Airight Pty Ltd, this comment is ridiculous! You suggest to cool your house before you switch your air-conditioning unit on? Maintain your indoor temperature below 30 for the unit to work, without the use of air-conditioning? Let's face it - Bonair products need to be avoided!
Mr Airight PTY LTD , are u for real !!!!!!!!!!!!!!, i have to cool the house so the air condition can work . believe me if i can cool my house first , i won't buy an air condition . it like make sure food is freezed before using the fridge . or make sure the bread is baked before using the oven . do u have any clew how much this garbage unit cost ??? , i think u know . but why didn't have this problem with deakin unit ??? or why my neighbor who have Mitsubishi unit don't have this issue . the simple answer is bonnaire is rubbish . and the customer service is just a joke . just give them a call and listen to the operator , just i think she was flooded with complains about these products and she just won't to help solving the problems anymore
Just an update. The unit now is totally malfunction. I got a quote for 9k to replace it. after recharging it every 3 months trying to improve it. This unit now will end up in the rubbish.Rubbish product and company
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There may be an installation issue that you need attended to. You need your installer to come back to rectify.
Also take into account that that system will begin to reduce efficiency greatly above 35-37C ambient. Couple that with a massively high indoor temperature & I am surprised it ran at all. you need to maintain indoor temp below 30 at all times for it to work. Below 27 is even better. DO NOT ALLOW YOUR HOUSE TO GET HOT BEFORE TURNING IT ON. If its going to be a hot day run from before sunrise & don't allow house to get hot.
The scenario you mentioned above is like sticking a 4kg roast @ 200c into a bar fridge that was turned off & expecting to refrigerate it in an hour!!!! it ain't happenin!!
AIRIGHT PTY LTD