Midea 280L HP280
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Excellent savings and operation – Have had one now for several months and have found it to be excellent. Has saved me heaps on hot water electricity bills. I have now also adjusted the time settings on it so that it heats in the middle of the day, for when the peak heat of the day is available (eg drawing heat from the environment), and also so that our solar PV system generates power to cover its use. It seems to be very efficient. Show details
Beware of noise – Good efficient unit and will save you money, but don’t believe the 48decibel noise level. Even at 8metres from our bedroom it’s annoying. Especially as even when the timer off function is set to OFF (which we do at night), the fan kicks in for a few minutes every few hours to “measure the ambient air temp” according to the service people at chromagen. It’s the on / off change of sound that wakes you up. Our neighbour is super angry about it Show details
So far so good – Pretty happy. the showers are hot and pressure is good. Unit has a wifi setting but the app is unable to see it. Chromagen says it just doesn't work in Australia. Id like to purchase the extra wifi card or whats ever to make this work. Also, the disinfect cycle runs Sunday night when you're trying to sleep. Can't be changed! Show reply
Perfect money saver – We have reduced our bills by getting rid of our gas system and this runs through the day when our solar is producing power. Money in the pocket, and it works brilliantly. Show details
Ordered and paid 2/8/22 – No updates, no communication apart from when I called them. Promised the world, delivered nothing. Offered refund 'tomorrow', twice, still waiting. Show details
If presentation and functionality of a product is important to you ? go with another brand – Is it cheap to run , compared to other water systems? Yes. did it look like the brochure when it was installed. Yes. Do I think this product is made to be used in Australian Conditions? NO! People have complained about the display unit being hard to read , I’d have to agree. With the design of this system I can understand Having some type of… Read more
condensation running down from top but enough to cause Rust ? and discolouration of the finish … within 36 month’s is pretty bad if you ask me.
I’ll let these images attached sink in for anyone who actually takes the initiative these days to research prior to purchase Best luck to you all.
Nice unit but useless display – Have not tried high demand yet but had to call service about display which I thought was not working. They were very helpful but said I had view from a step ladder at night to see the display. The display is "clearly" useless by daylight. Needs a good explanation in the manual but I guess this would be embarrassing. Show details
Trouble free economical hot water heater – So, never heard of heat pumps before getting one installed by our house builder. After 5 years the heater is still going strong without a single problem (touch wood). We have never tampered with the original settings and it continues to supply copious quantities of hot water, even with extreme use by many household visitors. It has a Holiday mode… Read more
which we have never used and have left the unit for weeks without a problem. One negative is a bit of rust around the top cover from the condensate dripping during operation.
No one will even give me an installation date… – I wish I reviewing this unit after having one installed, but I have paid the company in full and asked repeatedly when I can get it installed, yet no one will get back to me. Our current hot water system is on its last legs and we are hanging out for an install date but Chromagen is giving us nothing. Buyer beware when dealing with this company, I am so far unimpressed and very unhappy. Show details
New Midea 280L heat pump is great! – Green Logic installed a 170L Midea heat pump for us at our last home in Cannington about 9 years ago and it never missed a beat. When we moved to Canning Vale we didn't hesitate to order the new 280L Midea my brother in law had Green Logic install (he's been raving about it!). It works perfectly with our solar panel system to generate free hot water from our excess solar power. Would highly recommend to anyone. Show details
Free hot water from the air! – Bought a new Midea 280L Heat Pump from Green Logic last year to replace my existing gas storage heater. The heat pump is quiet and runs during the day when my solar panels are generating making perfect use of our excess energy. Easily caters for a family of 4 with no sign of running out of hot water with the big 300L storage. Great value for money and would definitely recommend.
Very well built and easy to set timers with new Version 2 280L – Replaced my first Version 1 280L Midea which lasted 12 years this week with the new and improved Version 2 Midea 280L. The new Midea 280L V2 is very well built with a new powder coated steel shroud replacing the old plastic one. Built to hold up to the scorching UV rays in summer and now comes with the added bonus of easy to set timers. I set… Read more
mine to run for free during the day off my solar panels so the cost is neglible if anything to run. The heat pump is also very quiet running at a mere 48 decibels. Great alternative to a solar hot water system without the need of mounting anything on your roof.
Very noisy! Poor service! Liars! – Ok this machine is very noisy, it disturbs sleeps! Timer has been set up to run daytime only. BUT IT STILL RUNS MIDNIGHT EVERY THURSDAY! I called several times to QLD service, at first time, was told it’s because the low temperature at night?? So my question is only every Thursday night is low temperature?! So I did lots of search, found out… Read more
there’s a ridiculous function called “ disinfect” and it will run from 23:00 every 7 days!! Plus I found some other customers got it turned off. So I called again, now I was told it’s a default setting, they’re not able to change it. And I told them I saw other customers got it turned off!!! Now they just ignored me, no reply at all. I have to suffer the stupid noise every Thursday midnight!
Wish there’s no star rate or negative star to rate!!
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VERY noisy – Very noisy, the unit needs to be set up for timer so it doesn't operate at night. BUT that is a nightmare to do. Not at all logical and very difficult to set times. Then one little power outage and you have to go through the whole hideous process again. It defeats the object if you want to run it overnight to take advantage of lower electricity… Read more
tariffs. Takes a very long time to heat up after the family has used all the hot water. In short - don't waste your money on this rubbish.
not good , old generation of tech solutions , really poor quality display visibility – I have had this 280 liter unit for over 20 months now. Here are some of the most important points that I seriously advise against buying Chromagen Midea 280 L 1. Chromagen's warranty service personel is sluggish and "deaf service" combined with a lack of knowledge Customers have to wait to long for respond . It shouldn't be like that. 2.The… Read more
biggest problem with Chromagen Midea is the quality of the display. Absolutely no visibility during the day . If I want to change or make new set up of something similar with display then you have to do it during night (when is dark around) . Is it not stupid? 3. Customers can't set "disinfection on" for daylight hours when solar panels active. It turns on all the time once a week in the middle of the night . Manual says that possible to change.....????? 4. The unit is not quiet but very economical. 5. The very ineffective system of water drainage from under the Evaporator causes that after first16 months this place turns rusty/ brown . 6.The operation and maintenance manual of the device contains a number of errors and misleading information that relate to the Midea 170 L and 280 L in one book . These are two different designs and different solutions and the manual does not specify this. The person who did this translation for both different units (170 L and 280 L) in 1 book probably do not know Chinese very well. 7.Chromagen QLD works with unreliable fitters with a poor reputation/ knowledge . My unit was placed on a high curve and nobody checked it before handover. The unit had an electrical fault in the first few days after handover. And later, Chromagen servis QLD was try to complain /make Metricon's fitters responsible to fix this . Metricon has blamed the distributor / cooperator between Chromagen and them . Wasting days , the customer need to wait a days and days and does not know who is responsible for this mess. 8 Positive point - heating time is short. Looks like heating pump is very efficient. In this field is well done .
WARNING!!!! Do not get one – Noisey so noisey its woken me up every night since installed its over 30 feet away from bedroom double brick house its always running insulation is terrible so it always heating just dumb. When installed the team fitted it to old stand and now its not sitting unstable and crooked incoming pipes holding it in place and they did not take old tank… Read more
left rubbish everywere even had to get rid of box it came in myself they lied to me at every stage when i asked why they were not taking old unit the installer looked at me and said we dont have anywhere to keep them DO NOT ACQUIRE
Now have 14 of these having replaced our old storage heaters at our accommodation facility – We are unable to determine what savings we are making as we are an accommodation provider. They do tend to make quite a lot of noise at times and due to this we have them on a timer to come on at 7.00am in the morning, so guests are not disturbed. This does cause issues if one guest in a cabin has a long shower at night then their partner wants… Read more
one in the morning- before the water has had a chance to come to the set temperature. Also, if there is a power glitch, even a tiny one, the timers we have them on will go off and sometimes the units will then not heat water, which means then going around the complex checking each one, usually after a guest complaining there is no hot water. The front covers which are held on by small magnets will come off in high winds, to the point some of them we have just left off. We are unable to find any information as to whether it is cheaper to turn them off if a cabin is not occupied for a one week period, this type of information would be usefull. 9/2/19 lowered star rating as now that time has gone by, the control panels are deteriorating in the hot weather. They should possibly be installed under cover.
Exceptional service and install – My solar hot water unit had to be replaced due to a leaking tank on my roof and the plumber from Ureco recommended installing a Midea heat pump for its energy efficiency and reliability. I was skeptical that it would save me more money than the traditional system..... but its been in place for 6 months now and I have had a significant improvement… Read more
on my power bill. The timer function allows me to heat my water from the PV power I produce during the day...a neat bit of technology. The removal of the original hot water system and reinstallation was fast and the team cleaned up as if they had never been there.
Highly recommended.
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