Buy the right size, and know what it costs to run.
Two questions decide most appliance purchases: how big does it need to be, and what will it add to the bill. Both are arithmetic, and both are answerable with numbers you already have — from the rating label and your last electricity bill.
Calculators
- AC Size CalculatorWhat tonnage your room actually needs, adjusted for sun, ceiling height and occupants.
- Running Cost CalculatorWhat an appliance costs to run per month, and whether a higher star rating repays itself.
Appliance prices and specifications change constantly and vary by variant and region, and there is no source we could take them from honestly. So this site does not rank models or quote prices. It gives you the method and does the arithmetic on your numbers — which outlasts any model list.
Buying guides
- Guide
What BEE Star Ratings Actually Tell You
The star label is genuinely useful and routinely misread. It compares machines of similar size and type — not machines in general — and the bar moves.
- Guide
Inverter vs Non-Inverter
One of the few appliance features that genuinely delivers what it promises — with conditions worth understanding before you pay for it.
- Guide
Sizing a Fridge and a Washing Machine
The two appliances people most often buy too large, and the household-size rules of thumb that get you close.
- Guide
What to Check Before You Buy
The things that decide whether you are happy in three years, most of which are not on the feature list.
- Guide
Making Appliances Last
Most premature appliance deaths come from a handful of avoidable things, and nearly all of them are about airflow, water and voltage.
Nothing you enter is collected
Both calculators run entirely in your browser. Your tariff, your usage hours and what you are considering buying are never sent anywhere — there is no server to send them to.