In the fiercely competitive Japanese air conditioning market, Panasonic has successively defeated heavyweight competitors such as Mitsubishi Electric and Daikin, and has been the first place in the market share of Japanese household air conditioners for many years, which shows its technical strength. In the eyes of Chinese consumers, Panasonic also often means excellent performance and reliable quality, and its split air conditioner models are numerous, with a wide range of prices, whether it is a fixed-frequency entry-level model or a high-end original imported model, consumers can find their favorite choice.
 
The compressor is "mediocre" but durable
 
Many people in the air conditioning industry pointed out that Panasonic's compressor is more popular, in fact, this does not mean that its "poor quality", mainly because the competitors of the same echelon have a complete layout in the compressor field and master many cutting-edge technologies, which makes Panasonic's compressor relatively mediocre.
 
In fact, Panasonic's compressor output has been ranked first in the world for many years, in China and Guangzhou Wanbao set up a joint venture company, in addition to the standard configuration of its own split air conditioner, but also exported to other air conditioning manufacturers, the product has been known for rapid refrigeration, stable operation, favored by the market, which is inseparable from Panasonic's micron-level production accuracy requirements, but it should be pointed out that Panasonic's compressor internal structure design is still not hot, and the noise performance is slightly inferior to Mitsubishi Electric and other super first-line manufacturers.
 
Finely adjusted stepless sine wave frequency conversion
 
"Rapid refrigeration at the beginning of starting, smooth and smooth temperature change" is the significant feature of Panasonic's inverter split air conditioner, the development of stepless sine wave inverter technology, through the redesign of the circuit, the square wave is converted into sine wave control, the peak of the sine wave is about 22% higher than the square wave, greatly increasing the upper limit of the speed, realizing the rapid cooling of the air conditioner, the temperature of the air outlet can be reduced to 15 °C within 1 minute, and after reaching the set temperature, the stepless frequency conversion is used to turn to low-speed operation, and the temperature control can also be evenly controlled at ±0.5 °C. Feel natural and comfortable.
 
Low temperature heatingENECHARGE thermal storage technology
 
The air conditioning industry is known as "refrigeration is the basic skill, heating is the real skill", domestic air conditioning is often equipped with electric auxiliary heating module auxiliary heating, which is equivalent to integrating the electric heater into the air conditioning, consuming 1 part of electric energy can only produce 1 part of heat, and the hot resistance wire has certain safety hazards, and it is easy to promote the release of harmful gases from plastic parts, which affects health and environmental protection, and does not shy away from saying that electric auxiliary heating is a rather backward heating technology, and Japanese brands have been basically eliminated, including Panasonic.
 
The "ENECHARGE heat storage" hybrid technology developed by Panasonic is known as the "new form of warmth", which mainly relies on the compressor instead of electric auxiliary heat for heating, and can produce 3 parts of heat for every 1 part of electric energy consumed, and the energy efficiency is far better than that of the electric auxiliary heat design, through the addition of an aluminum heat storage module outside the compressor, the waste heat collected during the working process of the compressor is collected to assist in heat insulation, so as to improve the low-temperature heat absorption performance of the compressor, and the warm air of 35°C can still be blown out at minus 25 °C. However, it should be pointed out that Panasonic retains the heater insulation design at the bottom of the compressor, and there is still a large technical gap compared with Mitsubishi Electric's low-temperature enthalpy increase.
 
In order to prove the power of heat storage technology, Panasonic also did an interesting experiment in Mohe, a city at the northern tip of China, placing a row of fertilized eggs in an indoor space of about 8 square meters, and then starting the flagship Yijue VE series split air conditioner equipped with heat storage technology, which continued to heat the room in an outdoor environment of minus 25 °C, and finally successfully hatched chicks after 22 days, and the indoor temperature has been maintained at 37 °C, with outstanding heating performance.
 
Full layout from flagship to entry
 
Compared with the vast majority of Japanese home appliance brands in the Chinese market, Panasonic has launched many cost-effective products in recent years with its down-to-earth localization strategy to recover the market decline in a timely manner, but the proliferation of cost-effective products has blinded Panasonic's technical strength to a certain extent. In fact, Panasonic's air conditioning products launched in Japan are quite powerful in performance and extremely rich in humanized functions, but the price is generally high and the acceptance in the Chinese market is insufficient, so through the reduction of functions, and then the price is reduced, it has become Panasonic's market guidance strategy in China.
 
Yijue VE series is Panasonic's flagship series imported from Japan, the core performance of cooling and heating is naturally top-notch, the maximum heating capacity of the large 1 horse model is as high as 8100W, even compared to Mitsubishi Electric, it is not weak, but compared with the Japanese local model, it has reduced auxiliary functions such as automatic cleaning, the price is at the 20000 yuan level, which is obviously prepared for consumers with a large budget, and the recently launched 18AW series is also worth considering, compared to Yijue VE weakened about 30% of the heating performance, The price has also been lowered to 12,000-15,000 yuan.
 
The representative work of the mid-to-high-end wall-mounted machine is the XE series, the heating performance is only half of the Yijue VE, and the minimum starting temperature is minus 10 °C, but the price has dropped sharply to between 8000-9000 yuan, which is very suitable for consumers with a relatively sufficient budget and no high demand for winter heating.
 
If you want to add a high-end cabinet air conditioner to the living room, Panasonic's Zun Platinum VH series is also worth paying attention to, it is positioned as the "living room flagship", both materials and performance are the highest level of Panasonic, there are two specifications of large 2 horses and 3 horses to choose from, and strengthen the low temperature heating performance, -30 °C can still be turned on normally, consumers with sufficient budget and living in the cold winter and no central heating can pay attention to it, the price is more than 30,000 yuan.
 
As for the mid-range cabinet air conditioner, you can pay attention to the JE series, using DC frequency conversion control technology, the price is about 10,000 yuan, mainly to reduce the heat exchanger materials and low-temperature heating supporting technology, suitable for consumers with relatively sufficient budget and do not have much demand for cold heating.
 
Of course, Panasonic and Mitsubishi Electric have not given up the entry market, and cooperated with e-commerce platforms to launch many cost-effective series, such as SA fixed frequency, SE and DGN DC inverter series, in the parameters of the low price air conditioning market is not prominent, mainly with excellent workmanship, reliable quality to capture consumers, the price is between 2800-4500 yuan, this price can often buy a domestic full DC inverter air conditioner, how to choose still needs consumers to decide.