Zhigao is a traditional private home appliance enterprise, with a large production scale, in addition to the main production of fixed-frequency low-end split air conditioners, its mobile air conditioning series is also quite numerous, and the popularity is high. As a third-tier brand in China, Chigo does not have a dazzling innovative technology, mainly relying on low prices to occupy the market and relying on entry-level models to stabilize its market position.
Like Haier and Xinke, Zhigao's compressors are also purchased in the form of outsourcing, in addition to Meizhi's compressors, Zhigao also uses Shanghai Hitachi (Haili) compressors in some models. Meizhi compressor has the first domestic market share, and Highly also belongs to the domestic first-line compressor, with a good reputation, but in the core component of the compressor, Zhigao currently only plays an assembly role, and controlling the upstream of the industrial chain is still the direction that Zhigao needs to work on.
It should be noted that Chigo, like Gree, is not equipped with a condensate self-evaporation system on the mobile air conditioner, which means that users still need to use the drain pipe to drain their own water when using it, so even if it is as cost-effective as Xinke, the convenience of Chigo mobile air conditioner in use is obviously weaker.
Chigo does not seem to pay attention to the noise problem, and does not deliberately use noise reduction technology on mobile air conditioners, with an average noise of nearly 60 decibels, making the whole machine still noisy even after turning on the sleep mode during operation, and can only be used in kitchens that are not sensitive to noise, and is extremely unsuitable for use during sleep.
Chigo mobile air conditioning product series are more, of which KY-20 and KY-23 models are priced in the early thousands, which is very suitable for low-budget people, the appearance resembles a large air purifier, all adopt the design of the front air outlet, and the refrigerant is also filled with R410a models, of course, these are low-power air conditioners, and the space below 10 square meters can be considered.
Chigo KYR-42 is currently the model with the highest refrigeration capacity among the products of mainstream domestic manufacturers, with a power of 2 horses, which is larger than TCL's KYR-36/WEY, mainly positioned as a small and medium-sized living room air conditioner, and its price is even less than 2000 yuan, far lower than other brands, and the cost performance is relatively outstanding, but its refrigerant still uses the old type R22, and the energy efficiency ratio of 2.8 is not excellent in the 2P model, which means that the power consumption is also greater.
