
Blue Star 1.5 Ton 5 Star Inverter Split AC IC718QCUS
Blue Star
- 1.5 ton
- 5 star
- Split
A main bedroom or living room run for long nights through summer
View detailsBrand: Hitachi
True 2 ton capacity with Wi-Fi at ₹55,990
Our editorial score
Good — right for the specific buyer
Living rooms and halls of 230-270 sq ft
Sumo delivers the full 7,032 W a 2 ton AC should, uses a twin rotary compressor and a wider 1,050 mm indoor unit with a dual louvre for throw across a long hall, and adds airCloud Home Wi-Fi. It is rated to 54°C and carries 10 years on the compressor, 5 on the PCB.
It is a 3-star unit at 1,266 declared units a year, so over a long summer it costs more to run than the 5-star 2 ton units from Blue Star and Panasonic. Its price is the argument: ₹11,000 less than Daikin's 3-star 2 ton with the same capacity and a higher ambient rating. The image is an illustration, as Hitachi publishes no model-coded photos.
Every condition below is derived from this product's published specifications and from how it compares with the air conditioners we track — so you can check each one against your own room, supply or budget rather than take our word for it.
Low running cost is a priority
Consumables and routine service run about ₹10,128 a year, which is in the most expensive quarter of the ac purifiers we track. Over five years that puts total ownership near ₹1,06,630.
Sort the database by five-year cost →You live outside a metro or a major service town
Hitachi's service network is rated limited rather than excellent. Filter availability and callout times are what decide whether a purifier is still running in five years, and they are worth checking for your pin code before you buy.
How we score service reach →Length of cover matters to you
Total cover is 12 months, against a median of 60 months across the ac purifiers we track.
| Type | Split AC, inverter compressor |
|---|---|
| Model code | RAS.Y324PCDISL |
| Capacity | 2 ton — 7,032 W rated cooling |
| Energy rating | 3 star |
| ISEER | 4.3 |
| Annual energy use | 1266 units/year declared (BEE 1,600-hour season) ≈ ₹10,128 at ₹8/unit |
| Refrigerant | R32 |
| Condenser | Copper |
| Rated ambient | Cools up to 54°C outdoors |
| Wi-Fi | Built in |
| Filters | anti-bacterial SuperFine mesh filter |
| Self clean | iceClean (FrostWash) |
| Indoor noise | 37 dB(A), as published |
| Indoor unit (H×W×D) | 294 × 1050 × 255 mm |
| Warranty | 1 year comprehensive, 10 years on the compressor (1+9) and 5 years on the PCB (1+4), as listed by Hitachi |
| Price source | Reliance Digital, checked 2026-09-14 |
Specifications are from manufacturer literature and were checked at the last price-verification date. Brands occasionally revise stage counts, tank sizes and warranty terms without changing the model name — confirm against the current listing before purchasing.
A premium Japanese engineering brand with a deliberately small Indian range concentrated on large-capacity French door and multi-door units. Hitachi's vacuum-insulated panels give more internal volume per external millimetre than almost anything else, and its Dual Fan Cooling is among the best implementations of separated fridge/freezer airflow. Expensive, narrow, and excellent if the model you want exists.

Blue Star
A main bedroom or living room run for long nights through summer
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Blue Star
Families who want to cap how much electricity the AC can use in a month
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Blue Star
Halls and living rooms of 200-230 sq ft run for long hours
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Panasonic
Smart-home households in polluted cities
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Tell us your city, your water source and your budget. For homes we will recommend the right technology — including telling you when a ₹3,000 purifier is genuinely enough. For offices, societies and factories, our team will size a system against your water report and send a specification-backed quotation.
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Homes
Right-sized recommendation for your TDS, not the most expensive unit
Offices & societies
25 LPH to 2,000+ LPH, sized on headcount and feed water
Industry
Pharma, food, textile, boiler feed — engineered to your specification
Service & AMC
Installation, repair and AMC with written response times