Wow. I used to work in that industry until last year with one of the big ones. Here's my summary. These ar all PPV (positive pressure) systems
HRV - very good system but sales methods are appalling, pushy and money driven and now run by Australians. DVS has too few vents but are changing but getting expensive as a result. Healthaire - very good system but controller lets them down. AMS - useless controller, always failing. Weiss - average. SAYR - very good but new to market, they use the HRV motor. SmartVent cheap equipment and noisy, should only be used for a bach. Ecoair - cheap and nasty. Uses an off/on switch. Avoid them. Driveair - shudder. MoistureMaster - they needs heaters in the roof to work (their salespitch). Cleanaire - Not a PPV but a true Heat Recovery Ventilation but needs a totally 100% sealed house to work properly and overseas websites back this up. .... The rest (5-6) aren't worth even looking at except for baches.
Plenty of companies to choose from but the most important thing to look for is high flow, vents everywhere and excellent control system.
We have had hrv and found the system very good. We now have SAYR in our home which is very similar but a bit cheaper. The sales guy was definately not pushy, explained everything so even my wife could understand it and left us alone. We looked at a few others but thought SAYR was offering the best product for the price.
I was rung up by HRV tonight. He started off saying he had a special deal for me, as a home owner in my suburb... I asked him how he knew I owned my own home and he said he didn't, he just guessed.
It went downhill from there and he hung up on me five minutes later.
I don't like sales calls during the kids bedtimes!
I don't know where they get their list of people to contact from but I've been rung up 2 times in the last 6 months asking for my wifes maiden Name.
Does anyone know the legalities of Telemarketers. Do they have to tell me where they got my number? If I ask them to remove my name/number from their call list and they don't and they call me again?
South45: Wow. I used to work in that industry until last year with one of the big ones. Here's my summary. These ar all PPV (positive pressure) systems
HRV - very good system but sales methods are appalling, pushy and money driven and now run by Australians. DVS has too few vents but are changing but getting expensive as a result. Healthaire - very good system but controller lets them down. AMS - useless controller, always failing. Weiss - average. SAYR - very good but new to market, they use the HRV motor. SmartVent cheap equipment and noisy, should only be used for a bach. Ecoair - cheap and nasty. Uses an off/on switch. Avoid them. Driveair - shudder. MoistureMaster - they needs heaters in the roof to work (their salespitch). Cleanaire - Not a PPV but a true Heat Recovery Ventilation but needs a totally 100% sealed house to work properly and overseas websites back this up. .... The rest (5-6) aren't worth even looking at except for baches.
Plenty of companies to choose from but the most important thing to look for is high flow, vents everywhere and excellent control system.
Hope that helps anyone
The guy who started HRV originally worked for Healthaire, Before leaving to start HRV. I believed he used the HA controller (rebranded) to start with. I also believe HA took him to court over some matters as well.
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." - -- Abraham lincoln
"If you are receiving calls that you consider to be a nuisance Telecom may be able to assist. However, we are only able to investigate if it is causing serious problems and calls/text messages are occurring on an on-going basis.
You can contact the Telecom Call Investigation Centre on 0800 809 806 during the hours of 8am - 5pm, Monday to Friday (excluding statutory holidays). Please be ready to provide the date, time and nature of the call or text message and an Investigator will assist with your complaint."
If HRV are still calling after you have advised them you do not wish to hear from them ever again, then this is clearly a nuisance call. Telecom is worth a go I think.
You could always try requesting the info under the privacy act, not sure how far it would get you but the privacy commissioner is feared by most so they tend to comply
IMO these attic to lounge systems are a total scam racket. I should know as I got taken by one.. They are so intensely scammish I will not say the name as their goons might come after me. We can't use ours anymore as neighbors burn fires and our house was filling up with smoke from outside! Their suggestion? Get a system that fills your air with plasma gas to counter the smoke. In the end we caved and got a Fujitsu heat pump. The thing is awesome, cools and heats the entire house AND it dries the entire house with it's "dry" function. I no longer rage over getting scammed, now I just consider it a life lesson.
Yeah, their claims of what the filters can do are a bit optimistic. Until I ducted mums bathroom fan, the whole house stunk of shampoo after someone showered.
richms: Yeah, their claims of what the filters can do are a bit optimistic.
I told the HRV guy who called last night that we have an old house which has loads of natural ventilation. He rattled off a list of things in the outside air that were undesirable (and hence why roof air is better)... pollen, dust, carbon dioxide...next time they call I'd be interested to hear more about where he was going with that last one. (Last night he didn't get past the roof air temperature.)
Albert53: Privacy Act does not apply to private companies.
You couldn't be any more wrong if you said the moon was made of cheese. The Official Information Act does not apply to private companies, but the Privacy Act applies to everyone - even individuals, technically.
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