The air conditioner was purchased on the Wildberries marketplace for 10,520 rubles plus 1,300 rubles for delivery. On the day of filming the second episode, the model already cost 8,834 rubles, and at one point, according to the authors’ observations, the price dropped to 7,500 rubles. Vickers regularly wins in the company’s internal price monitoring, which it conducts on its channels.
The main intrigue of the episode is a hidden feature. According to the authors, Wi‑Fi is not stated either in the product description on the marketplace or in the specs on the model’s listing card, and when disassembling the indoor unit, the familiar Wi‑Fi modem is not visually found. Nevertheless, after installing the SmartLife app, the air conditioner is detected and added to the system.
The team checked how functional the control is:
set the temperature to 21 degrees;
changed the position of the louvers directly from the app.
In this model, which is atypical for this price segment, the louvers move not only up and down but also side to side — and this mode is also available from a smartphone 📱.
The review authors translated the find into money. According to their data:
a separate Wi‑Fi module for a split system costs about 3,000 rubles;
the price difference between identical models of the same series with preinstalled Wi‑Fi and without it ranges from 2,500 to 5,000 rubles.
At the same time, Vickers charges nothing for the feature and does not report its presence.
From the technical measurements made in the first episode, the team reminded the main points:
the model’s stated noise level is 24 dB, while the device at minimum speed showed 42.9 dB; the authors consider the fan drive to be the source of the extraneous hum;
the vibration value was 0.33 compared with 0.15 for good models;
the copper surface area of the indoor unit is 0.15 m², and of the outdoor unit 0.185 m², which became the absolute minimum in the company’s entire history of measurements;
the compressor is Gree with the marking A07, corresponding to the 7,000 BTU size class;
the manufacturer is CHIGO.
Separately, the episode examines a non-standard use case. Since Vickers VG‑07HE is not an inverter model, it has no closed communication protocols between the indoor and outdoor units. This means that the indoor unit with Wi‑Fi and louver control can be connected to any other non-inverter outdoor unit — for example, to a higher-quality outdoor unit from an old Japanese air conditioner. In effect, instead of buying a Wi‑Fi module for 3,000 rubles, the user purchases an entire air conditioner for 8,834 rubles.
The authors’ conclusion
The position of Avgust-klimat on the model remained the same: it is a working air conditioner, but not with the capacity the buyer expects. Because of the record-small copper area in the outdoor unit, the unit will not provide the stated cooling capacity in hot weather — it is suitable for central Russia, but the authors do not recommend it for southern regions.
The drawbacks also include:
increased noise;
cheap pipe insulation.
At the same time, the team counted the appearance, neat assembly, side-to-side louver control, and unexpected Wi‑Fi among the model’s strengths. Separately, the authors thanked subscribers for the correction and called the video an episode of justice.