Using the Canada extra.(Table)

USING THE CANADA EXTRA

The Ratings you'll find in this 16-page section list some of the same products included in Ratings reports elsewhere in this book, but with a difference: The products listed here are those that, according to the manufacturers, are sold in Canada.

You can use this section in either of two ways: Start with the main Ratings, find several products you like, and turn to this section to find whether they're sold--and for what price--in Canada. Or start here, find products sold in Canada whose price and overall score you like, and read more about them in the main report and full Ratings chart.

We've tried to make it easier to compare products in the main Ratings to products in the Canadian lists by using the same key numbers (in Ratings that use them) in both. In the Ratings of dryers, for example, the Maytag model listed first in this section has key number 3, because it appears third in the main Ratings on page 250.

In most cases, the prices we list here are the approximate retail in Canadian dollars; manufacturers' list prices are indicated with an asterisk.

"NA" in the chart means that some of the information wasn't available from the manufacturers.

 
Air conditioners Report: page 98; Ratings: page 225 
 
About half of the 35 tested air conditioners in three sizes are 
available, including the 2 CR Best Buy LG models. 
 
Within types, in performance order 
 
KEY BRAND & MODEL                                     PRICE     OVERALL 
NO.                                                             SCORE 
    SMALL: 5,000 TO 6,000 BTU/HR. 
 
 2  Friedrich X Star XQ05J10A                          $550      77 
 6  Whirlpool YACQ068MP                                 280 *    75 
 7  Carrier Solaire ACA051T                             300      74 
 9  LG LL060CS                                          485 *    74 
12  Panasonic Deluxe CW-XC54HK                          300      73 
13  Goldstar R0500M                                     250 *    71 
14  Fedders X Series A6X06F2A                           190      70 
15  Fedders X Series A6X05F2B                           160      67 
16  Haier Preference Plus HWR06XCA                      200      63 
17  Amana Touch Cooling AACO61STA                       280      61 
 
    MIDSIZED: 7,800 TO 8,200 BTU/HR. 
 
18  LG LW080CS A CR Best Buy                           $380 *    79 
19  Fedders Q Series A7Q08F2A                           310      74 
20  Friedrich Quietmaster Electronic SS08J10R           830      67 
22  Whirlpool YACQ088XP                                 380 *    66 
23  Panasonic Deluxe CW-XC84HK                          400 *    64 
 
    LARGE: 9,800 TO 12,300 BTU/HR. 
 
25  Panasonic Deluxe CW-XC104HK                         480 *    77 
26  LG LW100CS A CR Best Buy                            480 *    76 
29  Carrier XC-Series XCD121D                           700      66 
30  Amana Touch Cooling AAC101STA                       390      65 
31  Fedders Y Series A6Y12F2A                           450      65 
 
Camcorders Report: page 30; Ratings: page 231 
All 28 tested digital and analog camcorders are available. 
 
Within types, in performance order 
 
KEY  BRAND & MODEL                        PRICE        OVERALL 
NO.                                                    SCORE 
 
     DIGITAL MODELS                         PRICE      OVERALL 
                                                       SCORE 
 
  1  Panasonic VDR-M70                      $1,100       75 
  2  Hitachi DZ-MV550A                       1,000       70 
  3  Panasonic VDR-M50                       1,000       67 
  4  Hitachi DZ-MV580A                       1,200       66 
  5  Panasonic PV-GS200                      1,300       65 
  6  Canon Optura 30                         1,200       64 
  7  Sony DCR-HC20                             700       63 
  8  Sony DCR-HC40                             900 *     62 
  9  Sony DCR-IP1                            1,600 *     62 
 10  Sony DCR- HC851 …