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Philips Viva Collection HD4928/01 2100-Watt Induction Cooktop, Soft Touch Button with Crystal Glass (Black)
₹3,399.00
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| Weight | 2.1 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 34.5 × 10.5 × 43.2 cm |
| Colour | Black |
| Material | Glass |
| Special Feature | Auto Shut Off |
| Brand | Philips |
| Heating Elements | 1 |
| Product Dimensions | 34.5D x 10.5W x 43.2H Centimeters |
| Wattage | 2100 Watts |
| Controls Type | Push Button |
| Voltage | 220 Volts |
| Burner type | Induction |
| Power Source | Corded Electric |
| Country of Origin | India |
| Item model number | HD 4928/01 |
| ASIN | B00EDJJ7FS |
| Packer | Versuni India Home Solutions Ltd. (3rd Floor, Tower A, DLF IT Park,08 Block AF Major Arterial Road, New Town (Rajarhat) Kolkata WB 700156 IN) |
| Item Weight | 2 kg 100 g, 2.1 Kilograms |
| Net Quantity | 1 Count |
| Included Components | Induction cooktop and User manual |
| Generic Name | Induction Cooptop |
| Manufacturer | Philips, Philips, Versuni India Home Solutions Ltd. (3rd Floor, Tower A, DLF IT Park,08 Block AF Major Arterial Road, New Town (Rajarhat) Kolkata WB 700156 IN) |
Deepa –
Great cooktop. It’s the first time I’m trying induction. Packaged well enough to prevent damage/breakage of glass top, though had expected more protective packaging. Was delivered the very next morning (had ordered it the night before from Cloudtail), as I have subscribed to Prime. Very quick delivery.About the product itself: Worked well from the very first second. Works perfectly with steel and induction base utensils. If the size or material (experimented with other dishes) is not right, it does not start up but warns you with a constant beeping, till you take the item off and restart with the correct cookware. Very happy with the product (been using for a day), heats milk in a jiffy (about 2 minutes on 1000 w), made tea using a steel tea vessel and cheese sandwiches using an induction base pan. Doesn’t scorch the pan, easy fast cooking, easy to use. Kitchen doesn’t heat up the way it does with a gas cooktop and easy on arms since it is faster (the main reasons I intended to try induction). Need to try making normal Indian meals including rotis (need to buy an appropriate tawa for roti and dosa). Saves a lot of time. I will update at a later point after using for a while. However, extremely happy and thrilled with it for now. Wondering why I didn’t buy it much earlier (no, actually, I do know: it’s cause we were afraid it would use too much electricity and our bill would go sky high through the roof)! Need to see what my electricity bill looks like after a month of use, but from the reviews on amazon and on the internet, induction cooking is supposed to be energy efficient, so hopefully will not be high. I will update on this as well later. Cord is long enough (for my purposes a little too long actually). Very light and portable, easy to move around the kitchen. Had expected it to be heavy, but it’s surprisingly not. A little higher than expected from the base of the kitchen slab though due to the small raised knobs/legs, but guess the space is needed for the fan to cool off the cooktop.Adds a cool tech look to my kitchen too 🙂 Now I feel I have a fully equipped kitchen! Slight noise from the fan, but that is fine as it actually helps you to know it is on and working.All in all a great purchase at almost 50% of it’s actual price, really worth it.Update:1 day later, made methi rotis and boiled potatoes for alu raita. The methi rotis came out very well, well cooked through in less time than on gas. First heating of the tawa takes a little time (about 1 roti) to really heat up, but after that you can make them pretty fast, without as as much perspiration as in gas cooktop. What a blessing. I had the kitchen fan on, too (which could not be used with flame as it would waver). I played music and danced (literally) to Coldplay while making rotis (believe me first time ever). Used the roti/dosa button to regulate the temp etc and all was easy.Potatoes were boiled using my Pigeon induction cooker (at last found one more use for it) 🙂 As others have commented before, the Pressure Cook button seems not to work well (at least for Indian conditions?). After 15 minutes steam was still not coming out of the cooker. So gave up, returned to (by now familiar) Manual button. In 10 minutes my potatoes were ready (after 3 whistles). Cooled them and made delicious, cool alu raita to go with the rotis. Looking forward to making more dishes on this cooktop. I’m only keeping fingers crossed now that it continues to work well for months / years more as some other reviewers pointed out issues at a later stage (sometimes electronic products do get problems). But can still get it repaired or replaced I suppose. Otherwise, well, we buy mobiles and other stuff for quite a few thousands without regrets, why can’t we spend less than a quarter of that for kitchen gadgets, which make cooking in an Indian kitchen during the hot summer months especially, a pleasure? Worth the risk. And Philips is a reputed brand, so here’s hoping the products do last for years.
Amazon Customer –
Very nice product, easy to use but replacement I received in a bad condition with out properly packing.
Anand –
FIRST.. a note: Amazon needs an hour to upload my 5min video, so i dont know if it will appear in my review. I bet many of us have many useful and practical suggestions for Amazon, but they do not seem to care.SECOND .. Small heads up: a) This cooktop can handle only cookware with base dia (actual flat contact with induction plate) of 12CM to 20CM. b) Stir frying is always better with open flame i.e gas/wok/high flame outdoor burners etc. Saute on this cooktop will be just OK. c) Cooktime, heat transfer, temperature control all depend more on the cookware you use on this. The economical ones on Amazon wont give you best results. d) Do not leave cookware on the stovetop, remove after cooking(heat and weight issues). You can utilise the residual heat on the plate to warm up ghee or butter in any flat bottom dish after you turn power on cooktop off. Turn off mains only after fan has stopped and residual heat light goes off.e) If you like soups, like me, slow cook for 1hr (not possible on gas) to extract max flavor.THIRD..the REVIEW: It starts with a big thanks to the manufacturer,seller,delivery agency,Amazon and all those anonymous support staff who made it possible for my new baby to be delivered home. RetailEZ , tyvm. I look for your name now and will pay extra to get same item from you than from others. Last time, i ordered an oven to arrive 2days before a kid’s birthday, they did not deliver it even though it reached the local delivery point and I was a PRIME member at the time. This time, i’m very happy.About the cooktop… 2100W is very good. You need all the power you can get to try to make good stir fry on induction. Used 1200W earlier ocassions, stuff just gets boiled with hardly any caramelization. Preset MENUs… excellent. Manual, slow cook and pressure cook tried out, work awesome. SLOW COOK and Pause features are a dream for those who like to slow braise. NOISE LEVELs….decently low. good volume of indicator sounds and tolerable induction sound even at highest power. CLEANING… easy to wipe clean, liquids do not get into electronic or hard to clean crevices. A simple soft absorbent cloth kepty handy will go a long way to keep baby’s face nice n shiny. EASE of USE… controls are simple. IF in doubt, just press MANUAL, then adjust power/temperature with +/- buttons, standby like with gas stove. 2 or 3 times of cooking and you will get the hang of it. VALUE for MONEY… If this is the same Philips company that made my mixie, this cooktop will probably run till parts reach the end of their useful life. I’ll be happy if i can use this for five years and save up to buy the next new tech cooktop that comes along.SUMMARY: Just buy it. This review is after 3 days use. But i have used induction cooktops a lot. I would recommend this one to my friends.p.s: Video did not upload. Used to wonder why videos are so short in reviews, now i know. Anyways, it was a 5 minute video demo on a litre of water boiling in Amazons Solimo 3 litre dutch oven with induction base, it took 4.5 minutes to raise 24degC water to a bubbling boil.ty an good day.
⚡ Pushpendra Singh Patel ⚡ –
This is my 3rd purchase of this Induction cooktop by Philips. I got 2 of these in Oct 2017 and both are working good so far, without a single issue. Earlier it was for my relatives but this time requirement came from my own kitchen. So without any second thought, I ordered this one, owing to wonderful past experience with the same product.•••••••••••••••••••? INSIDE BOX•••••••••••••••••••→ Induction cooktop→ Safety leaflet→ User ManualCord length: 1.5 m approxMax power: 2100 wattsWarranty: 1 Year••••••••••••➕ PROS••••••••••••1. Stylish & durable cooktop for the kitchen.2. Works great with lots of preset options for cooking.3. Works with a good range of iron/magnetic base cookware, bottom diameter 12-20cm.4. Every mode has an accompanying led indicator above the button.5. Manual mode in any induction is kind of a blessing to have full control over the cooking process.6. Many preset modes can also be adjusted as per the required temperature and cooking time.7. +/- can be used to adjust both temperature and timer.••••••••••••➖ CONS••••••••••••1. The only thing I miss here is a startup kit, which Philips if it includes, will be a fantastic addon.Still it’s a 5-star ★★★★★ device for the price point.•••••••••••••••••••••••••PANEL & BUTTONS•••••••••••••••••••••••••Upper Row L-R1. Manual button2. Roti/Dosa button3. Gravy button4. Residual heat indicator5. Digital numbered display6. Stir fry button7. Slow cook button8. Pressure cook buttonLower Row L-R1. Temperature button2. Timer button3. Decrease button4. Temperature and power indicator5. Increase button6. Pause button7. On/Off button•••••••••••••••USAGE TIPS•••••••••••••••→ Use utensils with induction base only. Normal steel utensils also work but are very less efficient. Aluminium ones won’t work here.→ The glass plate gets hot during usage. Handle it with caution. The residual heat indicator remains on to show the status of heat.→ The plastic body surrounds the glass and even the control panel is plastic made. So make sure to handle hot utensils carefully avoiding contact with the plastic body. I had my induction’s control panel zone deformed due to this.→ Keep vents clean and have sufficient space around induction, for it to have proper forced air circulation. It’s an important process to keep the internals cool as its all electronics inside.•••••••••••••••••••••IMPORTANT ADVICE•••••••••••••••••••••▶ Never ever let liquid spill on the induction. It’s the major cause of failures in these cooktops. Water or liquid seeps in through the joint of the glass and control panel and damages the electronic circuit there.••••••••••••••••? VERDICT••••••••••••••••Philips goes by the name and never disappoints wrt quality and performance of the product. That’s my experience so far with a range of Philips products.▶ In 2k+ range, this one is recommended without any second thought. Philips also has another model with further attractive looks and touch interface, but that costs 1k more for nothing extra in terms of core features.▶ Getting a cheaper one is not recommended as you face a lot of issues and generally these devices are not easily serviceable. So to avoid trouble, get a good one. I have tried many different brands like Havells, Prestige, Pigeon, etc but the experience was not good. I even got them repaired 4-5 times but now all are lying in the scrapyard.
Rakesh –
When I first ordered, I received a defective product. It’s power button used to malfunction. Returned within exchange period and received a good product. Overall the product is good to use and a nice addition to kitchen.
Rahul Sirmour –
Good quality.Can easily make dishes for two people.
Aman –
Phillips induction quality is good and easy to use and colour combination awesome and price of this product is good i recommend guys.
Vit Bernatik –
Over all I’m really disappointed by the product and especially cooking experience. I was used to normal gas and it was easy to regulate to propper temperature. This product has only like 8 temperature settings and it is either too hot or too cold and cannot be set in middle. For example when I set 160°C then it is burning toasts and onions… When I set one step lower it is 130°C and it is not enough for frying :(((.Also you need to buy more expensive induction friendly cookware. And even when I invest to expensive Tefal pan it heat mostly in the center and it is much colder on the edges… You can see on pictures that watter boiling only in middle, and toast being burnt in middle and raw outside :((( The pan is very good and has induction area over whole bottom so I’m sure the fault is in this philips stove… You can see the pan from bottom that induction area is almost over whole bottom… Also due to fact that only center is hot then frying onions is taking much longer than on normal gas stove where heat is better distributed :((( And even though you spent more time frying the onions the result is worse… Onion is little burned from outside and still not soft inside… I’m really disappointed by frying experience compared to gas stove…There is one positive side and that is that heating is quick. My pressure cooker star whistling quite quickly. Faster than on gas stove. Also you can set time for like 10 minut and leave it which is quite convenient…Controll is easy. But I hate details. First I love one detail. There is “pause” button which is very cool. If something heats too quickly or you just need to quickly do something else you press pause button and there is no new heat – It is much nicer compared to gas stove where you would need to turn off, light up again and then find right flame again… Here you just press pause again and cook as before… But that is only thing that I love. Otherwise I hate how it is designed…. First basiclly whole top row of buttons is useless. Those buttons are preset temperatures. But anyway those temperatures are wrong or just for items you do not cook… Like there is ‘stirr fry’ button and it set 180C. It totally burns onion… I set usually 180C for beginning and then soon change for 160C. But even 160C is too much burning… But lower setting is only 130C which is not frying at all. I would need like 150C I guess and it is impossible to set :((( …Also I noticed another issue that stove is sometimes making automatic pauses. It heats and than probably when it thinks it is too hot then it stop completelly and in like 10 seconds starts again. So instead of consistentn temperatures it is doing on and off.But back to controll. Except from fact that preset temperatures are useless when you want to change temperature it won’t let you or let you to do only one ‘-‘ but not 2 times ‘-‘. Why??? I don’t know probably ill will… You need to first press “manual” button which change temperature completely to 130C and only then you can freely press +/- and set your desired temperature. So basically I never use any preset mode and I always only press ‘manual’ and +/- to set my temperature…Another control is setting time. I must say satting time is useful feature and I love it, but how it is implemented I hate. When you press time button then by default it set 30 minutes… Ok but when you hold ‘-‘ button it jumps so quickly that in one second it counts to 0 and roll to 3 hours…. Holding increment/decrement is so quick that it is useless. It must have implement some idiot… Anyway you can always click one by one. So to set 10 minutes you must click ‘time’ button and then click 20 times ‘minus’ button to set 10 minutes… It is doable but pretty annoying. Or I long press ‘-‘ it usially jumps directly to 3 hours and then I press 11 times +… Still anoying but I save like 8 clicks… What is super idiotic is that when I want to add 5 minutes I click time and it by default set 30 minutes again :(((( Arrrrggghhhhh…. So instead of just click time and 5 times ‘+’ I need to click 25 times ‘-‘ :((((…. Really this must have done some idiot…. Another unpleasant thing is that if you need to change temperature you can not… Imagine something starts burning and you need to wait like 3 seconds and not pressing ‘-‘/’+’ and then after those 3 seconds time setting mode is automatically left and it will let you change temperatures again… When controlling stupidity is burning my food it makes me angry :((((So over all I would buy anything else next time… Maybe it will be worse but I would at least try…Anyway to say something positive at the end I like that product looks quite durable and material quality looks good. Packaging was also well. But power cable is only like 1.2 meters…. That might be too short… But for me just enough… Also I like mechanic buttons, some stove has capacity buttons which is cool looking and totally flat but I like to feel the press and the click. Buttons are under foil so there is no risk of something leaking into them. Cleaning is very easy cos it is almost flat 🙂 Cleaning experience is much better than cleaning gas stove…
pooja surana –
I hv been using this for 4 years now…..this is my second purchase for gifting purpose…. This works absolutely perfect till date as of now…. No complains at all…. I can freely set timer and do my other work…. This product completely matches to my needs….
PRABHASH RAJ SINGH –
I like this induction cooktop , but i dislike only one thing , n that’s , fan sound is noisy. Let’s see , how will it work , after some weeks