This is my second time I have paid the price for being early adopter, the first one was my Mahindra Renault Logan and the second one is the G-Mark induction stove.
Let me tell you why induction stove is still not yet ready for the Chennai or the Indian market.
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As you can see the bill and the date of purchase and if you want to know where I bought it please follow this link, I am sure, I have to be ashamed of myself. The reason is that I bought an unknown branded electric appliance from a fair and not at a shop, for which I really paid the price.
How?
The next day the G-mark GM 91 induction stove did not work. It got over heated and started to rest in peace. So I had to call up the mobile number next to chennai address mentioned on the bill. No answer on the mobile phone. So searched the internet and found the website, called up their headoffice, no answer. Then finally my phone call was answered by the Tirupur branch, Guess what was the answer. “Please send us the product by courier to our office and we will fix the issue and send it back to your residence as soon as we fix them up”
On what trust will you send the product by courier. And who will bear all the courier charges, as a grieving customer will I have some more guts to send the product by courier with out a receipt.
So I called up the mobile number 9790527557 for Mr. Sherif Hussain which is mentioned on the bill. Narrated the whole story to him and he promised me to fix the induction stove by a week time. But that did happen after repeated calls and finally got it replaced after a month. Sad isn’t.
That was reason 1 which I had stated above, now to continue with the problems. Why Chennai or India is still not ready for induction stove, people have been used to the rugged gas stove, you could handle ruff and tough and it would just last long.
As far as the induction stove is concerned, you have to pamper the stove. Trust me, I have not even pampered my two sons just the way I do it with my induction stove.
- I cannot place oval shaped vessels, only flat ones allowed
- I cannot place aluminum or ceramic vessels
- 25 Kg is the limit
- placing heavy object with care on the stove, very slow, I mean that. The reason, it could break the circuit right at the center.
- Should not tilt them as the circuits could break apart as they are loosely coupled when they are hot.
- Using more than 1000 Watts for heating could land you in trouble. The induction stove may rest in peace.
A very important point of the induction stove, excerpts below, a full read here
“Even a major brand like prestige does not comply with the standards, they provide induction element diameter of 15.5cm but provide cook ware with induction element of just above 19cm and total diameter of 30cm which creates a hot spot at the center, which is very much annoying .”
The next time you wish to buy an Induction stove, please buy tested, proven and branded one and above all which provides you with good service
