Philips Viva Collection Hd4938/01 2100-Watt Glass Induction Cooktop With Sensor Touch & Full Crystal Glass (Black)

5 reviews for Philips Viva Collection Hd4938/01 2100-Watt Glass Induction Cooktop With Sensor Touch & Full Crystal Glass (Black)

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   HDR – Jul 19, 2024

   Good product
   The product is excellent , but Amazon packaging was good for nothing. These induction provided seamless cooking in no time , check before you buy that you own some flat bottom vessel or you can’t you them.

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   ⚡ Pushpendra Singh Patel ⚡ – Jul 19, 2024

   High quality induction cooktop with seamless glass top and touch interface
   Another addition to the kitchen with induction cooktop from this brand, and coming from HD4928, this is definitely an upgrade with touch buttons, elegant design, and full glass top. All my HD4928’s malfunctioned due to water seepage inside from the joint between glass and control panel. This particular model, HD2938 with full glass top addresses the issue to some extent.•••••••••••••••••••🎁 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 with full glass top2. Works great with lots of preset options for cooking3. Works with a good range of iron/magnetic base cookware, bottom diameter 12-20cm4. Touch buttons are easy to operate and red led above each button indicates the option selected5. Manual mode in any induction is kind of a blessing to have full control over the cooking process. This ones the most used mode in my kitchen6. Many preset modes can also be adjusted as per the required temperature and cooking time.7. +/- can be used to adjust both temperature and timer8. Childlock feature, which can be used to prevent accidental presses. This thing is a blessing for lets say milk boiling, to prevent spillage due to accidental press and high power leading to sudden rise of milk levels9. Theres direct shortcut to sim/boil/reheat milk or water••••••••••••➖ CONS••••••••••••1. This model slips a lot on the platform as there are no rubber shoes on the 4 legs. I don’t understand the reason behind omission of such an important thing. Brands PMs really need to think through.2. Didnt like the red LEDs above all buttons, it could have been made more aesthetic for such a premium device. Theres a big tranparent zone for every LED on the glass top and you can actually see those 10mm Red LEDs, which actually looks ugly. In this era of SMDs, they are still using 10mm ones.3. Price is on the higher side for not much of feature upgrade from HD4928. Could have been better designed.For these cons deducting one star. So a 4-star ★★★★ device.•••••••••••••••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.→ Use child lock to prevent accidental touches, which may lead to improper cooking or even a disaster. These touches are not just limited to children.→ 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 the cooktops. Even though they have addressed that issue in this model, by having full glass top, but still theres a small overlap of 5-7m on both ends of glass, which may lead to water or liquid seepage and damage the electronic circuit there.••••••••••••••••🏆 VERDICT••••••••••••••••This goes by the name and will not disappoint wrt quality and performance of the product. Its one of the best inductions in the market, both looks and functionality wise.

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   The Honest Guy – Jul 19, 2024

   8 Year Long term review
   I have bought this Philips induction in 2015. It was way costlier than other brands at that time. But it lasted for a long 8 years. It’s still working, but with minor errors. I guess it’s time to open and do a clean-up. Some of the touch buttons stopped working last year. I have also another induction from a local brand and it worked fine only for an year before giving issues. The main problem with normal induction is they are not water resistant. Water can seep in an fall on circuit boards easily . So always go for one with touch, whatever model you are buying. Philips also has a push button type induction, but don’t fall for it. Touch is the best and long lasting. This one has a good quality material, good glass top and great quality plastic compared to cheaper ones.What I didn’t like about this is the timer function, it starts at default of 30 minutes and not zero. So if u need 2 minutes, you have to tap down many times to make it 2 minutes.Another thing to look out for is heating power. This heats up very fast compared to a cheaper one. The only problem is that you cannot use you vessel without induction base due to its large power. because it can result in holes in thinner Steel vessels. You need to have a regular induction base utensil.Even after 8 years of buying this, I couldn’t find another replacement brand or model for this one with this quality and touch for this price. So go for it. Look no further

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   WASIM KHAN – Jul 19, 2024

   Good
   Good product

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   SAIKAT GHOSH – Jul 19, 2024

   Not good, autoshuts at high temperatures
   Not good, autoshuts at high temperatures, then, what’s the benefit of 2100 W induction cooktop. It may be a safety feature.There are many other inductions which can maintain constant 1800 or 2100 W.Fan makes lot of noise but cooling is lesser compared to other inductions because the fan runs for shorter duration. This may impact the life of the cooktop.