Author: Akash Pandit

I bought this dryer about five months ago after my old one stopped working suddenly one morning bad timing, had somewhere to be in an hour. Grabbed a towel, let my hair air dry halfway, and that evening ordered this Havells 1600W after a quick search. Didn’t overthink it. Here’s what I’ve found using it almost daily since. Build and First Impressions It’s lighter than I expected. Compact, fits easily in one hand, and the matte finish doesn’t pick up fingerprints the way glossy dryers do. The foldable handle was something I didn’t think I’d use much but it’s actually…

VR is one of those things that’s nearly impossible to explain to someone who hasn’t tried it. I know because I spent months reading about it before finally trying a friend’s PS VR2 setup for an evening. Went home and ordered one within the week. That’s either a testament to how good it is or a warning about how persuasive a good demo can be probably both. I’ve had mine for about eight months. Here’s what I wish someone had told me before buying. Before Anything Else The Honest Prerequisites You need a PS5. Not just any PS5 it needs…

Three years with the PS5 now. Bought it during the shortage era when getting one required actual effort I queued online across three different retailers before finally landing one. At the time it felt like winning something. Looking back, it was worth the hassle. But let me talk about what owning it actually feels like long-term rather than just the launch excitement. The Size Thing Nobody Warns You About Photos don’t prepare you for how large this console is. It’s genuinely big. My TV unit has a cabinet section that fits literally every other device I own soundbar, router, hard…

I want to be direct about something, I’m not someone who spends a lot on hair tools. My old straightener was a basic Nova that I’d been using for three years and it worked fine until it didn’t. The plates started snagging and pulling which was genuinely painful. My friend who does hair styling as a side gig suggested the Philips Kerashine and said she’d seen good results with it on clients. So I picked it up about three months ago. Here’s my honest experience. Unboxing and First Impressions The teal color looks much nicer in person than in product…

I’ve been using Redmi Note phones since the Note 7 days. Every generation I go through the same process read the specs, compare to what I have, decide whether it’s worth upgrading. The Note 15 is the first one in a few years that genuinely made me think the answer might be yes, and not just because of one standout feature but because of a combination of things that together feel like a meaningful step forward. Important Note: the Note 15 hasn’t officially launched in India yet at time of writing. Everything here is based on the Chinese launch specs…

My old trimmer was a Philips I’d been using for four years. It still worked but the battery had dropped to maybe 15 minutes of runtime and one of the comb attachments had cracked. Rather than replacing just the attachments I decided to switch entirely. Spent a few days looking at options in the ₹1,500 to ₹2,500 range and kept landing back on the Mi Beard Trimmer 2. Bought it about three months ago. Here’s what daily use actually looks like. The Dial This Is the Feature That Makes the Difference Most trimmers in this price range use a slider…

I’ll be honest about why I bought this. We live in a third floor flat in a busy part of the city main road below, construction happening two buildings away for the past year. By evening the dust in our living room is visible in sunlight. My daughter started getting frequent sneezing fits and mild throat irritation last winter. The doctor said nothing serious but suggested we think about air quality at home. That’s what pushed me to finally look at purifiers seriously. After about two weeks of research I ordered the Xiaomi Smart Air Purifier 4. Been using it…

I’m going to be direct about something. I thought electric toothbrushes were a gimmick for years. A way to charge ₹3,000 for something a ₹50 toothbrush and two minutes of effort could handle. My dentist disagreed with this view at basically every checkup. I nodded politely and kept using a manual brush. Then last year she showed me a photo of what was happening to my gum line and I stopped arguing. Bought the Oral-B Pro 2 that evening. That was about eight months ago. Here’s whether she was right. Why I Specifically Bought This Model The Pro 2 2000…

Water quality in our area changed about two years ago when they started mixing borewell supply with municipal water. The TDS jumped from around 180 to over 450 and you could taste the difference slightly salty, slightly metallic. We’d been managing with boiled water and buying 20-litre cans but the can situation was getting tedious and expensive. Last year we finally installed the KENT Crown Plus-B RO and here’s what a year of daily use looks like. Why We Chose KENT Over Aquaguard and Pureit We compared all three seriously before buying. The decision came down to three things the…

We bought this fridge about five months ago when our old single-door Godrej finally gave up after twelve years. My mother had been putting off the replacement for ages but once it stopped cooling properly we had no choice. We spent about two weekends researching visited a couple of electronics stores, compared LG, Whirlpool and Samsung side by side on the shop floor, read reviews, watched videos. Eventually came home with the Samsung 236L Convertible. Here’s what actually living with it has been like. First Impressions Looks Better in Person The Inox finish looks genuinely premium. Not flashy, just clean…