The (now) poor quality, reliability and longevity of Luminous products

My old Luminous Zelio inverter (bought in ~2013) lasted for close to 8 years. Trusting the Luminous brand, I installed two more Luminous Zelio inverters in year 2024 in two different homes. Come year 2025 and both these Zelio inverters have conked off and that too in less than a year! I guess they don't make the Zelio inverters the way they used to :-( For now, I have shifted to Microtek Heavy Duty UPS 1750 and Microtek 1275 12V SW inverter models.

October 18, 2025 · 1 min · 83 words · Dhiru Kholia

The poor quality, reliability and longevity of MOONDROP products

I had bought two pairs of MOONDROP Aria 2 IEMs after auditioning them at a Headphone Connect event. After a few months of usage, one of the Aria 2 earphones lost audio in the left earpiece. We got it 'serviced' under warranty from https://www.headphonezone.in. After a year of almost no usage, the other pair of Aria 2 IEMs lost audio in one of the earpieces too! I have never seen this poor quality, reliability and longevity before! ...

June 15, 2025 · 1 min · 126 words · Dhiru Kholia