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In the zone
Hmm...let me see. The very first PC I bought had a desi PSU and it shorted out my motherboard after a year of use. The PSU was of course also smoked. I bought a Corsair PSU after that which lasted me 9 years. My current desktop also has a Corsair and working well for 2 years running now.
I bought a desi UPS 5 years ago which crapped out in less than 9 months. The battery life was down to only 2 minutes after 3 months of purchase and the UPS could never prevent the computer from rebooting once the power failed. Now I have an APC UPS 4 years running and no issues. Still giving 10 mins of runtime at the very minimum after power cut. The very first UPS bought 10 years ago was also APC and it lasted 4 years before I sold it due to decreased battery life but it still didn't fail mind you.
I bought a couple of Foxin mouse 4 years ago, pretty sure its desi brand. Both failed within 3 months. The left mouse button of one and the right button of another completely broke. Prior to buying this crap my Microsoft mouse lasted a good 5 years. Now I am using a Logitech, not the most reliable brand in my view but its working nonetheless without issue.
Bought Intex 4.1 speakers 5 years ago and the volume knob broke in less than a year and there was no way to change volume. Both the left speakers failed inside 2 years. Using Altec Lansing now. Not only is the sound quality incredible but so is the hardware quality.
Bought Techcom 2.5" enclosure for external HDD about 5 years ago. Controller failed within 2 months. Didn't learn my lesson and bought another one (not Techcom, but some other desi brand) in Feb this year and it failed last week. I have purchased 5-6 external hard drives from Seagate and WD over the last 7 years, never had issues like enclosure controller failing with them.
iBall USB hub, probably bought about 5 years ago. Right from Day 1 had random disconnection issues. Now I am using a Belkin hub that's been rock solid for many years.
Zebronics LAN card, Frontech TV Tuner Card, Frontech Headphone.....they all failed in less than a year. Need I say more?
I can go on and on but I think you get the drift. I have pretty much boycotted Indian products when it comes to electronics. It's simply not worth the hassle.
Edit: Oh yes, almost forgot about the icing on the cake i.e. the Micromax Funbook tablet, supposedly the best tablet made by an Indian company? Oh boy I think the less said about that abomination the better. We already have plenty of threads on TDF regarding its problems, no need to say anything more. I still regret not buying the Samsung Galaxy Tab to this day.
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