Havells Altima-i 70 Litres Desert Air Cooler- Electronic panel with Remote; Odour Free 3 Side Honeycomb Pads; Ice Chamber, Low water Alarm and Powerful Air Delivery (White -…

The cooler works fine. It has separate controls for side to side movement of the louvres, pump, and fan speed. Would have been nice if it had wheels – difficult to move it when filled with water. Also, the water level indicator did not work initially also, though that was not a big problem. The fan is really powerful, which is a big plus point.

Well I ordered it on 1st May and it came on 7th…. It lied at a station 10 kms away from my house for 3 days. I tried a lot to get it faster but Delhivery had some logistics issues. Anyway, now about the product:
Following are my insights about this cooler:
1. Design: I would say you just can not have any better. The looks are really cool and modern.
2. Build: The quality used is really good. The plastic feels premium.
3. Portability: It comes with 4 wheels that you have to screw at the bottom. It makes the cooler really portable and handy… You can make it move to and fro quite easily even when it is completely filled. This feature is really helpful to me as I live in an apartment and I have to take it to another room in order to get it filled.
4. Cooling: Well I think that most coolers will provide similar cooling experience as they all have same mechanism. I bought it to replace Air Conditioner as it is too heavy on my pocket…. In summers, my electricity bills would reach upto 6500. Now I’m waiting for my new bill since I’ve been using cooler only.
5. Power Consumtion: The cooler at its highest settings(swing on, water motor on, fan on high) will consume around 185-190 watts. On an average, it takes about 175 watts. So even if you use it for 12 hours a day, it will only cost around 400rs per month at 6.2rs/unit.
6. Controls: The control knobs are of good quality and quite easy to use. You can refer to images attached.
7. Ice Tray: It works. The water becomes cool and increases the air coolness. I use it everyday…
8. Louvers: It has fully collapsible louvers and they are also of good quality. You can totally adjust them as per your convinience and they will stay as it is. There are two sections of louvers as you can see in image, so that you can keep one at lower side and other on upper if necessary.
9. Honeycomb Pads: Good quality…Nothing to complain about. Its thick and effective
10. Drainage: This might be an issue 🙁 as it is some what hard to remove the rubber cork at the backside. It’ll also take good amount of time to empty it fully (My experience)
Cooler VS Air Conditioners: Coolers do not provide cooling as much as ACs. Coolers will only provide cool air and won’t cool the whole room. But cooler is really easy on pockets.

Final Verdict: You can definitely go for it if you are totally convinced to buy a cooler. It is slightly overpriced but its value for money as the quality satisfies the amount we pay for. I got it for 10300.

NOTE: If you want the best cooling, then you should keep the cooler at a place where it gets proper air ventilation.
Thank You! Hope it helps…I did a lot of research before buying it and its definitely a worth!

Update 1; After 1.5 years, it is working fine but, recently the water pump stopped working and I asked Havells technician to have a visit. He charged 250 rs and provided no solution (even though on call he said the motor would be repaired). Then I purchased a motor for just 120 rs(not from him). So 250 bucks got wasted (. Just writing so that someone can be saved!

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Water pump is noisy and not sufficient for cooling pads, doesn’t get them wet completely. Otherwise decent product.