2 ft. Strip Heater for Bending Plastics Reviews

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This thing is quickly becoming one of my favorite tools in the workshop. I would highly suggest it to anyone that wants to get working with bending acrylic sheets. The unit casing stays relatively cool to the touch. I use a piece of cement board as insulation between the heater and my workbench.

One word of caution. The heating element get hotter over time till it reaches max temperature (~800 degrees). Depending on what you are bending (width of acrylic) I would make sure that you are considering how long the heater has been on. Depending on the duration that the heater has been on it may take less time for the same thickness plastic to become bendable (and eventually too hot/bubble). You can also invest in a controller unit that will maintain a consistent heating element temperature (next item on my tool wish list).

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This worked great. You do need to control the heat some how, I time how long it is been on and watch how soft the plastic is getting. The next thing will probably be a controller for the heater.

Solaira Cosy SCOSYAW15120W 1500W/120V Outdoor Review

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List Price: $398.00
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We have a large roofed deck where we like to eat and entertain. In Pasadena, you can get away with that year-round...almost. After years of talking about it, we decided to buy two of these and try to heat up our dining area enough to pull off Thanksgiving for 21 guests outside.

Well, the short answer is that we did pull it off. Cloudy & 60 degrees outside, we were all quite comfortable under these. As night fell, the heavier sweaters or jackets came out, but there was a distinct comfort zone under these lamps. They do cover about a 10' x 10' square.

The reddish glow mentioned elsewhere didn't strike anyone as a problem. It's the kind of warm glow that makes people look better, frankly. Not quite as yellow as firelight, but flattering and comfortable in much the same way.

The Cons:

-12.5 amps per 120 volt unit. Definitely separate circuits unless you have a 30 amp circuit to spare.

-At 1500 watts, that's 15 100-watt lightbulbs sucking juice at the same time. Or in my case, 30. Can't wait for that electric bill to come...

-misleading diagrams on company website (I tracked over there for info before purchasing here). Illustrations on the site suggest it can be sort of "corner mounted" at a wall and ceiling intersection. Not so. These must be mounted about 5 feet from any walls, 6 feet from curtain & such, and about 1 foot from a ceiling.

-the included brackets leave you on your own to reach a ceiling. If you bolted the two included pieces together, you'd be about 3 inches from a ceiling. So how to bridge the gap? You could hang these from a chain, but one of the attractions (again from the company website) is that you can adjust the angle of the units with some precision, which won't work with a chain. With only hours to install these before our Thanksgiving, I found a couple of simple stainless steel straps at the hardware store pre-drilled with the appropriately-sized bolt-holes...but now I have perforated steel straps to look at. Call me crazy, but for the price they could include a minimum-length steel extender powder-coated to match the unit (as the brackets are). Pretty simple for them to supply -very difficult for a consumer to source.

-similarly, I ordered white units to disappear against the white ceiling on our roofed deck. But the white units have big black transformers on top, and the cords (which are, thoughtfully, very long) are also black. Can't they put white ones with the white units?

So -all in all, I give it 4 stars. They work. In a workspace, I'm sure they mount & function easily enough. But in a "finish" application like mine, be prepared to live with some esthetic sacrifices -or to put in a lot of work to compensate for what the manufacturer thinks is "good enough."

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My wife, sitting under the Solaira Cosy, is as comfortable as I am not sitting under it, which is exactly what I wanted from it. It emits a gentle but clearly perceptible warmth for up to three people sitting on our outdoor couch. I have it mounted in the trellis above, about 8 feet off the ground. The great thing about infrared is that it still works in a gentle breeze. The Cosy does not turn cold to warm, but it does take the chill off.

The quality of manufacture of the Solaira Cosy is quite good. The mounting is versatile and strong, albeit a bit less refined than the housing itself. The cord is long, which is perfect for my needs. I removed the warning stickers and cleaned off the adhesive, and it ended up looking elegant and unobtrusive.

I'm very happy with this purchase.

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I was not expecting the brightness of this heater! It lights up our screened porch! The heat is good if you are in it's radius (just as advertised). It is energy efficient and safe to use. I would recommend giving it a dedicated breaker. We tried to run a couple of other things with it and it tripped the fuse. All-in-all we are pleased.

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Having tested many outdoor heaters, this heater is powerful, small and efficient. I saw it at a restaurant in California and thought it was fantastic

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I thought this was going to work for the area directly above out hot tub, boy was I wrong. I mounted this 8 foot above the front side of the hot tub and angled it so it would heat the area above everyone's head. While mounting it I was extremely happy from looking at the construction, solid metal, great mounting brackets, along with a long cord.

First off from reading other reviews I kept reading 10 x 10 area, in my test we were hoping for 9 x 7 foot section. I was hoping this would take the edge off from the winds that blow thru in the winter months. The plus would be to provide us with a area directly under the heat light to dry off in the warmth.

That night the temperature dropped to 55 degrees and very little wind. So we were ready to try it out. And i felt this would be a EASY test for this to pass.

Outdoor test minimal wind, covered deck.

After plugging the unit in, I wondered around the hot tub to feel the heat, it was almost nothing more then 6 foot directly in-front of the light. I didn't let that ruin the night so we got in the hot tub, I also started realizing my private area in my own back yard was really under the spot light now. This 1500 watt light produces a lot of visible light.

In comparison, I grabbed a yellow bug light and put it in a shop light. The 100 watt bug light was less to at the most about the same brightness of this heat light. The heat produced was good enough to heat the first 3 feet as if I was a hamburger at a fast food restaurant and nearly non existent 6 foot out. But in comparison, you would be better off buying two satco s4998 heat lights that produce about the same heat and far less visible light for over a $250 savings. Along with saving 1000 watts of electricity.

Garage shop area test.

Final test was to try this out in my garage I mounted this on the ceiling about 9 foot above my shop area, I left this on for 10 mins and came back to find it did an fair-OK job warming a closed area, insulated area. After the 10 min test I was satisfied to say this unit works ok indoors, but is far from the manufactures statements comparing this is a outdoor commercial unit.

In conclusion this unit could work if your goal is to heat and light a small enclosed area. If your goal is to heat the outdoors this is not for you unless you are only looking for a small area outside so one person can smoke in the dead of winter without freezing to death

Recommended product instead, each light can easly take the chill off a 4x4 area, or inside 8x12 x 2 lights

http://www.amazon.com/Satco-Products-S4998-250BR40-Medium/dp/B0037060ZY/ref=pd_cp_hi_1

Review of Portable USB Beverage Fridge Coolar and Warmer 2-in-1 (Black) in

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The product cools the beverage by having a cold zone on the bottom. It doesn't keep the entire beverage cold but helps keep it cool. It is a little awkward to get the can in/out of the cooler but overall it's a neat concept and fits well on a desk next to my keyboard.

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I bought this for myself and use it at work, I have even pinned it for others to see! Great doing business with you!

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This product is good but it takes time to cool has good use for which it was created, I recommend

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There is absolutely no insulation and is s tight fit for one soda can. I did not use because I was hoping it would fit my mug which is just a little bigger than a soda can. Price was too low to pay postage to return.

Air King 5,118 BTU Electric Convection Heater #8605 Review

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I use the Air King 8605 to raise the room temperature of my bedroom from 60 degrees to 70 degrees. It works great! There's no fan, so it's noiseless. The upper grate does get hot. I can put my hand on it, without getting burned, but I'd avoid putting it anywhere where small children might touch it. It does put out over 5000 BTUs of heat when turned all the way up, so be prepared for your electric meter to spin.

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I have four of these. They are quiet and work well. In fact, they are silent. We use them to heat bedrooms when using the pellet stove in the main part of the home. The thermostat works well, but doesn't tell you the specific temperature, but once you find the correct setting you just leave it. Excellent heater. Nice looking. Quiet--in fact, silent.

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Really lowered my heating bill about 35%. It has already paid for itself in one winter. It is totally quiet and looks sleek. It has a high low setting, so you can save even more money. I just hope it lasts more than one winter.

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Purchased at Sears using their online order for work, eliminates the cold draft near our director's doorway in the morning, works very well and quietly does its job, looks nice too, a good design.

Buy Uniflame Port Hook Handle Fireplace Tool Set

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These are merely OK, probably worth about half what they cost. The broom that came with my set was shedding bristles pretty bad. So much so that I threw it out immediately. The stand is cheaply constructed and the metal parts to all of these pieces seems to be powder coated (painted) iron or steel. Not bad, but way overpriced for the cheap Chinese construction you get.

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Order was processed quickly and fireset arrived within a couple of days. Product is exactly as advertised. We are very content with the fireset and rapid service.

Reviews of Anywhere Fireplace - Tribeca Stainless Steel Ventless Fireplace

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I was really looking forward to getting this fireplace up and running, especially for the price. However, the phase "you get what you pay for" applies well here.

The construction is high school shop class grade. The four spot welds on the base of the stand failed, causing the fireplace to lean, and eventually fall, forward. (Not very safe for something containing a liquid on fire.) Despite the rest of the elements being very dirty out of the box, I really wanted to get this up, and complete my bedroom makeover for my wife. So, I took the stand to an auto shop and had the base welded properly.

Success. Base was made stable. Got it back home and put the rest of it together (which is very easy). Now is where the real disappointment came in. I hadn't noticed previously that the face (which is just a one-side stainless steel facade) had major dents on the edges. The fuel box, which has a stainless steel top, was pretty scuffed-up as well. (I thought I could just polish it up, but all of my efforts in that department were fruitless.)

I tried to ignore all of that and just put it together for "the big reveal." But in the end, it just looked terrible. Aside for the dents, scuffs, and crappy welding in critical areas, the fireplace doesn't appear whole. It's just made up of pieces of metal that are bent to make the front and sides, but there is no back. So, without the dents and scuffs, the fireplace would look good on camera when viewing it directly from the front. However, if you put in anywhere that you can either see it from ANY other angle that directly in front of it, or if you get within 10 feet of it, you'll see just how cheaply it is made.

It's a shame, really. It's got a good design concept (which is why I give it two stars versus one). Just really poor execution.

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My fireplace was not packaged properly, heavy metal parts were not secured, so the box arrived with holes taped by UPS and the parts were scratched and bent. Nevertheless I have put the unit together to decide if I should order a replacement and decided against it. The fireplace does not look as nice as on the picture, the parts have blemishes, some of the edges are rough and the whole unit feels flimsy and cheap. Amazon took it back without any problems.

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I would really give this 4.5 stars. The 1/2 star deduction is for lack of fuel (I knew it doesn't come with fuel, but I think 1 bottle to start should be included). Also, the instructions were a little too simplistic. You could make reasonable assumptions and figure out how to fill the fireplace with fuel, for example, but I would have like explicit instructions just because there's fire involved and it's inside my house. Again, it wasn't anything you can't figure out, but I like to be 100% sure I'm doing it right when it could be potentially dangerous.

I've use the fireplace twice now with their recommended fuel. One 1-litre bottle lasted about 2.5. hours at the largest flame and raised the 400 sq ft room about 2-3 degrees. There was a slight smell once the fireplace extinguished, but nothing alarming or very bad and it dissipated before morning.

I was worried that it would be too small when I read the dimensions, but it looks fantastic. It has about the same footprint of a standard fireplace in a newer house.

Finally, I thought it felt a little flimsy once we put it together (which took about 5 min), but I tried to knock it down on carpet (while empty of course), and it was pretty difficult, so I'm not worried about that. I do NOT think this is very safe for kids, particularly young kids. I probably would not light this with kids under 10 around and above 10, only while supervised.

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I am both happy and disappointed , Dang I love the look and the contemporary style BUT !!! ( What an ugly word but ) This product looks and feels like it was sitting in a warehouse for a decade . The box was old and destroyed . There is scuffs on the face . After I clearly sent an email stating -Actual email to seller--- Hello. If I may there's a lot of bad reviews for this but absolutely love the look , please please look over the product before shipping , I am going against all bad reviews and trust you and more over in God . Can't wait to see it Thanks so much

-----Actual seller response ---- Good Morning,

We will let the warehouse know to inspect the fireplace before shipping out. Hopefully all will be okay with it. If you should have any problems, please feel free to contact us. Thank you.......

It is way over priced but more over seller does not care what they send out , Product quality is very poor .....