Review of Geneva Industrial Group Westpointe LH-879G 750/1500-Watt Milk House

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I couldn't find "made in" information when deciding to purchase this item. For those interested, it is made in China. The item is a light grey rather than the black shown in the photo.

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Intermatic PF1102MT Timer with Thermostat Mechanism Only Review

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Probably better options out there than $120 for a simple timer and thermostat but I didn't want to spend a ton of money on new setup so fixed what I had.

If you need to replace yours this is as good a place as any to get it. Leslie's wanted over $400 for a whole new box, they wouldn't sell just the internals. Came as quickly as I paid extra to receive it next day and worked out of the box in just 10 min to swap out the old one.

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A little pricey, but the do a good job and I wish the orginal one had lasted longer. Maybe this one will.

Review of Char-Broil Tank Quick-Connect Kit

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This is actually a (stated) 12 foot flexible hose for a natural gas grill. $30 is a very good price for a quality hose, which this is. Also comes with detailed instructions on a few different ways to connect to your gas supply and a template to help determine what size connections you have.

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Ordered this to convert my portable grill to a more stationary use. Daily grilling I was using too many mini-tanks.

Awesome. Easy connect.

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Good alternative for a tools-free quick connect to a gas grill or other propane fueled device. The quick connect can be a bit hard for a person with a weak grip to engage and disengage. Perhaps this is plus if you have kids around. The hose is 10' long, not 4' as stated in the ad when I purchased the item. The flexible hose is vulnerable to being chewed by squirrels and raccoons to the point of leaking gas. I have replaced two hoses because of the forest critters. I have now sleeved the hose in flexible blue plastic electrical conduit to stop the damage.

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My own fault, should not have tried to match this online I guess, I thought quick connect LP was a standard size..NOT. This one was too big for my low pressure quick connect on my RV. I will be returning it and finding my solution at the Home Improvement stores where I can test fit for my application. The return shipping hassle will make it an expensive lesson for me.

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Great quality, worked as advertized. This is a perfect way to connect RV dual tanks to a barbeque unit placed outside. Should have done this years ago. NO NEED to carry extra propane bottles while on the road.

Best DeLONGHI TRN0812T - Oil-Filled Radiator, White, 18.1 x 6.7 x 15 Deals

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Have had this heater for a year still going strong! use it in the bedroom over the garage for my daughter's cold room. you set it for 24 hour period which is great when you set it and forget it, I did add a small fan to circulate the air more, the room is large, and the heater is silent. looking to buy another one since the price of oil is doubled since we moved in.

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Lentek TCFD-05 Total Chef 5-Tray Food Dehydrator Reviews

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Pros

5 trays hold a lot of food

Fairly quite so it doesn't interfere with daily living

Very easy to use (only an on/off switch)

Instructions contain lots of recipes and detailed drying information

Low cost

Good durability (I've had mine for about 4 years and it works as good as the day I got it)

Cons

Heat circulation is not even from top to bottom (you have to rotate the trays every few hours to keep the dehydration between trays consistent)

No temperature settings for custom drying levels and times

Power cord is only a couple feet long (fine if you have counter space where the power outlet is)

As a final note, I haven't used this unit more than 10 times. I have always had good results and the unit does exactly what it's supposed to. I would call this a beginner level dehydrator and now that I've had some experienced with dehydrating, I think I would purchase a more advanced model. My dehydrator is the exact same model as the one on Amazon, but mine was not purchased from Amazon.

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Cheap SoleusAir 13,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner, Dehumidifier

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We bought this unit 6 months ago to try and cool our 2nd floor (3 rooms). I set the unit to 70 degrees and it would constantly freeze up (meaning, ice would form after about 1 hour). I noticed that the unit drew more air in than it blew into the room. Giving the unit the benefit, I sealed everything in the room as tight as I could (insulating, foaming, etc) and closed off the other 2 rooms. It managed to cool that one room (12 x 16) but still would ice over on days of 100+ degrees (unit set for 70 degrees).

Heat pump: I turned it on in mid October. Today (December 10th), all of the lights on the front panel were blinking on and off and the unit would not turn off using the control panel power button. I unplugged it from the wall and left it sit for an hour. Plugging it back in (an hour later), the unit would run but all of the lights were flashing on and off with no control over the power.I am awaiting customer service to contact me to see how they will react to the 1 year warranty. I will try to post what has happened to keep consumers informed.

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This rather expensive portable air conditioner is of very low quality, and it's also very poorly designed.

First of all, the air conditioner leaks water from the base. I purchased one, it leaked, I returned it, and the replacement leaked as well.

In order for a portable air conditioner to work properly, it needs to have a two hose design so that one hose takes in outside air to cool the compressor and the second hose expels the hot air from the unit to outside your house. This air conditioner only has one hose that vents the hot exhaust through a window to the outside of your house. This mean it takes in cool air from inside your house and blows it outside to cool the compressor. This creates a partial vacuum inside the house, which results in warm, humid air being drawn in from the outside to fill the partial vacuum. The intake of warm humid air almost completely offsets the amount of cooling this unit is able to provide. Using this unit alone in one small bedroom, the temperature would often be above 80 degrees F on hot July and August days. That's not acceptable performance for such an expensive air conditioner in such a small room.

For a portable air conditioner to work efficiently, it needs to have two hoses: one for intake and one for exhaust.

Lastly, the compressor and fan on this unit are very very loud. It's difficult to watch to TV or carry on a conversation while the unit is running.

I do not recommend this product to anyone.

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I bought this unit two days ago when the temperature in a recreation room (fully insulated, measuring 35' x 17' or 595 square feet. Note: unit is rated for 550 square feet) over my garage reached temperatures of 98 to 100 degrees in this latest heat wave in New Jersey. The reason I purchased the "Soleus Heat Pump Air Conditioner" is because I wanted the duality of an air conditioner and heater.

The set up was not difficult, the window assembly kit that fits in the window had to be cut down, as required in the instructions to fit the window. That took about 5 minutes to measure and cut. Total set up time was about 35 minutes. Of that time twenty minutes were spent trying to understand the directions.

The instructions are not the best. There is a hose for draining water from the unit that is not mentioned anywhere in the instructions. The unit has Control Panel and Digital Display that is easy to use and a Remote Controller. The unit also has a timer and louvers that will oscillate up and down to circulate the air. What is not mentioned in the general instructions but under the Remote instructions is that the timer and oscillator can only be accessed through the Remote. However, none of this is insurmountable. After a few minutes of flipping back and forth between pages it can be figured out.

The venting kit that comes with the unit should have supplied some gasket material to put between the exhaust panel and the window. Luckily I had some sponge rubber gasket to assure a good seal. Also, it is a tight fit between the window sill and exhaust hose that fits into the window kit.

After I had the unit up and running I insulated the flexible PVC exhaust hose as per the instructions. The hose becomes quite warm and the heat from it will radiate back into the room, so insulating it makes sense.

Today as I am writing this, July 22 2011 at 1 pm, it is 101 degrees outside in the shade and very humid. In the room over the garage "Soleus" unit is maintaining a constant 82 degrees with 54 percent humidity. I consider that good, the main part of my home has central air set at 72 degrees and it is struggling to maintain the temperature at 74 degrees.

I consider the "Soleus" unit to be working pretty good for a portable air conditioner with extremely high temperature outside. I expect better results when the temperature gets down to the low 90's where it is more normal for summer here.

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Seems to work adequately as an air conditioner. I thought I might not need to, or want to run our old dehumidifier. I purchased the LX-130D to use in the basement and expected that it would work even better at removing moisture than the old dehumidifier. The old stand alone dehumidifier runs for a fraction of the time to achieve the same level of de-humidification. The air conditioner and heater work well but are not super powerful.

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Bought this unit in spring 2010 and used it for about a year now. I have only used it to cool not heat.

Installation: Unit comes with an adjustable 5" tall PVC vent. I had to cut it down to fit my small window which was not a big chore. After that it was pretty much attach the vent hose and plug it in.

User interface: The buttons on the unit are pretty simple my only gripe (and it is minor)is that the fan speed indicator on the LED is represented by a series of blinking squares and they blink faster and it's not really clear what fan speed your on so I pretty much go by the feel and noise which is good enough.

I don't ever use the remote but i did play with it a couple times and it does not seem to like you using a combination of the controls on the unit and the remote. If i turn on the unit using the power button on the unit instead of the remote power button it wants to ignore the remote. but honestly i haven't used it enough to sort out what the problem is.

COOLING: the unit cools pretty good it doesn't cool quite as well as i hoped it's rated at 12.5 KBTU but I'd say it seems to perform more in par with a really good 10 KBTU machine. It's a little nosier than I hoped but it's not horrible for a unit like this.

WATER DRAINAGE: The best thing I can say for this machine is that is super great at blowing water out with the exhaust and I never have to drain it. When I first got it after a couple days of operating I noticed a puddle on the floor by the plugged drain. So I got really worried I was going to have to be draining this thing constantly which would be a real pain since the drain is only about 3/4" of the floor. However after I took out the plug and drained a little water then put the plug back in it's never leaked or needed draining again. My guess was that the drain plug was just not in good enough and it now evaporates all the water out the vent.

Air King AKF55 Combination Ceramic Heater with Exhaust Fan Reviews

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Bought for seldom used bathroom because it was big enough to fill the hole left by the original fan. Wires in bulb connector started shorting near end of warranty. Replaced bulb thinking that was the likely trouble but wires pulled out of connector during bulb change. Solution offered by customer service was to buy a new unit and swap out the wiring. That is what I did, but not thrilled to buy two units in 13 months. I'm a lifelong contractor.

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I bought this hot pot, along with a 4-pack of Melitta Ready, Set Joe kits, for a road trip during which stopping for coffee, tea and hot chocolate was not an option. My executive summary of the product is that it works well (and, for those wondering about product longevity, still works even after multiple uses) and that it can boil water. We're very happy with it.

Read on to find out why I give the product 4 stars instead of 5.

The product description could do a better job of managing customer expectations. While this hot pot will boil water, it does take 35 minutes or so to bring a full 20 ounces of it to a boil. This isn't due to any defect in the product's design. It has everything to do with the fact that a car's 12-volt, direct current electrical system isn't made for high-wattage appliances. My minivan can supply up to 120W per outlet, i.e., up to 10A at 12VDC, which is not very much, and I assume this is fairly standard. In contrast, conventional hot pots draw 3-5 times as much power from household current, which is why they boil water faster.

Other than that, my few gripes about this hot pot are:

1. It comes with a mounting bracket, but no instructions that might give an inkling on how one might use it to attach the hot pot to anything on the inside of your vehicle. We ended up discarding the bracket and placing the hot pot on our center console, which is flat, as well as several other flat surfaces we created. But this requires somebody to watch the hot pot while the vehicle is in motion.

2. The lid and removable drinking cup sit on top of the pot, but don't snap or screw on. So this hot pot is NOT spillproof. See #1 above, and understand that if it tips over while it's in use, somebody might get hurt.

3. The exterior of the pot gets quite hot to the touch during use (although the handle stays nice and cool), so trying to hold it to prevent it from spilling is a bad idea.

4. The inside of the pot quickly builds up scaling from the minerals left behind when water evaporates. There's no way to reach in there with any kind of a brush to clean that out, and the interior surfaces would probably be damaged by such a brush anyway. I recommend filling the pot with white vinegar and soaking it for an hour or so after every trip to keep the scaling under control.

5. Despite what the product description says, don't even think of making soup, hot chocolate or any other prepared food in this hot pot. You will never be able to get the interior clean again if you do. Stick with instant drink and soup mixes, use a mug or bowl and pour the boiling water from the pot into your mug or bowl in order to make these foods.

6. There's no spout, and it's difficult to pour without spilling, so do be careful.

To help put the 20-ounce capacity into perspective:

1 standard mug holds about 10 ounces of liquid.

A typical travel mug holds 12-14 ounces.

A normal size disposable bowl holds 12 ounces.

A large size disposable bowl holds 20 ounces.

A normal size packet of hot chocolate requires 6 ounces of water and gives you about 8 ounces of hot chocolate.

As annoying as these shortcomings may sound, they're minor compared with the comfort and convenience of being able to have real, high-quality coffee (that's what the Ready, Set, Joe kits were for!), tea, cocoa and soup while traveling in places where service stations are few and far between or just nonexistent.

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This unit works far better than the Max Burton version. The hardwired plug prevents the unit from shorting out. A cup of water almost boils in about 5 minutes. Would be nice if it were sealable like a thermos, and helpful if the measurements on the side were in cups as well as milliliters. about 250 milliliters to a cup. And like my Max Burton review, Nothing but water in these things. They say soups work in these things but even the protein in milk will burn on the heating elements. ONLY WATER! so instant add water drinks, oatmeal, ramen noodles, mashed potatoes.

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I purchased this to use in an RV while boondocking. I have a solar system installed in my RV, and use a 12 volt system, so I needed something to boil water or to at least get water hot enough to make coffee. Well, this hot pot does the job! It definitely boils water with no problem. It takes a while if you have it to the full mark, but that's not a problem for me, as I'm just happy that it works and I don't have to use my propane stove and can now s ave money by using this 12 volt hot pot on power generated by the sun. Works perfect!

UPDATE: When it worked it worked great, but for some reason it stopped heating, but the light still works. I have since requested a replacement, and will return the defective one. I will update in a few months to let you guys know if the new one is still working.

UPDATE #2: I received the replacement unit, and it works fine, but I truly believe the first one stopped working because I left it on after it reached the boiling point, which I guess you need to unplug it at that point. I changed my 5 star rating to a 3 star because you have to really watch this pot or set a timer to make certain it doesn't overheat.

UPDATE #3: Its been 9 months since I've had the replacement unit, and it is still holding on. I heat it up until the boiling point and turn it off. I use the hot water for instant coffee, French press and the mellita drip cones, and all versions do fine with this Hot Pot. I love the fact I don't have to use my propane to heat up water over a stove. This pot has worked wonders for me, but as I had mentioned before.....just don't leave it plugged up too long and it will work wonders for you too. By the way, I noticed on the side of the hot pot is an "imprinted" messages that actually says to UNPLUG the cord as soon as it starts to boil, so that probably explains the failure of the first one. I will up my rating of this product to 4 stars, but now I just use a timer to keep track of the progress. This could be a 5 star product if it had an internal temperature control and wouldn't overheat.

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In preparation for a weeklong roadtrip with my son, I ordered this hotpot, planning to be able to warm up our coffee as we drove. Well there is a light that comes on when you plug in the pot, to let you know you have power, however the unit we received was defective. After about an hour of waiting for heat, I decided to see if it could be fixed. It is very easy to take apart. The leads for the heating element were loosely wrapped around the connectors, but not soldered. Having no tools with me in the car, I tried to reconnect the wires by hand, but could not get a good enough contact for it to heat. Final result: Cold coffee and 12v hotpot put in trash.

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I ordered the Hot Pot and was worried it would only warm up. But it takes actually 5 minutes and the water is warm and within 10 minutes the water is cooking. I use the Hot Pot to make milkbottles for my baby while we are going by car. No asking for hot water anymore. It's working really great. The bottle is nicely isolated to not burn your hands and a small light is on while cooking so you are always aware it's plugged in. We use it for day trips and camping.

Cheap Frigidaire FRA256SV2 25,000 BTU Window-Mounted Heavy-Duty Air

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I'm a resident of Washington State. We're notorious for two things: it rains a lot and people live in denial that it ever gets hot here. While not it may not reach the soaring highs of the mid-west that I left 18 years ago, it certainly heats up. And when you're acclimated to mid-60s for most of the year, the mid-80s and mid-90s of summer can feel as devastatingly uncomfortable as those 109 degree Kansas City summers. Even so, the houses in Washington state are built for precipitation, not warmth. They're well insulated against rain and snow, and terrible for ventilation and air-conditioning as a result.

In an effort to cool my obscenely-well-insulated house down on even the more temperate of warm spring and summer days, I've installed a solar attic fan and a whole-house fan. Both help a lot in the right situation (the solar attic fan helps keep the attic cool, which means lower overall temperatures, and the whole-house fan can bleed the heat from the house in a few minutes flat -once the ambient outside temperature has dropped low enough), but when you suffer from seasonal allergies, sometimes the right situation is two weeks away when the pollen count drops. Not much help!

Because of my casement-style windows, I've been relegated to using free-standing A/C systems to augment the attic fan and the house fan for the past few years. But free-standing A/C units are almost worthless. First, their power is insufficient. 12,000 BTUs aren't enough to control a large airspace like my vaulted, open-floorplan kitchen+dining+living room combo (a very, very common layout in Washington. This state loves its split-levels, and that's almost always what you encounter at the top of everyone's stairs here). Second, the dryer-hose they use to convey the heat outside (through a cracked window) inevitably heats up, warming the air around the A/C unit, defeating a large part of its purpose. Third, the heat from outside almost always creeps in, as casement windows are hard to seal well, especially when you have a big, heavy dryer hose hanging from the cheap plastic window shim. Lastly, even the models that claim to evaporate the extracted moisture from the air don't really, and you wind up emptying a water reservoir several times a month (if not several times a week on the warmer days). If your A/C unit is big enough, you must lean it out of a doorway and let it drain, allowing the warm air from the outside to easily defeat a portion of the cooling you just paid for in precious electricity. Crazy? Yes.

This season we decided to purchase a big, powerful air-conditioner that could be installed in-wall. We settled on this Frigidaire. I called up my electrician to install a dedicated 20A circuit with a 230v outlet to feed this beast and got his recommendation for a contractor to come cut a hole in my wall at the same time. We scheduled a date for a few weeks out. The A/C arrived within a week, and within 2 weeks we had 25,000 BTUs of real, honest-to-God air conditioning in the house. After the first day I left my lady at home and went to work, I asked her how she was doing. She said, "it got cold, so i had to turn the temperature up!" That's a good sign. Usually she doesn't say things like that until 4am when the old, freestanding A/C had been running *constantly* for 24 hours and had finally had a chance to catch up well after the sun had gone down.

This thing has several useful modes. Our favorite by far is combining the 'energy saver' and 'remote sensing' modes. Energy saver tells the unit to move some air every 10 minutes or so to see if more cooling is required (because the ambient has risen above the set point). If so, it engages the condenser and injects some powerfully cold air into the room for a few minutes, then goes back to sleep. Remote sensing is enabled from the remote control, which has its own thermistor and temperature display built in. At the touch of a button, it starts sending its temperature readings to the air conditioner at regular (~30m) intervals. The air conditioner defers to these readings and attempts to make the room cold enough to bring the temperature near the remote down to the desired one. The remote runs on a couple of AA batteries, so keeping it fed shouldn't be a problem with all the rechargeable batteries we have laying around. (The included batteries are still going strong several days later, though). It also has

On the more critical side of things, the unit is quite loud when cooling at full blast. This was initially bothersome, as the unit occupies a space in our living room wall, but once we realized that 'energy saver' causes it to run for just a few seconds every 10 minutes, it became far less of an issue for us.

In conclusion, I am in awe of just how powerful this thing is, and how well it cools. Standing close to its air vents when the condenser is on is a bit like sticking your head in the ice box... which is as it should be. The remote temperature sensing feature is awesome. I only wish the remote was RF instead of IR, but that can be overcome with an IR repeater or two. The real test will come in a few weeks, as summer rolls in and the "real" heat arrives. So far, I'm confident this unit (rated for a ~1600sqft. "room") will more than adequately keep the upstairs of our 1800sqft. house comfy, and all without me having to keep a window open perpetually or drain the tank every other day. Hallelujah! ;)

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Oh man!!! We are in central tx with MANY 100+ degree days, we needed relief without breaking the bank. This big ol' Frigidaire FRA256SV2 Energy Star heavy-duty beauty filled the bill perfectly!! We live in 1920's house with little insulation, original windows, all that plus ooold pets, but the a/c cooled us off majorly. And it cooled entire house on low fan, energy save mode set at 70, we have 6 rooms, and it cost the same as using small unit in 1 room!!! We don't use the remote, don't need to, we turned it on, set it on temp & mode we wanted & waited for utility bill. We were so surprised, so happy over bill that we left all settings where they were, only turned it off when the weather turned cool. The filter is so easy to clean. We would buy this big baby again & we have recommended it to others.

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This AC unit was ordered 5-31 and arrived 6-4 installed on 6-4 really didn't fit window properly so I used Duct tape around it in a very thick fashion. I live in a 1970 Mobile home 12x70 badly insulated but this thing cools the entire place even though its installed in a hallway. I am completely satisfied. This is same price as walmart for same model except i got it faster and got a set of 3D glasses for less than the tax would have been from walmart on just the Air Conditioner. Awesome Service. Awesome speed and Awesome unit. Thank you Amazon.

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This is an EXCELLENT air conditioner. It keeps my entire house cool and sucks the humidity right out of the air. It was easy to install and so far has been virtually maintenance-free. It even tells you when it is time to clean the filter.

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Love the look of the unit. For something with so much power it doesn't look monstrous from inside and outside. Does an excellent job cooling the apartment and I am very pleased with the purchase I made. As always, ordering from Amazon with their quick delivery service was a great!

Reviews of Sunbeam Ceramic Heater for Small Room

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I'm a bit of an expert on electric heaters, as I've owned over 200 rental properties and often heat the vacant ones (to prevent freeze damage) with portable electric heaters, rather than turning on gas to the property and firing up the furnace. I ALSO moved INTO a foreclosed home 3 years ago (I live near the US border with Canada) and the home's oil furnace was shot. As much experience as I had with heating rentals with portable electric heaters, I decided to "temporarily" heat my own home that way until I got around to investing in a new furnace. Well...that was 3 years ago and I'm still heating my home with 5 plug-in, electric heaters...because they've worked well enough that a central furnace still hasn't made it to the top of my priority list. I have owned probably 30 different electric heaters, and early on, I figured most were about the same. Boy was I wrong! Price, quality and effectiveness varies as much as it does when buying a new car! The same power consumption DOES NOT equal the same heat output, and while some heaters last for years and years, working 24/7 during the winter, some brands/models routinely break after a few months of working long hours. This heater is one of the top 3 best I've ever owned, and possibly the best FOR THE MONEY. It's as light-weight and easy to move around as as a jumbo-sized cup of coffee, it puts out more heat than I can BELIEVE for such a small unit, it heats one of my 15x15 rooms to 70 degrees when it is 15 degrees outside, and it hasn't broken, frozen-up, stalled, malfunctioned in ANY way yet! The fan noise is a MILD annoyance, but as another review cited, it is a very soft, consistent, non-offensive "white noise" which some might view as a positive. Great value, great product. No fancy digital readouts or super-accurate "set-the-temperature-you-want-and-go" but if you're looking for a tiny, light, dependable, MONSTER of a heat-producer, this IS your heater. By the way, I have NOTHING to gain from singing this product's praises. I just wish I had read a review like this before wasting my money on so many of the garbage units I've bought.

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I just got one of these and it's about as basic as such a product can be. Safety was a significant factor for me I don't want any product that gets glowing hot, so I looked into ceramic heaters with overheating protection.

This ceramic heater works, and puts out a significant quantity of heat. The low power setting uses 1000W to avoid tripping circuit breakers. The high power setting uses 1500W. The "thermostat" just controls the duty cycle (heater turns itself on/off frequently; the lower the setting, the more time the heater is "off")

My only complaint is that the fan is a little loud. Not terribly loud, but certainly audible. Perhaps a larger unit with the same power rating might be quieter.

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I purchased this item mainly because of the cost (note: I didn't buy this on Amazon.com for a change; found it 1/2 price in-store at a big-box store).

It does the trick as my workspace (approx. 8 x 12 ft.) is colder than the rest of the office. The heater's low setting is ample to heat my feet when I place it under my desk. The high setting is sufficiently heats my office. The heater blows warm/hot air instantly. Good for the price.

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On a chilly night, I turn this on and close the door. It cut my heating bill in half. On the few coldest winter nights of the season, it isn't enough. You may need two or three depending on how cold your winters are. You can set the thermostat so that it will shut itself off when it gets warm enough. A ceramic heater heats a whole room evenly like central heat. I got mine at a department store for about $20.

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I picked one of these little heaters up at Walmart for $12. I think they might have been slightly more during the dead of winter but not much. It does a pretty good job at heating a small room and is quieter than a big window unit that costs a lot more to run. Now I'll just have to see how long it lasts.

Review of Classic Flame 18EF023GRA INSERT ONLY. Fixed Front 18" Insert

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Our fireplace is wood-burning/propane. We can't use wood due to allergies and found out that the propane was not properly run so that left us with an unusable fireplace due to its small and odd shape. We found this insert and purchased it hoping that our measurement were correct. It fits well, is lovely to look at, and does a very good heating the room. Very happy with our purchase.

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After going through the specs, I felt that this insert would work with my new Equinox 18MM3207-M250 stand that I got at a great price. I received it quickly and it went right in with no problems at all and works like a champ. I can hear a slight buzz without the heat being on and it gets a bit louder with the heat. But overall I am very happy with this choice and glad that I got it. I hope it will give us many years of service. It certainly makes an already great piece of furniture even better.

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AFTER YEARS OF BURNING WOOD WITH ALL THE DIRT AND SMOKE. THEN CONVERTING TO GAS LOGS WITH THE SMELL AND DUST WE FINALLY GOT SMART AND PURCHASED THIS UNIT. WE COULDN'T BE MORE SATISFIED. IT'S PERFECT. IT HEATS AND PRESENTS A VERY REALISTIC FIRE. OR, FIRE ALONE. SOOTHING TO WATCH WITH OUT THE PROBLEMS OF A WOOD FIRE OR GAS LOGS. IT INSTALLED EASILY. BASICALLY A PLUG AND PLAY. WISH WE HAD DONE IT LONG AGO.

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Perfect fit in our small front room. Puts out enough heat to avoid using the furnace on cold mornings and evenings. The flame simulation is well done and makes you think warm too.

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I bought this fireplace insert for a remodel job in our basement. After reading the reviews we decided to go with this model, and so far I'm really impressed with it. I still need to build the fireplace/mantel, and after that's done this unit should just slide right it. I took it out of the box, sat it on the counter, plugged it in, and in about 5 seconds we had instant flame and heat. The flames/embers look realistic for an electric fireplace, and this unit appears to be as realistic as another unit we bought a few years ago for about 6 times the price. For the money, this appears to be an excellent unit.

Shopping Cart Cup Holder Review

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I am a store vendor. When I go in to service my accounts, I always use a shopping cart. Many times I am in these accounts for hours. Water bottles and closed top beverages are easy enough to just place in the cart with out spilling, but me...I like my large coffee. That top doesn't close. I have been looking for a cup holder that you dont have to screw on (like one for a stroller). I found this one. It is a simple design...but it works for me and I LOVE IT!! It wont hold thinner items like a water bottle or a soda can...so if you are looking for something like that, this will not work.

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I've only used it with Starbucks 'tall' and 'short' size cups and there are no issues. Large cups aren't a problem, so the fact that it fits a Starbucks 'short' is good. If you have a smaller cup, it may not. Has fit all wire-type shopping carts I've used very well & stable. Nice and small to keep in car / pocket.

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I ended up wraping the bare metal circle with yard to prevent it from scratching my mugs. otherwise it worked but I had to also stretch out the circle to fit my mug which made it difficult to hang on the cart. It will not hold a soda can or anything that is not tapered.

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I finally found the product that makes shopping a relaxing and fun experience! Great to be able to take my herbal tea with me Thanks!!!

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This is a must have item, especially when you have little ones and it takes forever to grocery shop with them. Its a great holder for your starbucks!!

Discount NewAir AC-14100E Portable Air Conditioner

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I have bought 3 machines and have had to send back for compressor breakdown problems. Newairs website they say they they have fixed compressor problems on this model. so its up to you if you want to take a chance on the newly updated"compresser". Also it took me a month to get a new replacement unit kind of a pain when it's 90 degrees outside. The second unit worked for not even a week like 4 hours of continuous operation I had to send that back at my own expense.. So after that I just got a refund

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i'm sweating as i write this. basically it doesn't work, too loud, i'm sending it back. does not work!!!!!!!!!!! the reviews were very good online but it just doesn't work.

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Have had this about 3 or 4 months. Got it for the upstairs bedroom. Does not cool off the room at all with everything closed up. Room about 400SF with bathroom. Close off bathroom and still not much help. My wive does not like the noise. It is very noisy even on low.

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This product is cheaply made and doesn't really cool off the room. I had previously bought another brand and it wasn't available right now, so I bought this one with the same specs for another room. Big mistake. It will probably last only a couple of months. The plastic is cheap, thin and it bends and will probably break easily. The area with the controls sinks in when you go to turn it on or off. If you are spending this kind of moneyyou want something that will work and hold up more than a month or two. Because of the packaging, we could not figure out how to send this back or we definately would have. BUYER BEWARE.

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Before I begin the review, I just want to say usually I do not take the time to review anything unless I really am very, VERY pleased. So, with that information in mind:

I live in a small studio (about 470 sqft) in a major city on the east coast. My building is old, and apparently (according to the Super) the air conditioning does not turn on until the first of June (go figure). Well, that's all fine and dandy until we had a heat wave with one night (yes, NIGHT) in the mid/high 80's this spring. I tried to grin and bear it for a couple of nights, but when I woke in a sweat with a heat rash, I knew I couldn't take any more nights like that. So, needless to say, after calling my Dad for advice and searching through the internet looking for an answer to my dilemma I finally decided that Amazon was the way to go. Living in a city is nice, but most don't realize how hard it really is to get things in and out of an apartment in a large city...especially something like this. I read many, MANY reviews and finally realized that there was no real "perfect" portable air conditioner (I have sliding windows, so no traditional window unit for me). I went with this unit, swallowed the price tag (the cheapest of the 14000 btu with a fairly good rating), and paid the extra $4 in shipping so I wouldn't have to sleep another night in the heat.

So, that was yesterday, and it arrived today. I was able to push the box right to my front door and lift it out of the box with moderate effort (nothing like a good work out). One negative I have about this is the directions are super vague and you really have to figure it out for yourself somewhat. I was determined, though, to get that thing set up ASAP. It took me about an hour from start to finish (unpacking the box to plugging it in). WITHIN 20 TO 30 MINS OF HAVING IT PLUGGED IN, THE TEMP WENT FROM 85 TO 77. I call this a HUGE improvement. It has been running for about an hour and a half now on high and it is feeling SO much better. Yes, the unit is fairly loud, but I am used to sleeping with a HEPA air purifier on high, so the noise to me is no different. Sleep mode is a bit quieter, but honestly I look at the noise as a small price to pay. If it's hot, then you just got to put on your big boy or girl panties and get used to the noise. The cool will be worth it. Now, be advised that I literally JUST installed this unit TODAY. If there are any problems I will edit this to give all of you better information.

Hopefully this helps someone in need who, like me, is desperate. Happy cooling!!!

Review of Pleasant Hearth 1,200 Square Feet Wood Burning Stove, Small

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Pickiest stove in the world. Have had it for 2 years now, barely keeps the 950 sq. ft. house at 68 degrees. Unless you have lots of dead standing trees to throw in it, it doesn't burn hot. 90% of the time, you have to get it started by leaving the door cracked open about an inch or two to get a fire started (on and off for hours some days), or restarted when throwing in more wood. Forget about anything that may be slightly damp or not totally 100% dried out, it will NOT burn. Just smolder to death and cause lots of cresote in your chimney. When you do get it finally going, it burns about 2-3 hours before needing wood to put in it. DOES NOT burn overnight 6-8 hours like advertised. I load it down every night about 11pm, and on the dot I wake up at 3am when the furnace kicks on (I keep it at 65 degrees) to load it down again. I burn mostly oak, walnut, ash and occasionally locust and poplar. The insulation brick seems to suffocate it more than anything, but don't want to remove it cause the design of it may let flames through and catch any cresote on fire in the chimney. I can fit logs up to about 16" in it comfortably, but keep a few 3-4 inch pieces to keep as fillers when loading it down for the night. The angle of the top makes it difficult to get more than 3 (4"-5" logs) in at a time. Messiest thing in the world when it comes to cleaning it. No matter how delicate or easy you are, the door tends to blow out ashes every time it starts to get full. I usually have to clean mine out every 2-3 days if temperatures stay in the 20s to 30s. When it does get below 40 degrees (yes 40), it has a hard time keeping up with dropping temps in the overnight hours. I saved and saved for a stove, and now I am stuck with this one until I can get a bigger, more efficient user friendly model. Only positive thing I can say is that when it does burn hot, its wonderful, and has saved me money on heating costs ($230 a month down to $85 on average). I recommend buying a stove bigger than what you need (which I thought I did), and not a pleasant hearth, its just way to finicky.

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good stove for the money, easy to install, the insulation around the door was damaged but customer service was quick to send repair cement for it. As expected, it is not easy to get a fire to burn very long.

It does heat a large family room and more quite well, in spite of vaulted ceilings.

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First note no ash drawer. Ash lip? Not sure what advertized ash drawer means??? Stove looks good. Will follow as installation continues. I would return but travel 100miles to pick this up.