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Monday, September 1, 2014

Best Thermal Wave Electronic Infrared Fireplace by SUNHEAT, Espresso Deals

Thermal Wave Electronic Infrared Fireplace by SUNHEAT, Espresso
Customer Ratings: 5 stars
List Price: $399.00
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We love the heat and look of the realistic flame . Infrared heat is warmer and cheaper than any other we have used. The flame can be dimmed, the heater is safe for kids and pets.

We actually removed the heater from the mantle and inserted it in a piece of built in birch furniture and tiled a travertine /glass mosaic tile around it.

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Very simple out the box and plug in!! Love it looks really nice. Now want to order a second unit for another room in the house.

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We bought the infrared fireplace to put in our enclosed patio/sunroom. We tried it out on a cool morning and it did heat the entire room (12x16). I would recommend this product.

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Saturday, July 5, 2014

Cheap Haier ESA408J 8000-BTU Room Air Conditioner Energy Star with Remote

Haier ESA408J 8000-BTU Room Air Conditioner Energy Star with Remote
Customer Ratings: 3.5 stars
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I had never heard of Haier Air Conditioners, and was desperate because of the heat. I paid 199.00 with 19 dollars shipping, opened the box and installed it in the window very easily. Outside temp was 92 with 90% humidity inside temp was 84 in my 23x 15 foot living room with 3 windows and 2 open doors. I put it in "Cool" mode set at 72 degrees.In 2 hours inside temp was 72 degrees with a flood of water pouring out the back of the AC to the outside.By the time "Dangerous Catch" came on in 4 hours, I had turned it down using the remote control to energy saver mode and it cycled on and off all night long keeping the inside temp between 74 and 71 degrees. I had read the horror stories about this unit and thought I might have made a mistake ordering it, but that was not the case. This AC works well, it's not very noisy, It has a pretty big room to cool with windows and open doors across the room from the unit and nothing is in it's favor but it was up to the task and did what it was supposed to do !!! It was shipped 1/2 the way across the country and I got it in 6 days. I may buy another 1 just like it after watching this 1 close for a week or two. The remote control is handy too because the unit is located behind a big computer desk making it hard to really touch the front controls.

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Usually I don't post product reviews however I rely heavily on other peoples' opinion of a

product when i'm looking to make a purchase.

Yesterday I purchased this product from Walmart for several reasons.

Mainly because I have two 5000 BTU Haier air conditions purchased two

years ago that run year around and don't run up my electric bill nor trip

the breaker in my 120 year old house, also the packaging was impressive the box tells you everything, so i chose the 8000 btu because

the eer rating was 10.4 it covers up to 350 sf which is great and the price was less than $200. I also like that the vents rotate.

My bedroom was 95 degrees no kidding when we installed the a/c within

an hour it was down to 84 so I felt obligated to post to let others know

this a/c is a great buy for the price and will last thru many hot summers.

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The fan is out of balance, causing the window to shake. The discharge grill is supposed to be adjustable, but it is so tight the flimsy lever is likely to break off if you try. The thermostat seems to sense the output air instead of the inlet air. The unit cycles on/off, on/off with the room still at 77* while the thermostat is set to 70*. It does a poor job of broadcasting the air into the room, so it is cool right in front of the unit but hot across the room.

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My window is on the left side of the wall. I knew before buying that Haier units tend to broadcast air better to the right (most other brands to the left). (Helps to read Consumer Reports). The unit cools faster and better than any unit I've used before. It is a touch louder, though. The thermostat seems to read the temp of air after it is pulled back into the intake so if the fan cycles off it will be off a few degrees. As soon as the fan restarts the temp reading will immediately readjust. It does a fine job of cooling a difficult room. If you need a quiet unit or one that cools more towards the left, pick another brand. It was under 100 bucks on clearance at a local big box store, so I'm very happy.

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I'm not sure if all the units are the same but mine came without the metal piece that screws on top enabling the plastic piece to slide in and out. This prevents proper support to the window when closed down and the plastic is fragile and has already cracked. Also there's no drain hole. I had to remove the two screws at the back at the bottom in order to drain the water. Its almost impossible to drain holes without damaging some internal parts. Other than that the unit works well.

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Friday, May 16, 2014

Reviews of 12 Volt Marine Air Conditioner

12 Volt Marine Air Conditioner
Customer Ratings: 5 stars
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I purchase one of these for my 26 foot four winns, and the unit works great. The unit has actually 3 dc compressors inside and cycles them on and off as the thermostat tells it to. We set it on low for a little cooling at night and it consumes about 18 amps.

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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Honeywell MM14CCS 14,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner with Remote Reviews

Honeywell MM14CCS 14,000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner with Remote Control - Black/Silver
Customer Ratings: 4 stars
List Price: $599.99
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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program We moved into an older home that has no air conditioning, high ceilings, no insulation, and louvered windows. This is in the eastern edges of LA county, in a valley, where it gets pretty hot during the summer and occasionally other times of the year (it was 103 yesterday, for instance, a record high).

When we moved here I got a Whynter 14,000 BTU Dual Hose Portable Air Conditioner with Heater (ARC-14SH) for my office, which is at one end of this ranch style home.

I'm a big fan of the Whynter. It worked fine in the heat, never quite cooling the whole room, but certainly giving a blast of cold air where I needed it. The room was at fault, so I don't blame the unit. In fact, later in the summer we moved it in the bedroom to supplement a far too small window unit. The room got downright chilly. It started cooling down and I moved the unit into our babies room, with the heater function keeping the room at a steady temperature throughout the relatively cool winter months. Now that its getting hot again, I was torn about moving the unit out of her room. She needs it cool in hot weather for the sake of all our sanity.

So, I was looking for an addition. The goofiness of our windows and lack of ability to do home repair projects tends to cancel out window units. This one looked like a good choice so I went for it.

Which do I recommend, this Honeywell or the Whynter? Well, both have 14000 BTU cooling, with equivalent cooling power, I look at other issues. And there's no clear stand out. The Honeywell is a bit smaller, and I the vent is more variable. Though, you can't quite enjoy the full force of it hitting you. Both units prefer to vent upwards. The vent on the Whynter just closes off, never getting a horizontal direction worth noting. The Honeywell does allow for more horizontal flow, but when you close the vent to focus it horizontal, it opens a gap in the back of the vent, with about half the power or more still directed upwards.

The big difference is in the air flow in and out. Both units have a standard sized intake and exhaust, but the Honeywell, for some reason, only comes with one hose and a window adapter with one slot. This creates a possible vacuum situation, where air is being sucked in from inside the room and sent outside, which means that air has to come in from somewhere else, a crack in the window or something like that. My office is old enough this isn't an issue, but it might create a problem for other situations, and some people highly recommend always using a dual hose setup. The Honeywell, again, allows for this, but doesn't come with the attachments for it. And the attachments are surprisingly expensive unless you're able and willing to patch together your own. The Whynter comes with two hoses and a window adapter with two slots, and caps in case you're not using one, leaving a one or two hose situation optional.

The window attachment on the Honeywall is fairly shorter. I only have to take off one of my louvered window panels, while the Whynter requires me taking off two. However, the Honeywell adapter uses pegs and slots to tighten in length. Unfortunately for those with nonstandard windows, like me, the pegs don't match up, and I have to jerry rig a way to keep the adapter secure in the window.

The remote works fine, and the display and buttons on the unit are pretty much the same for both units.

Which would I recommend. Well, again, the Honeywell is a bit smaller and that might be an issue. It also seems to handle water a bit better. The Whynter has a water tray and plug that's terribly inconvenient. Too low to put a bowl by, too high to really drain the inside pan. Have to tip it and finagle it. Fortunately, we live in a generally low humidity environment, but on those rainy days in winter I was having to empty the Whynter every couple of days, taking and lifting it into the shower.

But the Whynter does have that heater. So, there's a bit more bang for the price.

I like both and am happy I don't have to pick between them for my own use.

ADDED: Got pretty hot here the other day, had the air conditioner on. Was quite dismayed to see a trail of water coming from this Honeywell unit, leaving a puddle on my hard floor. Have no idea what was happening, as it wasn't leaking from any of the plugs, just coming from the bottom of the unit itself. I live in SoCal, so humidity isn't an issue, and if it's leaking because of that here, then I have to worry about how it will leak in higher humidity areas.

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Unit appears well-made compared to the other junk out there. Interface is slick, and remote is somewhat useful. Three problems:

Unit is LOUD, even on lowest fan setting. It is a bit louder than most window-mounted units, and is about the same volume as those fan coil units installed in cheap motels. I have to use earplugs, and others have refused to sleep in the room with it on.

Unit works, but no way it is 14k BTUs! Cools more like a 6-8k unit. I have a 480sf bedroom and on a hot day (80's) it takes hours to cool down the room. Granted I have high ceilings though.

Remote control works to turn unit on & off, and to set timer (a neat feature although very coarsely-implemented). I have yet to reliably use it for anything else. Basically in middle of ight when you can't take the noise anymore you can shut it off without getting out of bed.

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Did not cool the room well. Poor air flow. My old air conditioner worked much better. Big and clumsy. It took up a lot of space.

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I have a 500 sq. foot (lower level) apartment in the city and I'm not pleased with the way this unit cooled. I expected a lot more based on the BTUs and price paid. It is also extremely noisy. I would not recommend it.

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Two problems.

1) the unit had evidently been jarred significantly during shipping, as the metal grate below the top vent had come loose and was rubbing on the main fan, causing it to sound like a blender. I removed the grate entirely and things are much quieter.

2) Be careful and measure your window before committing. The window assembly will only expand so far, and it lacked a good 18 inches of coverage on our window. Luckily I had some leftover stuff from a previously failed air conditioner and was able to hack together something that worked. The little plastic screw thing is really not sufficient the old unit had sturdy wing nuts. Poor design here.

All that being said, the thing seems to be cooling the room well, which is the primary purpose. Too bad they couldn't avoid dropping it off of the loading dock or whatever happened.

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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Discount Overseas Use Only Windchaser MH-500 220 Volt 50HZ Portable Space

Overseas Use Only Windchaser MH-500 220 Volt 50HZ Portable Space heater
Customer Ratings: 4 stars
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I carry a 220V space heater in my luggage on some trips. The features I desire are: compact, light weight, and a low power setting. I previously had a dual setting unit with a 700 watt option. This was plenty of heat, but I was a little concerned about the risk of fire owing to the fairly high temperature of the air stream. Also, it was rather bulky and heavy and nevertheless not so well built. Eventually it failed spectacularly with a shower of sparks as it welded some parts inside the unit. (Just to be double clear I'm talking there about the other brand that I'm replacing, not about this one.)

This Windchaser unit is as compact and light weight as one could hope for. It is well built. It has only one setting 500 watts. As other reviews point out, this is not a lot of heat. However, I tried it on a cold fall night in a small, unheated Paris room and I was satisfied with it. I was also pleased that the air stream is not scorching hot I guess because the amount of air pushed through is large. It is quiet, but not silent, making a gentle white sound noise.

So my 5-star rating of the unit is based on my fairly specific wishes. It would not be suitable in a use where highest heat output was crucial.

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i was looking for a 220v heater for tower guard overseas and this works, but it doesnt pack much punch. Every little bit helps where I am though, so for $20 I'd say it was worth it. just don't expect to be blown away with heat!

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