BOSCA BCPS500BL Spirit 500 Pellet Stove Reviews

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We have a small house, just under 1000 square feet. Any new appliance has to take up less square footage, if possible, than the one it's replacing. This Bosca fit the bill nicely. I was concerned, though, about a few things before I bought it. Was the hopper big enough to keep the stove burning 24 hours on a minus ten degree day? Was the force of hot air strong enough to warm up the farthest room? Was it easy to keep clean? Was it reliable?

I'll address each concern with answers, now that I've had this stove for one month. I should mention that I do not use this with a thermostat, so it is constantly on.

The hopper holds about 60 70 pounds, and during one very cold stretch that included a night with temperatures hitting 25 below zero, we kept it on medium high all day. The house stayed at 70 degrees with no other source of heat being used. The full hopper lasted almost exactly 25 hours at this rate. This is better than I expected. On normal cold days, say, 20 degrees above, we keep it on low and it lasts 36 hours.

The force of the blower is stronger than that of a stove I had that was designed for twice the area. Far better than I expected.

It is so easy to keep clean that I don't even need to wash my hands after vacuuming it. Because the air intake is from underneath, not through a space adjacent to the front glass as in so many pellet stoves, the front glass stays clean for days. The burn-pot is so ingeniously designed, and this stove is so efficient, that you can burn several bags of pellets before you even think of having to clean the burn-pot. And when you do, you'll see it's a two-part pot: you pull out the U-shaped part with holes, scrape it clean, and place it back into the burn-pot holder. Voila, you're done!

It has never let us down. We can set it, fill the hopper, go away for a day, and come back, and it's firing away beautifully.

Our experience with this stove has made us enthusiastic about looking for other appliances made in Chile.

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Reviews of Hearth Contemporary II Rectangular Rug

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This rug is awesome. It's difficult to find a hearth rug that is affordable AND doesn't have bears or pine cones on it!!

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Beautiful for what its for. I mean, I bought it for the intention of catching wayward burning embers.This thing is much nicer than I thought it was going to be. Better than the image presented here. Very nice accent to the room AND FUNCTIONAL TOO!!

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We bought this rug for our family room fireplace. Love the long length and the quality of its construction. Its a heavy rug which does not move on the carpet and which does not curl up on the ends like the cheap hearth rugs. I would highly recommend it or if need be, buy another one.

Reviews of SPT SH-1509 Pedestal Ceramic Heater

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I've been using this tower heater/fan since October and I've had a fairly good experience. It's basically the taller version of the "SPT SH-1508 Tower Ceramic Heater with Ionizer." The SH-1508 was too short for my tall bed and adding an extra foot to the height in the SH-1509 made is ideal. It heats up my mid size room pretty well.

When I first got this product it looked like it was in good condition (the box definitely wasn't though). But it seems that there's a little bit of blurred area on the front inside of the remote control signal receptor. But that area is a black background with a red light covered by the transparent plastic so I can't really tell the blurred plastic cover anymore unless I look closely.

The fan was very quiet when I first got it. I am a very light sleeper and even the smallest sounds can wake me up, and I slept through fine when the heater went off. However, about a couple weeks ago, I noticed that the fan, when especially oscillating, makes a vibrating noise. Pretty unfortunate since it makes the fan noisey now I might have to take it apart to see if anything came loose.

Besides those two things, I really have no complaints except the shape of the heater itself. It's not symmetrical as I expect most products to be. It's really not a big deal but it might bother the odd ones like myself.

PROS:

Tall

Multiple settings: High, Low, Fan (although very week) and Auto (I always use this setting heater is set to go off when the adjustable temperature is reached)

Quiet

Remote control this is one of the best features

Neat and clear blue screen

Space-efficient

CONS:

Wasn't in 100% prestine condition when I first got it.

Something came loose and now makes a vibrating noise only after 2 months of use.

Fan is weak I can't feel any cool air unless I'm directly in front of it.

Overall, I would recommend that other people who don't want a stubby heater like the SH-1508 should get the SH-1509. It's pretty much the same fan around the same price but taller. If it weren't for the vibrating noise that suddenly happened, I'd give it five stars.

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Definitely worth the extra $$. I use this space heater in my office and it works wonderfully. Heats the 12x12 space quickly....and best of all it's super super quiet!

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Heater is great for the money. heats up quickly, fan is a little loud for the living room but overall great item. i would buy another one if i needed it.

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This is a great little heater/fan. It puts out a lot of heat and only takes up a minimal amount of space. The remote control is an added convenience and I like the safety/shut-off feature when the heater is moved. The only negative is in trying to get the device to fan only; I wish this had been a separate button on the remote control as it is somewhat difficult to see/read from the distance that you would use the remote.

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This was a great heater for the first year I used it. It heats quickly and the fan with oscillation distributes the heat well. I do feel the cons out weigh the pros. As some of the other reviews have stated when you change a setting on the heater it does make a rather loud beep sound, the heater fan is a little on the loud side in general, if you turn off the heat and just use this as a fan, it really does not move very much air, and lastly it only lasted for two winters which I feel is not very long for something in this price point. Currently it heats for about ten minutes and then the heater element and fan just stop working and I have to disconnect power for several hours and it will work for another ten minutes.

Strobel Organic Solid State Waterbed Heater for Softsides, Thermal Reviews

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Had this about 6 months now and it works great. So much better than the old one it replaced.

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While I am not specifically reviewing this mattress I want buyers of Strobel products to know they do not honor their warranty. I purchased a latex foam mattress manufactured by Strobel a few years ago and it has sagged to the point of being uncomfortable and very unsightly. The sagging even shows when I have my down filled duvet on top of the mattress. The mattress has a non-prorated warranty on it as quoted from their website, "Accordingly we offer 5-year non-prorated/20 prorated warranty on Supple-Forma mattresses, and 10-year non-prorated/30 prorated warranty on Supple-Pedic 3000, 4500, and 6000 models." I have contacted Strobel twice and have not had any type of response from them. I highly recommend refraining from purchasing any of their products due to their lack of response in standing behind not only their products, but their promise also.

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Got this less than a year ago and glad I waited til now to offer a rating. After less than a year the unit has quit working. To say the least I am not a happy camper!!! Installed it ok but now I'm back to square one: COLD BED! NOT GOOD!!!

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I bought this item, because it's design and description sounded like a good thing. I received it, set it up, and read the directions. THE VERY VAGUE, and poorly written directions. In the product sales description (one line), it said there is an adjustable thermostat. THERE IS NOT ONE AT ALL! There is an INTERNAL thermostat that sets itself whenever it decides to turn ITSELF on or off. There is NO temperature read out, there is no control for you, the operator to set and tell it to continue on until the room reaches this temp. One of the features that attracted me was that there are two wattage settings...1500W or 900W. I thought, this would be great, when the room gets warm enough, I can lower the wattage setting, and save on electricity costs. AGAIN, YOU CANNOT CONTROL THE WATTAGE SETTING. IT'S ALL INTERNAL...the MACHINE does it when it wants to! I will type the description right out of their manual... "Economic Energy Saving Function (ECO)-When the room temperature reaches a certain point, the ECO green light will switch on, indicating that one-third of the power has been cut-off automatically to save energy." Problem is...IT NEVER STAYS AT FULL WATTAGE...within 5 minutes of giving off heat at a full 1500 watts, it will switch to the lower wattage...NO MATTER WHAT TEMP THE ROOM IS. I have Econo-Heat Flat Panel Wall Heaters in my living room (check them out THEY ARE INCREDIBLE!), and when we have these cold, cold nights, my living room goes down to below 60 at night. I got this space heater to compensate in the mornings to quickly warm up the space. But, with this damn machine automatically deciding on it's own to switch to the lower wattage...it's impossible to warm anything up quickly..or at all for that matter!! NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO TO KEEP IT AT THE FULL WATTAGE....IT DOES NOT WORK!!! Plus, there is no real indicator mark on the dial itself. You never know, is this where the full on setting should be...or is it here? Plus the directions give no indication either...you just never know what to line any of the dials marking to. THEN, HERE'S THE BEST PART!! In their direction packet they have a big STOP sign sheet that says, "Don't take this item back to where you bought it, CALL US...here's our 1-800 number, we'll be glad to help and answer any questions." I called them for four days straight and all I ever got was an answering maching. Finally on the 5th day I left a message. I wanted someone to explain the internal workings of this machine so that I could have some control over the wattage settings. That same day I also sent them an email...to this day I have heard NOTHING...no phone call back, no email...NOTHING!!! How's that for customer support! WAIT.... THERE'S MORE... I figured, well as a last resource I can put this machine down in my basement to help keep it warm so my pipes don't freeze (cold upstate New York winters). Another "feature" of this machine is that there is what's called a "Snowflake" setting, especially for use in basements. You plug it in, put it on the setting (again not really knowing where to really line the little snowflake image up to) and The machine will automatically come on when the room reaches below 41 degrees. Well, I keep a thermometer in my basement...when I placed this heater in my basement the temp on the thermometer was 38 degrees. That means as soon as I plug the thing in, it should turn on, right? HA!!! Fat chance!!! I stood there for 20 minutes, playing with the dial, trying to see what it did, and it did nothing! I went downstairs about 3 times during the course of the night, and though my basement kept getting colder, the heater never came on. URRRGGGGGGHHHH...I HATE THIS MACHINE...DO NOT BUY THIS IF YOU WANT TO BE MASTER OF YOUR HEATING DOMAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I bought this heater last year and imediately thought I had made a mistake. But after using it a while, it has become my favorite room heater. I can use it anywhere and not be afraid of fire, it's the only electric heater I will leave on at night. As stated above the back does get hotter than the brochure indicates, but certainly not hot enough to start a fire, so I use it on the provided legs. At night I turn the thermastat down and use this heater in my bedroom, it has really saved me on energy cost. I love it's portability.

I believe many people are not use to the way this heater works, and are not giving it a chance. I came to Amazon today to buy another one, saw some of the low ratings given by buyers, and decided to let Amazon buyers know "THIS IS EXCELLENT PRODUCT".

One thing, It will stink until the new burns off, then it's a really good heater...........My two dogs and cat love it, they live in front of it on cold days.......I don't usually write reviews for Amazon, though I buy lots of things from them, this time I felt I had to defend my choice of heaters.

By the way I have two of those Wal-mart cheapies and they can't touch this one. I recomend this product.....

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I purchased 3 of these heaters, one for each bedroom. I was very unhappy with them and returned all for a refund. There were two problems. First, very little heating capacity. The $20 space heaters from Wal-Mart I bought produced much more heat. Secondly, I had purchased these heaters because of the wall-mount feature. I thought that would be cool to have them out of the way. The problem was that the back got extremely hot (couldn't even touch surface without discomfort). I called the company and they said that it was safe, not a fire hazard. However, upon calling two people (one handyman, one person in heating department at Lowe's), they did say it was a fire hazard, that the drywall and wood couldn't get that hot behind it. I was extremely uncomfortable mounting it to the wall because I was afraid I would burn the house down! It just did not appear to be as safe as the company was saying it was. So I returned all three and got a refund on all of them.

Sallie

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I bought this in the middle of Oct of 07 in prep for the winter. Before i turned on the furnace for the year i tried using this heater to heat my computer room since that is where most of our time is spent. We were previously using a small (about a 1 ft cube) hot air blowing space heater that sadly does a much better job heating the room than this panel heater. I can have this unit sitting 6 inches behind my chair while at my desk and I'll STILL be cold. I left it on for a week straight thinking it may just need some time to heat the "stuff" in the room. It didn't work that way.

I tried to see if there really was a need for the unit to be on. I didn't know if there was a certain temperature that this would work best at so i turned on the furnace and set it to 61 so it would only kick on when actually necessary. The thermostat is in the computer room and the panel unit was about 4 feet from the thermostat and my furnace still turned on.

I unplugged it and turned on the small space heater. The room warmed up and the furnace didn't turn back on after 2 1/2 hrs.

It's the first week of Nov '07 and it's going back. If it can't handle fall it surely won't man up in winter.

Don't buy this heater.

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As another reviewer said, this unit does not operate as advertised. Turn the unit on and within minutes, no matter what the temperature of the room is, the heater will go into it's ECO (Economic Energy Saving Function) mode. So it will never warm my small room quickly, for that matter, it never warms the room to a decent temperature at all. I was very disappointed with this heater and I would not recommend it to anyone.

Jerdon RTC Warmrails Mid Size Wall Mounted or Floor Standing Towel Review

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overall a good product. keeps towels warm and dry. use a timer so it comes on few hours a day prior to and after my shower.

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As a towel warmer and a towel dryer, this product only deserves two stars. The only part of the towel that gets heated is the contact point where it directly hangs. The parts that drape down don't get heated at all, despite the middle bars. The bars themselves do get hot to the touch, but apparently it doesn't transfer to the towel well. I've tried layering and even that doesn't work well. Besides, who wants to go through the hassle of stacking a big bundle of towels on top and then taking them all off just to get to the first layer? The best way I've been able to make use of this is wrap roll the towel around the top bar. That's been semi-satisfactory. But even with this technique, I get a towel with a warm center and a decrease in warmth to the ends. It takes about a half hour to warm the outer frame of the rail to it's maximum and about a full hour for the middle sections to heat up. So about an hour is how long I would leave the towel on the warmer in the "wrap roll" configuration. Leaving it on longer doesn't really help much. How any company could pass this thing off as a serious towel warmer is beyond me.

As a towel dryer, you'd get quicker results putting your damp towel in a laundry dryer. And since the only part that gets heated is the contact point and not what drapes down, it takes hours to dry; a full day maybe. You'd probably get better results sun-drying!

EDIT: 12/6/11

I finally got tired of this crappy item and went and got a Brookstone Towel Warmer (the tall one) instead. What a difference! Brookstone's warmer works wonders. It was quicker and toastier! Sure, there's that heated plasticy smell every review seems to complain about but I don't mind and am sure will fade. At least my towel actually gets hot.

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Was so excited to give my wife a towel warmer for Christmas as she is always cold coming out of our shower and she loved the one I had in my flat in the UK. Thought this one was a good buy as it could both be a standing unit or a wall-mounted (so that we could have a trial period before banging up my walls). At first, there was a strong smell, but that did dissipate quickly. Unfortunately, we have still yet to actually have a warm towel from using this product. We have tried many different configurations of towel shape, size, fold, weight. No matter what we do, the towel seems to gain little heat, which is disappointing as my towels in the UK were downright hot from a similar looking device. It could be that the crossbars are notably narrower than the frame bar resulting in the towel never actually contacting the crossbars not sure. Unfortunately this one will become a showpiece in our basement.

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I purchased this model since it had the smallest overall footprint and for the dual option of having it be free-standing or wall-mounted. We've been using it free-standing for the past few weeks and are pretty happy with it. Having dry, warm towels in the morning is great! We hang our two showel towels on it, using the lower bars and then put a third towel on the top bar to cover the other two and keep the heat in. The towels aren't uniformly warm, but definitely drier than our older method (hanging them on a hook). The satin nickel finish works nicely in our bathroom (no shiny chrome).

In free-standing mode, the rack moves slightly front-to-back. It's in no danger of tipping over or anything but it was disconcerting at first since I thought I hadn't installed the feet correctly or tight enough. This movement does make it easier to tilt the rack forward slightly away from the wall when hanging towels on it. And be careful: the metal gets pretty hot to the touch.

I had one small problem occur just last week: one of the plastic hold covers on the side (where the horizontal rails connect to the vertical ones) just popped out. I found it on the floor under the rack and it wouldn't snap back into place. It was almost as if the heat of the rack warped it slightly. I've sent an e-mail to customer support to see if I can get a replacement part sent to me.

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We moved into a new house and missed our old warming towel rack couldn't be without it! Dries the towels so you never get the mildew smell! great for bathing suits too. Mounted it on the wall and it looks great

Discount ClassicFlame 24" Electric Fireplace Insert/Log Set - 24FI061ARU

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Have a very nice active fireplace with the bush of a button on a remote controller! Very realistic flames and glowing, burning logs. The heat given off completes the effect.

The raised log basket looks good even when the "fire" is turned off. Because real burning logs in a fireplace are not in front of a vertical wall, the black rear panel was a concern. However, in the fireplace it blends with the blackened fire bricks and is not a distraction. Some brands have "mirrored" panels which are more noticable. Reviews of other manufacturers inserts complained about heater fan noise. The hum of the ClassicFlame fan is not noticable, it is almost like the sound of a real fire.

A very satisfactory electric fireplace insert. It is ready to plug in and enjoy right out of the box.

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Purchased this for my sister who was tired of buying wood for her fireplace. Quality built and the flames are very realistic. Not recommended if you want to warm a big room, more suited for a small bedroom if you want to add warmth. This one was placed in a living room and everyone loves it!

Reviews of Comfort Zone® Deluxe convertible heater/fan CZ30

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I bought one of these heaters cheap from a local supermarket and was not expecting much for the price, but I was pleasantly surprised when I got it home and found that it was very quiet, in fact it's the quietest of any portable heater I own, and I have about 7 different types, including ceramic heater and standard fan driven ones like this one.

This heater has a nice design to it that allows it to stand upright or lie flat. The handle serves as a stand to allow air flow from the top and bottom intakes while in the lying flat mode. The fan is not the standard blade type, but it uses a squirrel cage design that makes it much quieter and even stronger than the standard fan blade heaters.

What also surprised me about this heater is that it cranks out more heat on LOW than any other heater I have on HIGH. Even on low if you keep your hand right a few inches from the grille, it will almost get too hot to keep your hand there for long, and that's on low. But it actually seems to draw less than other heaters on high. I've not hooked it up to an AMP meter or anything to really get accurate reading, but judging from the fact that other heater dim the lights more on high than this one does on low, I would say that it is drawing the rated 750 watts but somehow putting out a lot more heat. Maybe it's the design, the squirrel cage type fan over standard blades or something else. I'm not really sure, but all I know is that this thing can heat up a good size room in about 10-15 minutes and almost make you start to sweat where as other heaters have to be kept on high for 30 minutes or hours to even try to do the same job.

I went back to the store and I bought 4 more of these heaters I liked it so much. It's the best portable heater I've found yet and as mentioned, I've tried numerous different types. My only issue with it is that the thermostat on certain ones does tend to stay on a long time which can make the room get too hot. They all work, but some will stay on for 30 minutes or more before shutting off...then it won't come back on until the room has gotten quite cold. It's not a digital thermostat but seems to be a more basic type that activates when the metal alloy drops to a certain temperature, warps and closes the circuit turning the heater back on, so of course it's not going to be as accurate or consistent.

But again I've had other heaters with different and supposedly better thermostats do the same thing. So in this price range it's still the best one that I have found, especially considering that I got all of mine for under $9 each at my local store on sale, so I surely can't complain. I'm actually hoping that they get another supply in this year as I want to pick up a couple more as backup, but I used them every day for hours last winter and It was might cold here in the northeast last year and none of them failed at all. I have one on right now as I write this review and it's making me very warm so I'm about to turn it off.

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I bought this heater to use in the cockpit of my boat. For it's size, it puts out a lot of heat --great product.

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Ive been using this heater 3 winters now, I keep it on low power, with the auto thermastat, I only shut it off when I leave the house, (just as a precaution) I too, purchased this in a supermarket for 10.00, wasnt expecting too much either , its my favorite. tip: to help keep it running smoothly, when you vacumn, vacumn the vent as you would your ac vent in the summer regularly. Im getting another!

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I purchased this heater six months ago for my bathroom that does not have a heater. What can I say-its a cabin house in the mtns. It's a great little heater that warms the room asap I bought it at DIY for a couple of dollars less.

I am considering buying another for the mudroom. For short term warming (not on all day) I highly recommend it.

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The heater sounded good enough online. It's hard to find a squirrel cage fan forced heater these days. The advantage is that they are very quiet.

I sent this back the next day first of all the quality was cheap. Secondly, I never even got to test it since it was crushed and in multiple pieces.

The outer shipping box was in perfect condition but the product box inside was crushed as well as the heater. It all leads me to believe that the product was damaged before it was packed for shipping.

Amazon was great about the return and issued a prompt refund.

Reviews of Vogelzang F-1 Blower for Sentry/Hearthwood

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Was very satified with the product arrived very fast works great.....Very easy to install I love it couldnt ask for better service

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We havent used it that much yet but when we did it worked great.It was easy to install also and didnt take much time to install.