Reviews of Holmes FamilySafe 1500W Power Heater, Plastic Case, 9-1/2 x 9-3/4 x

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This heater seems to have a lot of safety features but with no thermostat it is pretty much useless for using in a bedroom while sleeping, or anywhere else where you would want a constant temperature.

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It warms. But, it missed an important feature -it does not have power adjustor, with which people can select the rigth power depending on the temperature. Thus, it can't be used during sleep time when people can't adjust its power manually.

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A previous reviewer said it senses the temperature from a remote location. I would like to add that it activates the main thermostat as well from this remote location.

I have several rentals and I use this in conjunction with the 9851i thermostat. I pay the heat. I can mount the temp sensor in an apartment, then mount the thermostat in the basement where tenants do NOT have access. I can see the temp in the apt without ever having to disturb the tenants then make adjustments from the basement accordingly.

The sensor uses cheap doorbell wire to send signal to the main thermo.

I also use three of these in a three plex, one in each apt. connected to a rotary three position switch next to the thermostat. If a particular tenant thinks its cute to leave a window open in the middle of the winter and unnecessarily trigger heat from the furnace...then I switch the switch to a different apt to another sensor of a tenant who keeps their windows closed. The offending tenant no longer triggers the furnace, but instead gets cold till they shut their darn window. And the other tenants do not burn up because the furnace is running too much from the cold air hitting it from the dummies apt....plus I save money.

Every year I get different tenants with different heat/cold sensitivities, so being able to easily switch which apt controls the furnace at any given time...is a major victory for me.

BTW... a lot of Landlords are too cheap to pay the heat. I actually make MORE money that way, as I am able to charge the higher rents associated with a heat included unit. Controlling the usage is the key!

My tenants are never cold. I keep it at a temp that everyone is happy and use dampers in the basement ducts to direct more flow to apts where the tenants are cold sensitive, and direct less to those that like it a bit colder.

Control and distribution.

14 years as a landlord with not ONE eviction. How did I get so darn lucky?

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Senses temperature pretty accurately and when used in conjunction with a RobertShaw programmable thermostat, it provides remote readings from a different location.

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This unit works well and is very quiet. It replaced a 10 year old model.This model is a upgrade. It is supposed to be more economical. I hope this unit will last 10 years.

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This is my third tankless hot water heater. Absolutely loved the first two. This one, however, has limitations I've never seen: maximum hot water temperature setting is 120 degrees. Living in SE Alaska, I need really hot water. I was pleased with the shower temperature, but for washing dishes, the water is just not hot enough. It never gets hot enough that you can't stick your hands in it. Put it into a dish basin/sink, however, and it's rapidly tepid. I never expected to have to heat hot water on the stove to wash my dishes having spent over $1000 (with required piping/plumbing) on this. I'd need at least another 20-30 degrees in temperature for adequately hot water for dish washing. My previous 2 tankless systems had plenty of hot water, and the ability to set the temperatures appropriately; the limitation on this one makes it sub-par, to say the least. If you live in a cold winter climate, such as the northern US, I'd try to find a different system if I were you.

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The water heater stopped working on a Saturday after 7 months.

Called customer service, was told the replacement parts will be sent out the next Monday, and arrive on early Tuesday morning. Well, once the package arrived Tuesday afternoon, it turned out Rheem sent out only 1 part, missing the other part that was promised to be sent out in the beginning! I was told to wait for two more days for the other part to arrive, and the contractor will come to fix the problem only after the parts have arrived. Horrible customer service, can't believe they messed up such an easy task, and keep my family suffering from no hot water in the house.

The reason I give 2 star instead of 1 star is that when it works, the water heater works great.

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This is one of the best purchases I've made in years!!! No more heating water when I don't need it. This heater performs great. Use it for showers, dishwasher and washing machine and there is always HOT water when I want it. Don't see much of my propane deliver guy anymore :)

Whynter Dual Temperature Zone Freestanding Wine Cooler Reviews

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Purchased the Whynter WC-211DZ 21 bottle wine cooler for a couple of reasons. It was sized right to fit in a space just below my kitchen counter top and the reviews giving Whynter products more favorable ratings over competing products. The Whynter is working well keeping both zones at my 58 degrees F setting which is my preferred setting for red wines. I would rate the quality of the Whynter good but not great. The slide out shelves feel kind of cheap. For this price point I'm still waiting for a product with slightly higher quality. The Whynter is fairly quiet although you can hear it running. As another reviewer mentioned the Whynter is designed for normal size bottles. It outputs a little heat out the side vents but nothing drastic. At this point I'm happy with my purchase. I will report back if I have any longevity problems.

Update 11/19/2011:

The unit is still going strong. No real complaints. As I mentioned in the earlier review the only minor annoyance is that the shelves don't accommodate every bottle size but I usually can figure out a way to get 99% of bottles loaded.

Update 2/11/2012:

I started noticing that the unit has been making a noticeable noise and the LED readouts are losing some of their segments. A quick internet search reveals that others have been having some similar problems with the LEDs. I'm still looking for confirmation on the noise. I'm wondering if the fan is failing or its something else. The warranty is one-year so it appears I'm out of warranty. I will contact Whynter on Monday to see what they suggest. I'm dropping my rating from 4 stars to 3 stars as a result and will update again once I figure out the remedy for the problem.

Update 10/8/2013:

I've lowered my rating on the wine cooler from 3 to 2 stars due to some of the "design" problems (e.g., fan noise, LED failures) mentioned in my 2/11/2012 update. It may be possible that Whytner has updated the design of the unit to accommodate fixes to these issues since my purchase was in October 2010. The unit finally died and I replaced it with the slightly more expensive Whynter BWR-18SD 18 Bottle Built-In Wine Refrigerator. The quality of the compressor-driven BWR-18SD is an order of magnitude higher than the WC-211DZ. It's quieter, compress-driven versus thermoelectric, and the shelving is high quality. It does store fewer bottles and is only a single-zone wine-cooler but it looks (and sounds) much better under my counter.

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I purchased the Whynter WC-211 DZ 21 about a year ago after extensive research. You've probably already read the specs on this item so I'll skip straight to my impressions.

Pros:

Price. This is by far the most affordable serious wine fridge in this class. You could easily spend several times more on a "serious" unit but for a novice to moderate wine lover who wants to go to the next level this is definitely a viable fridge at a decent price.

Looks. This fridge looks bonafied in our kitchen. The temp gauges are a tad bright but I don't mind. With the lights on it looks techy and modern. It actually makes a decent night light in the kitchen and matches the blue LEDs on our other appliances. With the lights off it's more subtle but still looks slick and cool.

Dual Zone. It really works. My choice? Reds on the top at 55, whites and other colder wines on the bottom at 50. Nice.

Bottle size. Other reviewers have lamented the depth of the cooler and the fact that it limits the size of bottle it can hold. While it's true that you can't fit the longest bottles in this cooler, it will definitely hold bottles that are moderately fat or long. It's not a big issue for me.

Cons:

Temp limits. While 44 degrees isn't bad, I wish you could choose to cool all the way down to 35 for champagne and other cold-served wines. Of course the solution is that you just pop the bottle out of the Whynter and into the refrigerator for an hour and you're set.

Sound level. I was surprised how loud this cooler is. It is at least as loud if not a bit louder than the full-sized refrigerator a few feet away. It's not too bad but definitely noticeable.

Cheezy construction. If you use it much the construction feels fairly cheap especially the racks.

Filters. The cooling unit on this fridge is so borderline that the air filters in the back must be almost perfectly clean for it to work properly. I had only had it a few months when I noticed that the temps had started to inch up. Over time the temps rose to nearly room temperature. Eventually, I pulled the unit out and noted that the two filters were pretty dusty. I cleaned them and within an hour the fridge was down to it's normal temps. Now, as soon as I see the temps rise a degree above the set temp I clean the filters. The first time this happened I thought it was a faulty unit and that I was going to have to send it back (a complaint I've seen about these fridges in other reviews) but once I figured out that it was the filters I have had no other issues. Not a deal breaker but something to keep in mind especially if your install is such that it's not easy to slide it out and back.

Conclusion

I guess it all comes down to the question "knowing what I know now would I buy this wine fridge again"? The answer is YES. Despite it's flaws this is a serious entry level wine fridge and for it's price I don't think you could do any better.

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I just purchased the Whynter 21 Bottle Dual Temperature Zone Wine Cooler (Model #WC-211DZ) from Amazon.com. As always, there was a quick shipping time with Amazon. This wine cooler looks great. Silver, slim, and nice visual addition to any kitchen or bar area. However, in reality, there are definitely some areas that it falls short.

1. This wine cooler will fit ONLY "traditional" bottles. That means it will NOT fit Champagne bottles, sparkling wine, Muscat bottles (longer than traditional bottles), port, traditional chianti bottles, etc.

2. While this cooler holds 21 bottles, the metal racks only accommodate 18 bottles. Whynter designed this unit so that you place the last three bottles on the floor of the unit, NOT on a shelf. There is a track there for a shelf, but the unit only comes with 6 shelves (3 bottles on each) instead of the 7 shelves it should have. Not only does this not look as attractive, it makes it more cumbersome to look at the wine, as you cannot just slide the metal shelf out.

3. The metal trays do not slide in or out easily, making it a bit difficult to look at the wines on each shelf.

If you only drink red wine or white wine in traditional bottles and you are looking for your first wine cooler, than this is likely a good choice for you. If you are more of a wine enthusiast and like to store several types of wine, particularly champagne, I would NOT recommend this unit. I never would have thought that a traditional champagne bottle wouldn't fit in a wine cooler. Alas, I now have no place to store all my sparkling wines.

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We ordered this in October 2010 and it has run incredibly well ever since we received it. The two zones works perfectly, and its slim size fits under our counter.

We've been most amazed by how quiet it is: you can hear it when the room is totally quiet, but even then, it's tough to hear. The lack of a compressor makes a huge difference but does not affect the cooling efficiency at all. It's nice to have properly chilled wine and champagne within easy reach.

The digital readout started to malfunction a bit after about three and a half months. I sent an email to their support team, and a new digital display was shipped out via UPS the same day I emailed them! They were polite and responsive in their emails and handled our issue with speed and interest. It does my heart good to see there still really is good customer service in this world.

I recommend this unit highly and recommend this manufacturer even more. They are honest and take customer service seriously.

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This is a great product. I like the two temperatures and the slim profile. The packaging was very good. Only downside is that it will not hold some of the odd shaped bottles.

Discount 2gig CT100 Z-Wave Programmable Thermostat (White)

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The thermostat itself is sleek and nice looking with a clear display.

The ADT Pulse system recognized the thermostat right away. Pulse detected it as GE Security: Basic Thermostat Model IS-ZW-TSTAT-100. The Pulse features work just fine with the thermostat: monitoring temperature, setting temperature, and setting mode (heat/cool/auto/off). Since this is the replacement for the 2Gig Z-Stat CT30 thermostat, I assumed it would have the same features. That is not the case. The CT30 is a 5-1-1 day programmable thermostat, although those features are unnecessary and disabled when you use it with Z-Wave. This thermostat has no programming or set-back controls. That won't matter if you are using it with Z-Wave. However if for any reason you ever wanted to use it without Z-Wave, it just allows 1 constant setting.

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I purchased a Honeywell only to realize it needed a 24v common wire. Before I went about trying to run the wire, I decided to see if there were any Zwave devices that ran on batteries....hence the 2gig CT100.

As the thermostat is more than 6 feet away from the panel I added a GE hand remote to the panel and then added the CT100 to the remote. I already had alarm.com services active, so as soon as the new device was added I checked the empower tab and sure enough, it was there and working.

Now to eBay the Honeywell....!

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The thermostat operates as advertized. The display and touch interface are nice. When I paired it with my z-wave controller, it showed up as 3 devices. I eventually figured out which of the 3 was functional and I have been able to live with it, however it was a bigger headache than expected.

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I wanted to be able to set the temperature at my condo before guests arrived, and set it back again after they left. This product, along with a VeraLite Controller worked perfect for my needs.

Only thing I've noticed: my guests sometimes have difficulty figuring out to tap the up/down arrows on the screen to change temperature. they keep wanting to hit the 'Mode' switch.

Overall the installation went fine, even on my oddly-wired Heating/AC unit. I did have to call the company for assistance on which wire went where. They were helpful.

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I have two of these in my home and love them. Both are part of a larger home automation system, controlled via z-wave and a VeraLite. Both as a standalone thermostat and as a z-wave device, these perform very well.

My house was built in 1999 and had old honeywell thermostats when I bought it in 2006. After a few years, one of those original thermostats went out and I tried to replace it with a newer Honeywell. The first one I bought was the wrong type (apparently) and Honeywell support directed me to a different model. I bought the one they recommended, but it never worked exactly right... which was mostly my fault for not tracing the wires but partially Honeywell's fault for lacking documentation. When I bought these, I traced the wires to be sure I had everything correct, but discovered that I didn't really need to because the CT-100's documentation covered the wiring scheme I have.

Easy to install (much easier than the honeywells because of wire terminal location). This will likely not matter to anyone but me, but the large footprint of this thermostat covered the old, painted-over-poorly many-times spots left by my old thermostats. It's very sleek and slim and the touchscreen menu operation couldn't be easier. Pairing with the VeraLite was also a breeze. The only reason I give it 4 stars instead of 5 is the lack of schedules/programs. That's easily overcome with any intelligent z-wave controller, though. Highly recommend!

Cheap Victorio VKP1006 Electric Food Dehydrator

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this is a fantastic product. very easy to use. you can easily dry enough fruit for the winter and then some. it comes with five trays but you can order more.

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THIS IS THE 2ND Victorio VKP1006 Electric Food Dehydrator WE PURCHASED. THE FIRST WAS TO AUGMENT THE OLD ONE. THE Victorio VKP1006 Electric Food Dehydrator IS 1000 TIMES BETTER THAN THE OLD ONE WE DECIDED TO THROW AWAY THE OLD ONE AND BUY ANOTHER Victorio VKP1006 Electric Food Dehydrator . THIS MACHINE DRIES BEEF IN A FEW HOURS AND THE FAN MAKES EACH TRAY DRY IN THE SAME TIME.

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We decided to dry a small dehydrator after having a big one some years ago. The small one is just right for dried apples and fruit leather. Since it doesn't have a timer we had to check the product more often but we soon learned when to remove a tray and when to leave one in longer.

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My racks all cracked! I bought it an made jerky an you can hear the racks crack as the heat went up... pissed had to throw all the jerky away because of all the plastic bit were in the food!

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This is a very basic, easy to use dehydrator. Ther is no temperature setting, but it works quite evenly and cleanly. Easy to clean and maintain. I have been very happy with this product.

Reviews of Haier HBCN05EBB 96-Can/46-Bottle Wine and Beverage Center, Black

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This fridge is way too loud to make up for price and stylishness. I could hear it from a floor below mine. Do not purchase.

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I have antoher one of these i purchased locally and it works great. The problem is that the one I received from AMAZON had been traumatized in shipping and had some dents. It was clearly a returnable item, but when I went to return it the Amazon site said something like..."cannot return items with toxic liquids, contact manufacturer for returns"...I contacted Hair and they NEVER RESPONDED. I WOULD NOT BUY THIS FROM AMAZON IF I WERE YOU, CAUSE YOU ARE STUCK WITH WHATEVER ARRIVES IN THE BOX.

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This Haier model is the super-economy solution for people who want to keep 40 bottles of wine at a constant temperature. Positve features: inexpensive, relatively light to move, quiet operations, attractive exterior. Negative features: does not hold 46 bottles as advertised, no temperature gauge, inexpensive parts.

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According to Haier Customer Service, this thing is only designed to "cool" to 45 degrees F. That is completely inadequate in my mind for a "beverage center." This fact is not in the user manual and it is not documented anywhere in the detailed specs here or at Haier's website. If I had known this fact, I would NOT have purchased this machine. As it is, I will probably donate it to a charity organization and buy a product that is designed for use in the real world....and it won't be a Haier product.

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I do not usually do this, but I thought I'd take some time out to warn all of you out there. DO NOT purchase this item through Amazon.com. They sent me a USED item that looked like it had been opened and tampered with before. There were screws falling off inside the refrigerator that didn't look like they were supposed to be falling off. The door hinge was bent up. The bottom was glued up like it had been repaired before. The outside had scuff marks all over it like it had been tossed around.

I was expecting to pay for a NEW item and got someone elses USED old Refrigerator! I did not expect this buying from Amazon.com!

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Received the product fast, in great shape and the product is doing what I wanted it to do. What more could you ask for ?

Would buy again from this supplier.

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I ordered the product for my GE fridge as the freezer was becoming frosted on the back panel. The part was delivered to my house two days before the promised date, it took me an hour to replace the worn out thermostat defrost part from start to finish, VERY easy to install, only issue I had was the iceboxand getting around it to switch parts. It has been a month and half since the thermostat defost was fixed and I have not had any frost form on the back of the freezer. The refridgerator has been cold, along with the freezer (popsicles are staying frozen). You cannot beat the $13+ price tag and a simple do-it yourself, compared to a repairman cost of $250 and a missed day of work.

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