Buy Zojirushi Mr. Bento Stainless Steel Lunch Jar

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It's a great "lunchbox" if you adapt your menu to it.

First the description

The lunchbox is a Thermos Jar with a non-insulated plastic top. There are four containers that fit into the jar in a specific order.

-The bottom container is a insulated bowl. It has a gasket sealed screw on top, insulated side walls and a small vent for pressure. The most insulative of the bunch it is designed for soup or other liquids

-The next container is the biggest. It has a slide and lock insulated top.

-The third container is notably smaller and has a Tupperware like pop top.

-The fourth container is smaller yet and has the same top.

You stack the containers in the jar and then clip the top on with little side clips. The whole thing then goes in a nice nylon carry bag that also has a pair of chopsticks in a narrow plastic box. There are little pockets on the side for extra sauce packets or condiments (or I-pod video's to watch while your eating lunch).

This unit is optimally designed for the Japanese style lunch. A soup, Rice, entrée and pickled/salted vegetables. Normally you'd put your soup in the bottom container, fill the middle container up with rice. Your entrée would go in the third and the veggies in the fourth. Since the soup and the rice container both have insulated tops they stay warm. The other containers are not insulated and neither is the top. This allows some heat coming off the bottom two containers to escape so that your veggies are at room temperature. Understanding this is important. Its not supposed to keep the entire meal at the same temperature. Its supposed to keep one part hot and the other part at room temperature.

I've found that in real use the soup container stays steaming hot. The stuff in the rice container stays warm (but not hot) the stuff in the top two containers heats up to room temperature, maybe a little bit more.

Naturally you don't have to use it as designed (soup/rice/entrée/veggie) but departures require a little bit adaptation and creativity. You need to balance both amounts and what you want to keep the hottest vs coolest. Also if you have access to a microwave at lunch it kind of makes this not quite as useful since you could just heat your food up there (as opposed to heating it up in the morning before you go). You could use the whole thing as a cooler (everything remains cold/cool till you heat up what you want). That might be a better way to go if your using it for the office.

The size of the room temperature containers is not large enough to handle American sized sandwiches and breads, so if your looking to take that traditional lunch box stuff this isn't the best unit for that.

If your looking to make the most of this unit you might check out some Bento Box cookbooks. They give receipies and menu sets more in line with what this is designed to handle. In particular I enjoyed the book "Bento Boxes" by Naomi Kijima

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I'll cook something up out of that and thrown in a packet of instant miso soup for a Japanese style lunch.

Pros-

Compact and efficient use of spaceIt all goes in the tube, no bag full of different containers

Allows for two temperatures in the same container Allows for flexible combinations

Lots of interesting comments from your co-workers

Cons-

Cleanup is a bit of a pain Not dishwasher safe. The soup top is a little tricky at times.

Soft plastic will eventually pick up strong smells/Stains

Two temperatures in the same container Requires a little creativity, doesn't keep everything uniformly hot/cold.

Conclusion-

As long as you understand how it works and adapt it's a great product. Might encourage you to cook a bit more healthy food and eat more vegetables.

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I bought one of these not too long ago. I thought it was a little expensive,* but I can see that I will get many years of service from it.

The construction of all the components are very sturdy, and the container is very well insulated. The bag has an outside pocket that you can use to store a napkin (or teabags, as I do) and comes with a detachable shoulder strap and an attached short carrying strap. Inside the bag, along with the thermal container, is a utensil box that holds a pair of chopsticks. Everything is quality construction even the chopsticks, which have a textured surface on the business end of them making it easier for you to pick up food with them. Whoever designed this package gave it a lot of thought.

The bottom two containers are intended for holding rice and soup; the rice container has an insulated cap, allowing you can to store hot & cold items in the same container.

Overall, I'm very satisfied with this purchase and would recommend one of these to anyone who needs a lunchbox.

My only complaints (which are minor, but included here for the sake of completeness): the instructions are in Japanese (as if you needed them), and no western utensils (you can pack your own fork). But outside of that, it's a perfect product.

*Expensive? It paid for itself in 2 weeks after I bought it, I stopped eating fast food for lunch.

** It's been 2 years since I bought yet to show any sort of appreciable wear and tear. I love this thing!

*** It's now been about 5 years. Still using it, still in darn good shape.

*** It's now been about 10 years. Still using it. No appreciable wear.

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The picture doesn't show that each bowl has a lid. The two smaller bowls have snap on tuperware type lids.

The rice bowl has a thick, insulated lid but it's not airtight. Instructions say to use it only for rice as other contents may spill.

The soup bowl has a twist on lid that has a valve on it. However, the instructions say not to microwave the bowls with the lids on, so I'm not sure why the valve is there.

You're not supposed to put the pieces in the dishwasher, nor put any food directly into the outer container.

My lunch jar came with both English and Japanese instructions.

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My daughter, a high school senior who agrees with her friends that the school lunches "suck," is sold on this. She wanted to lose a few pounds, which this has helped her do despite the fact that she now eats a higher volume of food during lunch.

How? She, like all her friends, used to skip lunch and leave school famished, scarfing down the first things she could get her hands on usually high fat, high calorie junk food. This lunch box has eliminated her after-school munchies, keeping her appetite in check all day long. For the first time, she can pack hot (or cold) nutritious lunches at 6:30am, and they are still piping hot (or ice cold) when she pulls it out of her locker at 11:30. Her friends, who good-naturedly mocked her "space capsule" lunch at first, now crowd around her during lunch with their tongues hanging out, jockeying in line for her scraps. One remarked: "Your lunch container is about the same size as my water bottle, but you've got, like, a 4-course gourmet meal in there."

She's lost 10 pounds in the 2 months since she started taking her lunch in the Zojirushi jar, has gained noteriety among peers for having the "best lunches ever," has become more good-natured and less surly (better nutrition), and dances in her seat during 4th period as she waits for the bell to signal lunch period, where she can spread out her containers before her envious yet admiring friends and hold court over her "gourmet surprise" meal, trying to decide what to eat first. By her own admission, she has more energy and better concentration in class and during studies (her grades are up, by the way). She admits it's a pain to have yet one more thing to carry around in addition to her backpack (not that it wouldn't fit, but the backpack is already stuffed tight with books), but swears the payoff makes it worth the minor trouble. As a parent, it tickles me to see this self-described "laziest person on earth" hunkered over the sink at nights, lovingly and painstakingly cleaning out every container and lid (no doubt thinking ahead to the delicious and wholesome treats it will contain tomorrow).

Such a good buy, I bought another Zojirushi model better suited for my 11-year-old daughter. My kids say they will never go back to school cafeteria lunches, and have become much more nutritionally aware and involved in meal preparation. While their friends waste half their lunch period standing in line for tasteless and overprocessed entrees laden with salt, refined sugar and carbs, my kids dine on veggie chili and hot cornbread w/butter, delicious main course salads with homemade dressing, pita sandwiches and hummus, and stir fried teriyaki veggies over whole grain rice. And that's just the bottom 2 containers! The top 2 containers are perfect for fruit, tortilla chips, nuts and/or healthy desserts, all items middle and high schoolers love to eat. I'm thrilled with the product, which is solidly constructed, and which works completely as advertisied, with even better results if you preheat or pre-cool containers for 5-10 mins. We replaced the chopsticks with a plastic cutlery set, which fits nicely upright in the cloth carrier, thanks to the stretch loop on the inside.

NOTE: Like the other reviewer, I too was mildly annoyed at the Japanese-only user documentation, but then called the company at their California office (800-733-6270) and they promptly mailed/faxed English instructions. Don't even get me started on the money this saves by eliminating costly meals out and packaged foods. Excellent, excellent buy that has already paid for itself tenfold.

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We purchased the Bento box, based on the good reviews on Amazon, and initially had a good experience with it. The concept is obviously sound (with centuries of testing!), although we were concerned by the apparent flimsy security of the insulated tub "rings" on one container (the little rubber inserts for insulation). The center "plug" fell out after a few weeks use, and would not stay securely inserted thereafter. We called the manufacturer, and were curtly advised that there was NO WARRANTY on the product whatsoever! We were invited to purchase replacement plugs for nearly $3 each, plus $3 shipping, which we did, begrudgingly. We filled out a customer service feedback form online, hoping that perhaps the lack of service provided by phone was an anomaly (It's not so much the additional expenditure that bothers me, as the company's complete unwillingness to stand behind their product. That's disconcerting, to say the least).

UPDATE: The company just called and threatened legal action based on the above review...!? Way to go, customer service! I am leaving 2 stars for the product, but the company behind it gets zero stars. Purchase at your own peril, and in the knowledge that you are paying mor ethan $40 for something that will likely break, and has no warranty for anything but the large outer casing.

Review of Suncourt Centrax TF108-CRD 8" In-Line Centrifugal Fan

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This unit is the second one i purchased in a 1 year spread. I have an approx 2200Sq ft. house with cathedral ceilings throughout 80% of my home. i researched and originally cheaped out using an in line duct fan "useful as a poopy flavored lolly pop" it did not move anything.

Once smartened up, i used 2 14x14 return ducts with filter grills for the intake at the highest point on the wall in the wood burning stove room, i used 7x14x8 vents in the rooms to receive the warm air from the stove room and ran approx 25-40 ft. of 8" insulated flex duct to connect the intake to the vent to 2 ends of the house (my daughters room and the master bed room) once i found the location for the centrax's, approx midpoint in the flex duct, i cut the flex and mounted the centrax's and installed 1 -8" round metal duct to each end of the centrax's with 1/2 inch self tap metal screws and applied duct caulk to the metal plastic seam. slid the flex over the metal duct and finished with duct tape. now on to the wiring, from each fan to the predetermined location's of a thermostat's in each bedroom, i ran a length of 14/2 wire from fan to hole in the bedroom walls. from the attic area, i located a hot lead placed a 4x4x2 electrical box and connected 2 lengths of 14/2 wire from the box to each fan. in each bedroom, instead of a simple wall switch, i choose a single pole in line voltage thermostat (commonly used for electric baseboards) i connected the thermostat's as the switches so i could set the temps to my desired temp and they would only activat the fans when the temps dropped below 72". back to the attic. from the thermostat i connected the black lead to the hot black lead of the attic electrical supply. i then connect from the thermostat, the white lead to the hot black lead in the centrax, Thus the closed circuit and thermostat as the switch. Then the white common from the eletrical box in the attic to the white common in the centrax. The ground from the electrical box in the attic to the ground in the centrax and ground from the thermostat. This thing is a monster and makes zero noise except the noise of the moving hot air. i now use no oil when the stove is loaded no matter how cold it is outside. myself and my daughter can choose 2 completely different temps in each of our bedfooms and all are comfy. when choosing to redesignate the wires in your home, it always wise to use color coded tape in the connection areas so when you move, nobody runs into any surprises. i am not an electrician, nor am i suggesting the above is code or safe, i will leave that up to you to hire an electrician to verify the above. good luck, this was a plan in the works for years and boy am i satisfied.

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Reviews of Lakewood 792/JR 750/1500 Watt Fan Forced Utility Heater

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I bought this heater a few years ago for my RV and it has performed excellent. On one trip it to Alaska it was on full power for over 2 months and no problem. A very vell made little compact unit. A+++

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I like mine when its running. I have only had to fix it about 15 times. I do like it because it was cheap, 17 bucks at Walmart, and puts out plenty of heat. These will cut off sometimes if they have to much dust in them, may be a safety feature. I had one little wire in it that kept coming loose or arcing. Had to fix that about 10 times or so. The last time must have been the trick. Someone at Walmart told me she had about 20 in the back that people had brought back. In other words, nothing but problems. But if you can fix stuff its not that bad. The case is actually very durable. Simple basic design. I may have just got a bad one. Kinda reminds me of an old car I had that ate a starter every 80,000 miles. Got so use to fixing it that it became no big deal, and only took a few minutes. I know.... strange review.

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After 2 months of use, the fan stopped turning in this heater. This caused the heater coils to turn bright red and overheat. It started smoking profusely. My circuit breaker did NOT trip, nor did any fuses within the heater unit cut off. Luckily, I just happened to be nearby and smell the smoke. Another few minutes and my house would have likely burnt down. I will be filing a complaint with the BBB for this Lakewood product.

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I bought this last year. It lasted 3 months. It worked well while it worked. The store no longer carried it when I went for an exchange. I figure I paid $6/mo. for heat. That's fair enough.

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I recently purchased this product--this being our 4th Lakewood utility heater. We still have our first one--the larger utility heater---it is probably 12 years old and still works fine! We use it in our garage. I bought 2 small utility heaters 2 1/2 years ago and they work great!! We use them in our bathrooms. I like that you can set your temperature and it will go on and off as needed. I have tried a ceramic heater and took it back because it didn't have this feature. Great little heaters and love they they are so small and compact, but can put out lots of heat!

Honeywell T87K1007 Heat Only Thermostat Review

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Since its introduction in 1953, Honeywell has reportedly sold more than 58 million of these T-86 round thermostats. That's an amazing number. And there's a reason they're so popular: They work, they're simple and they'll last a long time.

In Summer 2007, we had a new heat pump installed in our old house and the dealer wanted to put in a programmable digital thermostat. I loathe digital thermostats for a whole host of reasons but in this case, I didn't want a beige, chincey-looking plastic box hanging on the wall in my beautiful upstairs hallway. The dealer brought out a couple of these T-86 thermostats and I opted for the white (as shown here).

Many of these modern T-86 thermostats (unlike prior models) contain no mercury. Another nice feature is the trim ring, which is very forgiving for installing into existing buildings (where cutting into walls is required).

You can probably buy a knock-off product for less, but speaking as someone with a background in architecture, I'd stick with Honeywell. They've been making thermostats since the 1880s when they started with the "Damper Flapper," a primitive switch-type mechanism designed for coal-fired furnaces that used a motor to open and shut the damper.

In my downstairs foyer, I have one of the 1930s Honeywell Thermostats, complete with its solid brass housing and the words "Minneapolis-Honeywell" on its front. More than 70 years old and it's still a dandy!

I highly recommend this contemporary T-86 Honeywell Round. It's been an industry standard for more than five decades. And the best news? The most recent information I could find shows that this product is "Made in America".

One final note: The thermostat shown here is heat only. For a few dollars more, you can get heat and air. If you do that, you can hook up the air conditioning side *when* you get the a/c installed.

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Good quality economical thermostat. With simple design and construction not much gan go wrong unlike my old digital.

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Very attractive thermostat, and easy to install. I recommend it highly. It has options for various heat sources, so it should serve most anyone in the market.

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Works fine. Easy to install. But most important, looks pretty good. My only complaint is it is a little thicker then I would have liked. Maybe I just have a bias towards what I think it should look like based on the classic thermostat that sat on my parents wall during my childhood.

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The controls are simple and easy to use. I prefer this time trusted design to the newer confusing digital thermostats. Works really great and easy to install.

Discount Air Vent Thermostat Single Speed

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Air Vent Attic Fan Thermostat

(Amazon alternates the product photo between the model with the white label and the model with the blue label. They are virtually identical attic fan thermostats. "Master Flow" is a product name sometimes shipped.)

As you can see from the Customer Images of the inside assembly, this is a simple device. It's designed to have the incoming electric line (typically a 14/2 non-metallic cable w/ground) enter one end, and the outgoing cable exit the other end. It doesn't matter which is which. An instruction sheet is included but wiring is as easy as installing a light switch. I.e., twist the incoming white wires together with a wire nut, tighten the incoming ground wires under the green grounding screw, and attach each of the incoming black wires to one of the black wires from the switch (doesn't matter which one).

The instructions recommend setting the thermostat to 105 degrees; that's when the fan would come on. It would then turn the fan off at 97 degrees i.e., 8 degrees less than the thermostat setting. Device has an adjustable dial (60 to 120 degrees Fahrenheit). Our fan ran well into the evenings, even when the outside temps dropped into the 70's or lower. I then set the thermostat to 110 degrees, but it never came on. After setting it to 107 degrees, it seems to turn on/off as it should. The point is, you may have to tinker with the setting.

A protruding sheet metal "gripper" on each side of the base slips into corresponding holes in the cover to hold it in place when you're through wiring. On the unit I installed, the cover isn't held as securely as it would have been with a couple of screws. It doesn't take much effort to pop one side of the cover off the base. You might want to install the thermostat somewhat away from the fan so years of vibration won't loosen the cover.

I bought this thermostat at our local Home Depot and paid a about a third more than the Amazon price, but I wanted it in a hurry...

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My faithful attic fan stopped working after 20years of fathful service. I by passed the olds thermostat, and the fan worked, must be the thermostat. Seached on line, got confused went to Amazon.com ordered, replaced attic thermostat--good to go. Amazon also has replacement fan motoers.

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Thermostat worked fine to replace my defective thermostat. Didn't fit inside my fan like the original did, so I mounted it next to the fan no big deal. Case is a bit odd the cover snaps on instead of being attached by screws. Once it was mounted, only one side of the snaps would engage, however this was enough to hold the cover in place. Deducting one star for this.

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This is the perfect thermostat for my home theater system. It is fully adjustable and easy to install.

It cost less than half of what other audio/video thermostats sell for, and works great!

I don't know about attic fans, but I would sure recomend this product for home entertainment cabinet cooling applications.

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Amazon came through again. This in line thermostat works great and it is easy to set. I am using it to automatically control an exhaust fan in my audio visual equipment closet.

Best Refrigerator Defrost Thermostat for Frigidaire, 5303918202 Deals

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worked fine, fridge is up and running and defrost cycle is working properly. easy install, heat shrinks seemed to be low quality but price was right

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Grade = C. The shrink tubing that comes with the thermostat is too large. Had to source my own. They should fix this issue.

Buy Danby DAR125SLDD 4.4 cu.ft. All Refrigerator - Spotless Steel

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I bought this fridge short notice when a defrosting attempt rendered my last beer fridge inoperable, and I felt a little pressured to hit the Go button on it as my tasty 12oz's of Heaven slowly warmed. But I must say I'm not disappointed at all! It's a great size, looks fantastic, isn't as heavy as I thought it would be, is very quiet, and keeps more than 60 bottles of Sam Adams ice cold and within arms reach with room to spare! My original fridge was a Kenmore job, with a pathetic waste-of-space freezer section (which this does not have) that for some unknown reason Sears saw fit to make the freezer floor out of the cooling element. So of course it iced up like you read about, and I, like many a man before me, took the task of removing this ice seriously (it was encroaching on my beer space as it grew!)...and pulled out my trusty, and ridiculously pointy, pocket knife. So after a bath of freon, or what ever the hell they're using these days to cool, washed over me with a snake-like hiss, I proceeded to slam the door and muscle the fridge out to the driveway where it still sits. Luckily my beer supply was low (it pains me to admit this), so I only needed to commandeer a single shelf in the practically useless "food" fridge as the wife calls it. But knowing this arrangement wouldn't last, I needed a new fridge, and fast. So I bit the bullet after reading a few whiny reviews about ridiculously trivial issues (like not getting cool enough, or damaged in shipping; neither of which plague(d) my unit), even springing for the $4 overnight option (Thank you PRIME!), and couldn't be happier. My pregnant wife likes it so much she's decided to throw caution to the wind and resume drinking. Who could resist pulling a frosty beverage from this bad boy and tossing it back at the end of a hard day? Not this guy! And this fridge delivers with style. Only thing I can think of as a drawback is it doesn't keep the ice frozen, but then, giving up room in it for ice when it could be holding more beer is just ludicrous. This scenario actually makes me shudder to consider.

Summary? Kick-ass fridge for the money and if you have Prime, pay the $4 to overnight it just so you can tell your friends you overnighted a FRIDGE for FOUR FREAKING DOLLARS. Then slam back a cold one for emphasis.

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We purchased this refrigerator for our outside entertainment bar because of its size and energy efficiency rating. So far we are very satisfied. It is a quiet and maintains internal temperature keeping everything nice and cold. There are plenty of shelving options as they are all adjustable. The door has 10 can holder slots for beer or soda and also has adjustable shelves for bottles of soda or wine. There is a drawer on the bottom perfect for storing garnishes, cheeses or meats. There is plenty of room in the rest of the fridge to fill as you please. The door really is spot resistent, we are not constantly cleaning it! This was a great purchase; we highly recommend this item.

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I had my Danby less than 24 hours before the problems started. I had the thermostat set at slightly more than half (probably 6/10) for the first night it was in use. The next day, I discovered that all of my 6 (expensive!) bottled beers on the bottom shelf (above crisper drawer) had frozen, and 3 of them had burst causing beer to go everywhere! Checked the rest of the beverages in the fridge to see if they were also close to bursting, but found those in the middle & top shelves not even beginning to freeze.

After this fiasco, I set the thermostat to about a third of the way up (probably 3/10) so as not to have a repeat incident. After another 6 hours, the stuff on the bottom did not freeze, but was very cold (great!). However, the items on the top shelf were barely even cool to the touch (not great). I proceeded to do a little test with a refrigeration thermometer leaving the thermostat at about one-third. After 30 minutes, the bottom shelf read 37 degrees. I moved it to the top shelf and waited another 30 minutes, and found it showing 54 degrees! A 17 degree difference between top and bottom!!! Not to mention that 37 degrees is WAY too cold especially when the thermostat dial is set so low.

So it seems that I am experiencing the same inconsistent cooling that at least 2 other reviewers are having. Amazon was great about setting up a replacement delivery & pickup. I am willing to try a replacement before calling this fridge a total failure. The replacement is set to arrive tomorrow, so I'll post an update in a few days. Wish me luck!

UPDATE: Received a replacement, and it had the same EXACT issue!!! Started it off with the thermostat at the midway point (most manufacturers recommend this setting), and placed identical thermometers on the top and bottom shelves. After one hour, the top read 55 degrees, and the bottom was at 30!!!! I am willing to accept a few degrees difference, maybe even as much as 6 or 7 tops, but 15 degrees is ridiculous. I would have to accept the top being at nearly 60 just to keep the lower half above freezing. Am sending this one back also (UPS is gonna hate me tomorrow), and am getting the Haier 4.5cu ft one instead. Fingers crossed...

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I got this unit for my office. I've had the unit for about a month. I got concerned with the temperature because the items on the bottom were freezing and the item on top felt warm. I did a little research and found out that the proper temp. of a refrigerator is supposed to be between 34-39 degrees Fahrenheit. Just above 32, freezing, and just below 40, when bacteria can grow. I kept adjusting the thermostat and couldn't get anywhere. So I placed 3 thermometers in the unit, bottom, middle and top shelves. There is a 20 degree different. The bottom shelf is at 25 degrees, the middle shelf is perfect at 37 degrees and the top shelf is at 45 degrees. I've done this for almost 2 weeks trying to adjust the thermostat just right to have the entire unit at somewhere between 32-40 degrees Fahrenheit. Nothing works. Even when it is left overnight and i check it first thing in the morning. There is still about a 20 degree temp. difference between the top and bottom shelves. It appears that there is temp. leakage through the doors or top of the unit due to lack of sufficient insulation. I cannot recommend this unit because it fails to hold a safe temperature, 34-39, throughout the entire interior. It's not safe for storing food that can spoil.

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Great product only one without wasted space for a freezer section. Can't go wrong with this one. Little pricey, but worth it.

Reviews of Honeywell TB8220U1003 Visionpro 8000 Programmable Thermostat

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The unit measures 6 by 4.5 inches on the wall. The display alone measures approximately 3.5 by 2.5 inches. It's a little bit easier to read than some cell phone displays in the dark. Menu boxes line the bottom of the screen and other choices are on the left side of the display from top to bottom. It's easily to trigger a function unintentionally with a touch of the screen. Yesterday while measuring the display I accidentally turned off the heat. I noticed the situation just before going to bed and wondering why the house was getting chilly.

This thermostat, along with the new heat pump, keeps the house temperature more constant and even than the other thermostat did. Though the heat runs more often, we don't don't get those wild swings of temperatures and uncertainty about when the heat is going to cut on. It's also great to know that if the Honeywell says 68 degrees, you can be sure that 68 is the actual temperature.

Installation seemed easy for the installer who had the thermostat installed and programmed in about 15 minutes with no peeking at the installation guide. After my previous adventures in thermostat installation, I was more than happy to let someone else do it. Too many wires for me, and too many possibilities for disaster. The installation guide warns that only a trained professional must install this thermostat. I'd guess someone who is relatively handy could install this Honeywell without too much difficulty. Someone like myself, who can barely boil an egg, might create havoc.

I like that this thermostat is programmable for each day of the week. The only day I have to get early for work is Saturday, so that day is programmed differently than the other days. Overriding any programming is intuitive and quite easy.

To get a reminder to change the filter or battery, you must program the thermostat by inputting a time frame. For example, you could have the thermostat remind you to check the furnace filter every two months. I haven't bothered to take advantage of the reminder feature but probably should.

It's possible to set the thermostat to sense whether heat or A/C is needed for any particular day. I have that feature in my car, and actually prefer to set the thermostat myself on either heat or A/C.

One nice feature is the screen setting. Press screen to have thirty seconds for cleaning the screen. In this mode, there's no danger of turning off the heat or mistakenly changing any settings.

The entire unit pops off the wall smoothly, enabling one to comfortably sit in a chair while programming the thermostat or changing batteries.

There's even an option to buy remote units so that the user can see the outside temperature and/or the temperature in another part of the house by looking at the thermostat. We have no interest in this option.

Finally

So far this has been a great thermostat that works well with our NuTone heat pump. It's wonderful to be able to set a given temperature for a specific morning time and wake up to that exact temperature every time. The thermostat learns how long it takes to reach that temperature and turns the heat on at the appropriate time before the target time. Amazing stuff.

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Installed a new electric furnace in my home. Needed a thermostat to go with it. I have seen many Honeywell models at work so thats where I started. Ended up with this commercial model. It works great! I love the touch screen and it can do way more things that I really need. It does a great job at evenly heating the house and keeping the temperature constant. Amazon had it for about half the price as the Honeywell site. Overall happy with this purchase!

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I have had this thermostat for 3 years and have been generally happy with it except three times in the last 3 months it has suddenly tried to reach 90 degrees. Tech support at honeywell was rude and told me this was impossible and I must be doing something wrong. Filing a complaint got me a quick reponse that I could have a heating contractor come out and reset the unit and see if that solved the problem. They did not offer any advice on how I could reset the unit myself.

This is far below the customer service levels I have received when I contacted Honeywell in the past. It appears to me that customer service has been farmed out overseas. I am waiting to see if it happens again. The unit has a 4 year warranty but it appears Honeywell has no intention of honoring it. My one star rating is more indicative of the customer service people than the product.

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I had read other reviews online about this product and they all seemed very positive. It was such a great deal (about half price) that I decided to go for it.

When I got it the box was VERY worn and I wondered if it had been through a flood or something but it was probably just sitting in a garage or attic for a few months. In any case, it was still brand new, and my HVAC guy happened to be over and he said this was a steal. Top of the line in his opinion.

He hooked it up for me (although it would be pretty easy for anyone to hook up). He also programmed it for me in just a few minutes, and we were good to go.

This thermostat has a very intuitive interface (obviously a Mac person designed this, not Microsoft), and it's very easy to change settings any way you want. It's attractive (for a thermostat), and it has lots of features to let you customize it to just about any desire.

I have two other houses with two thermostats each, and I am going to buy 4 more of these jewels when I find another good deal. Excellent product!!Honeywell RTH7600B / RTH7600D Touchscreen 7-Day Programmable Thermostat

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I had 4 of these units installed in my home 3 years ago as part of a major remodel/addition to my home.

So far I have had to replace 3 of the 4 units. In each case the touch screen stopped responding to input. Therefore, I could not make any programming adjustments. The screen was just frozen. The first failure happened at about 16 months. The other two followed that.

It is hard for me to understand how one of these units, let alone 3, could fail in such a short time.

They are easy to program and when they are working, they work well. It has just become very expensive to replace these units.

I would try something else if I were shopping now.

Cheap Suncourt HC500-B Flush Fit Brown Register Booster

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If you can figure out the thermostat dial for the automatic shut-on/shut-off, this product can make the affected room two degrees cooler (although it remains two degrees warmer than the rest of the house). Initially we got it figured out and were pleased, then it got knocked out of whack and took some tinkering to get it set properly again. Now it seems to be working its two-degree magic again. The key is to get it set so that it sucks in the cool air when the A/C is running, but does not suck in the warm air after the A/C stops running.

As for noise, it really is not bad. Even on the High setting, it probably is less noisy than the oscillating fan we already use.

Finally, it's not as ugly as I thought it would be, but it has a VERY bright blue light on it that you may want to cover with tape.

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First and foremost, I want everyone to understand that this is NOT an air conditioner or furnace, nor does it create colder or warmer air. All it does (and claims to do) is move a little more air out of a weak register. Another thing...do NOT expect this unit to be as quiet as your old register. Your old register didn't have 2 fans running...this register will. Anyone expecting to spend $35 and solve an entire room's HVAC problems has extremely unrealistic expectations.

That said, this unit has worked decently for my HVAC needs. I live in a 3-level condo, where the bottom floor will normally have a 10-degree difference from the top. Unfortunately, the top floor happens to be the bedroom, the one room that temperature actually matters. Rather than do some extensive modifications to the house, I figured I'd give this unit a shot.

It's a pretty cut and dry operation, with an on, off, auto-heat and auto-cool setting. The latter 3 settings all have low-medium-high fan settings. From the way some people were talking, I was expecting this thing to possibly sound like a box fan, though I was relieved to find it to be much quieter than that. It was, however, still noticeable when it was on. Airflow was maybe 50% better than without, although it didn't quite seem as powerful as I was hoping. I'm almost positive that these fans are almost interchangeable parts with a computer CPU fan. The Auto Heat/Cool functions are nice, but take a good amount of tweaking before you get them in the right place. Be prepared to have to make at least 3-4 adjustments, minimum.

After doing some other research, I found that many people have come up with an answer to the semi-noisy fans, and I figured that I would try it myself. If you turn the register over and cut the air grates off the backside, it will make a drastic improvement on noise. (See attached picture) I would go as far as to say it's a 50-75% improvement of overall noise. People also claimed a 50% improvement on airflow, although I personally found it to be maybe 25% better, if that. I would, however, HIGHLY recommend this modification if your primary complaint about the register is how much noise it makes. One word of caution though...this modification will likely void your warranty, and you will NOT be able to return the item. Choose wisely.

Lastly, I bought this as an open-box item and got it quite a bit less from Smarthome. When it showed up, I couldn't even tell it had been opened. It was probably from someone who didn't care for the noise and was a like-new return. If I were looking to pick up one of these, I would strongly consider an open box item.

Summary:

PROS:

-Works fairly well (4-6 degree difference on 3rd floor home)

-Quiet after modification

-Good value given other expensive options

-Auto Heat/Cool functions

CONS:

-Semi-noisy fans if left unmodded

-Somewhat short cord

-AC adaptor gets pretty warm

-Auto Heat/Cool takes some tweaking

Final Thoughts:

I would definitely recommend this for around $30. If you pay $50, it's getting a little steep. If you're afraid to cut off the rear air grates, you may not care as much for this product, as it yields a drastic difference in the noise level.

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This unit is very effective. I have it in a room that is the fartherest from the furnace/air-conditioning. It has made a noteworthy diffrence in the temperature of the room. The fan cycles with the flow of air very nicely and the noise level is not annoying. This unit was a great purcase and has performed better than I expected.

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I put this in my daughters room upstairs which typically reads about 5 degrees cooler in the winter than the rest of the house. On the low setting this really didn't make a difference, temp difference was less than 1 degree. When I put it on the medium fan setting though we were able to feel a difference it seemed. According to our portable thermostat the room was reading about 2-3 degrees hotter than it was before. I was really impressed it delivered that much, seeing how it doesn't create the heat, it just tries to pull it through the vent. Plus in a 2 story home, the upstairs typically is always colder anyways.

The only down side to this unit is the fan noise. If they put in quieter fans in this this would be awesome. Other than that, really I can't imagine anyone would use this higher than the medium fan speed because medium is not quite at all and high is just too loud for my comfort.

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I bought this item on May 4, 2010 to pull some extra air into a small bedroom without a return vent. It definitely improved the situation, particularly when used on the high setting with the door open. Unfortunately, the high setting is also rather loud, much more so than it could be if better parts were used.

The biggest problem, however, is that, today, after two years of use, the unit caught fire. I noticed a burned wire smell coming from somewhere in the house and just made it into the room in time to see it spark and ignite. I yanked the plug out of the wall (which was extremely hot) and covered the fan with a blanket until it went out, leaving a black mark on the carpet. Needless to say, I would not recommend using this unit.

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I got this for my kid and it is the most unfriendly thing to use and it didn't even come with instructions. I figured it out after much frustration. I will be looking to replace this item at Christmas time for something more user friendly and that doesn't only use batteries.

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My daughter really likes this Hello Kitty clock. She has no interest in the clock itself but she loves the LED lights. She uses it as a night light every night and keeps it right next to her on her bed. I think the clock is good but it's much smaller than I expected and very very light weight. This is not a bad thing just not what I expected but it was pretty inexpensive.

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My daughter loves her Hello Kitty alarm clock. This was a birthday present for her 13th birthday and she states she will now be able to get up on her own in the morning (we'll see). This is a really cute & cool item-anyone who loves Hello Kitty will enjoy it!!

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It is a good product. really touchy. Did not come with a wall charger which isn't very feasible to replace batteries all the time. You need AA batteries and AAA batteries.

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I bought this for my child. We liked it because it changed colors, told the time, and gave you the temperature, but the batteries run out every month. So, it will cost you in batteries.

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Had a lot of trouble with people messing with the thermostat in the office. Was looking for a locking case that looked good and was easy to access. This thermostat does just that. It fit perfectly over our large controler, it locks very easy, and no one can mess with it now.

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If you have kids or neurotics in the house, or have knocked your thermostat loose while moving furniture you might consider getting one of these. It is very simple but sturdy. You can't reach through the vent ports with bent paper clips or wire etc. The vents are staggered in a double layer to prevent tampering.

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This is great. It's a little big, but it does what I need it to. Now no one can change my thermostat except me. Love that!

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We bought this to place in our rental unit it has been a great product. It was a bit bigger than we imagined but the product is sturdy and works perfectly for our needs.

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Although the product is what I wanted, the manufacturer and retailer did not do a good job explaining the dimensions. Improve your specifications especially the dimensions to your customers.