Discount Nesco WM-1300 Everyday Waffle Maker

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program I needed to replace my old waffle maker as it was a decade old. I'm glad I chose this one. All the waffles I've made with this have turned out crispy and delicious. The heart pattern that you get with this make is unique and cute. They waffles are smaller, thinner and crispier than those made by the waffle maker I got in college, but that's okay because you won't hear a complaint about these. You can control how dark your waffles get with the dial on the very top. The waffle maker only takes three minutes to warm up and three minutes to cook the waffle which is great as you can use this even when in a rush.

The outside is stainless steel and the inside is nonstick aluminum. Clean up is a snap and just as quick as making the waffles. I was extremely impressed with this machine and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg either. The only downside is that he cord seems way too short and it makes plugging in the maker a bit of a chore depending on where the outlets are in your kitchen. All in all though, this is a great buy and a happy addition to my family of kitchen gadgets.

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program I've never owned a waffle maker before, so my previous experiences in waffle-making happened mostly at hotels, with their more heavy-duty machines. I immediately noticed one major difference: every waffle maker I've used before had a timer, so you could just pour the batter in and then basically stop paying attention. There's no timer here, and the way to tell whether the waffle is done is that the steam decreases significantly. Functionally, this works out fine; all our waffles turned out okay, and only one was a teeny tiny bit darker than I might have liked. It does make the process a bit more stressful and attention-consuming, though. It's not a huge deal, but there is obviously a difference between putting batter in and waiting for a beep, versus actually paying attention to the machine more or less continuously. But this seems to be normal for personal waffle makers, and as I said, it isn't really a big deal, just something to be aware of.

What did make it slightly more of a big deal was the fact that the cord is really, really short. We wanted to cook the waffles right at the table, so that we could eat them as they became ready while sitting around chatting all together. The outlet is really not far away, but it just wasn't happening with such a short cord, and we didn't have an extension cord on hand. So one person ended up off in the corner by themselves, supervising the waffles, which wasn't an ideal situation. Either a beep to indicate when they were done, or a longer cord, would have resolved this issue.

These are still pretty minor things, though. When it comes to what really matters, we were happy: the machine makes tasty waffles. I'm not sure how other personal waffle makers compare, but this one certainly gets the job done.

One final note about something that we found a bit confusing: the red light goes on when the waffle maker is plugged in, and the green light goes on when it's hot enough to start using. But the red light doesn't go off when the green light goes on. So both lights will be on together, indicating that the waffle maker is both plugged in and hot enough, when it's ready to go.

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program I like this waffle maker.

IT makes heart shaped, or triangle waffles. The waffles come out thinner, crispier, than those made by our giant square waffle maker. This waffle maker stores easily, and the waffles are big enough to divide three ways, so that everyone can get started. We ran a short extension cord, and plugged this in at the table, so that we could start on waffles, and keep making them as we go.

Easy to use, easy to clean, easy to understand, and stores easily. Will still keep the large square waffle maker, but this is a great adjunct, and for large breakfast gatherings, we will have two in service.

Good buy, and maybe a perfect apartment waffle maker.

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program Back in my divorce many moons ago, one of the material things I lost was the waffle maker. I never realized how much until I got this Nesco waffle iron and re-discovered the joy of homemade waffles.

One feature that is an upgrade from my old Oster is the setting dial. I made about a dozen this morning and tried various settings. Medium is about as low as I'd want it, otherwise, you're going to get a fairly limp and possibly undercooked goody. Just a few notches above dead center medium makes a nice crispy but still light and perfect waffle. There's a lot of room for different degrees, so those who prefer a crispier one have nothing to worry about.

Straight out of the box set-up was all it took (I wiped it off with a damp cloth before pouring the first batter in there were no discernible taste effects) and I was making waffles within minutes of plugging it in. Likewise, clean-up was a breeze with a simple damp cloth wipe, and if you use about 2/3 of a cup of batter, you should get a perfect waffle. The six heart shapes are unique and a fun way to keep mouths full while you wait for the next one to cook. I plan to get plenty of weekend waffle use out of this lovely device.

If I had to pick a complaint, it'd be that there is no recipe booklet inside, so I had to do a quick internet search for a waffle recipe. For those who have it down or have cook books, this shouldn't be an issue whatsoever. The cord is a bit short, but most kitchens have plenty of outlets, so again, no worries.

This is a great device and the price seems right to me for how much use you'd get and the savings off of store bought frozen waffles. Breakfast just stepped up in my life. Enjoy!

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program I'd previously been using a sandwich maker with waffle-insert to make waffles, and it produced thick, Belgian-style ones but was a little bit messy.

This Nesco model produces six heart-shaped waffles, but they are rather slim (more like pancakes) than the chunky Belgian style that many people prefer. Still, it's very easy to use and I had no problems with it. The ability to control the crispness (whether you like your waffles light or dark) is nice, and cleaning it up was easy.

I did notice that you have to be careful not to use too much batter, or it will leak out the back, but that's probably the case for any machine. Also, the instructions recommend using cooking oil spray on the metal pads and I'd suggest respraying them before every cook. When I put blueberries in my waffle batter, they did stick to the heating elements, so this machine is probably better suited to keeping things plain.

Still, everything tasted good and was cooked evenly and properly, so it's hard to complain. Just don't expect chunky, thick Belgian-style waffles!

Reviews of Sunpentown UF-310W 2.8-Cubic-Foot Upright Freezer

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So far, this freezer has proved to be an excellent addition to our home. All our apartment had was a mini-fridge with a small freezer box in the very top, so we got this small freezer to accompany it.

It was very easy to set up, and there are clear directions for switching which direction the door opens, which we did. It makes only a bit of noise, and is actually quieter than I would have expected. We initially had it set to the recommended temperature setting, but have since changed it since that was too cold. It works very well, and we have had no problems with it. Well worth the price.

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Freezer was double packed, took some time to "release" it from the packaging, but I was glad to see how well it was protected. Freezer works very well, but the motor mechanism takes up a significant portion of the inside cubic space. The most positive aspect was the very fast shipping time; it arrived several days before expected. Finding the temperature adjustment dial took some time; it is located on the back of the unit (which makes it a bit difficult when you need to adjust it) and hard to see.

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This is only for people who need a "little" extra freezing space like singles or apartment renters. Does an excellent job but does not hold much food.

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I find the description of the capacity as being 1.6 cubic feet very misleading. A part of the compressor occupies about half of that space, making the usable space just 0.8 cubic feet. I called the company to ask about this, and they told me the industry standard is to calculate "net capacity" as any internal space, whether it is usable or not. What possible good does that do a consumer?

To my mind, this is a 0.8 cubic foot freezer, not 1.6. Beware.

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We bought this freezer for use in the lab, where we need a small desktop unit for temporary storage. It will be opened frequently (~every 3-4 minutes) and needs keep vials below -20 degrees C (about -1 degrees F). A larger freezer is used for long-term storage.

Out of the box:

This unit cooled to -20C in less than one hour at setting 5 of 5. It stabilized to -24.2C after another 18 hours at setting 4 and a shoebox full of gel bags to freeze. It easily maintains -20C even when the door is opened frequently.

It is very quiet!

Possible cons for some uses:

-This is a SMALL freezer.

-The manual states that the freezer will not restart automatically after the unit is unplugged, turned off or after a power outage. It seems that it has to be restarted manually after a 3-5 minute delay. This could be a serious problem where power outages are frequent, when valuable items could warm without warning even after brief outages.

Buy Broil King NWT-28S Professional Extra-Large Stainless-Steel Warming

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Tray is very sleek and attractive. Handles are nice and low so that they do not interfere with dishes placed on tray. The cord is a quite short but that is probably a safety feature. It would impossible to use without an extension cord unless it is sitting on a kitchen counter top. It is exactly what we needed.

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I bought this primarily for use during the football season when Sunday Funday is at my house every week. I am finding that it has come in handy for a couple of other events, including my daughter's baby shower. The construction is very solid, and it performs as I had expected. I may have been able to get away with a smaller size, but the XLG means I don't have to choose which dishes deserve to stay warm.

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Does exactly what it's expected to do, and has good capacity got raves from guests when I hosted a Christmas drop-in

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I bought this to replace a previously owned warming tray. This one is so much better! It seems very heavy duty, has two heating temperatures and is quite large. I highly recommend it!

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This is a large warming tray which is great for large parties and buffets. I used it for our son's engagement party with 45 guests.

Discount Venstar Wireless Residential Thermostat - T1100RF

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I invested about $200 to implement this wireless thermostat solution. Initial impressions are mediocre. The manual is sparse of details. After hours of failing to activate the heat option of my furnace, an e-mail to Venstar support revealed an additional wiring option that solved the difficulty. That option was absent from the manual.

Comparing with three other digital thermometers in my home, the Venstar reports a temperature about 3 degrees lower than the rest. It needs calibration. The manual doesn't seem to include any option to do this.

Programming behavior is odd. I simply want to turn on at a select time then turn off at a later time. The manual refers to morning, midday, and evening programs. Huh? Does this mean I need to use the "morning" program to turn on and the "afternoon" program to turn off one hour later? Again, the manual could use more detail here. Perhaps some examples as well? Even on the Venstar website, I cannot locate any additional info.

It's good enough to forgo an inconvenient online return process, but I suspect there are better wireless thermostats out there.

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UN RELIABLE!

NO CUSTOMER SUPPORT!

contacted the support team, but did not help.

do not reccoment this product to anyone.

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This is a replacement for the same thermostat. It didn't work after being accidentally dropped in water.

The only concern I have about this is the process to set the times/temperatures/days. Definitely not intuitive. Still, I'd buy it again if need be.

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This unit, coupled with the residential receiver, solved our HVAC issues. We can move the thermostat anywhere in our condo to ensure that we are comfortable.

Honeywell YTH9421C1010 Visionpro IAQ Programmable Universal Review

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This thermostat was included as part of my new dual heat system, which combines heat pump compressor with gas or propane furnace as the auxilary fuel.

This is the best thermostat I have ever used. It can monitor and control up to 4 heat & 2 cooling systems, along with a humidifier and ultraviolet air purifier. The range of controls is astonishing. When you know the price of gas per therm and the cost of electricity per kwhr, you can set the thermostat to run the heat pump when it's most economically advantageous, then it will switch to the gas furnace when that fuel is the best economic choice (using the outside air thermometer to make its decisions)

For a simple gas furnace or electrical AC system, it's probably overkill....you'll just never use all its capabiltites. But for multi-zone or multi-fuel systems with add ons like humidifiers or air purifiers, I highly recommend this thermostat....it will pay for itself in savings very easily!

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We recently installed a Lennox Gp71 with this t-stat and are completely satisfied, warm and happy. That unit is well designed, works great, good user interface and easy to program. Finally, some engineers must have used a focus group or some panel of consumers because the thermostat makes sense and is easy to use. Set the temp and it stays right there. Combine that unit with a good variable speed modulating furnace and you will be warm and comfortable. The old thermostat was horrible with a single stage furnace. Noisy and full on or off while rattling the house. This new one is quiet and in my opinion, about as good a furnace and thermostat that money can buy.

Tjernlund AireShare Room-To-Room Ventilator - Hardwired, Model# AS1 Reviews

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Just installed this fan and am very happy with it. Quiet, moves plenty of air and relatively easy to install. One comment is the instructions don't emphasize that both the fan and the diffuser are directional, that is, they each have an opening which must face the other. If this is not noticed, either unit's housing would block the air flow towards the other unitTjernlund AireShare Room-To-Room Ventilator Hardwired, Model# AS1. Another thing to note is the possibility of a 'block' in the wall cavity. If one unit is mounted high and the other low, one needs to probe the cavity to make sure there is not a 2x4 block midway. The hard part of this installation is accessing and wiring power to the fan, which can involve cutting access holes in the wall and possibly installing a junction box. Not for the casual do it yourself person.

In short, a professional product and far better than the usual cheap, noisy bathroom fan.

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The first thing I noticed out of the box was surprisingly high quality (heavy motor) for the price. Yes, you can hear it, but that is to be expected a fan has a motor and moves air, both of which create noise. Don't expect it to BLAST air into the other room; it will be close to a light breeze, yet quite effective.

Like some others, I needed to move air from a very hot wood-stove heated room. Much of the rest of the house becomes cold once the thermostat is satisfied by the stove. It was pretty easy to install, just be careful to cut the holes in your walls to the exact size of the template. Also, it is easy to verify if there is a fire block/stop in your wall, but it will require making some holes: Before installation, drop a small chain or string with a weight tied to the end in a small test hole at the location where you intend to install the upper part of the system and check to see if it drops as far as a hole that you will need to make in the adjcent wall at the installation location of the lower end of the system. Before making any holes, be certain to make sure you are in the same framing bay!

To move heat, you will install the fan unit as high as possible on the the wall of the warm room. (Not too high or right against the ceiling or else it will look terrible and you run the risk of a framing obstruction 4-6 inches from the ceiling is about right.) Conversely, you will install the exhaust vent low on the wall of the cool room. You do this for obvious reasons: heat rises, so drawing air from high in the warm room and exausting it low into the cool room gives the best results.

Overall: Highly recommended.

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I'm actually using this to transfer from one floor to the floor above it in an attempt to get the nice cool air from our walk-out into the hot family room during the summer.

The unit is not inexpensive, but it is quality made and shipped in a sturdy box to protect it.

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I tried using this ventilator to move the hot air near the wood stove to the adjoining room. The web site and product info did not offer any guidelines on room dimensions that this fan is good for. My rooms are way too big so it was a complete wrong fit. I think it is a good product but it needs much better advice on how to use it. I think it would work well for small rooms.

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It was easy to install, but like other reviews I was thinking it would move more air. But we are using it for moving air from one floor to the next like the directions say not to. So over all please with it.

ecobee EB-RMS-01 Remote Temperature Sensor Module Reviews

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I was not overly happy when I first received our Ecobee Thermostat, and I learned that I was going to need this remote temperature sensor module. Once we received it, the company that handles our commercial air conditioning system came to install it, because I was not comfortable with installing it. He said that installing the module in the thermostat casing was easy, but the instructions to integrate the module in the actual thermostat system were vague. It took a lot of trial and error with both of us going through each menu trying different combinations until something worked.

But now that it is installed and working, it is great.

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This component needs to be used with the Ecobee smart thermostat. The Ecobee system is great and has much more capability than the Nest.

Cheap Hunter 44377 Univ. Programm. Thermostat

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I installed this thermostat to replace my Honeywell 5-1-1 RTH230B because I wanted a bit more flexibility in scheduling my Asleep and Home times.

This was super easy to install on my two wire system. Less than 5 minutes to get it up on the wall. A nice feature is that once the back plate is connected and mounted, you can just pull the thermostat off the back plate and sit in your easy chair to program. I also like the fact that the display is illuminated so you can see what's going on in the dark. I also like the look of the thermostat, grey face with white border, and soft blue illumination.

I initially set the following program based on my schedule-waking up each weekday at 6:30 AM and going to bed around 10 PM. On Friday's I generally go to bed around 11 PM. On the weekends, I generally get up around 8:30 AM and go to bed around 11 PM, except on Sunday night when I go to bed around 10 PM. Here's how I programmed that schedule into the thermostat:

Mon-Thu Asleep 9:30 PM to 6 AM, 69 Deg F. Away 8 AM to 5 PM, 69 Deg F. Home 71 Deg F (done by setting up Monday and copying to Tue through Thu, which was a nice feature). There are no times to set for the Home period, the thermostat calculates that automatically for you, you just set the desired temp.

Fri Asleep 10:30 PM to 8:30 AM, 69 Deg F. Away 8 AM to 5 PM, 69 Deg F. Home 71 Deg F.

Sat Asleep 10:30 PM to 8:30 AM, 69 Deg F. Away 8:30 AM to 10:30 PM, 71 Deg F. Home 71 Deg F.

Sun Asleep 9:30 PM to 6 AM, 69 Deg F. Away 8:30 AM t0 9:30 PM, 71 Deg F. Home 71 Deg F.

On Friday I discovered (at 1:45 PM) the thermostat was indicating Home instead of Away. So I called tech support. They had the same thermostat in front of them and got the same result. If I set Friday to match the Mon-Thu schedule, the thermostat then indicated Away at 1:45 PM as it should.

They're supposed to get back to me but this is what I figured out. 6 AM is some kind of demarcation line in the thermostat's programming. If you cross that line you get "overlap" (that's what tech support called it) and the thermostat puts the system into Home mode instead of Away. I even tried a factory reset (holding down the + and buttons for more than five seconds). The internal default programming uses 6 AM for every Asleep program.

I'm frustrated that I don't have real control over the programming but for < than $30.00 I guess I can't expect "real" control.

Laying in bed last night I had a vision. As long as I don't cross the 6 AM line with my Asleep times, it should function as I want to. Just have to be a bit creative with the programming.

Here's my current schedule:

Mon-Thu Asleep 9:30 PM to 6 AM, 69 Deg F. Away 8 AM to 5 PM, 69 Deg F. Home 71 Deg F.

Fri Asleep 10:30 PM to 6 AM, 69 Def F. Away 8 AM to 5 PM, 69 Deg F. Home 71 Deg F.

Sat Asleep 10:30 PM to 6 AM, 69 Deg F. Away 6 AM to 8:30 AM, 69 Deg F. Home 71 Deg F.

Sun Asleep 9:30 PM to 6 AM, 69 Deg F. Away 6 AM to 8:30 AM, 69 Deg F. Home 71 Deg F.

By doing that yesterday, at 2 PM Friday the thermostat indicated Away (like it should). I've been monitoring it today (Saturday) and so far so good. It's showing the correct mode and temp for the time of day.

I think I've won but I'll have to monitor each mode throughout the week to be sure. I firmly believe that if you don't cross the 6 AM demarcation with your Asleep times and set short Away times during the weekend, this thermostat will perform as expected. 5 stars for value and ease of mounting, 3 stars for programming. Overall 4 stars in my opinion. If tech support provides a magic answer I'll update this review and overall rating.

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Exactly what we needed. We wanted the heat to turn down Monday through Thursday because who goes to bed on Friday night the same time as Thursday night? Saturday and Sunday are different too. So this allows scheduling every day independently. Perfect!

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Easy setup for someone with no experience. Schedule setup was simple and it seems to work as advertise. I have two units in my home and will be purchasing one more

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This is a great product, no installation problems, and performs as advertised, silently and in the background. Overrides with simplicity, clear instructions are very helpful.

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Hunter no longer supports their thermostats I found this out when I called for help installing mine. Fortunately, I was able to take mine back.