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I got it as a gift and it was a hit. My kids love to eat it and decorate it too!

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I gave this donut machine to my teenage grandson for Christmas. He sent me a Facebook message saying it makes amazing donuts! He rated it as 5 stars.

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This product arrived in as described; works well. I have made donuts using a cake mix; have not tried the traditional batter yet, but look forward to making different donuts. It makes mini donuts, not the standard size ones. Good price for the product.

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Even though my package came after Christmas but I ordered it approx. 25 day before hand they delieved my item without charge. Way to go! My kids still loved it. Thanks again Mike

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I understood when I order this it was for mini but it took me so long to make enough of them for just my husband and my self i have plan to make extra and frezze but this did not happen I do not have the time to waste with this if you have time on your hands great cause it did make good dounets sorry about spelling just not good at it also kids can not make these it gets to hot to be safe with children

Buy Skytech 5301P Fireplace Remote touch screen programmable thermostat

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I love this gadget! I have done a lot of investing into the energy efficiency of my home and this is definitely a key to my lower energy bills. I use my fireplace to heat my home in lieu of my furnace, since the fireplace uses much less gas. That being said, this installs easily and quickly.

*DO NOT FALL FOR THE HYPE OF THE OTHER REVIEWER WHO SAID THIS INTERFERED WITH THE WIRELESS ROUTER, MINE WORKS FINE; NO INTERFERENCE AT ALL!* My apologies for the the all-caps, but that is very important. It may have randomly for his, but not mine. For those interested, my wireless router is a Belkin N-Wireless router putting out n, g, and b modes, 20/40 MHtz, no problems. Several devices laptops, tablet, and phones connecting and working while the thermostat cut on and off; no problems.

Nor should you be deterred by the reviewer who said that this isn't new. Mine was spotless, batteries shrink wrapped, no scratches or marks of any kind.

Prerequisites:

Batteries are included, yaay! The transmitter/remote is the temperature sensor. I would recommend putting said sensor on the other side of the room or near a place where you or your guests spend the most time so that the temperature it computes is accurate for the area in the room where it counts. Of place it by your home's existing thermostat.

You may want to purchase some wire terminals as the thermostat receiver has two piggyback, male and female terminals. The terminals are like these:

Vinyl Insulated .250" Piggyback Quick Disconnect 22-18 AWG (Red) 100 Per Package

Once you securely connect and test them, tape the two individually connected sections together with electrical tape so make sure that they do not complete the circuit unintentionally. According to the instructions, it does not matter which wire goes to which, I believe because you are interrupting the same wire with a switch instead of connecting two separate wires together.

Programming:

This device lumps all weekdays together and then another set for the weekend days all together for two sections per week. Then there are two time periods per section/day, a morning and an evening setting. So in other words, P1 is what you want it to do when you awake and P2 is what you want it to do when you get home from work. The restrictions for the awake/morning section is that you can't go past noon, but the evening has a lower/earlier limit of noon, so if/when you want, you can have the evening to start at noon, so that it can go continuously if you like.

Anyway, the way you program this is, when you press and hold the program button, you setup two programs per day, a morning-P1 and an evening-P2. You do the weekend morning first, so it will flash "SS" for Saturday & Sunday and P1 for morning. The first P1 setting with the flame icon means, the flame/heat cuts on at this time, (set time using arrows and press Set), the next P1 setting with crossed out flame icon means you set the time when the flame/heat stops/cuts off in the morning (set time using arrows and press Set), the final P1 setting lets you set the temperature you want the fireplace to maintain during it's operation (set temperature using arrows and press Set). Next you repeat this for the weekend evenings' "SS"-P2. Flame on time, Flame off time, and set temperature. Now, the weekend programming is done.

Then, you do the same for the weekdays, "MTWTF" P1 (morning) & "MTWTF" P2 (evening). Remember, the order is Flame on time, Flame off time, and set temperature.

Point of interest:

If you also, have a programmable thermostat for your furnace like me, then make sure that you consider how they will interact. In other words, decide which will override the other. For my setup, I have this thermostat to my fireplace as the dominant one and the furnace is "Plan B". Specifically, my higher temperatures are set using the fireplace and the lower temperatures, in case the fireplace is not enough is supplemented or backed up with my furnace. Also, keep in mind that the temperatures they perceive may not match. The fireplace thermostat usually has it hotter than the furnace, which means that they sometimes go at the same time, not good for those looking to be frugal, but maybe good for those who hope for a more symbiotic relationship between the two. Just take your time to experiment during the weekend or evening, when you are home for an extended period of time to make sure things work the way you want.

Another important note, press the program button to make sure that you see the word 'program' on screen, that way you know you are actually using the programs you just so carefully and painstakingly setup.

Other than that, you may want to invest in a blower, if you don't already have one; they rock and turn your fireplace into a giant space heater. Something like this one sold by the fireplaceblowersonline.com guys. I do not work for them, but their products are good and their service is great.

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All and all, God bless, stay warm, and pray and bless those who are less fortunate; remember the homeless who struggle outside, as we are snug and "struggle" to stay warm indoors.

Peace and blessings,

CEH

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I purchased this to replace my old fireplace remote. This model by far had the best features and was really looking forward to the upgrade however the down button on the touch screen did not work. I was unable to get it replace. The only option was to return for a refund. I would have rather had it replaced. After all the hassle I simply returned it and did not order another. Potentially a great product but bad customer service from the vendor AND the manufacturer.

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Used it all winter on a pellet stove, I wish you could program diffently it program times are not set up for a working family I would recommend going to Skytech and reading the manul before you buy

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Works great and no complaints and savesus on buying a lot if pellets. It warms the house so nice. Thank you

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We purchased this unit to replace the remote control installed with the fireplace and are very happy with it. The lcd backlit screen is easy to read in the dark. The remote was easy to install and works as advertised. We haven't used the programmable feature yet, but will during winter when the fireplace is used more.

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I purchased this little guy from a store a year ago. I loved it then, and it's still going strong now! The thermostat feature is perfect, because I change my mind on the settings constantly, and would otherwise melt/freeze before snapping out of my work to turn it on/off. Especially at night when I'm sleeping.

My two cats love it, too! It's been safe and fairly quiet, while providing a wonderful amount of heat for my living and bed rooms. I am now shopping for a second one to heat up more spaces more quickly.

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Great heater for large spaces. We love it. You can leave it on Low all the time and the rooms stay nice and toasty. The purchase price is amazing compared to other makers that cost more and do nothing

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I've had mine for 3 years and love it! In that time, my husband has had 3 in his bathroom... the last one just stopped working (a Holmes Bathroom Heater). I told him NOT to go out & buy another & I'd try to order him my Sunbeam 1 Touch. So happy that Amazon carries it!!! I recommend that you buy the Sunbeam 1 Touch Heater if you want a great performing heater that will last and last! But I don't understand WHY it's over $50 at Amazon and Under $30 at Walmart. Went to Walmart's website & got it there instead.

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I guess I just think this is overpriced for the tiny size and the repackaging it is sent in. But hey, it works so far.

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This works together with the insteon wired thermostat that you attach to the hvac wires on your wall. my usage case is to put the wireless thermostat upstairs so it will turn the heater/ac on or off based on the temperature in the baby room.

to do this, you are supposed to set the wireless thermostat to MASTER mode so that is is in charge. for the most part, this works as advertised. however, every few days or so, the MASTER mode will disappear from the wireless thermostat and go back to the wired thermostat.

this is very problematic because you get cases where the heater will keep running for so long the baby room is sweltering, but it didn't stop because on it's on it reverted MASTER status back to the wired unit downstairs, which is a lot cooler and hasn't reached the right temperature yet.

I called/emailed tech support regarding this issue but the only suggestion they had was to buy yet another insteon product, an access point, to boost the range. I tried it but it didn't work. now I am waiting to see what else they can suggest.

based on this, I would not recommend the product, since it does not seem very stable and there is no good fix for it.

UPDATE:

I contacted INSTEON and they replaced both my wired and wireless units with new ones, and now the problem is fixed. I get constant connection between the two units and MASTER works correctly. upgrading rating from 1 star to 4.

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My experience is similar to the other reviews. I was trying to use this 2441ZTH with my ISY994i controller. The unit would drop out of master mode and fail to report temperature readings. The unit would also lock up and fail to communicate on the Insteon network requiring a reboot. (Over and over...) My unit would also start to flicker erratic display readings on the LCD panel. The Backlight would sometimes flash on and off by its self. When I try to enter the programming mode the displays would become erratic and the unit would sometimes lock up. Seems like very flakey firmware at this point.

I also own the 2441TH and it seems to be working OK right now. Only the wireless ZTH seems to be having all of these erratic behaviors. I think this unit has potential if Insteon can fix the hardware/firmware issues this unit has potential. until then... It is completely unusable.

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I bought this to use upstairs while the wired thermostat was installed next to the furnace in the buildup two stories below. I placed a dual-band switchlinc on the floor above the wired thermostat, almost immediately above it. The floor with the wireless thermostat has 2 dual-band switchlincs, one within about 8 feet, and a dual-band PLM.

In that configuration, the wireless thermostat will not stay set as Master for more than about 8 hours, and usually less. I tried it on three different power supplies and on batteries and it has the same problem, although oddly it stays set as Master longest on batteries.

I tried the wireless in at least 5 different locations and it always lost Master mode randomly at some point. Even with both the wired and wireless thermostats 1 foot apart upstairs with the 3 dual-band devices around them the wireless lost Master mode. Loss of Master is highly random and may take an hour or take 16 or more hours.

The wireless also has various glitches with all 3 power supplies I tried it with. Like the light gets brighter and flickers when it transmits, the battery indicator flashes, or the display only lights for 6 seconds instead of 10. It seems most stable on batteries.

I ended up running a thermostat wire to where I needed the wired thermostat and returned the wireless.

I was still debating if I should keep the wireless to use in another room, so I left it in Master mode for one more night and in the morning found the wireless still thought it was Master and in Off mode but the wired also thought it was Master and in Heat mode. Usually the wireless at least shows that it's lost Master mode, but not in this case. I saw in the PLM log that the wireless had been sending temperature updates all night so it wasn't failing to send all messages and it hadn't locked up, but I guess it failed on enough messages that the wired thermostat gave up on it? What seemed strangest is that pressing a key to light the backlight on the wireless wasn't enough to get it back in sync with the wired. I had to try to change its settings and then suddenly it realized it was no longer Master and should be in Heat mode. I think the firmware is not properly programmed to periodically check that it's in sync with the wired and if any messages are lost/corrupted then everything gets screwed up. Yet it can recover if you try to change a setting, so why doesn't it periodically recover on its own? In my opinion, the firmware on this thermostat (and/or on the wired thermostat) is simply not ready for use in the real world where not every wireless message is reliably sent/received.

I read about a lot of problems with these thermostats before I bought them but had hoped they were fixed by now. I read about one guy who had 5 of the v1.0 wireless thermostat all failing to stay in Master mode. Both the wired and wireless thermostats I tested were made in late 2012 and the wired was v1.6 while wireless was v1.3.

The other inexplicable thing is that the PLM log shows the wireless thermostat periodically sends a series of corrupted messages. This only seems to happen when I place it in certain locations with no real logic to it. I theorize that it sends corrupted messages in most locations but only sometimes does it send messages where the corruption happens to match the CRC byte such that I actually see the message in the log. Oddly, the one corruption I saw was always the exact same corrupted message with one byte changed from 02 to a2. I saw that corrupt message dozens of times but with different values for the temperature that went with it. It seems impossible that the CRC byte would be corrupted to a value that matched both the 02 to a2 corruption and the changing temperature value that was included with each message so I think it's actually more likely that the wireless was sending the wrong message rather than the message getting corrupted in transit. For example, here are some corrupt messages:

0250a20c0f20f4a9016e78

0250a20c0f20f4a9016e76

0250a20c0f20f4a9066e76

0250a20c0f20f4a9076e8a

The last few bytes on each are totally different, yet the CRC byte (not included in the log) must have matched or the messages would have been discarded. The corrupted byte is that it should show 025002 instead of 0250a2 because the insteon ID of the wireless begins with 02, not a2.

So maybe I just have a highly defective wireless thermostat and a good one might not have all the problems with staying in Master mode, sending the wrong byte, glitching on most power supplies, etc, but I'm dubious.

As a final test, I've currently got the wired and wireless set a foot apart and the wireless reads 77 degrees while the wired reads 69 after not being touched for about 20 minutes. An analog thermometer across the room reads 70, so the wireless is wildly inaccurate. Yet I've had them both read about the same value when placed beside each other in the past with the wireless on batteries. I wouldn't be surprised if the particular power supply used with the wireless skews the temperature. I've read a lot of reports of different problems caused that vary with the voltage of the power supply. One guy only got stability at 5.5 volts but not much above or below. Unfortunately 5.5v is not a standard power supply voltage so he had to rig his own. Smarthome also claims that a "noisy" power supply will cause problems but I had no better luck when I connected the 5V terminals of a big PC power supply that should have very clean power to the thermostat. I don't have the equipment to measure power supply noise so that's the best I could do. People have also reported problems using the 6V power supply Smarthome sells specifically for the thermostat. Smarthome should definitely add a capacitor or otherwise make the thermostat less prone to problems caused by noise or different voltages. After a couple of hours, the wireless lost Master mode again and shows 76 degrees while the wired shows 72. Wired shows 50% humidity, wireless shows 40%.

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Item pictured is not the one you will recieve. They send out a cheaper version that works terriblly. If you try and return it they will add on all types of fees making it not worthwile to return. Stay away from this company. Don't find out the hard way.

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I purchased this thermostat to replace an older programable type that I could not get to work properly. It would turn on and off at the oddest times and I could not correct it following the manual provided. I decided to return to a simple model, but wanted a digital type rather than the older mercury dial variety. This Honeywell thermostat is so simple to use, and is accurate as can be. I am retired and spend most of my time at home anyway and can set it and forget it. If we have been out for a few days, we lower the heat, and increase it to our regular temp when we arrive home. It is almost an instant warm up and absolutely trouble free. This is all you need to keep life simple and easy.

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I got this for my 87 year old mother-in-law who cannot manage multiple programs. She loves it, as the only choices she has to make are OFF/Heat/Cool, Fan On/Auto, and Temp UP/Down. Works great too.

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See my review of RTH110B. I thought it would work. It failed after 3 days.

I just installed this unit. I cycled it through heat/cool. Both work. They advertise that there is some auto switch over feature from HC. It must be programmed with the 2 arrow buttons. Complicated. Probably will be lost w/battery change. I have 3 functions heat, cool, & off. Which is what I want. It does maintain 1 degree range within set point. Display and buttons on front make adjustments quick and easy. Any mechanically inclined home owner can install this. The longest delay, will be positioning sheet rock anchors, if needed.

Thermometer is primitive and can not be calibrated to match existing/accurate thermometers. The work around is to simply adjust your set point by the difference between what this unit reads and your old unit.

I will update this review in the next days, weeks, months on its longevity, since Honeywell reliability has proved less than 100%.

1 Week later: Still works as advertised. I've gotten use to out of calibration thermometer reading.

1 Month later: Still working. Appreciating the 1 degree comfort zone.

1 year later; Still working.

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Reading instructions, I installed it myself, ever since, I noticed a drop in electricity usage so it's paying for itself. Easy to read glows in the dark, very easy to set Temp.

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This thermostat was the answer to our frustration with a more complex, programmable thermostat that had been in our small apartment for 4 years. The RTH5100B 1025 was EASY TO INSTALL and is very simple to operate. It's either on or off, and when it's on, it's highly accurate at keeping the temperature in our 540 square foot apt. at the selected degree.

We now live in South Florida and have a heat pump system for the AC and heat. When the thermostat was first installed, it took about 5 minutes for the thermostat to recognize and sync with this type of system. The directions indicated this, though, so we weren't too concerned when the AC didn't go on right away. We waited, per the directions, and within 4-5 minutes the AC started up.

If you live in an area where the power goes off on a rather frequent basis, this thermostat does not need to be re-programmed when the power comes back on. In our neighborhood, the power annoyingly goes off for short periods of time for no apparent reason. With our former programmable thermostat, we had to re-program it every time this happened, even if the power had only been off for a couple of seconds.

I'd recommend this to anyone who is home most of the time and wants a dependable, simple system of cooling/heating their home.