Review of Thru-Wall Room to Room Fan

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Item works pretty well, of course it's a fan that pushes air, how hard is that to achieve? Most problems pushing air from one room to the next have to do with ventilation in general. That is, if you're pushing air into a room and you close the door in that room, with thick carpet, there's no way for the air to escape the room so your fan isn't going to work.

This suncourt unit is nice in that it's sound level, even on high, is relatively low. But one other benefit is that it has a variable speed dial which allows you to, effectively, turn down the volume. Most fans settings consist of either a high, which is obnoxiously loud, or a low which doesn't push any air. So this fan pretty much takes care of that issue.

I used it on top of a standard 4" x 12" floor 'register' by just using 3 pieces of 12"x12" (2" thick) foam pads purchased at a hardware store. I took off the register grill. Cut the 4" x 11" center out of the the bottom one to go over the duct opening. Then cut the top two out with the enclosed 'wall' template cut-out included with the fan. The foam helps insulate the sound and doesn't seem to affect the airflow any. You do have to make a 'plug-in' end for the fan as it only comes with a 'pig tail'. So get a $6 extension cord end at the hardware store as well if you plan to plug it in to a wall outlet. It's not glamorous but it works pretty well and I believe it moves far more air than a standard register (insert) booster. Not to mention, the 'grill' you see in the picture can be rotated 360 degrees to direct the air in any direction you want.

I'll try to include a picture of my install in the user photos in a day or two.

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I have lived in the home I am in for over 14 years and have always had a problem in the winter with getting heat from the wood stove into the back bedroom. With this through the wall fan it has increased the temperature by about 5 to 7 degrees. It was worth the price for the extra comfort.

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I own a pellet stove that I have in the basement. I was leaving the door to the cellar open and letting nature bring the heat up. Sometimes the room in the cellar was 80 degrees or more. With this fan mounted at the top of the stairs and exiting into the living room I am getting the heat where I need it and the cellar is cooler. It's a win win. I was having trouble with the fan initially and sent it back for a replacement. I again had problems and worked with the company to figure it all out. They were very patient and I found the problem was mine, not theirs. The fan works as advertised, maybe even better. I encourage anyone that needs to move air from one space to another to purchase this product.

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11/28/11 We use a woodstove to heat the house in the winter. The room adjacent to the living room was always cold so we looked for a way to move warm air from the living room to the adjacent bedroom. I researched several fans and this one fit our needs because we specifically wanted a minimum of 100cf of air per minute not be limited to just 100cf per minute. The Amazon price was the lowest.

The Amazon website for this fan is lacking in the technical information we needed to make an informed purchase so I had to go to the manufacturer's website. This fan moves 100cf (low) up to 200cf (high) of air per minute using an adjustable speed "knob" on the front of the fan and it was supposed to be pretty quiet. It also has a rotating grill to direct air flow which is convenient. Some of the other websites offer the fan without the rotating grill at a lower price. I'd never consider that option because we want to be able to direct the airflow as needed.

The installation was not difficult. I recommend getting the wax tracing paper found in the sewing department of a fabric store or something similar to transfer the template outline to the wall. It makes it easier to cut the sheetrock without having to mess with the paper template getting in the way. You can cut it with the template, just make sure you securely tape it to the wall (use blue tape not duct tape).

We put the fan about 4' from the corner and 6" from the ceiling on the wall nearest the woodstove. It's in a great place to capture the heat and move it to the next room.

It helps my husband is an electrical engineer so he was able to do all the electrical work. He put a light switch (the flat decorative kind, not the regular toggle kind) on the wall below the intake side of the fan. This allows us to turn the fan on and off from the living room where the woodstove is located because we don't need to change the fan speed.

Also, having the switch on the output side room would have been inconvenient for us (and probably not necessary since the on/off speed control is on that side of the wall). Besides wanting to control the heat transfer from the room with the heat, every now and then some evil smoke sneaks out while I'm reloading wood. I don't have to run around to the other room to cut off the fan while I'm trying to get the air purifier turned on to get the smoke out of the room.

We did put insulation in the wall around the fan (as suggested by another reviewer). I don't know if it helped; however, we had the insulation so it wasn't a big deal to use it.

I said earlier the output of this fan is 100cf to 200cf. The adjustment knob allows for very minute adjustments to the fan speed. This is important because you need to find that sweet spot between air flow and fan noise. This is an inexpensive fan and even though the paperwork says the fan is balanced, our fan makes more noise as the speed increases. It wobbles on high speed; however, that doesn't concern us because we would never use high speed. Wobbling on the higher speeds is the only reason I gave the fan four stars instead of five.

I can't find a way to import a picture or you'd be able to see one of the nice features of this fan is it's pretty discrete on the input wall. We have it high enough on the wall so it's functional yet out of the way. Both sides of the fan can be painted I'd recommend you do it before your final installation so you don't have to mess with taking it down and putting it back up.

Overall, we're pleased with this fan. The temperature in the adjacent room is significantly warmer and the minimal fan noise doesn't bother us at night.

ETA: 12/13/11 I changed the stars from four to five. This fan does a very good job for the price. I now have the fan speed halfway between 100cf/minute and 200cf/minute and the sound is barely discernable unless you're standing right under it. The reality of it is there's all that power in that small housing so it's going to make some noise. However, my ceiling fan on high makes more noise than the wall fan. We've had it in the wall for a couple of weeks and have been pleased with its ability to push enough air into the next room to keep it at a comfortable temperature.

ETA: 12/27/12 It's been a little over a year since we installed the fan and I am so glad we did it! Right now the outside temperature is 26 degrees and we're nice and warm in the rooms that get direct heat from the wood stove and I can walk into the bedroom and not get slapped in the face with cold temperatures (as I did "before fan").

The bedroom will never be as warm as the rooms that get the direct heat and that is fine with us because we want the bedroom to be a little cooler when we sleep. That being said, this fan does a very good job at keeping the bedroom significantly more comfortable in cold weather. The switch we installed on the wall has been a convenient feature and I recommend anyone installing this fan also put in an on/off switch.

I still can't figure out how to put a picture in this review so I could show you the location of the fan in relation to the wood stove and also where we put the switch so I'll try to describe our setup.

We have the wood stove at an angle in a corner in the living room. The fan is on the adjacent bedroom wall straight up from the stove (about 5' from the top of the stove to the fan we have low ceilings so the fan is about 6" from the ceiling). The on/off switch is on the stove side of the wall about 4' from the floor and over about a foot from the stove so I can easily get to it and the heat from the stove doesn't affect it.

We chose to put the on/off switch on the stove side of the wall because that was the most logical place for us to control the fan. There have been a few times I've let smoke out of the stove when I added more wood and it was easy to reach up and turn off the fan so the smoke wouldn't blow in the bedroom. I keep a Holmes air purifier in the living room so I can turn it on when I have "duh" moments such as that. Thank goodness those times are not as frequent as they were when we first got the stove all those years ago.

My husband and I were talking a few days ago about how much we liked the fan and why did it take us so long to get one. I reminded him of all the research we did in years prior to buying this fan and just couldn't find a "good" fan. We didn't want to cut a hole in the wall and then find out we made a mistake.

Then I found this fan on Amazon and did more research and we've been very happy with it. I cannot speak to other people's experiences; however, for us this fan was an excellent choice.

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we have two small rooms off our bedroom, a walk-in closet and an office, and neither has heating or cooling. installed this fan between them to create circulation and it works great, pulling heated or cooled air into one room, through the wall to the other, and pushing it back out into the bedroom. adjustable speed is nice. gave it 3 stars because would be nice if the fan was a bit quieter at high speed.

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Worst fondue pot ever. Sure, neat grill & broiling abilities. ABSOLUTELY NO INSTRUCTIONS WHAT-SO-EVER!!!! Oil doesn't get near hot enough to cook meat. It has a setting 1-5, but no explanation for the tempertaures of 1-5. Might be good for cheese or chocolate, but don't get your hopes up. BTW, don't bother looking for the company that made this, I can't find a thing on it. I was hoping to find better instructions or some sort of customer service line, zilch. I would not recommend buying this. I'll be lucky to get half my money back if I decide to sell it on craigslist, ebay, or a garage sale. Very disappointed. Take this as fair warning.

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Haven't had a chance to use the item but Newcool Store was helpful and I will do business in the future with them.

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After just a year, my husband's control goes to "E" (for error?) when he'd move. The cord at his feet is always fully and tightly plugged in--so it seems to be a short in the actual surface area of the pad. Nothing we can fix. (We are both slim, with no pets or kids in the bed too. I haven't even washed it either.) Another drawback, is the plug-in being right where each of our feet are at the end of the bed. I'll definitely look for another brand.

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Within less than a year, this item has heating elements that no longer work, leaving many cold spots in the bed. Additionally, the part where the cord plugs into the mattress cover is right where your feet hit. I'd take this back if I still had my receipt.

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This heating pad is GREAT! You can feel the coils a bit if you just use it alone, but if you put another mattress pad over it, you can't feel anything besides the plug connection at the bottom, and that is not bad. AS for the heat, it is great for taking the edge off a cold bed before you go to sleep, and keeps the bed nice and warm without being hot!. I would recommend it to anyone. Controls are very easy to use and it is easy to set up. The dual controls are great since my wife likes it quite warm, but I like to turn it off after getting into bed.

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The only complaint is the wires are quite noticeable.

I bought this model because it has dual controls and dual wiresets.

I won't ever use it, but my wife commonly "freezes" at night.

She says it's wonderful.

She usually runs it at 6 (out of 10) and is quite comfortable.

Bonus when one controller or wireset eventually breaks, I can swap it for "mine" and use it even longer.

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So aggravated! I bought one of these first. Got it home, unpacked it, plugged both sides in and turned them to "H" one at a time. One side worked fine and the other went to "E" for error within two minutes. Made sure the cord was not compressed or tangled, unplugged it and plugged it in again. Still the same error. Switched the actual plug from one side of the mattress pad to the other, and it still did it. Returned the product for a new one since I REALLY wanted this product. The new one did the EXACT SAME THING! Tried everything...different outlets, switching the plug from one side to the other, tried keeping heat setting to a lower number...STILL ERRORS OUT. So frustrating.

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This heater replaces an older Pelonis heater which we have had for 20 years. We are pleased with the adjustable fan speed and the adjustable heat. The heater turns off if picked up, so that is a nice safety feature. The heater works fine for a bath, but would not work well in an office, since the fan is very noisey.

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This heater is just what I was looking for at a reasonable price. I wanted a heater just for my bathroom, so I don't have to turn up the heat in my whole house. This does the trick perfectly, and safely.

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Very small, but is better than most large heaters. Perfect for a room, or as I'm using it, in my RV.

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This heater is awesome for my apartment. I do have central heating but we also have large windows with poor insulation. This is perfect for those nights when the thermostat is turned down in the rest of the house but our bedroom is kept toasty for ourselves and our dogs.

This little heater is super powerful and so far I've only used it on the low setting, at medium heat. I love that it has some type of internal thermostat to shut off before baking us. The safety mechanism of shutting off when tipped over is a plus with clumsy dogs.

Great price, very toasty, compact--I love it!!

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EDIT: December 9th, 2011.

Since mid-november, I began using this heater on low settings for about 1hr at a time (2-3 hours a day)to warm up the one small bedroom

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This throw works great but can't understand why the controller line is so short. You are literally pulling on it to see it to change settings.

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I bought this blanket to replace an old Sunbeam one that I had used for years. I have used the new beautiful eggplant blanket everyday for two months. No problem with the heat control, I am always cold and I usually start out with it on high for about 30 minutes and end up leaving it on the medium setting. I absolutly love these heated throws it's the perfect solution for staying warm while sitting at the computer or watching tv. The eggplant is a medium purple shade, blanket is pretty stiff right out of the package but within a few uses it is nice and soft.

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I use this to lay around with on the couch. The cord length is sufficient and the blanket heats up quickly! The automatic shutoff occurs after 5 hours, which is longer than similar heated blankets I've had previously.

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Was very disappointed in this throw. Even on high heat it doesn't seem to heat up much at all. I don't have the original packaging in order to return it... is it at all possible for me to do so anyway -this item is definitely not what I expected, especially being a Sunbeam product I had expected much better.

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I was looking to replace an older heated throw. I searched and found this one, am very happy with it.

Honeywell Vision Conventional 5-1-1-Day Programmable Thermostat Review

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I installed two of these in my house without problems in less than 2 hours. they're easy to setup and program. They also are less likely to break after a year because they're not touchscreen. the touchscreen ones often have to be replaced every year or so.

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I purchased this thermostat to replace an old manual unit. I also liked the fact that it displayed both the room temperature and the set temperature. I used it for a year, and noticed as soon as I installed it that it was reading a temperature about 2 degrees higher that my what it actually was in the house. Additionally, it seemed to take forever for the temperature to drop or raise by as little as one degree. I exchanged it for the same unit, and had the same issues. I know that the temperature inaccuracy is not huge, but I am fickle, and a thermostat only has to do one job well, and this one could not do it accurately. I replaced it with the Lux TX9000TS and am much happier overall. Additionally, the Lux has a light button, so I can activate the backlight without pushing another button.

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This thermostat is easy to install. It comes with wire labels for the wires on your existing thermostat. These match nicely to the new one with some cross referencing. My system is a heat pump with auxillery heat. It took 30 minutes to install. I could do it again in 15 minutes. You get an installation guide, operating manual, and a miniature CD guide. Programming was easy too but it was pre-programmed almost to the settings I ended up choosing anyway. *One concern may be for people with existing wires labeled Y1, W1, W2, V, or VR. The manual says to contact an expert if you have these wires. I had no problem. You can check for these wires by pulling your existing thermostat straight off its base and looking at the terminal labels (pull circuit breaker first). Good luck.

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I installed two of these in my house. It was surprisingly easy, as the instructions were very well done. Programming is straightforward, but maybe a bit tedious (fortunately it shouldn't need to be done very often). It's nice going to bed and having the heat turn down overnight and then have the house nice and warm again when you get up in the morning. Highly recommended even for those less than handy.

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In general I'm happy with this thermostat. It's easy to set up and has a good size display. I like that it's backlit, so easy to adjust in a dark room. The one issue I have with this model has to do with a feature that's not there, but was in the Lux thermostat that I replaced. It does not show filter usage, i.e., how many hours my furnace has run since I last changed the filter.

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I considered giving this a 1 star but since it does turn on I gave it a 2 star. This unit has an automatic shut-off if it gets too hot. The problem is that if you turn this thing on it overheats in a few minutes and shuts off. The manual says wait 10 minutes and try it again.. Guess what it over heats again and shuts off.. I'm not even turning this thing on high. 1/2 way on the dial gets this unit to overheat and shut-off in a few minutes.. This heater is basically unuseable. A few minutes of heat is not enough heat to do anything.. I would send this back but the hassle of returning it is more than the money I spent on this.. My recommendation is don't buy this... I have a little 800 watt heater that puts out less btu's but at least it runs for as long as I have it turned on...

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Basically, it's a piece of plastic to cover over any part of the wall that may have holes from your old thermostat. It's a little over priced but I couldn't find this item anywhere else so I guess it was worth the purchase. Fits my LUX 9100U just fine and matches the color.

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Adds a bit of modern accent to the Lux programmable thermostat I purchased. Also helped hide a bit of wall where the new unit was not covering the paint area of the old. Saved me from getting out the paint can. Shipped very quickly. Nice white matte finish.

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Did not fit as I was told it would, wrong inner dimensions. Found room for it in the trash !!

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The wall plate itself regardless the price is fine. Unfortunately it does not fit my TX1500E that I hoped for.