Cheap Danby DBC120BLS Beverage Center - Stainless Steel

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I was reluctant to order this at first due to a lot of comments around the packaging of the unit and them showing up with dents and scratches. When the unit arrived the outside parcel was a bit torn. However the seller must have taken the feedback that was given and made some changes as my unit was in perfect condition without a single scratch or dent. It was double boxed. The OEM box has the unit inside with a Styrofoam shell. Then the EOM box was lined with stiff cardboard corners and wrapped in Styrofoam around that and then placed in an additional box. Only the otter box had a slight tear. Given the weight of the unit it was expected. Don't hesitate to order this unit as I'm certain it will show up in perfect condition if we were to order an additional one.

The unit itself is made of quality materials. I placed a digital thermometer inside the unit and it holds a sold 37 degrees inside. Keep in mind this is a minifridge and not a cooler. A major difference. The only complaint I have about the unit is that we have it downstairs behind our bar. Not in the bar but behind it sitting on the carpet. When placed on the carpet the door would drag the carpet and after our first basement break in party the door was left slightly open a few times because the door was difficult to shut. I tried to adjust the feet to raise the unit up but was unable to do so because the legs are not adjustable. I happen to have an extra 18X18 tile from the bathroom. I sat the unit on top of the tile and it solved the problem. The door open and shuts perfectly. Keep in mind we do not have shag carpet either. It is a medium density stainmaster carpet with standard stainmaster padding. If you plan to place this in a carpeted area do yourself a favor and go purchase an 18X18 tile.

As others have mentioned the shelves don't hold cans the best when you go to fill it as some tip from side to side when placed vertical. I removed the second from the bottom shelf to hold 4-5Liter kegs. I can hold exactly a case of beer in the bottom section which is not as deep as the others since the compressor housing is in the way. Which leaves me with the top full shelf and the very top shelf that holds them in a horizontal fashion. The horizontal shelf holds a 12 pack 6 on each side. Without the removal of a shelf this unit will not accommodate 16oz water bottles or beer bottles placed vertically. These will need to be placed on their sides unless you remove a shelf.

Overall I would give this fridge a 5 out of 5 or 10 out of 10. It servers our purposes perfectly and it looks great, and it was at a great price point. If I had to make a couple of changes or a wish list. I wish it used an LED bulb for that newer look. Additionally, I wish the light could be turned on when the door was shut since it is a glass face to showcase the drinks inside. UPDATE: Finds out there is a switch inside on the side of the light to turn it on. Check that off the lsit! Other than that it's the perfect height and the top is being used to hold our EdgeStar 5Liter Kegerator. Which places the tap at the perfect height and I am 5'10".

All in all don't hesitate to purchase this unit as I searched for several weeks and really did my homework before ordering a mini fridge for our bar when we finished the basement. I assure you that you will not find a better product at this price point.

UPDATE: Over a year later this thing is still ice cold and no issues. Look no furhter, the perfect minifridge holds true!!!

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I was concerned given all the reviews about keeping the drinks cold enough but I use mine in my workout room to house all my exercise drinks and it keeps them plenty cold enough at a medium-high setting (probably due the fan circulating the air which most beverage coolers do not have). I haven't seen any dramatic increase in my electric bill either. My only complaint is the auto-defrost feature. It does auto-defrost and collect the water in a reservoir that is supposed to evaporate by the heat of the compressor. But in my house apparently it didn't get hot enough because it didn't evaporate and over flowed in the back and spilled out onto the floor behind the unit. Now I just keep an eye on it and use a large syringe to remove the water if the reservoir fills up.

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Unit arrived undamaged and worked right out of the box. Door was assembled a bit crooked and overall quality is mediocre but looks good from a distance. Have had it about 5 weeks now and it is doing its jobdrinks stay sufficiently cold, good capacity, internal fan helps a lot (main reason I bought it) and is quiet enough in my family room adjacent to my home theater setup. Stopped working once for some unknown reason (maybe got a bit hot as I have it installed in a tight cabinet spaceIFU clearly says it is designed to be free-standing) but after unplugging and letting it sit for 30 mins, it started up again and has been fine ever since. I check the external cabinet temp regularly and while it does get quite warm to the touch, it seems to be okay installed as is. A good idea is to keep it out first time it cools down your drinks (it will work quite hard doing this), then when the compressor cycles off (ieit has reached its set temp), you can push it back in. Overall it seems to be a good deal for the price.

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I am having a bar installed and decided to get a nice fridge to show off some coors light cans and bottles. Some reviews about coldness scared me but there were also plenty saying they had exploded cans. It is a nice looking fridge but I plugged in for 2 days with a glass of water and a thermometer and could not get temp below 42. I don't think danby is good for coolness. My friend bought a danby kegerator and could not get temp below 37. He returned and got a Summitt and it worked great so I got one also. I don't know why they can't just make a compressor to get to below freezing level. Cant cost that much more. Bottom line if you want ice cold beer don't buy this fridge. On the plus side Amazon will be sending UPS to pick up tomorrow no problem. Happy with Amazon unhappy with Danby.

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I picked this one for the size and design. I considered a full size fridge, but there aren't a lot of options that don't include a freezer, and in those size/price ranges, none of them are frost free. I didn't want to deal with that.

I've had the Danby for a couple of months now. I keep it in the basement, so it's in a cooler place, and doesn't have to work so hard. I do like to keep my drinks ice cold, and even when fully loaded, it delivers. And I do not have the temp setting at the coldest.

Using it primarily for bottles. Almost all the smaller fridge and beverage coolers show with cans, so it's tough to judge how many bottles it will hold. So I got the larger size. Turns out that was a good idea, since the shelf mounting options are fairly limited, I ended up using only 2 shelves to maximize the placement of bottles. And it holds a LOT of beer bottles. I can fit about 20 lying down on the bottom, in front of the compressor hump, and each shelf is, I think about 7 bottles deep by 6 wide. It's a LOT of room.

Gets everything cold pretty quickly and keeps it there. In my random trips to the basement for beer or other things, it is rarely running the compressor, so it seems to be fairly efficient.

I do have a couple of nitpicky complaints:

The wire shelves do not suit for balancing a full load of bottles, you end up with bottles leaning on other bottles because of the spacing of the wires. It still works, but it could be better.

What the heck is up with the top shelf with the hump in the middle? Seems like it's a spacer for the light, but it doesn't seem to make any sense to me at all, I don't use it.

If you live in a humid area, like I do, you'll have a LOT of condensation on the glass. When I first turned it on, the front glass was completely covered with a thick layer of water. I wiped it clean/dry a couple of times after it was cooled down to the proper temp. That helped a bit, but the bottom 1/2 to 1/3 is usually wet at all times. Not bad enough that you can't see inside, but maybe it needs better dual-glass insulation or something? Not sure.

Overall, I'm very happy with it so far. I can easily fit 10 different 6 packs and a 12 pack or 2 of bottles ice cold.

Discount Holmes HFH131-TG Compact Heater Fan w/ Manual Controls

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This fan-forced heater is nothing spectacular, nor is it bad. While it has only one heat setting, it still can crank out its share of heat. It also has a thermostat to control comfort levels as well as save on electricity. I've purchased different fan-forced heaters in the past, and must say that this one has the most output for the price. This unit is 1,200 watts, so there's plenty of power to heat a small room. Still, the low price is probably this heater's most attractive feature. For that, it gets my endorsement.

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Bought this fan for my cold office. Worked fine for about 4 months putting out a nice amount of heat. Just stopped working. Followed instructions and unplugged to reset. Will not turn on. Total waste.

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my office is freezing. so i brought this in and it worked fine for an hour then just stops. I didnt even have it on full blast. I wouldnt buy it again.

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I bought this for a bathroom that only has a heat lamp and no heater. It works well, is light and heats quickly and efficiently.

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Its alright, but it was cheap so I cant complain. I feel like it doesn't heat up my bathroom when i get out the shower but maybe i'm using it wrong i don't lol

Cheap Lifesmart Power Plus 6 Element 1800 Square Foot Infrared Quartz

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CONS: Light weighted cabinet (not stable); imitation wood (sticker); inaccurate temperature detection; displayed temperature is the temperature to reach, not the current temperature in the room; fan is very loud; no battery for the remote; advertises as a 6500 BTU when in fact it is a 5100 BTU unit.

PROS: Light weight (but easy to move); has auto turn on and off; has an economy mode setting (500 watts); master on/off switch; fan seems to blow pretty hard.

NEUTRAL: Heat blows toward the floor (maybe 35 degree angle)

..based on my experience attempting to return this item, BEWARE OF FAT BOY TOOLS a seller of this item. They attempted to close my claim for a return and sent me the following message: "Fat Boy Tools has closed your return request. The reason for the closure of your request is: Solved a technical issue" WTF.

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I decided on this particular heater over others because it advertises the heater as 6500 BTUs and a five year warranty. When it arrived and I was looking at the box I noticed that it was only 5100 BTUs and has a 3 year year warranty. I thought they had sent me the wrong one but when I compared the model number it was the correct model number. I contacted the company that sent me the heater and they just said that that was the information the Lifesmart company provided them with. To me, that is false advertising!

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For starters, I think this is the first time I've taken the time to write a review. I was just a little frustrated how poorly this product was ranked after I committed to buy two of them.

I actually bought this product from e-bay as they were running a big sale. However, I buy a ton from Amazon and always compare prices to theirs and often look at some of the reviews. As with any other item, there are almost always a lot of likes and dislikes. This product had plenty of one star reviews which kind of scared me. Then, I looked at the intelligence level of the reviewers. The fan was "noiser" as opposed to "noisier". One star because the remote didn't have batteries, really??? It wasn't made out of wood, it was plastic on wood. Not true with mine, it's not oak or anything, but it is at least veneer. It only raised the room "2 degree" my old one raised it "8 degree". Firstly, more than one means "degrees". There were some other reviewers that had experience with more expensive units that said this performed "comparably" for the price. I went with the more educated people and bought two of these units. I've only been using them for two days and I'm actually pretty impressed. I use these for localized heating because I run a pellet stove in a 2,850 square foot house. The heat simply can't make it to all areas. I was using some smaller electric faux stoves that worked fairly well. However, not all of them I had have built in thermostats. These units do and they seem to work pretty well. I had one in my bedroom (big bedroom and master bath) and set it at 65 degrees last night. This morning, my atomic clock was reading 63.9 degrees. Close enough considering I have the blower pointing away from the clock. I'm sure it would have been higher if I pointed the heater towards the clock/thermometer. This was on the low (500W) setting. I have not even used the 1,000W setting yet. This product is advertised to help supplement your existing heat and to be efficient at doing so. I don't pay that much attention to my electric bill, but it's 1,500W which seems to be the max for all of these small stand alone units (for the most part). I have oil heat which I have not used for two years since installing a large pellet stove, thanks to my free Obama money at the end of 2011. But, as mentioned before, the heat can't permeate through my entire house well. I use some ceiling fans to move the air around but that's not enough to get the upstairs warm. Yes, I understand, heat rises, but apparently, not as much as I would like. So, in a nutshell, this seems to work great to heat a room locally. It also has an auto on/auto off timer. I have not used that either, but figure the auto on will work nice to come on a couple of hours before you get home. It's not like an alarm clock. You have to tell it to come on in a certain amount of hours. Other complaints included that the display shows the setpoint, not the actual temperature. OK, some people will want it one way, some the other. It seems to hold the setpoint fairly well, so I'm OK with that. Another heater I have displays the actual temperature of the heater, so it is consistently hotter than what the actual room temperature is. Lastly, some people complain it's too loud. The filter on my fishtank, which is called a Whisper filter, is louder, so the volume does not bother me. Seems fine. I guess that's enough said, I think it's a pretty good product. While it may not completely heat your trailer, it's pretty good for keeping some larger rooms that need a boost nice and cozy. I'd recommend to a friend.

Pros:

Attractive package that you can easily put a picture or plant on top of

Fully assembled upon arrival, including the wheels (which are stable as opposed to one review)

On/Off Timer

Remote (except for the added $1.00 you'll have to pay for two AA batteries)

F/C temperature display

Directional heat as you can point it where you want the heat to go

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People seem to have had problems with the vendor they purchased it from when they were dissatisfied

Doesn't have the fake logs and flames that the faux heaters have that most people actually enjoy

Won't walk my dog or make me coffee in the morning (just had to come up with a complaint like the other one star reviews)

Sorry if I insulted anyone's intelligence, but some of those reviews really are comical.

Happy New Year

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I own this lifeSMART Renew 1500-watt which is working far better than this one by less noisy and more heat. This only raise my living room temp 2 degree higher while my old one can get 8 degree higher and cost me $100.

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button is better

timer

able to switch (low, high, eco)

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less heat on highest setting

noisy

expensive

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I bought this product for 179.00 on Amazon, through FAT BOYS TOOLS. It works about the same as my hair dryer on warm.

It ran quite for about three hours and now makes enough noise to be bothersome.

Honestly, I have a 30.00 radiant heater that works ten times better.

In retuning this item I have to pay a 12% restocking fee, that is 31.60 to me, and a 11.40 pre paid shipping fee. The grand total for 43.00. I have learned my lesson, do not buy from Fat Boys Tools. I tried to work something out with them, I wanted a replacement heater, but they don't sell any other heaters that work better then this one. In fact the young lady in customer service told me that this heater only heats as a secondary heater and brings the room four degrees higher then the primary heat source has heated it. Sounds to me that 1800 square feet "line" is just an eye catching bate, It is advertised to "1800 Square Foot Infrared Quartz Heater...." Sounds to me like it might heat that 1800 square ft. space. My place is no more then 600 sq. feet all one room, No it is not warm!!!

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This unit does a great job heating my workshop. The bracket allows me to mount it to my ceiling so it doesn't take up any additional space. It is much quieter than the last heater I had. It's alot of power for the price. I would recommend it.

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I bought this to heat a mostly insulated 3-car garage workshop. This unit would struggle to heat this much space in a severe climate but our winters here in the Pacific Northwest are fairly mild. My garage is quite comfortable to work in after an hour or so when outside temperatures are in the 35 to 40 degree range. The unit is thermostatically controlled so you just need to let the space get to the temperature you want and turn the dial on the back down until the heater turns off. From there it will turn itself on and off as needed. It is a bit on the loud side, but isn't nearly so loud as the power tools I'm using. I suspect this would be quite expensive to run if you used it to heat a garage all winter, but it's fine if all you want to do is heat it a day or two a week. The upside is that this has made my garage workshop useable year round and I don't have to wait until spring to begin work on projects.

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We used this item in our Kidding barn for our goats....it needs to be 45-50 degrees in the barn when the kids are born and the heater kept the 18 X 40 ft barn toasty during February in South Dakota.

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Heater was installed using 208V about 4 weeks ago in a large electrical room. I have the built in thermostat set to 4 and the Dimplex heater keeps the upper part of the 14' high cielings very warm, the lowerpart of the room is cool but comfortable. I might install a cieling fan to push the warm air down.

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I installed two of these in a 20 x 30 ft industrial space. On a cold day in Boston, 20 F., the room gets to 65 F after about an hour. If I had enough power coming to the room, I'd add a third just to have the BTUs to heat the room quickly, but in general two seems to be enough. The room is comfortable and as spring draws closer and thing warm up a bit, these two babies will be just fine.

Very easy to install. One of the heaters clanged when it ran. I had to open it up and bend one of the fan blades -hence the 4 stars.

This heater is part of Dimplex's commercial heaters line. Dimplex also makes a similar unit under its Industrial line -the EUHxxxx. It's about twice the price with fancier heater element and the thermostat in the front rather than the rear. Same BTU output. I have no idea what the practical difference between the two is.

I recommend this unit.

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This heater makes a large room toasty warm. Imagine how such a small and inexpensive heater can heat a large room on the canadian border. I wish I had bought three of then instead of just one of the Duraflame plus the DeLonghi and Honeywell heaters. This is an old house with little insulation. Main heat source is a valiant woodburning stove but it cannot heat two floors and does not really heat the main floor completely. Take a walk into the closed room with the Duraflame and you could be in Jamaica...well, at least in the American south. I normally would not write about appliances. I obviously was not systematic enough in my research. If you are reading this, forget high-priced space heaters and trust in the tiny Duraflame.

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Though I work in a space with a central air system, sometimes my cube is just too cold. I picked this little guy up at Walgreens and he suits my needs perfectly. Hot, space-saving, powerful, and safe (auto-shutoff if the spaceheater is moved to an uneven surface), this Duraflame heater is highly recommended by me. I've owned it for about 4-5 months now and haven't had any issues.

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I bought this heater to knock the morning chill out of a very small bathroom 5'9 by 5'11, that does not have any other heat source. It heats the space very quickly. There is no noise even when I put it to oscillate. The heater takes up very little space and does not look awkward or bulky. It's very aesthetically pleasing to the eye. Very powerful for such a small and compact unit. I'm very pleased with the purchase. I bought it at Walgreens on sale for $21.00.

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After much research and side by side comparison of heat output I determined that ceramic small heaters are the best. Do not go by watts . A 1500 watt ceramic heater will give off more heat than a 1500 watt coil type heater. I purchased this heater at bed bath and behind for $15 dollars after the five dollar discount coupon

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I found this Duraflame 14T had decent to good reviews. The only question I did not have an answer to was how quiet it was. I had the hardware shop open it and plug it in. It was a quiet as one can imagine. I brought it home, plugged it in and smelled a hot smokey smell. I thought it was burning off the packing chemical/oils however with 3 minutes of turning it on, there was a "POP" sparks flew out the grill and it started smoking profusely.

I am returning it the same day I bought it and HIGHLY RECOMMEND NOT PURCHASING THIS UNIT.

If you do, DO NOT LEAVE THE ROOM WHILE IT IS ON!!!!!!!!!

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I have installed several of these thermostats for elderly women who have needed new thermostats for thier 220V heat. They are used to the old bi-metalic rotating dial thermostats. They do not want a thermostat that is difficult to operate. This thermostat is non-programable and easy to use. It has a fairly large backlit digital display and the buttons are large and seperated. I have only heard good comments from the women who have had these thermostats installed. I'm sure they will see lower heating bills as well since these thermostats are much more accurate.

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I bought five of these for my house through Amazon and Drillspot.com. Both gave me expert service and quick delivery. I really liked the thermostats for baseboard heat as they kept the room temperature exact or one degree lower as the heat cycle started. But a year and a half later one of my breakers kicked. After troubleshooting and removing the thermostat the back of it was partially melted and the line wire's insulation partially melted. After inspecting the heater, wiring and connections the thermostat was determined defective. No problem it has a five year warranty. WRONG! After calling the phone number supplied I was directed to email a particular person at Honeywell. He took 2 weeks to reply to my email and was rather rude. The man doesn't belong in customer service. Without even willing to inspect the unit he blamed the thermostat failing on me from a shoddy install and saying the wires were loose. When I replaced the thermostat I cut the bad wire out and they are still connected tight to the wire nuts like the day it was installed. This thermostat was installed to code with all brand new materials and a single 500 watt baseboard heater. The romex and breaker performed as expected and saved a house fire. I could care less about the $35 thermostat but I hate a company that will not stand behind their warranty. I will never buy a Honeywell product again after this ordeal.

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Removed the old Honeywell T498 thremostat, installed the TL7235 (exchanged the wires in a controlled manner), and the new thermostat was in and running in under 30 minutes. Snap to replace. Snap to operate. Really clean looking thermostat.

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I don't know why most Digital Thermostats don't have back lighting?

I have electric baseboard heat and are converting/replacing the individual thermostats to digital. No of them have back lighting (can't figure that out) that is until I came across this one. I IIt was installed a week ago and it works great amd when you need to check the temp just a touch of the button lights up the display really bright.

It is also a proportional type just supplies the amount of current needed to heaters not always full on/off.

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Easy to install. So nice to use. I put them all through the house and this is one of the cheapest places to get them.

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This is a really trick control unit. I mounted the high voltage controller close to the cooler and used 4 conductor low voltage t-stat wire to connect the thermostat which made it a really simple installation. There are 1/2 inch conduit connector knock-outs in the plastic controller housing which I mounted indoors. The pad pre-soak timer worked well and the controller automatically switched the blower motor from high to low when the temperature got close to the set point (I think it was one degree) I did not use the automatic purge contact yet but I plan to. The unit worked much better than expected and is much more accurate than the old bi-metal line voltage stat. This is a simple and inexpensive option for modernizing your evaporative cooler controls. I installed it in a rental and will be installing one in my home.

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Not for little old ladies, youngsters, or office workers, but also not exclusive to A.C. Techs either, since one has to crawl in the attic to run new hook up wires to unit in a new installation or new location; plus wires to Cooler if the extra feature for discharge pump is used. Nonetheless, unit is of great service, convenience, comfort, and economy with its close range off-on duty cycle, a feature of low voltage digital thermostats, similar to those in modern central heaters. Simple to hook-up, clear instructions, excellent finish, and professional install box for outside mount, if required. My choice of provider was decided by previous experience with ComfortGurus, best price, and prompt shipping. Would not install again or replace, but with Dial 7624.

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With all of our other evaporative coolers we had to turn them on and off as it got our house too cold or started warming up. With this one we set the temperature and it turns the cooler on and off to maintain a steady temperature. It also has a low setting and a high setting that it can utilize great for us who live in the Mojave Desert and have extreme temperatures.

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There are two of these low voltage thermostat kits for swamp coolers. I can't remember the make of the other one, but if you see it you'll think "hey, that one looks better and is more modern" which is what I did. The display is larger and rectangle. That one has a huge flaw. If you have your cooler running and the power goes out it defaults to OFF! Ask me how many orchids burned up! So then I went back to the drawing board and researched this one and it has the "return to state" feature so if you have it cooling, it will return to cooling. Only state it won't remember is fan only. I love this thing, it switches my cooler fan from high to low to off depending. Also has a pre-cool feature that wets the pads before it turns on. It's a complete kit, comes with the low voltage thermostat and the little control relay box that goes in/on/near your cooler. Just uses low voltage thermostat wire to connect them.

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It is functional but the back does not sit flush with the wall. You will have to cut a 1" x 1/2" hole in the wall to get it to sit flush. Further, no drywall screws / anchors were included.

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I just installed this thermostat today. Install couldn't have been easier. Before buying a thermostat, I researched this one and others like it online. My two main requirements were automatic changeover from heating to cooling (and vice-versa), and a fan circulation mode, where the fan runs for a set amount of time each hour, even if the heat or air conditioning doesn't come on. I thought a touch screen would be nice, but it wasn't a requirement. Turns out I really like the touch screen on this unit, and am really glad I got it. The back light is bright and makes it really easy to read. The brightness can be adjusted in the setup. It uses two AA batteries, and can run on batteries only, or if you have the R (hot) and C (common) wires it runs on the 24 volts from your heat or AC system. It will operate on a range of 18 to 30 volts. With the R and C terminals connected the display can be programed to stay on constantly. It will dim slightly after about 30 seconds from the last touch, but is still very readable, unless there is a bright light nearby. As long as the 24 volts is present the batteries are only used for clock backup in case of a power outage.

As I said, I researched several other brands with the two features I was looking for. There are several on the market, so why did I pick this one? It was the only one with a match for all the terminals I had on my old thermostat. I have a Coleman heat pump with electric aux. heat. I have 8 wires to the 'stat. Heat pumps have a reversing valve that changes the heat pump to an air conditioner. This is controlled by the B and/or the O terminals. Most other 'stats have a combination B/O terminal. Some have both B and O, but the instructions say to use one or the other, not both. My old 'stat had both B and O, and this one does as well. So it just seemed to be the simplest to wire, at least in my situation. The only other one I found with both B and O was a White-Rodgers 1F95-1277, but after reading both install manuals, I felt this one would be easier to setup. I think I was right. Most 'stats similar to this one require a setup procedure before they will work. The other brands require you to reference the install guide or you will have no idea what "Option 6" (or whatever) is, or what setting you need to choose. This one tells you, on screen, what each option is. You can refer to the install guide if you need an explanation of how that option works, but most are self explanatory.

I will update after it is in use for a few months.

Update: This has been in use from Dec to Oct, heating and cooling seasons. I am still very pleased with the unit. I esp. like the automatic changeover from heating to cooling and vice-versa. It is very nice when the weather is changing and the days are warm and the nights are cool. We get air conditioning during the day and heating at night without ever having to think to change the thermostat. It maintains the temp. to within one degree of the set temp. I recommend this thermostat and would buy one again if the need arose.

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Just installed this as a small DIY project. This model gives you a good amount of control over your system when you run thru the installer set-up. There is a remote indoor temp sensor and outdoor sensor optional add ons available. I had to run an extra wire for the C terminal 24VAC for the constant backlight, since I only had a 4 channel cable bundle to the air handler. Very happy with this product. The mounting design is nice, and removing it to sit down while programming is perfect for my lazy style.

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I give this product a low score because of the product failure and the refusal of the company to stand behind their warranty. A product and service is only as good as they are when something bad happens. Had the units worked for more than a year or two and if the company had stood by their warranty, I would have given a much better rating. I would agree with the previous reviewers, but two failures out of four in 2 years? A thermostat is something that must be reliable or it can be very costly. In my opinion Aprilaire fails both on quality and on customer service.

I purchased four of these units for my home and had them professionally installed. The first one went out in less than a year. It cost me an additional service call thinking it was my HVAC unit, and it turned out to be the thermostat. The AC guy said the Aprilaire thermostat was bad and he put the old Honeywell back on, which has been working well for years. I tried to get him to explain what was "bad" and he said the unit is dead and does not work.

I had actually purchased these Aprilaire units because of the functionality and looks. It looks great and the idea behind the product functionality is great. However, the products are failing in less than two years and the company could care less. My second thermostat just failed and I have to go back and put on another one of the old Honeywell units. What do I mean by fail? There is no communication between the unit and what the HVAC does. The unit is set for 68 heat and the heater has the room at 74. The only way to stop the HVAC is to turn off the thermostat and then it takes about 10 minutes for the HVAC to turn off. Similar to what the other failed unit was doing. Not worth another call to the AC guy and the expense of another service call as I know I must just install my old unit myself.

The old Honeywell units worked well for years and the ones I put back on still work without flaw. The Aprilaire units were professionally installed on high quality HVAC units, regular and heat pump units. The problem was the Aprilaire thermostats and not the installation or my AC units which work fine. Two of the four Aprilaire thermostats are still working at about 2 years and they work well. However, I can't trust that they won't go out soon and I'm ready just to replace them.

I had originally called the Aprilaire company customer service line attempting to get a replacement for the first unit as it was under warranty. The customer service rep told me to return it to where I purchased it. As I purchased it on line, this was not possible. Nowhere in the warranty does it say anything about the company not standing behind the warranty based on where you purchased the unit. It also said nothing about the company not handling the warranty problem. The customer service guy then told me to return it to someone in my town. This was also not possible as no one in my town carries Aprilaire and in reality no one would take back something they did not sell. I would have had to drive 2 hours to another town to attempt to return it. The customer service person also told me I should have purchased the unit from them. At that time they were not selling this unit on line. They refused to do anything about the failed product. I gave the product to my installer and he said he would attempt to try to return it, but never could and ended up tossing the unit. I ask anyone what would be so hard as to have me mail back my failed unit and them send me a new one? Wouldn't it be nice for their engineers to see what the failure was on my unit?

So the lesson I learned is that I need to stick with a product sold by a company with a reliable warranty. It is also good to stick with a product the people in your town are used to working with. Honeywell is sold everywhere in my town and as per my AC guy they stand behind their products and are easy to work with. The second thing I learned is the frustration of purchasing a product and then finding out the company does not stand behind their warranty. So after about 2 years I'm out over $500 (plus installation and service calls) on four thermostats and I'm now in the market again for four more units. The reason I just don't reinstall and keep the old Honeywell units is I want something with a bit more modern look (which Honeywell does have) and a bit more control functions than the old units I have.

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This thermostat is far superior to my 15 year old programmable t-stat. The owner and installer menus make simple work of setup. I like the back-lit display, especially in the dim hallway. Once the setup is complete there is no need to touch it again. Recommended.

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So I purchased this thermostat because I wanted to update the thermostat on my old 90% high efficiency furnace. On the one hand this product is way overkill for what I needed. I don't have multiple thermostats in the house, want to connect it so I can control it remotely, or even have a multi speed fan. The 8600 model would have met my needs for a setback thermostat with circulate mode. I wanted circulate functionality that wasn't on my old thermostat so the fan will come on and circulate the air in the house to minimize hot and cold spots/rooms. We get a lot of sunshine on the southern and western side of the house. When the sun warms up parts of the house cool spots develop in rooms that are away from the sunshine and of course the rooms with the sunshine get pretty darn warm. The CIRC mode kicks in regularly to start the fan on hourly intervals and will hopefully minimize the hot and cool rooms we've had previously.

The only challenge I had in installing was the my convention furnace thermostat had only 4 wires for the thermostat (Y,G,R,W) an additional common wire was required for this new thermostat. It was there in the wall but tucked back into the drywall and unused previously because it wasn't required. For the new thermostat the additional wire was needed for the common "C" terminal to complete the circuit. In order to use this additional "common" wire I had to also connect it to the "C" terminal on the wiring board in the furnace. This in addition to adding another jumper wire between the "RH" or "RC" and "R" terminals got me working and in fine shape with my new thermostat.

If you don't need all the additional functionality of the 8800 check out the 8600, I found the price to be about $25 less for the 8800 as compared with the lower functioning 8600. I decided not to pay more for less functionality. Heck 10 or 15 years from now when I want to upgrade my heating and cooling system I may be able to use some of this advanced functionality ;-)

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I bought this fan because it has a fan blade design which are used in quiet fans. It is very quiet, and makes a low tone when running, versus the whine of other window fans. It's low profile allows you to see out of your window more instead of blocking the view, perfect for spring and summer. Since it is small and light, it is easy to insert and remove from the window, something that's hard to do with a bulky fan.

Notes: It is billed as a whole-house fan, but it doesn't move that quantity of air, if it did it would have to be noisy. It should be marketed instead on it's best points, quietness and low-profile. One of my new outlets seemed not to want to connect to the plug, so it looked like it was plugged in but no power was received. I blame this on my outlet rather than the fan, as it works in my other outlets. It comes with a sturdy side extension built-in, and two extra extensions to add on the other side. One extension is hidden in the foam packaging, so look for it before you throw the foam away. Each side has a rubber seal that can be inserted and removed on the extensions, so you can put it wherever it needs to go. Overall this is a high-quality fan and I'll get more for my other rooms. I'm quite impressed with this one.

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Picked one up at BJ's and have to say its very nice. Low profile and powerful. Our house doesn't get air movement so when its cool outside the house remains very hot. This fan pulled in enough air to cool a 300sq ft room quickly. Its also very quiet.

The only CON I can see is that you can't switch between exhaust and intake directions. You have to pull out the fan and switch its blowing direction. The unit does feature controls on both sides making this easy though.

Great fan, priced right, offers a 5yr warranty!

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I just picked this up at our local BJ's on a whim.. and i have to say, i am pleasantly surprised at this little unit. its not the most powerful fan on the market by any stretch, but it moves enough air to justify its cost. It is Very quiet, probably one of the quietest fans on the market. It has a 5 year warranty and that was one of the reasons i picked it up with everything seeming to be made from the cheapest plastics and components these days.. I ran it through the Killawatt and it pulls 41 watts with all three fans running. it pulls 12 watts with a single fan running. I'd say per volume of air moved, this is probably one of the more efficient fans on the market per watt. They claim 40% more air moved, and i do believe it.

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While this fan looks nice and offers three fans to move air, it works poorly. The two fan model is significantly better at moving air and has the same or less noise output than the 3 blade model. If you are going to spend the money, the two blade model is much better.

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not at all a well powered fan.

cheaply made.

not nearly worth the 60+ dollars it cost.

definitely would not recommend.

i do like the understated style, shape, and window fit.

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The thermostat is a simple unit that is easy to install. I use it in a warehouse for a heating zone in the winter only, so I have no use for programing or air conditioning use (it will run a cooling unit if you need it to).

The batteries seem to last for quite a long time.

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This is a straight forward, effective product. I use it to turn on my furnace motor to distribute warm air around the house when my wood pellet stove makes the living room too warm to be cozy. It's simple to install, easy to look at and requires no fancy wiring, just household wire suitable for the load, as per the relevant electrical code.

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I use this controller in my indoor table-top greenhouse to run a bathroom exhaust fan to keep the plants cool in the summer.

The temperature control has been very good, and there seems to be sufficient hysteresis built into the controller to avoid short-cycling of the fan. (Hysteresis means that the turn on temp is a couple degrees from the turn-off temp, so the fan doesn't turn on and off every couple seconds).

The controller is all mechanical-no electronics inside. I haven't checked it for accuracy, but a quick look at my thermometer indicates it is at least pretty close to its set temp. It looks reasonably professional in appearance.

The unit is designed to fit into a standard electrical box, but it is a tight fit. I was trying to use a "remodelling" type box-the one with the little ears on it, and ended up having to drill out part of the box to get the thermostat to fit. I also don't like the location of the grounding screwit allows the copper grounding wire to be somewhat visible and touchable from the outside. I realize that this is perfectly safe, but the non-electrical user can find it a little disconcerning.

That is about the only negative I hadotherwise it seems to be just what I wanted.

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I bought this thermostat for use in cooling my home theater cabinet. I've been using it for 3 months now and it's worked exactly as I expected!

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I used this to cool my home theater stack; wired a couple box fans to it to pull air up through the back of the stack. Works great.

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The operation of this device seems very simple but the instructions aren't intended for someone who doesn't work in the HVAC field. I had problems with the operation of this device. After contacting tech support the device appeared to be defective. Lux Products was eager to send me a replacement and did so without awaiting my return. They even included a free return shipping label. After returning two of these I found out that my (and their tech support person's) interpretation of the operating instructions was faulty. I finally resolved my problem when the tech support person had an engineer contact me. The people at Lux Products Corp were more than patient and VERY willing to exchange my product. I can't say enough good things about the support even though we had a bit of a rough start. I will certainly do business with Lux Products again.