Reviews of Dayton 3VU36 Electric Heater With Thermostat

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Claims of 19,000 BTU are greatly exaggerated. My garage is 400 sq ft and has 240v service. A $40 Home Depot heater does almost as good a job. Two $40 Home Depot heaters do a much better job than the L5600. This heater would probably do 150 sq ft easily. 200+ sq ft might be a stretch if it's in a cold area. I'm surprised Dayton would put their name on this heater.

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I Purchased a #L5600 heater from Air & Water, instead model #3VU36

was sent. I checked the specs on the heater, which indicated

19,000 BTU's, for the 3VU36. It looks like Dayton upgraded the 3VU36 model

from 15,000 BTU's to 19,000 BTU's. Last winter I used two vornado

heaters to heat my garage. Please note that if you use two

1500 watt 110 volt heaters (in my case Vornado's) on the same circuit you

will probably have problems with the circuit breaker tripping. Also my electrical sub panel would get hot. I have also used a Reddy Heat 35,000 BTU propane heater to heat my garage.The reddy Heat propane heater is almost as loud as a Jet Engine. OK so on one hand the Dayton heater is noisier than a Vornado, and does not heat as fast as a propane heater. On the other hand the Dayton heater is quiter than a propane heater,(and does not burn up oxygen like a propane heater) and will heat an area faster than two Vornado's (which by the way, two heaters will beat up on your houses electrical wiring). All in all I am very Happy with the performance of my Dayton heater, my sub panel now gets warm instead of hot. Air circulation is better than a Vornado, and my Dayton heater heats my garage ALMOST as fast as a Propane heater. I would recommend this heater.

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Bought this heater and all works great , but on hitting the wall the simple little thermostat broke. My problem is Dayton, grainger, etc. does not have the parts for this unit..If u find it for me, ill give u 10 bucks..They say they dont offer parts for this unit..So im stuck modifying it..BS!!!!!

Sunpentown Portable Air Conditioner/Heater W/ Remote Reviews

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I really didn't know what to expect from this portable unit but I was excited to try it out. I have to honestly say that I'm very happy with it's performance. Easy to set up and easy to use. I must warn you not to use the machine in an areas that you can not section off and you must follow the manufactures recommendations because like any other a/c system (central or window)it will not work optimally if it's not used correctly. Enjoy the cool air!

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Every funtion was so good. cooler & heater is very strong. but the leaking water from compressure is big problem.

Review of RED MINI FRIDGE COOLER WARMER FOR CAR, OFFICE, HOME

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Not only is this mini fridge cute it works wonderfully. I bought this fridge because my regular kitchen fridge froze my medication, that just won't do. So I have this mini fridge in my room and it has kept my medication safe. The only complaint I have about it is: you have to unplug it for an hour every other day. If you don't do it, the fridge stops cooling. I wish that had been mentioned in the production description. It's not a big deal, but I would have liked to known up front.

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I purchased this refridgerator for my office at work -figured it would be very convenient to put my luch in. I had read reviews that you need to unplug the fridge for an hour every 48 hours, but when I talked to the seller, they said the power cable was upgraded and this isn't a problem any more. It gas been running for about a week and no problems yet. The only downside to this unit is that it is very noisy. So depending on where you plan on using it, it may be very distracting. When I had it plugged in on the first floor, I could hear it running when I was on the second floor. It is a decent unit for the price, just know what to expect.

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Great little fridge, power cord burns out though after a few weeks. Buy a few of 'em up front and you should be set. (It doesn't matter which small fridge you buy, they all act this way.)

We bought it to store baby formula when we did not feel like trekking downstairs to our refrigerator at night. Worked well for that.

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I bought this to put in my room so I could relax and study while enjoying a snack. It`s good for things about 5 inches, but anything larger won`t fit. It`s not good for long trips, though. I would recomend putting it ethier in your room or next to your computer.

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The description should include the following:

"There must be a one hour break after it has kept working for 48 hours. Then it can be used again.", as quoted from the included instructions. I purchased this for my desk at work and, now, I can't keep items in there that need refrigeration over the weekend (we have a 4-day work week).

The shelf is removable

Car adapter is included as well as wall plug

Pay attention to the INSIDE dimensions; one and a half inches are cut off from the outer dimensions. In the upright position, as shown, it is 2 soda cans deep.

With all of the above said, it is adorable, seems to be cooling well, and for the price, I'm quite happy with it. I just wish the description had included the "unplug for an hour" info. Better yet, they should improve it so that it doesn't need to be unplugged at all.

Best White-Rodgers 1F81-261 Thermostat Deals

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I've had this unit for 6+ years and it's worked great. I don't have A/C, just heat. the sensor has varried by only about 1 degree the entire time. unlike another reviewerI replace the batteries (2 AAA) maybe every 2-3 years. programming is pretty straight forward.

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What a joke! This thermostat was installed by the furnace company who were installing a new multi-stage furnace. It eats batteries and when you go to replace them, you have to completely open the entire unit, where upon the batteries pop out into your face! There is no backup retention of your programmed settings, so you have to reprogram this unit every time you replace the batteries, which is often. So I don't even bother programming it any more, I just leave it on "Hold" to maintain my preset temp. I could spend $35 for a non-programmable unit and have the added advantage of not having to deal with the constant battery changes!!!

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I had this thermostat in my home for 3 years. It mysteriously failed for 3 days last year (no AC) and then suddenly worked right before the AC repair man could arrive. It worked another year and experienced same issue but never regained consciousness. It would not keep the numerically selected setting. I could actually stand there and watch it climb or drop over 10 degrees in a matter of seconds, which in turn would immediately shut off either my heat or AC, whichever. Backup batteries were not related to this issue. Owners manual had no customer service hot line number for me to call (another nice touch, very professional). It now adorns the local landfill. Try a Rite Temp touch-pad at half the price.

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To select heat, a/c or fan you have to swing down the plastic cover that makes up the lower third of the faceplate. This cover is flimsy and feels like it won't stay on there long (this unit was installed when I had a new furnace installed a month ago.)

Also the up/down pushbuttons are very hard to use you have to push them dead on-center to register. After a month, I still get it right only 50% of the time.

Operating instructions are not easy to read.

Rheem RTG-84DVN Direct Vent Indoor Series Natural Gas 8.4 GPM Reviews

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Worked first time. Installed easily. Natural Gas version. One person can lift and place on the wall. Not that heavy. Has a center slotted hanging point then multiple points to secure top and bottom.

Amazon shipped quickly. UPS delivered on time. 2 days.

Need: 1) 120v AC source. 1)3/4" Gas connection. 3/4" water connections.

I removed the sheet rock and installed a plywood back for mounting. Cost of change over: $300. Those fittings, flex hoses, and vent are expensive from Home Depot. They don't have the 3 X 5 heater vent pipes. 3" works fine. Did the install myself.

Will go to 140 deg must must read directions to set it. Nice to have the remote control. Will work with more than one remote. So you can set the temperature for what use. Very small, in relation to a tank. Cannot tell the difference between a tank an the tankless. I use one for the whole house.

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This unit started out great and then after one year started throwing error codes. I found out that " normal" maintenance on this thing is going to cost me an extra $200 $500 each year! According to Rheem (manufactuer of Richmond products) I need to have a Plumber come out twice a year and descale the unit and then about every year to year and a half I need to have it completely disassembled and the burners and ignightors cleaned. What a deal this thing turned out to be!

Customer service said I could do it myself and sent me the 12 page instruction sheet for the cleaning of the burners. It involves removing the gas manifolds, control board, burner box, several gas lines, and then reassemble. It requires the removal of at least 50 different screws in very tight places. I am fairly handy at fixing thing and they told me it would take less than a hour. It took me 5! Only to find out the problem was in the control board.

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I previously owned a Takagi tankless hot water heater, which is amongst the best one can own. But, this unit most definately blows away the Takagi, and most other units. Installation is simple. The unit requires only a very low flow to start the heater which is super nice. It runs incredible quiet. It is a very small and compact unit, and, best of all, it will save you a ton of money. Rheem also makes an even higher efficiency unit, if you are interested. The construction of this unit is excellent. I highly recommend it.

(BTW... I wouldn't pay too much attention to the reviewer who only gave the unit one star. If these units didn't work (as the reviewer said), then Rheem wouldn't sell them. I would imagine that the one star reviewer was probably a one star installer and that the unit they purchased was just fine. Otherwise, Rheem wouldn't have sent it back to Amazon.)

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This was without a doubt, one of the worsy purchases that I have EVER made! Arrived defective and the manufacturer, Rheem, could not have cared less.They refused to replace the bad unit and kept sending plumbers out to touble shoot and fix. After the third plumber, I packed it up and sent it back to Amazon.Amazon was great! they took care of my out of pocket expenses and made me "whole". I will NEVER buy another Rheem product.

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The Rheem 8.4GPM tankless hot water heater has a design flaw. Internal to the unit is an observation window used for determining if the burner is working properly. This window has a piece of glass which can fall out, allowing heat from the burner to damage internal components, rendering the unit inoperable. Unfortunately, Rheem will not cover the cost of this failure as they will most likely look for ways to classify the failure as "incorrect installation". In my experience, they did not like the vent termination assembly used, and disqualified any warranty regarding damage induced by the piece of glass falling out, which is wholly unrelated.

Lasko Ceramic Pedestal Heater, 5126 Review

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Lasko Ceramic Heater model 5126

Quiet, rotates, auto on and off thermostat, advertises to operate with in 2 degrees above or 1 below set temp. After 3 days of operation it is performing perfectly. Simple assembly of base with 2 self threading screws and 4 machine screw. Could not be simpler or more stable. Instructions and parts matched and easy to understand. Suggest you do not unwind cord until after base is on. Not my first Lasko product and won't be my last; I am happy.

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This is a great heater with all the convenient features I wanted. Easy to assemble, works fine and everything about it is just a warm breeze. Had to order a second one and overall, I have four Lasko heaters in my house and they all work great. No complaints.

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This heater moves a decent amount of warm air, fairly quiet and efficient, but struggles to take off a serious chill in our large bedroom. Works great in the smaller office room though. This is the second Lasko tower-type we've owned, the last one died after 5 years. Not a bad looking product, pretty good quality. I would probably buy it again for a good, basic heater.

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This is the second one of these we bought. The first one from Amazon. The nice thing about this one that we didn't find with other units is you can set the exact temperature from 40* on up. All the other units we tried would start at 60* and go up in 5* increments. We heat our house with wood and our laundry room and one of the bathrooms don't get much heat. So we put one of these in the laundry room and set the temp at 55* mainly to keep the pipes from freezing. The other is in the bathroom left at 60* to keep it somewhat comfortable in there. When we go into use the bath raise the temp to 70* or 75* and it doesn't take long at all to heat the room up. Nice comfortable heat.

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Used this all winter in the bedroom. Decent heat output and thermostat worked great. It's nice that the pedestal gets the heat up a little higher.

IMAGE® All-purpose Temperature Controller STC-1000 With 2M Cable Review

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I am replacing a defective thermostat in a medium sized refrigerator with this unit. GE wanted $50 for a new mechanical thermostat when so i figured I could pay half as much for digital one. So far it keeps the temperature exactly where it needs to be. The only downside is that you can not change it to Fahrenheit.

I will definitely buying another one for my kegerator project.

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This device is just what you need to control the temperature for beer fermentation. Requires simple wiring. There are several YouTube videos to show you what to do.

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I hooked this up to a chest freezer to turn it into a fridge for lagering beer. I had to put the temperature probe in a bucket with about 2 gallons of water to get accurate temperature readings, but after doing so I have been able to keep within a degree or two of the temperature I set.

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This was just what I needed for a freezer to refrigerator conversion so I ordered two units. Quick delivery, excellent price. I am quite happy with the controller at the moment.

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For the price it is a great buy, this controller works as good as and of the more expensive models. However the directions for wiring it up were awful , but there are tons of really good tutorials online. another advantage of this controller can run heating an cooling where most of the more expensive pre-wired models only do cooling. The only real issue i have with this controller other than the instructions not being the best is the fact that it only reads in Celsius. But that is more my problem, for not knowing the Celsius scale

Review of Johnson Controls Digital Thermostat Control Unit

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I use the thermostat to control the temperature in a chest freezer that I use for fermenting beer (35-55 F). The controller works great for this purpose. I also have a second one that I plan on using to operate a HERMS device for my mashing system. You can set the controller to operate a heater or cooling device but you must reposition "jumpers" inside the unit (not difficult but a pain if you plan on doing it often). If you want a unit that switches automatically betweem cooling and heating, you are better off with the more expensive Ranco controller.

This particular controller will allow you to set the target temperature (as either a closing or openning point), the number of degrees of variance from target before the unit turns on/off, a time delay before the unit is allowed to reactivate the device(great for extending the life of a freezer or fridge), power supply on/off option in the case of unit failure and options for using remote monitoring/controlling if you choose to upgrade.

For the money, it is the best value on the market. No wiring required, simply plug in the device to the controller and the controller into the wall. The Ranco offers more options if you prefer to wire your own device or you can go all out and use a Love or other commercial controller that is fully customizable but is best mounted into a control device panel. Check out for examples of what can be done with more sophisticated controller units.

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Its easy to use...the manual makes it seem overly complicated.

SP: setpoint (for my purpose 67) the temperature you want the thing to try and maintain.

dIF: differential (1 to 30F, default = 5) I leave at default, this is the point + or from the setpoint temp (so 62 to 73 in my case.

ASd: anti-short cycle delay (0 to 12 minutes, default = 1)I set to 12 minutes, just to put the least amount of stress on the compressor.

I recommend it!

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Using this for home brewing. Connected to a small chest freezer. It controlled my 7 gallon fermentation vessel as well as the corny kegs. Setting the thresholds could be easier but once you understand it works exactly as advertised.

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I have been looking at sous vide water ovens for years now, but could just not bring myself to spend $500 or more on one. Then I discovered the Johnson Controls Control unit. I paired this unit with the Maxi-Matic MST-800V Elite Gourmet Large 8-1/2-Quart Slow Cooker, a Danesco Roasting Rack Oval 6x9 Inch Non-stick (which fits perfectly in the bottom of the slow cooker, and a Weber 6479 Grill Press (cast iron, but covered in enamel so it won't rust). The grill press is heavy enough to hold the vacuum sealed bag with meat in it down again against the roasting rack. I use a plastic twist tie to attach the temperature probe to the handle of the grill press for accurtate water temp measurement. The temp. contoller is very easy to change from cooling to heating and directions are easy to understand in the following youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prbWgMY3c5c

I also purchased the Stainless Steel Toast Rack: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LWVJHA/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

and the IRIS Stainless Steel Cutting Board Organizer / Napkin Holder

The toast holder or Cutting Board Organizer / Napkin Holder can be wired to the handle of the grill press sitting on the bottom of the crock pot and used to hold smaller individually sealed pieces of meat or steaks to keep them submerged in the bath and separated.

So for a total of $177.18, I got myself, what I think, is a very nice sous vide set up that can be adapted to a variety of sizes and pieces of meat or seafood.

Addendum: 7/18/2013

Used the sous vide for the first time this weekend and it's performance was stellar. I cooked a plain, old, run of the mill, chuck roast with nothing but salt and pepper on it. I cooked it at 142 degrees for 2 1/2 days. However, next time I need to reduce the temp some. When I took it out it was medium well and I prefer medium rare. It was just pink, but no red juices. I must say though, even though it was done more than I prefer, it was the best roast beef I have ever had, anywhere, anytime. You literally could eat this without teeth it was so tender. I cut mine in pieces and dipped it in steak sauce. It really rivaled a filet mignon. If you have the time and can plan ahead, this is the only way to cook meat. I am going to do a pork loin in the sous vide for pulled pork for a pot luck I have coming up next month.

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Using to regulate the temp of my kegerater. Current refrigerator didnt have a digital thermostat just a dial from cold to coldest. This keeps the fridge/ kegerater exactly within the easy to program temp range. It could not work better. Would also work great for an in-wall AC unit.

Whynter Dual Temperature Zone Freestanding Wine Cooler Reviews

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Purchased the Whynter WC-211DZ 21 bottle wine cooler for a couple of reasons. It was sized right to fit in a space just below my kitchen counter top and the reviews giving Whynter products more favorable ratings over competing products. The Whynter is working well keeping both zones at my 58 degrees F setting which is my preferred setting for red wines. I would rate the quality of the Whynter good but not great. The slide out shelves feel kind of cheap. For this price point I'm still waiting for a product with slightly higher quality. The Whynter is fairly quiet although you can hear it running. As another reviewer mentioned the Whynter is designed for normal size bottles. It outputs a little heat out the side vents but nothing drastic. At this point I'm happy with my purchase. I will report back if I have any longevity problems.

Update 11/19/2011:

The unit is still going strong. No real complaints. As I mentioned in the earlier review the only minor annoyance is that the shelves don't accommodate every bottle size but I usually can figure out a way to get 99% of bottles loaded.

Update 2/11/2012:

I started noticing that the unit has been making a noticeable noise and the LED readouts are losing some of their segments. A quick internet search reveals that others have been having some similar problems with the LEDs. I'm still looking for confirmation on the noise. I'm wondering if the fan is failing or its something else. The warranty is one-year so it appears I'm out of warranty. I will contact Whynter on Monday to see what they suggest. I'm dropping my rating from 4 stars to 3 stars as a result and will update again once I figure out the remedy for the problem.

Update 10/8/2013:

I've lowered my rating on the wine cooler from 3 to 2 stars due to some of the "design" problems (e.g., fan noise, LED failures) mentioned in my 2/11/2012 update. It may be possible that Whytner has updated the design of the unit to accommodate fixes to these issues since my purchase was in October 2010. The unit finally died and I replaced it with the slightly more expensive Whynter BWR-18SD 18 Bottle Built-In Wine Refrigerator. The quality of the compressor-driven BWR-18SD is an order of magnitude higher than the WC-211DZ. It's quieter, compress-driven versus thermoelectric, and the shelving is high quality. It does store fewer bottles and is only a single-zone wine-cooler but it looks (and sounds) much better under my counter.

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I purchased the Whynter WC-211 DZ 21 about a year ago after extensive research. You've probably already read the specs on this item so I'll skip straight to my impressions.

Pros:

Price. This is by far the most affordable serious wine fridge in this class. You could easily spend several times more on a "serious" unit but for a novice to moderate wine lover who wants to go to the next level this is definitely a viable fridge at a decent price.

Looks. This fridge looks bonafied in our kitchen. The temp gauges are a tad bright but I don't mind. With the lights on it looks techy and modern. It actually makes a decent night light in the kitchen and matches the blue LEDs on our other appliances. With the lights off it's more subtle but still looks slick and cool.

Dual Zone. It really works. My choice? Reds on the top at 55, whites and other colder wines on the bottom at 50. Nice.

Bottle size. Other reviewers have lamented the depth of the cooler and the fact that it limits the size of bottle it can hold. While it's true that you can't fit the longest bottles in this cooler, it will definitely hold bottles that are moderately fat or long. It's not a big issue for me.

Cons:

Temp limits. While 44 degrees isn't bad, I wish you could choose to cool all the way down to 35 for champagne and other cold-served wines. Of course the solution is that you just pop the bottle out of the Whynter and into the refrigerator for an hour and you're set.

Sound level. I was surprised how loud this cooler is. It is at least as loud if not a bit louder than the full-sized refrigerator a few feet away. It's not too bad but definitely noticeable.

Cheezy construction. If you use it much the construction feels fairly cheap especially the racks.

Filters. The cooling unit on this fridge is so borderline that the air filters in the back must be almost perfectly clean for it to work properly. I had only had it a few months when I noticed that the temps had started to inch up. Over time the temps rose to nearly room temperature. Eventually, I pulled the unit out and noted that the two filters were pretty dusty. I cleaned them and within an hour the fridge was down to it's normal temps. Now, as soon as I see the temps rise a degree above the set temp I clean the filters. The first time this happened I thought it was a faulty unit and that I was going to have to send it back (a complaint I've seen about these fridges in other reviews) but once I figured out that it was the filters I have had no other issues. Not a deal breaker but something to keep in mind especially if your install is such that it's not easy to slide it out and back.

Conclusion

I guess it all comes down to the question "knowing what I know now would I buy this wine fridge again"? The answer is YES. Despite it's flaws this is a serious entry level wine fridge and for it's price I don't think you could do any better.

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I just purchased the Whynter 21 Bottle Dual Temperature Zone Wine Cooler (Model #WC-211DZ) from Amazon.com. As always, there was a quick shipping time with Amazon. This wine cooler looks great. Silver, slim, and nice visual addition to any kitchen or bar area. However, in reality, there are definitely some areas that it falls short.

1. This wine cooler will fit ONLY "traditional" bottles. That means it will NOT fit Champagne bottles, sparkling wine, Muscat bottles (longer than traditional bottles), port, traditional chianti bottles, etc.

2. While this cooler holds 21 bottles, the metal racks only accommodate 18 bottles. Whynter designed this unit so that you place the last three bottles on the floor of the unit, NOT on a shelf. There is a track there for a shelf, but the unit only comes with 6 shelves (3 bottles on each) instead of the 7 shelves it should have. Not only does this not look as attractive, it makes it more cumbersome to look at the wine, as you cannot just slide the metal shelf out.

3. The metal trays do not slide in or out easily, making it a bit difficult to look at the wines on each shelf.

If you only drink red wine or white wine in traditional bottles and you are looking for your first wine cooler, than this is likely a good choice for you. If you are more of a wine enthusiast and like to store several types of wine, particularly champagne, I would NOT recommend this unit. I never would have thought that a traditional champagne bottle wouldn't fit in a wine cooler. Alas, I now have no place to store all my sparkling wines.

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We ordered this in October 2010 and it has run incredibly well ever since we received it. The two zones works perfectly, and its slim size fits under our counter.

We've been most amazed by how quiet it is: you can hear it when the room is totally quiet, but even then, it's tough to hear. The lack of a compressor makes a huge difference but does not affect the cooling efficiency at all. It's nice to have properly chilled wine and champagne within easy reach.

The digital readout started to malfunction a bit after about three and a half months. I sent an email to their support team, and a new digital display was shipped out via UPS the same day I emailed them! They were polite and responsive in their emails and handled our issue with speed and interest. It does my heart good to see there still really is good customer service in this world.

I recommend this unit highly and recommend this manufacturer even more. They are honest and take customer service seriously.

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This is a great product. I like the two temperatures and the slim profile. The packaging was very good. Only downside is that it will not hold some of the odd shaped bottles.

Reviews of Vornado TVH500 Whole Room Vortex Heater

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I have owned a few of these hot air fan heaters and this is by far the best. I have a large apartment with about a 12' high ceiling and I can notice the "vornado action" moving a feather hanging from a dreamcatcher at the corner of the ceiling with the fan sitting on the middle opposite side of the floor. This shows me that the fan is truely pumping the air around as it is heating and it is not just a gimmick or false claim. Other fans I have had did not do this and took like an hour to heat the room. The Vornado takes the chill out of the room within 15 minutes and is nice and warm reaching thermostat temperature by 30 minutes (most of the time depending on how cold it is.) What's even more impressive is that it is also so quiet I don't even know it's on sometimes!

However, since nothing is perfect here are a some design suggestions for the manufacturers:

1) The Sony remote problem is true, I have the same problem but thankfully my bed blocks my TV remote's "line of fire" so it rarely turns down the heater but it has on several ocassions--Vornado should have picked a more obscure signal to use for the remote.

2) The remote needs to be more ergonomic so it's easy to hold and there should be indentations on the buttons so that you know what to press when fumbing in the dark--as it is now it's too small and impossible to tell if you're even holding it in the right direction.

3) The fan is so quiet it would be nice if the red "on" light would actually turn green so that you know it's on.

4) The blue LCD display is way too bright--it's like having 2 nightlights on in the room...very annoying and I wish it was darker since there is no need for it to be so bright (I'd put black tape over it but then can't see the temperature).

Overall though, only buy this if you are truely a design freak, it is beautiful and the quality of the metal housing is well worth the price if you are willing to drop that much money on a heater to just look stylish.

In terms of function though you can get the exact same results by buying the much cheaper (about half price) original Vornado without the remote. A friend of mine has this original Vornado which is what inspired me to buy mine. There is also a "clone" type heater competing with the original Vornado made by Holmes and I suspect the performance of that one is going to be very comparable and also a bit less expensive. Hope this helps you decide!

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We purchased the Vornado Touch Stone Vortex Heat 500 about a month ago. We have a room that is consistently colder than the other rooms in the house. We don't understand WHY it is colder since it was an addition, attached to the main central air /forced air heating unit, is actually BETTER insulated with more up-to-date windows, but is about 6 degrees colder (warmer in the summer) than any other room in the house. I plugged the Vornado in and the room is actually WARM! I am very impressed with this little, very quiet... you can't hardly tell it is running!... machine. I would definately recommend it to anyone that has this problem. We DO have a Sony TV/Remote, but the TV is in another room and doesn't affect the use of the machine. Actually, I leave ours on all the time and don't even need the remote. If this is the case I would go with the pp suggestion with getting the version without the remote. Had I realized that it was just as powerful I would have saved a few dollars and gone with the remoteless one for our use. HIGHLY recommend this item. I am very pleasantly surprised at how well this little unit works.

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We have been using this heater for about 5 months now in our infant daughter's room. Up until last night, the product was fine. Last night we could smell a burning smell from outside of her room coming from the heater! The heater has never been moved and is always set to the same temperature so we are not sure what happened. Needless to say, this was extremely scary and we won't be using it anymore! All reviews I've read for the product are generally good so perhaps this is a fluke.

The LCD light on the top is also very bright and annoying it never turns off.

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Update 2 months after bought it it broke, the fan intermittently stops running & the heat stays on so it starts burning itself up, it filled the room with strong burning smell/smoke. NOT safe.

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I bought the Touchstone for my home office. It's a decent space to heat but I wanted to heat only that space rather then heating my whole house. The Vornado does the job. It produces a good amount of heat fairly quickly. The room gets comfortably warm in a matter of minutes. Perhaps about 10 minutes for a 10X12 room with a 8' ceiling. The heater is pretty quiet, I know it's there but it is not enough to disturb me while I am working. The remote and digital display are kind of unnecessary. In retrospect I would have bought a unit that does not have those features, if I could save money. This unit is pretty pricey. It works well, does the job but, is $$$.

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Very nice looking product, seems to be very well constructed and not at all cheesy.

Thermometer is right on the money with my two HVAC thermostats.

Thermostats display in full degrees, while the TE513 displays full degrees plus tenths.

When the 513 goes from 9/10th to the next full degree, my thermostats change right with it. They couldn't be calibrated closer.

The hygrometer, which is the main reason I purchased the 513, isn't perfect, but it is pretty darn close.

I tested it using the dampened salt in a closed container method, and it topped out at 72%, which is just 3 ticks from the expected 75%.

Neither the 513 thermometer nor hygrometer can be adjusted, so you live with the variance, but for normal household humidity use, 3 ticks off is close enough for me.

I was skeptical about ordering the 513 after reading the 02/05/10 one star review of the charcoal 513 from "Tommy" Aube by Honeywell TE513-7/U Electronic Indoor Thermometer and Humidistat, Charcoal, but figured I'd roll the dice.

I'm going to roll the dice again and order three more 513's, one for the basement, and use the other two as gifts.

Bottom line is, I'm pleased with the product

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I purchased two of these units. I kept reporting that the humidity levels for my new humidifiers were too low. A Honeywell factory rep came with his unit and we discovered that both units are off as much as 15%. Remember, this product is made by Honeywell. To prove this to myself, I put the units outdoors and compared them to the observations by the National Weather Service. They were off 20%. I do not recommend this product.

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I bought two, out of the package one said 20% the other 40%. I put one upstairs and one downstairs. Over a few days those readings stayed within a few points of where they started. Then I switched them, moving the 40% one upstairs and 20% one downstairs. They essentially kept the same readings. The 20% keeping about 20% whether upstairs or downstairs and the 40% keeping about 40% whether upstairs or downstairs. Then I brought both upstairs. Still, about 20% and 40%. The only logical conclusion is that they really don't work.

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This small humidity and temperature gauge works well. It is reasonably priced and gives a readout nearly as accurate as a gauge from Oregon Scientific which is many times the price of this gauge. I use this as a second humidity readout in a room away from the more elegant Oregon Scientific gauge.

I had an older, more expensive small gauge and bought this one to be a second gauge for a different location in the house. Later I bought the Oregon Scientific instrument. When I compared the humidity readings between this gauge and the others, this one and the Oregon Scientific agreed. The older, more expensive small gauge was so far off from the others that it went into the trash.

This is a good unit. You won't be disappointed. It is as accurage as a small, low cost unit can be.

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Always wondered how hot it was in the office and now I know. I just keep this at my desk and when it hits 80 I head home. I also liked the humidity sensor but right now it reads "LO" which I discovered means it is below the 20% threshold that it can detect. If you need to know very low humidity settings this might not work for you. I keep the humidifier at about 35% at home in the winter and wanted to see how close it was getting.

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The unit works well. I read the hot cold units leaked and did not want one. Hard to find this type of unit. Cold only. It works well; better than my last which had an attachment to add to the bottle before you turned it upside down. This is easy to clean and has no attachment. The price however was double what I paid for my last one at Costco. Hard to find cold only units. I have no hesitation in recommending this if you can afford it.

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It worked just fine the first day but stopped working the next. After checking that it was filling with water ect.. we still could not get it to work right sometimes you got water others times it would not . We had to return it. Since it was a gift we ended up replaceing it with one from a store near by.

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this thermostat box was perfected even it came with only one key. I give five star because I like it. I don't have to remove my thermostat when I installed it. the back plate that came with it just an option.

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