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I was looking for a convection oven for quite a while, and did a deep research. I owned a Nuwave Oven for 1 year, got rid of it because I didn't like the plastic dome, it turned yellow and with a lot of scratches. It was impossible to see how food cooked in the oven after a few months. And then I got a Flavorwave Oven for a little bit longer, everybody loved it. My daughter took it when she came for dinner last Christmas : ( which she is still in use : ) But I really like this type of oven, and came across Secura oven the other day. It has all the features Flavorwave has and a very good review.

Now I think I made a good choice, this oven performs even better than my old ones. It's more convenient to use with the hinged arm oven top, and the cord is detachable, my old Nuwave and Flavorwave oven don't have a detachable cord, so when you lift the oven's head, you need to hold and drag the cord with you. This looks like a minor improvement on Secura oven makes our life much easier.

Well the cooking result is also amazing. Cook for the same amount of time, same temp setting as my nuwave and flavorwave oven. In my opinion, the flavorwave oven and the Secura Oven are pretty the same result, quicker and juicier and you feel more favor and natural. But with the similar price, I got an extender ring, and 2 standard racks with my Secura Oven. Nuwave and flavorwave, they don't offer the extender ring for free, (extender ring's value is about $30). I used the extender ring to cook the whole chicken several times, it's very useful, a must have accessory.

This is my first product review on Amazon, and I looked all the reviews here before I bought this oven, and I think sharing some good experience is very good thing to do. I hope more and more people know this good product, and use it. We really eat healthier with it, every time I saw so much oil drip off during the cooking, I always say, "WOW I'm so lucky to have this oven, I really ate much less fat and oil very meal!

Both Secura and Flavorwave oven use Halogen heating, Nuwave uses metal heating tube. Halogen lamp definitely helps you see clearly how food cooked inside the oven. But if you do not care about this, all three ovens give you pretty good results.

Both Secura and Flavorwave oven use glass bowl, Nuwave uses plastic cover. All of them works pretty well and dish washer safe. My first Nuwave plastic cover has a lot of scratches but still very sturdy. All of them are very easy to clean, and both Secura and Flavorwave have build-in self-cleaning cycle.

Nuwave and Flavorwave ovens have a lid holder which is designed to put the oven top on after cooking. BUT, the problem is I keep forgetting to attach the lid holder to the oven, so many times I ended up looking around to find a place to hold the oven lid. :(((( You do not have to worry about this with Secura oven hinged arm oven top.

Nuwave's accessory parts feel like not as solid as Flavorwave and Secura oven. The wires and metal plate feel like a little bit thinner, but the oven head is solid enough. The Nuwave oven is only about half the weight. So if you are weak or handicapped and want to carry the oven with you on the go, Nuwave oven is easier to move around.

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We are a household of 3 and owned the NuWave previously. Many have left good reviews of this machine already, so I will focus how it the two machines compare.

After 9 months, our Nuwave see-thru plastic shell cracked. Even before the cracking, it became opaque like an worn plastic car headlight. The white plastic base was already yellowing as well. The Nuwave was still functional, but it was too big and got uglier by the day. The heating unit on top was very sturdy and of a resistor design similiar to most conventional electric stovetops it probably wouldn't break for a decade.

On the other hand, the Secura Digital (SD) has a glass body shell which I greatly prefer. I don't think it is tempered, which means one shouldn't put it in cold water while hot or it may crack. Otherwise, it's a much cleaner and better design. The heating unit is halogen, like the 500w utilitarian work lights around. Halogen lights seem prone to breaking, but our oven is still is in one piece after 3 months of extensive use. Should the heating lamp break, it can be replaced for $35 and seems like a simple procedure to replace. It's rated for 2000 or 3000 hours, I believe, and the filament seems thicker (and hopefully sturdier) than said worklights.

The Nuwave has 4 big pieces to clean. The clear plastic shell covered in splatter, the gray metal drip pan, the white base (which always has meat juices in it after use, for some reason), and the metal rack. All these pieces are large, they will hog all the room of the bottom rack of a dishwasher.

The SD has 2 medium-large pieces to clean the bottom glass shell and the metal rack. The glass shell can fit in the bottom of a dishwasher with much room to spare for dishes, and the metal rack can fit in the middle rack of a dishwasher. The glass cleans easily and still sparkles like new. There is a 3rd piece, the glass on top, but a quick sponging suffices as it hardly gets dirty enough to warrant disassembling it (if even possible).

In operation, the Nuwave cooks okay at the medium-high to low temperature ranges. It seals the air in and keeps things moist. It has a bigger body and probably can cook bigger things. I have not tried a goose with it, although I believe it might fit in this one, defitely not in the SD. If you wanted to turn meat over or add things, you have to take the heating unit off and clear plastic shell off (the top) and have a large, free space beside the machine for the top.

The SD also seals air in and cooks excellently. It gets hot faster, and has a high to low temperature range. The halogen can get really hot and give Chicken a nice crisper skin than the Nuwave. In the normal configuration, it can cook a large chicken. With the extender ring, we have successfully cooked a duck, which has an elongated body in comparison and needed to be slanted. A goose, otoh, is too big and I had to opt for the normal oven. This higher-end model has a swing arm connected to the top. It's very convenient to just flip it and meddle with the food quickly.

The display on both (digital versions) are okay and easy to use, although I think the temperature and airflow guage text are too small on the SD digital for older eyes. Eventually you'll learn the position of the LED lights to not need the guidance of the text, but it should still be bigger. The cooking time on both are easy to read and adjust. On the SD, you can adjust airflow from Hi-Med-Low which is a feature not available on the Nuwave IIRC.

A complaint I have on both machines is that the chrome on the metal racks have given way to copper underneath. They were very thinly plated, perhaps flash plated. They should have been better quality.

I knocked a star off the SD for the display and metal rack plating issues, but otherwise love it. It's superior to the NuWave as the daily appliance, it takes up significantly less space but it doesn't feel like I'm need to cook smaller portions. It's aesthically more pleasing, plus easier to clean. I'm glad I went with the digital version for the more precise control and swing arm. The extender ring is useful too. Another nice touch of the SD is that it can be truly turned off without be unplugged. It has an old fashioned power switch on the side, and not merely a "soft" off that sets the machine dozing at a few watts an hour. More and more devices are missing that these days and playing energy vampire while not in use and it does add to the electric bill with an entire household of gadgets behaving this way. Just thought I would mention that.

Bigger households may want to explore a bigger machine but I can't see why it couldn't service 4-6. It also toasts bigger bread pieces nicely in minutes:) One thing to be aware of with any machines of this nature is that it cannot cook pizza well pizza needs to be heat from the bottom, otherwise the cheese is burnt and tomato sauce is boiling, and the crust can still be frozen. A conventional oven is better for that.

To sum up:

Space Winner Secura. Less countertop footprint while having just a wee less cooking space.

Heating Element Longevity Nuwave. Uses a resistive heating coil like many stovetops do. Secura is a halogen bulb, notorious for burning out. On the plus, the bulb gets hotter and can crisp chicken skin and fries at the high heat setting.

Clean up Secura. Made of glass, easier cleanup. Less parts. Sized to fit in dishwasher. Many Nuwave parts won't fit. Buttons on secura covered by plastic sheet, so there are no spaces for gunk to accumulate.

Body Secura. Made of glass. Nuwave plastic fades and becomes opaque like a cheap car headlight within a year of use.

EDIT: October 2012

We finally had to replace the bulb as it burnt out. We used the machine a fair amount, cooked a lot of chickens, but I would say we used it 500 hours and not the 2000-3000 hours bulb life the company claims. I found a new bulb through ebay, same manufacturer, for $25. Unfortunately, what I thought would be a 15 minute affair, turned into a 3 hour one. Without instructions, my son had to grapple how to disassemble the machine to replace the bulb. It's not a simple plug & play affair, unfortunately. You have to remove the 3 cover screws and take the cover off. After that, it becomes less straightforward as there are over a dozen screws, as well as the fan. The answer is to remove the 4 deeply inset screws (that are in the circular enclosures) and to keep turning until they come out. I'm sure next time it will take only a half hour. Some of the internal pieces like screws looked sufficiently rusted that I suppose we can replace the bulbs 2 or 3 times max before it becomes a good idea to replace the machine with a new one.

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I have been thrilled with the results using this device.

*The taste of meats and fish are superior. The oven cooks by infrared heat and convection. Convention means that air is circulated around the food, which seals in the juices. Meats & fish are very moist and tender inside--better than I have been able to produce by other methods of home cooking.

*I like the design because the top flips up and will stay in that position. Competing products that I have tried require one to lift the hot cover up and over the food, and put it...somewhere. The top is a little wobbly when in the up position, but it's still the best design I have seen.

*I like the glass bowl design...I can put it in the dishwasher should I need to (though it does take up a lot of space).

Tips:

*I like to line the bottom with aluminum foil to minimize cleanup.

*The oven comes with racks, but I wanted extras. On Amazon, I got some small roasting racks..I couldn't find round ones, but found some 6x9 rectangular ones. For small meals, like 2 chicken breasts, I put the rack over an aluminum pie tin(usually lined with foil so I can reuse it), and then put the chicken breasts on top so air can circulate well around them. If you want to get them higher up in the oven put the bottom rack below the pie tin. Smaller racks = less to wash.

*When cooking potatoes (40-45 min) and sweet potatoes (25-35 min), I usually flip them over half way through cooking. Browning is more even.

*Do not expect instantaneous cooking...as a conservative estimate, I would say that cooking times are from 60 to 75% of other methods.

*Fats & oils from the food tend to discolor the protective grill on the heating element. When the recipe book recommends that a food be cooked on the high rack, I position it a little lower, more in the center of the oven. I do that by putting one of my extra roasting racks on the bottom, then a pie or cake tin (foil lined, open side up), and then the "lower" rack. Food cooks the same and there's less splatter on the grill. I guess you have figured out that I REALLY hate cleaning!

Note:

The glass bowl weighs 7 pounds. It is not for the frail elderly.

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The 798DH is one amazing little product. I've loved it the entire time I've owned mine, which was about 8 months. I bought the product in late December of 09 and Yesterday 8/7/10 the bulb burned out and there is no way to replace the heating element. Your only option is to purchase a new one and I can't see spending $150+ on a new one that may or may not last over 6 months to a year. Luckily I paid $100 for mine as it was on sale at the time of purchase. It's just very unfortunate the bulbs can't be replaced because this is a fantastic unit otherwise.

The best thing about this unit was that it did NOT smoke... I can't tell you how important a feature this is for any turbo oven. I live in an apartment with no outside fan for the stove and got so sick of the house fogging and smoking up. This unit solved that problem. The unit cooked everything wonderfully except for maybe really odd things like large canned biscuits, although it cooks the smaller ones just fine.

The sad thing is I'll probably be forced to purchase a cheaper oven without the hinged design, due not for the unreliability of the unit but, the lack of replacement parts.

I'll probably go with a Natural Solutions Turbo Oven for a few reasons.

#1. You can buy replacement parts

#2. They offer 3 different cooking elements that are all interchangeable.

#3. 2 of the cooking elements do not use infrared so they are much less likely to burn out.

#4. Cost is under $100 for a new unit and less than $75 for a replacement cooking element.

Comment about my #4?

Yes, you can probably purchase a new oven like a Deni for less than $75, but the Deni's and Sunpentown ovens make it too hard to find replacement parts and I don't actually trust some of the reviews especially since the Sunpentown reviews look to be fake. It could very well be that the Natural Solution oven is exactly the same as the Sunpentown ovens, but I'd much rather order from a place I can actually get support from.

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I bought one of these about a year ago and it performed exactly as I expected.

I especially enjoyed broiling steaks in it as the heating element got good and hot and did the job in a very short time. The outsides were evenly and lightly charred and the interiors juicy and tender.

Then I switched it on yesterday and the heating element died on me. No problem, I thought. I'll just remove the element, a halogen lamp, and replace it. Not so. The lamp is hard wired and not practically replaceable.

A serious design flaw in my opinion. What were the folks at Secura thinking? That customers will simply shrug their shoulders and buy a new one? I don't think so. At least not me.

Go back to the drawing board, Secura. Make the lamp replaceable. When you do I'll think about getting another one.

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I like the unit very much but I can not get the remote to work. Tried new batteries but still does not workshops

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Flames don't look too fake to make it unattractive. Really cool looking unit. Not sure what kind of heat it emits since it's not winter yet. I'm just using it to supplement the heat in the master bedroom anyway.

Would recommend it. Gives a darkened room some ambience.

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Because we're serious about our coffee, we sold our old $100+ Cuisinart coffeemaker to be replaced with this much better designed and much easier to use coffee maker.

A motel room we stayed at had this model coffee maker. We used it twice a day for 10 days. The coffee was delicious and we found no minuses at all, so I bought one. We've been using it daily now for about three months.

The carafe is made of heavy duty glass and doesn't drip at all. The hole to pour water into is large and easy to get to. There are convenient and accurate water level windows on both sides of the unit. The controls are convenient, easy to understand, and easy to use. The basket is easily removed for cleaning, easy to position, and uses standard flat bottomed filters. The time and function displays are large and bright. All of these are comparative problem areas in the Cuisinart.

Programming works perfectly and is so simple to use we didn't need the manual. To set the time of day press the "Hours" button until it reaches the current hour and then the "Minutes" button. To set the "Auto on" time, press the "Program" button, and then set the start time the same way. Press the "Program" button again to go back to time of day. For auto start, press the "Auto on" button, which lights up. That's it.

In addition, the water enters the drip chamber in a shower rather than a stream, resulting in consistently smooth and uniform tasting coffee. I can't comment on the warming plate because we put what we don't drink immediately into a Thermos for all day use. The warming plate shuts itself off after two hours if you forget.

The negative reviews are a puzzle to me. We found none of the problems mentioned.

This is an addendum in mid Nov, 2007. The coffeemaker still makes perfect coffee and everything works like new. The only negative I'd add is that the warming plate is quite rusty, probably because I put a pot of tap water on it at night to have chlorine free water in the morning. Often the pot is damp. When we need to replace this coffeemaker, I'll paint the new warming plate with bar-b-cue paint before the first use, for rust protection.

This is an update, dated 11/20/07. The coffeemaker still works perfectly and still looks good. I sanded the rust off of the base plate, painted it with bar-b-cue paint, and as expected there is no more rust problem. I don't think the rust would occur for most people. I caused it by putting a wet pot on the plate overnight seven days a week.

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I drink lots of coffee in lots of places. I've had the terrible plasticky coffee from the $10 drippers and very fine pressed coffee from the shops.

This is my third Black & Decker (more on that later) and continues to benefit from design upgrades and improvements. I found this dripper to be the top of the line inexpensive coffeemaker. Mine came with the resusable filter, but I find that using the disposable filters (for me) makes a slightly stronger and better coffee.

The program feature was a little counter-intuitive for me, but only took 30 seconds once informed to master. Wake up to my coffeemaker's aroma. Warning: The first time I tried to make coffee, the carafe didn't push the sticking, new drip basket arm in and I had a little overflow. Apparently, it was because the machine was new and it now works flawlessly. But you might want to make sure it drips properly the first time or two you use it.

I mentioned earlier that this is my third machine from this family. It's not Black & Decker's fault that I live in an area with extremely hard, unprocessed well water. All water processing appliances (like my water heater) get clogged up with time, even with proper maintenance. These machines have lasted better than the old, bottom line machines I started out with, and longer than a more expensive one I bought.

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Since the trend seems to be the production and purchase of items that make phone calls, play mp3s, serve as calulators, take pictures, play movies and change the cat litter box, this coffeemaker may not impress some people. It just makes coffee. It uses normal coffee filters (the flat bottom type), brews the coffee and turns off the warming plate after two hours. It does not do anything else. I, personally LIKE that. After all, how many mp3 players does one need? What kind of tech-crazy person wants to make phone calls on their coffee maker? Who can talk before they have had their first cup of coffee in the first place?

If you are looking for a coffee maker that just makes coffee and does it rapidly and without any complicated instructions that must be followed (who can follow complicated instructions before their first cup of coffee, either?) then this would be a good choice. If you want to film a movie with your coffee maker, this is not the coffee maker for you.

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We have used this maker daily for about three years. The Good:

Timer, decent coffee (once you get the balance, keeps coffee hot, Pour and serve and reliable. The Bad: Steam leaks onto the burner which has rusted, takes more coffee than others on the market, overflows if you grind your coffee too fine or if basket is not aligned correctly. Overall we are happy with the coffee maker and it is still serving us well.

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I agree with the reviewers who have said "what is the fuss about?". This is a GREAT coffee maker. I have had no problems at all so far and having owned several different brands previously, I would say this one is the best I've owned for being so inexpensive.

The automatic setting is really fantastic as you can set the maker to make coffee whenever you need it to. You don't have to use this feature and if you want to, you can make coffee in the pot even if you have it set on the automatic feature and the automatic settings won't be disturbed.

The coffee stays hot in the pot for a long time and doesn't get any of the overdone or burnt flavor that I've experienced with some other makers.

I haven't had a single problem with drips from the pot and think that it does a really fine job when you pour. I don't know what some people's problem is with this feature. I think maybe it says more about the sloppiness of those pouring than the design of the coffeemaker!

I can't say I've used the interrupt feature because this machine doesn't take long at all to brew a pot and I have not needed to interrupt it in order to grab a quick cup.

I honestly don't know what the negative reviewers were expecting. This is a fine machine that does the job and is a great value for all of its features. It also looks great in the black model and fits very nicely in my stainless kitchen.

I highly recommend this coffeemaker! I am so glad I ignored the negative reviews because this machine works great and was a bargain.

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We use this heater in our back room -it's an addition that the previous owners put on and is not insulated super well. The winters are usually cold in this room, but the heater makes it so comfortable for all of us. The room is approx. 25' long by 12' wide and the 2nd or 3rd heat setting is perfect for us. I also love that the top and of the heating unit is cool to the touch -I have a dog and a toddler and that was a big concern so that they wouldn't get a burn in case they touched it. We are really happy with this purchase and would highly recommend!

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We used to have an Edenpure, but I like this better. While it has only been running for a few months in a room with little heat, it delivers what it promised and keeps the small room at a comfortable temperature. It makes a LOT LESS noise than the Edenpure too! My cats love it and sleep on a raised bed 4 fett away which was my main purpose in buying this. No problems so far, but is important to keep the filter clean.

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Unpacked, followed instructions started unit. When set on the lowest setting (one Light), Unit never comes on. Set it one higher (two Lights) Unit never goes off. Sometimes when I switch it from the two light setting to the one light setting the unit goes through the cool down cycle like it should but never turns the blower off. In order to get the blower to turn off you have to unplug it, then, according to instructions, you have to wait 2 hours to plug it back in. Pita.

I have two other Portable Infrared Heaters, both work just fine. This unit is either badly designed or poorly manufactured...

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Now, ten months later, with very little use, this unit comes on but produces very little heat. It may be a Duraflame name on it but it is a Twin-Star warranty. In contacting them I am getting the proverbial run around. "Based on the supplier of your purchase they are not an authorized dealer. Please contact the dealer for a replacement." There are a lot of good units like this I would stay as far away from this one as I could.

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Very easy to use, just plug it in and press the power button on the front panel.it automatically goes to the hottest setting (1000watts)

You can turn it down later, I like that feature. lite weight about 20 lbs, the casters are a great idea,very practical.

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Purchased this because I was looking for a "safe" heater for a toddler's room. Overall I'm pretty happy with this unit. It comes with a remote so that you can turn it on/off or adjust the heat level setting. it heats up a small 12x12 room quite well at a mid-level heat setting so I would imagine that it would be fine for at least a medium sized living room. safety-wise, that box is very comfortable to touch on the outside while it is on. the only potential "hot" spot would be the direct vent where the heat comes out so as long as a kid doesn't jam his/her fingers into the grate, there shouldn't be any worry about burns. price is a bit steep for what you get but overall I've been satisfied

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We installed this timer so that the pool pump would go on daily from 11a-2p so that the solar cover on our above-ground pool could heat up the water. With the installation this year we've had the warmest pool water since the pool only stayed on while the solar cover was "super-heating" We like it for that fact. You can override the timer by opening the front cover and moving a red switch left/right which can be convenient. I'm not sure how long this will last since it "seems" a bit flimsy when you override the timer by moving the switch.

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We've been using this Capresso electric kettle pretty heavily (several times daily) for just over a month, and so far it's working quite well.

Pros:

No plastic parts in contact with water (important for health reasons).

Temperature control works very well, so it's great for tea lovers.

Reasonably attractive retro-modern design.

Auto-shutoff works properly at high altitude (8500 feet here), unlike at least one of it's temperature-controlled competitors.

Cons:

The unique design of this kettle has a flaw for single-serving use: The steel dome at the bottom must be completely submerged to avoid damage, which means you always have to heat at least 2 1/2 cups at a time, even if you only need one (because if you only put one cup in, it won't cover the top of the steel dome). This unnecessarily wastes energy, water, and time, and this problem doesn't exist with other kettles (it's specifically a result of the design of this particular model with the dome at the bottom).

Another downside to the glass-and-steel design: If your water is hard, the beautiful, shiny steel dome will be covered in calcium scaling before long, and since the kettle is glass, that scaling is visible. In our home, the water is quite hard and it only takes a day of use for the scaling to be quite visible. So, unless your water is pretty soft, you'll have to choose between frequent cleanings with vinegar or leaving a visibly scaled-up kettle on your counter. In other words, in hard-water locations, it's a more high-maintenance kettle than its all-steel competitors. We can't fault the manufacturer for the quality of our water, but we wanted to make sure that you, the prospective consumer, are aware of what you're signing up for if you have hard water.

Still, we're reasonably happy with the purchase. We're totally sold on the concept of temperature-controlled kettles and we're happy to have found a plastic-free model that works dependably (so far). Next time, though, we'd look for another plastic-free model that doesn't have the steel dome design and thus can be used for single servings without wastage.

BTW, we're sorry to see other reviewers experiencing failed units and some other issues, but we haven't encountered any of these problems (at least not after one month of heavy use).

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UPDATE Aug 25, 2013: Just a quick follow-up to say our kettle is still going strong months later. We have not had any of the problems with the power button that others are reporting. Perhaps it's the luck of the draw.

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Fits my needs perfectly; I drink about 3 8oz cups of tea each morning. No issues thus far after 3 weeks of daily usage.

Initial heating of water first thing in the morning:

Filled to maximum capacity which is 48 oz

Water and ambient air temperature: 75 F

Time to reach 195 F was 4 mins 30 secs.

Used the following to measure temperature:

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Reheats within minutes if reheating within a few hours after the initial heating. I do not refill the kettle with water until after making my last cup of tea.

Love its simplicity of operation!

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Update: 10.11.2012

Kettle still going strong, still using daily.

To operate:

Turn dial to desired temperature then press the center of the dial to turn on.

When ON, a blue ring on the knob lights up along with a blue LED next to the selected temperature. Lighting turns OFF when water is at desired temperature.

Would have been nice if it had a means to audibly notify that the water is at the desired temperature.

Still luv'in the kettle...

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Update: 01.08.2013

Kettle stopped heating water earlier Dec '12, received replacement after Christmas '12. Had to shipped back the unit to Capresso at my own expense.

The replacement was a new unit, but the power switch does appear to be defective. The switch sometimes requires an extra press or two to turn the unit on. Haven't decided if I want to request another replacement, appears there are quality issues after reading some of the other reviews.

Somewhat disappointing after owning a Capresso espresso maker for over 6 years which is still going strong.

Changed rating from 5 stars to 3...

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I bought this based on the other great reviews, but mine quit working after a week. I returned it through Amazon's great return policy. One other thing to note is that it has a large silicone rubber type ring in the bottom of the kettle to seal the heating element to the glass kettle. There is no mention if this is BPA free or not.

As a replacement for this kettle, I ordered the Bonavita 1-Liter Variable Temperature Digital Electric Gooseneck Kettle. So far it has been fantastic. It has a variable temperature setting the will maintain a constant temperature for a pre-determined time. The Capresso would bring the water to one of five pre-determined temperatures and then shut off once it has been reached. Plus the Bonavita is an all stainless kettle. The only plastic on the kettle is where the handle attaches at the very top, which is out of reach of the heated water. I highly recommend the Bonavita over the Capresso.

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Customer review from the Amazon Vine Program Straight out of the box, this appliance is attractive. Unfortunately, in my opinion it is a piece of junk. I waited a while before writing my review hoping that I would like it more but I'm finding that I like it less with each use.

When boiling the 48 ounces of water, my pot boils over and does not turn itself off automatically. When boiling less water, it turns itself off but does not always reach the appropriate temperature.

Unattractive lines appear when steamy inside my glass carafe that resemble a snail's slimy trail and I am unable to remove them. It's been like this since the first time I boiled water in the Capresso 261.04 teaC100 Temperature Controlled Water Kettle.

I just called Jura Capresso to inquire about these two issues and was told I need to send the appliance back at my expense for their evaluation. I merely wanted advice and was offered none other than to send in the Capresso tea C100.

I really like the idea of a glass carafe. Inside the glass carafe is a white silicone gasket and stainless steel humpy heating element. The lid is a non removable silver plastic that requires two hands to lift up. The instructions stress that one not attempt to remove the lid. The carafe sits atop an electric base with its sturdy handle to the side and it can be placed either positioned right or left. The water level lines on the glass are only visible when the handle is on the right side as I guess more users tend to be right handed. If the carafe is not positioned properly on the base, it will not heat. The base dial offers five temperatures and if the dial is not positioned exactly on the spot, the heating will not begin. When the dial's blue light illuminates, the heating element is operating. The egg shaped base combined with the carafe handle on the side creates a larger footprint than I find comfortable in my kitchen. The glass is the one advantage to this product. It's important to only boil water in this appliance unless it's being cleaned with vinegar or a decalcification product.

I rarely leave a one star review but cannot give this product any better rating.

UPDATE:

One week later..... Blinking blue light after two or three seconds, then the appliance shuts off. This is a useless product that now will take up space in the landfill. Can't even use the glass carafe.

UPDATE NUMBER 2: Received a replacement exchange which worked well for about 3 weeks until it suddenly stopped working. Blinking blue light in this unit, too. I really can't believe it happened and appreciate that I had a witness in the kitchen this time.

UPDATE NUMBER #3: Received a third replacement after shipping back the second unit. This one arrived with several spots on the base missing the silver finish. A copper color was visible and I took close up photos to document the time which was minutes after I signed for the UPS delivery. Because the unit worked, I overlooked the blemishes. This morning, after three weeks of nearly daily use, the base once again displayed the blinking blue light. I'll be receiving a fourth unit sometime next week after I return this one to Jura Capresso tomorrow. The customer service representative claimed she has not received a single phone call regarding any problems with this product. I did not ask how long she's been working the phones.

FINAL UPDATE: Replacement arrived DOA. I'm done.

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They have a problem with this hot water heater for tea--something internal malfunctioned as there isn't much to go wrong elsewhere. Bad experience for my tea-loving wife and thus for me too!

Geneva Industrial Group Westpointe LH-879G 750/1500-Watt Milk House Reviews

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I couldn't find "made in" information when deciding to purchase this item. For those interested, it is made in China. The item is a light grey rather than the black shown in the photo.

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Cadet Manufacturing 67508 120-Volt White Hard Wired Com Pak Fan Reviews

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Installed this heater in a small mudroom I built in our home. Our home has forced hot air and it would not have been easy to get the ductwork into the room for heat so I looked for an alternate heat source and found this nice little heater in my searching. Based on other reviews I read mostly positive reviews and I can only agree with all of them. Fan motor is VERY quiet and the heater heats up super quickly and the blower moves the heat around very nicely. I would recommend this for any small room that needs a heat source or even like a bathroom if you were looking for additional heat to supplement your primary heat source in the cold climates / months (say to take the chill out while taking a shower). Directions were clear pay close attention that THIS product is for a 120V line there is another version for 240V so make sure you are buying the right model. Can be used with an external Thermostat which would allow you to maintain a specific temperature the built in thermostat would have to be manually set using a room thermometer and then you wuold cut back the dial to maintin that temp. Also I do not believe the heater techincally has an 'off' setting the lowest left setting on the dial basically set's the thermostat so cold it doesn't let the heater turn on. A more precise solution would be to install an external thermostat (I found a compatable one for $20 on Amazon) instructions would come with the thermostat to install the thermostat.

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We have these in each room of the house and they save on our heating cost as you only turn on the one in the room you are sitting or sleeping in. Great fast delivery. Ordered wrong wattage and seller was professional at refunding.

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This heater appears to be well made and is a good wall install design. I didn't rate it the best of the best only because the thermostat does not have an on-off switch for airconditioned summer use, I had to install it with a separate wall mounted switch with an "on" indicator light. I installed this in our motor home bathroom to knock the chill off after a shower. This heater does not have the typical heater fan noise, it makes no sound at all when running.

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Used this heater to replace an older heater that had no fan in one of the bathrooms. It works great. Heats the room up fast and probably more effecient than the old one. Will purchase another for our other bathroom just to upgrade it to a better unit.

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OK... I got a good deal on it new at a thrift shop and that's about where the good news ends. if you have new construction, or you're doing a major remodel, then this is pretty easy to install. If you're trying to add it in a finished wall it's a problem. The mounting flanges are on top & bottom and the side are flared in toward the back so you can't nail it flush with a wall stud. You need to add a header at top & bottom to properly secure it to some framing... or put some plywood backing behind the drywall and put some screws in but that's not ideal. Also, the thermostat will not turn it off so it won't work in an area that you allow to get pretty cold... we have it on a landing to keep a huge window from icing over. I had to add a wall switch so I could turn it off completely but you can also add a line voltage wall mount thermostat. Lastly, at 1000 watts it's not all that effective and uses a lot of electricity but the up side is it has a fan but you can do much better with a portable heater. I will likely remove it and add a 240V baseboard unit. That's why I gave it 3 stars but if you just want to add a nice looking 120V fan unit to a small space... like a bathroom... you would probably be rating it higher than I did. I really don't think any electric heater is safe to leave unattended unless it will turn off completely when you turn the thermostat all the way down.

Review of Sunpentown SH-1507 Mini Tower Heater

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I LOVE this little heater. I live in St. Pete Florida and needed a space heater for the unseasonably cold weather that we had here. I live in a 650 sq. foot, poorly insulated, garage apartment, and this heater really saved the day when it was in the 20's and 30's outside. We ran only this heater and not our central heater, as the latter costs a fortune and does very little in the way of actual heating. The space heater was used mostly in one large room that comprises about 40% of our apartment, and also in the bedroom which is about 25%. In the bedroom with the door closed this sucker kept it quite warm, even on low (and the bedroom is like 15x13 feet). Granted it takes an hour or so to heat the whole room, but it worked great (so great that we had to shut it off in the middle of the night because we were sweating under our heavy comforter). In the large room, the heater did an admirable job and kept it bearable throughout the cold spell (and that large room has so many drafts it's like all of professional sports combined). Now, with the weather more temperate (40's and 50's) this little heater heats whatever room I'm in without a problem.

I love the high and low settings and the fact that the high setting draws only 1200W (as opposed to 1500W for most space heaters). The unit is quite small and no part of it is too hot to touch at any time. It is a breeze to move from room to room. This heater would be a good choice for anyone with children or pets, as it has a knockover shut-off. It is very quiet (though not silent as some have said). In a room with any ambient noise, you're not likely to hear the heater. In a quiet bedroom it sounds like (surprise) a small fan. There are some days when it sounds a little bit rough on startup, but this noise goes away within a minute or so.

My unit has held up great (I've had it for a few months now and ran it 24 hrs a day for weeks), but I am very careful not to knock it or use it in a humid area (like a bathroom). I could see this heater breaking if it is knocked over or hit against something while moving it between rooms. Also, I take care to hold the heater with one hand whenever I turn the on/off knob with the other hand, because the knob takes a good bit of torque to rotate. If I were to turn the knob without holding the heater I would be twisting the whole heater on its base which could potentially damage the oscillation feature. With proper care this heater seems like it will fare well.

For me, this heater was a great buy. It was relatively inexpensive, it is small and easy to store, and it puts out an admirable amount of heat for its size. I wouldn't rely on it to bring a large room up to a short sleeve and shorts temperature in the dead of winter, but it will definitely take the edge off the cold. In a closed room this heater will bring the temperature up nicely.

Amazon, as always, was a pleasure to deal with. Oddly, the manufacturer's packaging looked like it had been opened and re-taped, but the interior packaging appeared factory fresh. I guess it could have been opened and re-sealed, or the Sunpentown factory just tapes up their boxes sloppily. Either way, the heater is great, and I am quite pleased.

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A little smaller than I had anticipated, this little heater does a nice job. I bought it for a basement tool room we have, which stays very cold in the winter. Turn this baby on and in ten minutes it's comfy in there. The amount of heat emanating from its small front doesn't seem like it will heat a room well, but it does. It's very quiet, you can't tell when it's on, whether it's set on oscillating or not. It oscillates about 90 degrees.

Having small children in the house, I like how you can touch it anywhere during its operation and not get burned. The automatic shut-off feature is also a good thing. There are two settings, low and high (600/1200 watts), and both seem to do the job well.

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The heater worked well warmed up a 12 X 12 bedroom with a vaulted ceiling in a very short period of time. Good value ran quietly. Would recommend to anyone.

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After I read all positive and negative reviews, I decided to buy this product because as noted in many 5 star reviews, it could provide enough heat for a room. Well, the unit is functioning but its heating capacity is very poor. As long as you are within 1 meter diameter from the unit, you can feel the heat. Otherwise, it is a waste. I don't understand how people say it can provide enough heat for a 12X12 bedroom even with a vaulted ceiling! Are you kidding me?

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There is contradictory information regarding the temperature control on this heater. I want to confirm that the unit does NOT have any built-in control for temperature. I verified this with the manufacturer. It generates heat as long as it's on setting "1" (600 watts) or "2" (1200 watts). I like the unit, it's pretty, it's quiet, and it heats my 14x14 home office so well (even at the lowest setting) that I unfortunately have to return it because I simply do not want to keep turning it on and off. Like another reviewer said, I wish they included a thermostat: that would be a winner.

Reviews of Spt Thermo-Electric Wine Cooler with Heating, 12-Bottles

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When looking for small wien coolers, I was scared of getting a so bad one because while looking for cheap and small wine cooler I've seen that there are many reviews saying that the one they bought makes a lot of noise, broke down or something else... After making some research I decided to get this wine cooler, and I ought to say that I'm happy to have chosen this one. It doesn't makes noise at all. It keeps the wine at the temperature I chose as it is supposed to do. It's got a light inside so you can see the wine if you like to. You may like also to leave the light turned on because it looks cool at night. Also, I've got the Prime Membership, so I got the two days shipping for free. If you don't have the Membership, don't worry Amazon always send the product on time.

Since I've seen so many people saying that the Wine Cooler they got broke down, I will update the review if it happens to me. It's been a week since I bought it, and the cooler works perfectly.

The wine cooler stopped working on March 26, 2013. I send the wine cooler to the manufacturer, and they fixed it.

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You read a lot of reviews of wine coolers being too loud or do not cool properly. This may be a direct result of people not reading directions. When you move a refrigerator of any kind the unit is supposed to be kept upright. The reason for this is because there is very thick lubricant (oil) in the compressor unit. If the refrigerator has been moved, stored, or delivered sideways the oil must be given time to drain back into the compressor properly. If your unit was just delivered to you and the box is upright then you have to assume that it could have been on the truck for several days. This means the oil is not in the correct position in the compressor to be turned on as soon as you bring it home. The box this unit was shipped in is large and will more than likely have to be put on its side to fit in your vehicle. The instructions with this unit clearly state not to turn the unit on for a few hours to allow the lubricant to settle properly. I allowed for three hours to pass before plugging the unit in. Additionally, my wine was in my regular refrigerator and already cold when I put them in this cooler. This takes the unit less work to get the temperature down. This unit is very quiet and is keeping the temperature steady. You can hear the fan but during a normal conversation or with the tv on you have to really listen for it. For the money, this is a very nice and attractive unit.

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I just got this yesterday and set it to 57 and it works perfectly. I just purchased some reds and opened door stacked them in there, fit perfectly and the temp didn't budge. I had a cheap (1/2 priced) 6 bottle Emerson that worked well for 4 years, now it won't cool down, it is being affected my our Indian Summer heat, which it never mattered before how hot my place got. This new one looks soooo much better, very quiet, no complaints at all, so far. I will do another post if anything changes, but so far I love it. Btw, it is positioned exactly next to my old one. So the placment is the same, and staying at a cool 57! Exactly where I want it. It is about 68 in my condo right now.

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Have had it for a month or so with no issues. The light is a nice touch at night looking for a bottle.

Runs quietly and with 12 bottles in it keeps wine at 51 degrees (lowest setting) which is a great "chilled" temp.

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I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised at this model when it arrived over a year ago. I had room for bottles with the corks placed back in, in addition to having room for wine stoppers as well. It also remembered where the thermostat was set to in the event of a power outage. It would go back to the setting once power was restored.

HOWEVER...Unit died right after the 1 year mark. Doesn't it always happen that way?

Take it for what its worth.