Cheap Zojirushi CV-DYC40 Super VE 4-Liter Vacuum Electric Dispensing Pot

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I have owned several different electric kettles, but this one is by far the best. The Zojirushi is easy to use and set up. The timer is the best feature of all, I set the timer in the evening and the water is at the perfect temperature when I wake in the morning. The whole family uses it, for tea, hot cocoa, coffee (french press), instant oatmeal, roman noodles and more! This is the best purchase I have made in a long time, and the Zojirushi is worth every cent.

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All in all, this electric pot is wonderful. Heats as stated in the manual (about 35 minutes for entire pot). Easy to use (plug and go). Keeps the water hot for a long time and the digital readout lets you know the current temp of the water.

Couple of drawbacks that maybe they'll fix in the next model: 1) Runs on 2 "AA" batteries for dispensing when not plugged in. Batteries only last about 7 hours. 2) When the batteries run out, you can't just replace the batteries and continue using the pot. It doesn't recognize the new batteries. For the new batteries to be recognized, you must plug the unit back into a wall outlet. That really defeats the purpose of going outlet free.

Seems a bit expensive for the 2 problems noted but otherwise I'm almost universally happy with all Zojirushi products I've ever purchased.

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My only complaint is: It is only stainless steel for the outside look, not for the container that actually holds the water. As a result, the water dispensed from it always tasted/smelled a little weird, not like from a real stainless steel kettle.

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I own this particular model along with a couple CD-LCC models and other boilers. Hand down, Zojirushi is the best for having large amount of hot water ready at home or small coffee shops.

Please note that CV-DYC40 was mainly designed for holding water at 208F and 195F. The unit is designed to be plugged in 24/7 and refilled as needed. Note that a whole gallon of water is contained in an extremely well insulated container while the boiler heats to 212F every single time one adds water! It takes about 2hrs for the insulated units to cool to 175F, which is painfully slow. If you insist on holding water at 175F, I suggest getting a non-insulated CD-LCC model. A workaround for CV-DYC40 is to boil about 2/3 of the water and top off with cold water.

The battery function is very nice as you can take the boiler anywhere in the house, coffee shop, outdoors for parties, catering etc. If you own a small coffee shop and are looking for a boiler/kettle for americanos and hot chocolate consider that this boiler is very slow (30-40min to boil a 4 liters) and you may end up using this boiler as more of a 'fancy' carafe, still using a regular kettle to boil water.

Lastly, for those of you who are tea aficionados, part of the tea flavor comes from oxidation. As the water sits in the boiler at, say, 195F or 208F oxygen and other gases escape which may lead to some teas tasting slightly different. But, hey! If you can't tell a difference then who cares?

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Afraid one day I'd forget a pot on the stove, I spent a month researching electric water boilers. I've used electric kettles in the past and I love their fast operation: Push a button and come back later for a kettle of boiling water.

Features I initially wanted:

1. Boils water.

Throwing my hands up in indecisive frustration, I ordered the Aroma AWK-115S Electric Kettle. On the second day, it failed to shut-off, happily boiling away an entire 1.5 L of water and burning my house down if I hadn't intervened. The metal housing had no insulation, so I'd have had to re-heat it frequently. Additionally, it had a low capacity and required manually heating it several minutes before I wanted the water (I calculated that 2 minutes each morning and night waiting around for water to boil is over 24 hrs per year!)

Features I eventually wanted:

1. Boils water.

2. No reported errors with automatic shut-off.

3. Made somewhere other than China.

4. Doesn't rust/corrode.

5. Well insulated.

6. Portable.

7. At least 3L capacity.

8. Always hot.

9. Stainless steel exterior to match my other appliances.

10. Metal or glass interior.

Then I discovered the Zojirushi DYC-40 VE.

It checks off 8.5 of my 10 requirements in various amounts. Where it isn't a home-run:

There is a 1-2 second delay before getting relatively slow-running water. *Every* time you dispense water, you have to push an "UNLOCK" button before holding down the "DISPENSE" button! Every time. You get to push 2 buttons sequentially! Seriously? I scoured the manual and there is no way to disable this child safety feature. It's an absolutely terrible user experience considering the water already comes out at a very slow rate and requires *holding down* the "DISPENSE" button! How would you even cause an accident considering you have to hold the button down anyway? Bad design.

The interior is coated with a thin layer of polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) to prevent corrosion. According to studies, this non-stick coating begins to emit toxic, carcinogenic gasses when heated over 400 degrees. Since water boils at 212 degrees, you'd assume we would be safe. But what if the heating element heats the walls above 400 degrees in order to boil the water? I tested this with an infrared thermometer and determined that the non-stick coating is roughly the same temperature as the water because the heating element is located separately, below the insulated water reservoir!

The "stainless steel" exterior is really just a plastic veneer with a stainless steel appearance. Mine even had a deep scratch on it when it arrived.

Porting the pot around wirelessly requires 2 AA batteries. For some reason, my high-quality rechargeable Eneloop batteries fully charged are not recognized as having any charge.

Finally, it really does keep water hot all day long at a reasonable cost (~$70/year -the unit paying for itself in about 5 years when compared with an uninsulated kettle): only 19 watts (the box says 17 watts, but my house is unheated so this is fairly accurate). Unfortunately, this is at 195 degrees, which is too cool for some of my uses. You may keep water on-demand at 205 degrees, but even the vacuum insulation is insufficient to keep that electricity usage below 39 watts.

Overall, this is a modern convenience, and I'm really happy to have it in my kitchen. It ultimately saves me about 90% of the time I spent heating (and re-heating) water with a stove or typical electric kettle (a net return of about 22 hours per year)!

So maybe in a couple years, I'll break even with the time I spent researching electric kettles.

Discount Dyson AM04 Hot Heater Fan - White with Silver Trim

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I bought my Dyson Hot heater for one simple reason, curiosity.

The Dyson sounded promising and made the pitch that it was something truly new and revolutionary so I bit and got one....a white one!

At first glance the quality looked good, fit and finish were tight and it looked good on the surface.

Sitting down, I kicked back and prepared to enjoy reading the manual....that was short lived as it had lots of information on warranty and legal guck and only the most basic of operation information with absolutely no information showing specifications, no power use...no Heat output....nothing

Moving on I plugged it into the power use tester to see how much power it would consume and in return how much heat it put out at 12 inches away.

Power use was high especially considering how low the temperature it was putting out, for example of the ten temp ranges (here are three examples): Level 1: 1207 watts @ 102 degrees ambient at 12 inches...Level 5: 1280 watts @ 108 degrees at 12 inches ambient and Level 10: 1391 watts @ 105 degrees at 12 inches ambient...I can rub my hands together and get higher temps, these are dismally low numbers when compare to my 5 year old HOTBLAST Ceramic heater that puts out 142 degrees at 24 inches at 750 watts.

True the heater is being touted as SAFE and it is, but it has no more safety features than any $15.00 heater, not even a grounded plug....both have tip over protection and overload protection but claiming to be safe while you sit there freezing as your power meter spins, little conciliation since this is SUPPOSED to be a heater first and foremost not some over priced thing ah ma jig!

Now comes the real fun....in the three weeks I have owned it, from day one the thermostat has been mis-behaving, (dysfunctional). It turns off when it reaches the preset shutoff but between 30 seconds to two minutes later turns right back on and just continues this off and on routine indefinitely or until you manually shut the heater off.

Then there is mis-calibrated thermostat between three to five degrees high when in operation (it says it is 68 degrees when in reality two other thermostats placed right next to the base confirm it is actually only 64.

Dyson's HOT selling points are as follows:

1. Brushless motor (the fan / heater industry has used them for over 20 years)

2. Air Multiplier Technology ( Ducted fans have been used in portable heaters for over 50 years)

3. Long Range heat projection, (this I will agree with, Dyson has figured it out that smooth low pressure air flow is better than high pressure when it comes to heat, the faster it moves the more is dissipates and the more heat is lost, unfortunately the high energy requirement to generate the low heat output from this heater means energy efficiency and heat production is poor at best.

4. Safety features (nothing new here virtually all portable electrics have had tip over and overload protection for the past ten years and this heater also lacks one of the MOST important feature.....a GROUNDED PLUG!)

5. Precise temperature control (a very standard digital temperature control that with the Dyson lacks timed use feature and in my samples case had debilitating issues....see above)

6. No Worry Burning Smell (burning dust odor is typical of the environment it is used in and old wire or nichrome type heaters which have long since been replaced by cheaper aluminum PTC elements, the Dyson does have micro fine air intakes but deep inside it also has a secondary filter that is not easily serviced to stop any dirt from getting into the heating elements from the impeller itself, unfortunately THIS is what will plug and heat output and efficiency will be reduced significantly. Other odors the Dyson Hot WILL pick up because it is made of plastic will be food and environmental odors).

7. High Air Flow Cooling Fan ( because this is a heater the fan velocity has been greatly reduced over the Dyson fan and is simply no better than the fan mode available on 95% of all portable heaters over the past five years)

8. Complete Control with its remote control unit (again, nothing new here as most mid range portable heaters $19.95 and above have them but the Dyson is different in that it is tiny and very easy to loose).

Dyson claims they took three years and 22 engineers to come up with this,if so I seriously want to know where they were educated because in the end the Dyson HOT is simply no better than most $15.00 portable electric heaters when it comes to safe heating.

P.T. Barnum said it best "There is a Sucker Born Every Minute"....or Captain Jack Sparrow "Take what ya can....GIVE NOTHIN' BACK"....that's this heater then there is the salt in the wound, not even made in the UK....made in Malaysia because labor is 30% cheaper!

Sorry Dyson, I had really hoped for just a grain of truth but your product simply does not prove out at many levels...If B.S. were heat, the Dyson HOT could heat the world!

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This product is amazing. Not as a heater but as a conversation piece and a work of industrial art. You can buy a simple couch at Ikea and it will do just fine or you can buy an expensive Italian sofa for ten times as much and be proud. You can buy a boring but functional suit for 200 bucks or you can get a tailored one for three grand. This heater does what it says and it looks great doing it. My only real gripe is that it can be a bit noisy but not more noisy than a traditional one. And I kind of wish it was ceramic. That would have extra cool factor.

Buy Waring Pro Countertop Portable Burner

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I have owned single burners in the past for several reasons. They are nice to have when entertaining, especially around the holidays. Also, when I make shabu shabu, fondue, or a hot-pot dish, a tabletop burner is much nicer that using candles or alcohol-type burners.

I occasionally help out a friend at trade shows, demonstrating cooking techniques, and we always use single gas burners. I bought this one for when I need a slow, low heat for a long time. Gas burners need to have the butane canisters changed fairly often where this one plugs in and stays hot for as long as you need it. At home however, gas burners will be a great back-up during power outages where this one would be worthless.

I decided to show how this burner works by making this short video. I hope that it is helpful to you! Thanks.

EDIT: I am including this information about the boiling water demonstration by request: I used a heavy-duty anodized aluminium pan; the water was room temerature (72 degrees Fahrenheit); and the experiment was conducted at approximately 700 feet above sea level.

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I have been using an Eclipse single for about 3 years now. Before that I used another Eclipse model but it finally quit working. Recently my latest Eclipse started acting funny and so I thought it was time to fund a replacement and while I was at it, I thought I would try to find a higher quality unit. The Waring SB30 was well rated and not too expensive, so I grabbed one.

My initial take on the SB30 was that it was very well built and sturdy. This is a great improvement over the Eclipse burners I have used in the past. My only complaint is that cord is fairly short, maybe 3ft long. The knob has a very nice and smooth action to it. The base is rather large but it is very stable with an 8qt stock pot on it, so I guess I can't complain too much about that. The burner weighs a lot. I believe most of that weight is from the metal burner itself. More on this later on.

I use this burner as my main burner as I live in a rental and the range is not so good. The burner heats up a little slow but transfers that heat to the pan very quickly. I believe this is because the burner has a lot of metal in it and that allows it to store a lot of heat. This is a very good thing for boiling water and sauteing but not such a good thing for cooking touchier foods like milk and sauces.

ONE YEAR UPDATE: The SB30 has performed great over the past year. I have not had a single problem with the burner, it looks and works like new. All in all I am very happy with it.

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I've found the Waring Pro DB60 to be a solid double burner. I like the simple design with cast iron plates makes for easy clean up. The temperature control seems faster than other burners i've usedwhen turning down from 5 to 2 (high to simmer) The Waring cost more than other double electric burners on the market, but from the not convincing reviews of the others, and from using the Waring every day for several weeks i think it is definitely worth it.

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I can't begin to say how THRILLED I am with this unit.It is, simply, the BEST, PROFESSIONAL, COMMERCIAL QUALITY unit you can find. I've had other, non-professional units--which never heat hot enough--which causes sticking-and soon stop working. The extra $$ for this unit are worth every penny.I had given up on others-and this was my last resort. These burners heat and stay HOT for even cooking and frying. I use this double burner ALL THE TIME for all types of stove cooking-in place of of my regular stove-which had died. I didn't want to purchase another stove now because we'll soon be moving. ( It does take a minute or so to heat up--not a fault--it's in the construction--because once it does reach

the temperature level you want--IT STAYS hot at that temperature.)This is the ONLY unit which gets hot enough to BOIL WATER and COOK PASTA --in a BIG POT, too--because large burner IS large....and QUICKLY.All the other units NEVER reach boiling temperature.This is because it's 1500. I, also, recommend this flat surface over the raised burner grids--which are hard to clean. These flat surfaces clean instantly. REAL metal-not plastic and substitute stuff--for easy cleaning and quality appearance. When we move and have a stove, again, I know we'll continue to use this

as an extra burner . This is the ONLY unit I would recommend over all those cheapie ones--whether they cost little or a lot.I don't write reviews very often-but just had to share and praise this one.

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This is the second identical unit I've owned. The first one worked fine for about 6-8 months, then the temperature knob stopped working and I could only use it for 100% hot (5 on the knob) or nothing at all. Then it stopped working altogether.

The most recent one had a problem the second time I used it. I was cooking poached eggs and some water boiled over the pan. The burner shot sparks about 2 feet out the side and burned my wooden counter, smoked, and shot out another big spark before blowing out the electrical breaker. The company should look into these issues and fix them. The second one could have been really dangerous.

Cheap Cozy Legs Personal Space Heater - Energy-Efficient

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I don't know about you,

but I have cold feet.

Like almost always.

The dress code at work also makes it a bit hard to keep my feet warm. Dress shoes, nylons, and yes...a dress.

One day while talking to a fellow cold-footed friend, she mentioned that we could use Cozy Legs Heaters. She showed me hers, discreetly tucked under her desk, and explained how they worked. Who knew these wonderful inventions even existed? Boy, had I been missing out.

Cozy Legs Heaters are safer, more cost-efficient, energy-efficient, and do the trick for small spaces, especially in an office setting. Mine sits under my desk about 8 to 12 inches from my legs. It provides an even, warm, radiant heat that is just right to keep me warm, but not hot. After turning it on, I notice my feet and legs warming up in just a few minutes. I also like that it is quiet. There is no noise from a fan. love it! It was exactly what I was looking for and I no longer have cold feet at work!

I would say these heaters are ideal for under your desk either at home or at work. If you are looking to heat an entire room, you may want to look for more traditional space heaters.

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Mr. Heater 30,000 BTU Natural Gas Blue Flame Vent Free Heater Reviews

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First off, I got this nat gas heater at the end of November of 2010 for a 17'x 22' finished basement room with a 7' drop ceiling. I live in the Northeast so we get pretty cold winters here. This heater was purchased for a secondary back up heating system in the event of a power failure however, I use it daily and love it. My initial concerns before the unit was installed: plumbing gas pipe, ventless emmissions, CO2, odors and function(s). I'll address all the concerns as best I can.

-Plumbing gas pipe: Don't do it yourself, hire a professional, you'll sleep a lot sounder, a small price to pay for safety (it'll pay for itself in the long run anyway)

-Ventless Emissions: I researched here and there and everywhere, this camp is split from what I can see, some say there is and some say there isn't any, I don't know. The next thing I cover may or may not be related to this.

-CO2 and odors: I installed $40 Kidde CO2 detector 12 feet away from the heater and it still reads 0 all the time (I was expecting 5-7 ppm but I got 0, that's great). Now onto, the odors, yes there are odors, I'll admit that when I first fired this unit up I was greatly impressed with the heat output but wasn't at all happy about the smell. It was a chemical smell, which after the heater stopped running the smell soon went away within a minute or two. I would masked the odor with an air freshener when the heater ran and it was fine. It has since been a month and a half now and the heater has ran frequently on a daily basis and the odor/smell is virtually gone. A relief to say the least. I do smell it briefly at start up sometimes but that's only for a second or two. I think it was the paint/parts burning off that new heater smell so to speak.

-Function(s): Although it looks like there is, there isn't a digital thermostat, It's a 1 through 5 dial type which runs the duration of how long the heater runs with some internal temp setting (ex. setting 1 = 68-72 degrees). Flame height is the same always, temp dial does not regulate height. Flame is not like pictured, it's better, it looks like what's on your stove top. Flame is a nice blue, at start up I get orange streaks, I found out that's its only dust in the air, it goes away in about 15-25 min. The fan, basically is useless, poor design, could be a lot better, I don't use it. I have a 10" Honeywell table top swivel fan blowing across the heater, left to right, it's even with the top of the unit to circulate the heat in a circle around the room. My unit is not wall mounted, it is free standing on carpet, carpet does get warm to the touch but never hot. No electric required (unless you use the fan), the spark igniter runs on a AA battery (supplied), there is no pilot when it's off.

So how well does it work? Well, Freaking Amazing!!! It's instant heat!!! To get an idea of the heat output, if you have a gas stove, turn all stove top burners on at the same time, don't run the vent, put your hands near the vent away from the flame. I have 4 burners on my stove and that is what is feels like for me. The burner is this unit is about 16" long. At setting 1, once my room is warmed up, the heater runs for a minute or two then knocks off, it'll do this 3-4 times an hour. As for energy savings, I can already see it, I used to use a electric ceramic tower heater to heat (pointed at me) the room at $50+ a month more on the electric bill, that's no more and the whole room is toasty and to boot my gas usage went down slightly compared to the previous year at this time. Win, win, win.

Pro's:

Heat, heat and more heat. Instant heat.

Energy savings (it will pay for itself)

CO2 not an issue in my setup of a basement room

Looks it looks nice as a unit alone and when its running.

Con's:

Blower fan, useless

Dial temp gauge No digital temp setting (it would be a great feature and for setting lower temps too)

Odor goes away over time with use

There ya go I hope this helps you.

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The only glitch on this heater is the picture of a digital reading on amazon's site. The heater came in with a sticker where the digital reading should have been. Set up was easy, I had a guy at lowes plumbing dept help me with the parts. Make sure and buy the leak checker fluid and watch for bubbles. I also used a flexible coil they use for gas stoves and dryers. The flexible hose also has a built in union so you don't have to install one. The heater works really well with a cracked window or overhead fan on to keep humidity down. The room heats up fast but does have some cool spots. It's ok for what we are using it for. There is an odor and will go away in time. The odor is not natural gas but the heater itself burning off impurities. The built in thermostat works well shutting on & off the heat on its own. I would suggest getting a cheap digital thermometer to help you regulate the heat.

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After a few power outages last winter, we purchased this heater today and installed it. Wow! It adequately heats our living room and kitchen and if the downstairs bathroom door is left open, covers that as well. Better yet, with it running, our furnace has yet to kick on with the thermostat set at 68 (it's 37 outside right now with a wind chill of 30).

The only con I can think of is that the blower really isn't very efficient. We are using a small pole fan behind the unit to distribute the warm air more evenly, although a ceiling fan would do the same if you have one.

Definitely well worth the purchase price. We were debating whether to get this one or a different non-vented natural gas heater with logs and "flames" but decided for $100 less, we could do without the esthetics and stick with pure function.

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Model # IR30NGT uses a simple thermostatic control,Turns burner off or on.Burner is always on full burn when on. Model # BF30NGT uses a different thermostatic control,This model modulates the flame size,control knob can be set to any level between 1 and 5 ,setting 5 will cause the burner to stay on. Setting # 1 has a verry low flame,setting #2 and #3 put out a nice comfortable heat supply.Amazon sent me the BF model,I also have the BF20NGT,both operate the same.I used the Mr. Heater 12 foot hose assembly # F273720 to hook up the heaters ,Fan is switched off,on,auto. The fan on these units work OK. They wont blow you'r hat off but they do incress the air flow. These heaters preforme as advertised,Happy and warm in Pa.

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It does a nice job, I bought it to be back-up heat if the power goes out. I wish it had a thermostat that had a lower setting as it kicks on around 66 to 68 but it still does a great job. I have not used the fan but where it is set-up in my house the fan is not needed.

Reviews of Oak Veneer Heat-a-Lot Infrared Heater

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Please do not buy this product. Infrared heaters are falsely advertised as saving you money. They do not. I have averaged for the past five years an average electric bill of $200 to $250, consistently throughout the year. Once I plugged in my infrared heater (from heatalot.com) my electric bill for one month shot up to $591. I contacted the company, and on my second attempt, they answered and would not give me a refund. They did not stand behind their product and basically dismissed me. Do not waste your money find another way to heat your home.

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This is a great product. I have one upstairs and was carrying it from upstairs to downstairs to keep me warm. It is such a good product. I have a big house and have no intention of warming the empty rooms so I use this Infrared heater and it works perfect. Great product!!!

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this device warms my feet when my foot is 1 inch from it it. my whole small room was not warm. i would say this is more of a personal heater. its only 34 degrees outside right now. maybe this will be better suited for a warmer state and for personal use. heat can only be felt 1.5 feet away, i feel no heat sitting three feet away. whith the device thermometer reading at 70 degrees my small room does not feel like that at all. seems like the thermalstat only measures the warm air right around it.

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It's good to keep cold out. But not good power enough to warm all living room. Also the linkage for oscillating was broken and no more rotate whithn two months.

I think Honeywell HZ-7200 is better than this.

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It is compact and a good look. It comes on when you need it. Safe for children. We love how it can swivel or just say in one place.

Reviews of RoadPro 12-Volt Heater/Fan with Swing-Out Handle

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What we have here are extremely unrealistic expectations by reviewers. They are ignorant as to what they are buying. Here is what to expect look at the wattage. This unit and similar (cigarrete lighter ones) are about 180 watts. I use one of these in my car when I first turn it on to warm up my hands or face. This unit is ONLY 180 watts...it will not heat up anything other than a few inches in front of it. I use it when I get in my car on frozen Minnesota winter days to take the "sting" off the long walk to the frozen car. Once the car warms up I shut it off. People here reviewing are faily clueless so here is what you should expect..take a hair dryer...1200 watts. You should expect about 1/7 of the heat from a hair dryer. Watts is watts people!!! There is no magic conversionlook at the wattage of something you know a household plug-in heater is generally 1200 watts because its drawing 10amps at 120volts AC. Your car is only 12-14v dc. So even at say 15amps, enought to blow a 15amp fuse, a 15amp circuit like your cigarette lighter can only provide 180watts at 12 volts. If you need more heat look at the 300W model which is a direct wire from your car battery but don't expect miracles. These heaters will only augment and NEVER replace your car's heater. One day I was installing a stereo or something in my car on a winter day with a household heater (1200 watts) running inside the car and that still didnt provide enough heat to warm up the car. If its 70 degrees inside your car when using these heaters they can get very hot. If its ZERO degrees they will provide a little bit of warm air-just enough to warm your face or hands. Thats it. 180Watts. Like two 90watt light bulbs in your house. Light bulbs get really HOT when its 70 degrees in your house, but take the light outside to ZERO or 32 degrees and you'll see the light does not get that hot. Thats what we have. From an engineering standpoint it can raise the ambient air X amount of degrees regardless of the temp. So if it's 60 degrees in the car, maybe it has a 70 degree rise and throws out 130 degree air. But if its zero, then it still has a 70 degree rise so it spits out 70 degree air.

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I was excited and happy for all of 10 minutes; then my lighter fuse blew out. Not sure if the heater would have gotten hot...but I won't know now until I can find my car owner's manual so that I can figure out which fuse needs to be replaced. On a good note, I got the item in a couple days!

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Not good..I purchased this project thinking we would have a way to defrost the windows on our old Olds' Intrigue, but that was not the case. The first time I plugged it in, it melted the plastic guard! I have not used it since. Waste of time and money. Delivery was fast. Possibly the only plus in this entire transactions. I do not receommend the product to anyone.

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here in northern ny.....i've been using it the last 2 months now....doesnt put out a blast of heat.....but it works....I had to change the accessory fuse in my fuse panel to 25 watts. In zero degree temps after about 15 minutes it will defrost a dinner plate sized view. after about a half hour it will defrost a good portion of one half the windshield. again its not a powerfull unit but you got a remember it's only a 200 watt reated unit. most hair dryers are rated for 1875watts so you can figure this little heater will only put out a tenth of the velocity one of those hair dryers will.

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This is the most feeble thing I have ever seen! My breath has more heat in it than this heater. The only way it would be of any value to me is to cut the cord off and use the cord for some other project. I would not take another one if you gave it to me!

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I bought one of these units last year, and it does a decent (not great) job of cooling my 12x12x8 office with attached closet. It is reasonably quiet and efficient. But . . . Whoever designed the exhaust unit is either a sadist, mentally deficient, or both. One has to first connect what is essentially a dryer hose to the unit, then run it to a plastic plate and out the window. Sounds easy, right? Well, the hose slips off one end or the other all too easily, and must conform to -boththe unit and the plate at the same time! There is no easy way to adjust the fit. No easy task, especially in the heat!

If you buy this unit, I strongly suggest you set aside some time on a coooooool day before you attempt hook-up to the window. Ask someone to help. An extra set of hands is a real advantage.

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Never having bought an indoor A/C before, I was concerned about the effectiveness of these units as compared to window mounted ones. This unit did do the job and I was very happy with it. It cooled my living room down to 72 degrees F on the hottest days thus far in NY. Installation was simple. The only con, which is probably true for all indoor ACs, is the noise. You won't want to watch TV with this unit sitting right by your side. Drainage was automatic and never an issue.

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Keeps master/sitting/bathroom/closet very cool and does it quickly too. I would guess a total of 400sqft. All in all, the only complaint is the bucket dumping but I had done my research and knew about this before buying. On normal cycles, it takes about a week to fill the bucket so no biggy.

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They show several models that look exactly alike. And since my unit displays no model # I'll post my review here. For cooling off my bedroom which is about 16'x14' it's pretty good. But some of the downfalls are I need to drape a large towel over the exhaust hose because it radiates too much heat. It sometimes expels way too much water. I run the short hose they give you in a gallon milk jug that sits in a large plastic barrel. The hotter the weather the faster the fill up. A longer water drain hose that can reach my window would have been nice. The other problem is it is too noisy and only quiets down when you slowly raise the temperature so the motor shifts down, but that doesn't last very long and the noise starts back up again. If you bring the temp up to where you think you'll be free of a noise upshift so you can sleep all night eventually the room starts to feel warm and that wakes me up. I've had this thing for about 4 years now and it has not had a breakdown, but if I knew for sure who makes a quieter floor air condition that I don't have to bring the temp up just to shift the noise down I would buy it. I guess I'm just afraid to cause I might get something worse.

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I am on my second one of these units in less than a month, both purchased from Amazon. The first one rarely achieved an air flow from the vent that was 62 F or below, which is the lowest setting you can put the unit on. Also, it arrived with a bent rod that prevented the removal of one of the three air filters for periodic necessary cleaning.

Amazon agred to replace it and pay for all the shipping. The new unit promplty arrived and was plugged in today. This one is even worse. The air coming out of the vent has yet to get down to 62 F, even though it has been running at full blast for six hours.

One other thing: the 640 square feet it is estimated to air condition is a $500.00 joke that is not funny. I am trying to air condition a 400 square foot INSULATED garage, and neither of this two units have come anywhere close to bringing it down to the target temp, despite running 24/7, full blast, at coldest setting.

This has been a really expensive and time-comsuming lesson to learn. I am thinking about sending this one back too, and asking for a 14,000 BTU Soleus instead, although the reviews on that unit are mixed.