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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 $$$.

Review of Intermatic EI400C 24-Hour Single-Pole/3-Way Digital Auto-Off Timer

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I bought this switch to time a low voltage system that turns on and off my gas fireplace. I can now turn on the fireplace and go to bed knowing it will time off. The switch was easy to program and install. So far it has worked flawlessly. I do not find the mechanical click it makes when going on and off, all that loud or offensive. I cannot comment on battery life yet. Would definitely buy again.

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We loved this thing, until it stopped working. We are hoping for an easy exchange and that the next one lasts at least a year . We will keep you posted.

Follow up. The second one lasted almost 6 months.

Better, but we were hoping for longer.

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This is a BATTERY operated product although you could never figure this out from Intermatics irresponsibly incomplete product specifications. It requires a CR2 3Volt Lithium battery which you will have to replace after (in my case less than 1 year). The battery operates the loud mechanical relay in the switch so the more time the switch is ON the faster the battery will be depleted. I my area (Boston) this $5 battery is not a stocked item at either CVS or Radio Shack. The Intermatic product info leaves you with the impression that the battery might last up to 3 yrs but neglects to say this would be only if the switch was not actuated much. So if you your idea of a wall switch is something that needs at least yearly maintenance with a difficult to find expensive battery, then this is the product for you.

As if this was not bad enough, the product turns on or off only after a 1 second delay and with a disconcertingly load relay click that sounds like you have just turned on industrial machinery. If the sound does not irritate your wife then the delay probably will.

Worst of all is when the battery runs out the switch does not operate and you can't turn on the lights until you replace it.

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Working fine and easy to install but u just Need sometime to play around with it on timer setting .

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This worked as expected. Easy to install. Easy to program. Once programmed. Push the button, it turns on and then times out. Want it off before it times out? Push it again. You can program whatever time you wish. Using it for a couple of months so far.

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The MOST IMPORTANT POINT.....most people post a 5 star review after they receive a product, install it and it works. They are happy and they give a product 5 stars for working after they take it out of the box. This review is after 21 months of careful testing.

I have pages of handwritten and collected data on the problem with this freeze protection probe. But I will try to be concise here.

The Timer itself generates warmth when in the metal weather proof box. This causes the temperature to rise inside the weatherproof box and causes the freeze protection copper tube that runs through the box to cut off the pump, thinking it is now warmer than freezing, even if the outside air temperature is still below freezing. Now, once the timer is off, the box cools down and then in 20 minutes or so, the Freeze Protection will cut the pump back on and it will run until the temperature in the box rises again and it cuts off the Freeze Protection switch.

This results in your pumps turning on and running for 30 minutes and then turning off for 20 minutes, then running for 30 minutes and then turning off for 20 minutes. Ultimately, this will keep your equipment from freezing, but it doesn't really work like it is supposed to. It is better for the electric pump to come on and run for the 6 hours you go below freezing, instead of this on and off pattern.

I spent a lot of time with Intermatic Service Techs on the phone. I was obsessed with making this thing work. Mainly because I had paid $155 for this item then paid a pool electrician to professionally install it and that led to a bill of about $300 total. So I wanted it to work.

The best thing about Intermatic is that you can still get someone on the phone, if you are patient and willing to go through all of the phone menus and call backs.

First, they had me run the copper tube that works the freeze protection outside of the weatherproof box, using one of the bottom round punch outs on the bottom of the box. I put the copper tube in a short piece of electrical conduit, to protect it. Following their instructions to a tee.

Second, they sent me a new freeze protection switch. I installed the new one and got the same results.

Third, they sent me a new relay switch. I installed the new one and got the same results.

Fourth, the only part I had not replaced is the actual timer and it seemed to be working fine, so they were reluctant to send me one. The timer doesn't seem to generate too much heat, since the temperature inside of the box is below freezing when the freeze protection kicks in. It is once it kicks in, that the heat begins to build.

We ended our Customer Service Journey with the Intermatic tech suggesting I drill a hole in the side of the metal weather proof box and run the copper tube out the side of the box and down, to eliminate the 6 to 8 inches of copper tube that are exposed to the heat inside of the box, when you run it out the bottom of the box. You might have to be looking at the guts of the unit for this to make sense. But the copper tube starts at the top of the box and runs to the bottom and out a hole in the bottom of the box and then down another 18 inches or so, inside of electrical conduit. The electrical conduit and nut are not provided with this unit. That was something I picked up at the hardware store.

I have not tried this solution, because it would expose the fragile copper vein to damage. Since it would no longer be hanging inside of the electrical conduit that fastens to the bottom of the box. It would just be running out the side of the box and dangling down from the hole I punched in the side.

Maybe this would fix the problem, because only a few inches would be exposed to the heat inside of the box and more of it would be exposed to the cold outside of the box.

You can do the same thing by going out and opening up the door to the weatherproof box and leaving it open when you are expecting freezing weather. This allows the Freeze Protection to work like it should, because it comes on and runs continuously until the outside temperature warms up. I have tested this and it works.

I know you are probably thinking that seems like an easy fix, why I am complaining. But remember, with the door open, you no longer have the protection from water that you paid for, when you bought the metal weatherproof box. And my box is exposed to the elements, that is why I wanted the nice metal box.

Intermatic was willing to seek a solution with me and sent me several parts over 12 months. In the end, I believe it to be a design flaw and not a problem with the actual electrical parts. I wonder if it wouldn't be better to buy the separate freeze protection mechanism by itself and install it in its own separate weatherproof box. That way, the heat from the timer and relay would not interfere with copper tubing that turns the freeze protection mechanism on and off. They do sale the separate freeze control on Amazon. If anyone tries it, please let me know. Of course, you then have 2 weatherproof boxes on your wall, instead of just the one combo unit. So there are pluses and minuses, but it should allow the freeze protection to work.

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This is a really great product. I decided that instead of installing myself I would hire an electrician.

BE AWARE the thermostat has a copper tube sensor that looks EXACTLY like a standard ground wire. My electrician thought it was a ground wire and cut it short and wired it accordingly!

Once that copper tube is cut the timer is shot and I have to order the replacement thermostat for an additional $45.

Make sure you don't make the same mistake.

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Starts pump at higher temps than I like but then again I don't get hard freezes at all. Just have it in case I forget to leave pump on when it gets below 32 a couple times a year.

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Great product, been working great for a few months now. So easy to set up and runs like clock work!!

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It was excactly as described and the instructions were easy to follow. I had it installed with the new conduit and wire is less than an hour

Stove Scents are liquid potpourri for your stove. With only a few Review

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This product is good and arrived in timely matter, but after purchasing it I just happen to come across the product at WalMart in larger size bottles for only $2.00 a bottle. You can find it at WalMart in the section that sells candles.

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These scents smell nice in the bottle, but we can't smell them in the air after the water is vaporized. I wouldn't waste your money.

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I took the advice from another review and only put the scent on the stone that comes with the kit. When you put the scent in the steamer it gets all foamy. Smells great!

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Got this space heater for my home office that receives poor heating normally, and after some really cold/unpleasant winter weather. As for the space heaters I've had before, the heat was very concentrated in one area and it had no safety. This one is way better and everything about it feels very nice&modern.

Somehow it distributes the heat really evenly throughout the room, so it feels like proper heat even though it's just a space heater. Also it works quicklyonly takes a few minutes and then everything is cozy, then when the thermostat detects it's warm enough it will stop heating the room and just maintain the temperature. So you don't have to stay near the space heater, it can go on any (safe) side of the room really

There was a couple times I accidentally nudged it or lifted it, the automatic shut-off happened and it was instant. So it is a lot safer than the other heaters i've used. There is also some kind of mechanism to automatic shutoff from overheating although it hasn't overheated for me as of yet. The shutoff button is in a convenient place at the top (no need to bend down or get on the floor) and it's a cool-looking touch panel along with the other controls.

Overall, best heater I've ever used.

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This is actually a (stated) 12 foot flexible hose for a natural gas grill. $30 is a very good price for a quality hose, which this is. Also comes with detailed instructions on a few different ways to connect to your gas supply and a template to help determine what size connections you have.

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Ordered this to convert my portable grill to a more stationary use. Daily grilling I was using too many mini-tanks.

Awesome. Easy connect.

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Good alternative for a tools-free quick connect to a gas grill or other propane fueled device. The quick connect can be a bit hard for a person with a weak grip to engage and disengage. Perhaps this is plus if you have kids around. The hose is 10' long, not 4' as stated in the ad when I purchased the item. The flexible hose is vulnerable to being chewed by squirrels and raccoons to the point of leaking gas. I have replaced two hoses because of the forest critters. I have now sleeved the hose in flexible blue plastic electrical conduit to stop the damage.

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My own fault, should not have tried to match this online I guess, I thought quick connect LP was a standard size..NOT. This one was too big for my low pressure quick connect on my RV. I will be returning it and finding my solution at the Home Improvement stores where I can test fit for my application. The return shipping hassle will make it an expensive lesson for me.

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Great quality, worked as advertized. This is a perfect way to connect RV dual tanks to a barbeque unit placed outside. Should have done this years ago. NO NEED to carry extra propane bottles while on the road.

Panasonic SR-G06 3 Cup Electric Rice Cooker - 220 volt For Overseas Review

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Ok, I should have read the description more thoroughly before I purchased this. We predominantly eat brown rice and there are no settings or water levels on this rice cooker for brown rice. On the occasional times we eat white rice, it has cooked it fine. I would be nice to have a spoon rest on the side somewhere.

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I was looking for a light-weight rice cooker for oversea travel (i.e., 220v) and this product seemed to be only one available in U.S. I brought it with me to Germany three weeks ago but after 5 uses it stopped working. I tried hard to diagnose the problem myself but could not figure out what's wrong the light would still go up but it just no longer heats up. This really sucks. I don't know who is to blame the product itself or the distributor (I bought it from Bombay Electronics. They shipped me an Arabic version even though the original web page said it has English manual...)

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Bought this for sister studying abroad. It came in pink and was very cute. Although I would have been horribly disappointed if it was for a male. But it worked for me. This is the cheapest we found after searching through million sites.

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Excellent craftsmanship, the 3000W power and the looks of the unit combined are making it just perfect!

Stainless steel, easy to assemble and nice to be warm in style!

Great buyI just ordered a second unit for my covered decknow we can use it all year round!

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I bought this heater for my daughter's nursery. Her room is always a little colder than the rest of the house and I wanted to add a few degrees with a heater that was extremelly safe for children and absolutely quiet. I wanted a short heater that would be safe in case my child tips it over. Also, this one is small and looks nice in white. This heater did the job, even though I was doubting at first. We got rid of the initial smell by running the heater in the garage at full temperature for one day. This was specified in the instructions, which said that they cover the heater with some protecting layer for shipping. The heater was quiet for many weeks, and then one day starting making some noise. I discovered that it was due to some bubbles that were produced when my daughter tipped it over. The solution was to gently shake the heater a little, which I think removed all bubbles. After that, we haven't had any noise. The most important part is that we set this heater at lower heating, and that is enough to raise the temperature in the room a few degrees. This works very nicely for us because the heater is not too hot to the touch and it safe even if my daughter wants to touch it. In terms of the manual regulation, I think that there are some advantages. Electronic settings tend to break often, so having all manual settings will make for a more durable machine. To set the temperature, you have to wait until you feel the proper temperature has been reached and then lower the thermostat until it clicks. This is not as convinient as just setting a temperature with a number dial, and that is why I give only four stars to this review. On the other hand, sometimes is better to determine the right temperature by how it feels in the room betten than by what the machine says. Finally, regarding the timer setting, we don't use it that much because my husband prefers to unplug the heater when we are not home, but it seemed to me very easy to figure out and quite practical. You can set it every 15 mins on and off and all you have to do is move the little pegs in or out. Very straighforward.

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I have this heater in my bathroom since it's been cold in winter, and it helps a lot. It's true though that this makes a wicked crack sound when it's off but it does not bother me that much. Just few times at night.

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Other reviews cover this well. It heats as well as I need it to, very small, compact, silent and it heats a 15' square room with no problem.

As others noted, it's kind of a pain not to have an "on" switch. You have to use the timer whenever you want it on.

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Don't buy it. looks great, but this is the second deLonghi heater that died after a short period of time.

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It "broke" while being used, not long after I received it. I called the company and could have returned it, but it seemed like such a big job, I never did.

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this is the ticket! No noise, three height settings, easy to switch on and off with your feet. Warm and cosy foot pocket things. It's a raised footrest/heater/warm booties thing. I hate being cold at work and this is just what I needed.

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It really helps to warm my feet,makes my stay in front of the computer very comfortable.

One thing I do not like is the shipping charge, unreasonable.

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My feet get cold easily, especially when I sit on the first level of a bi-level house. I was using microwaveable warm footies, but it was too much hassle. This product does not use much electricity-only 38W. There are High and Low heat settings. My feet are warm at the Low setting. Compared to a similar product that is three times as expensive and uses 100W, this product is a good buy. With Holmes Foot Buddy, I can read War and Peace comfortably on any winter day. Now if only I can get a Kindle...

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Works well.. just wish it got a bit hotter (others in the house think it's just fine, but I always want to turn it up a notch)

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Previously had a large "boot"-type footwarmer that heated and had slight vibration function. When it eventually died, went looking for a good under-computer desk replacement. This is a bit flimsy, heats the bottom of our feet very well, but we miss the ankle coverage. The off/on is pretty easy to read, a little to easy to hit inadvertently. Since I can't find a way to replace what we had, this is Ok for now.