Cheap 175,000 BTU Kerosene Forced Air Heater with Thermostat

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I purchased this product as an upgrade from the 70,000 BTU unit and has worked great for what i use it for. Thermostat regulates the temperature well. One thing I did want to point out is the fuel tank, which holds 13 gallons. I purchased 5 gallons of K1 Kerosene from a local store which cost me $38.00 and only brought the tank up to just over a third full. Heater burned through the the 5 gallons between 4-5 hours of use so something to think about. I'll probably consider burning diesel as an alternative. Overall a great heater but note the fuel consumption and the large space you will need to use this.

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I purchased this brand new, assembled it, and fired it up in twenty minutes. I've owned torpedo heaters without the thermostat but since this model has one, it can turn on and off to maintain the desired ambient temperature. On about the fifth start up, I heard the ignition kick on but also heard the sound of a dying motor. The fan motor had seized. I tried troubleshooting it through the manual but this kind of problem wasn't listed. So, I took this matter into my own hands. I opened the top shell and tried to spin the fan. It was very resistant but after a few turns it eventually spun free. I fired it back up and it worked for a little bit and then repeated the incident. I dug deeper: removing the air filter and air filter housing. After removing the housing, the fan would spin free again. Turns out the rotor which pumps the air is slightly too wide for the housing. If you seen the rotors, they're made of graphite (just like the graphite used in mechanical pencils but instead of a small stick it's a huge disc with four small wedges emplaced in groves). As the rotor spins the wedges slide in groves displacing the volume but at the same time are wearing down. As the rotor wears down, the graphite shavings can either get pumped into the filter or build up between the rotor and housing. The buildup caused the jamming of the fan motor. My solution was to sand the rotor faces with 800 grit so it would have enough room to allow shavings to make their way out somewhere else.

So far this fix has kept the heater going but I'm wary as to the longevity of this unit. I've already researched online and there are some heater supply stores which sell replacement rotors for around $35. Surely there is a more efficient design to pump air into the tank. All is needed is a constant 5-10 PSI while the heater runs. Essentially, if one were to design a small supercharger, that could compensate the graphite rotor and prolong the heater life without troubling the fuel supply.

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These tools are very attractive and well made. The base is very stable and won't tip over easily. They have the rustic look I wanted. My only complaint is that the measurements given are for the stand the tools attach to and not the tools themselves. The product info. should indicate the tool lengths separately at 19 inches rather than the 22 inches listed as the product length.

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This is a quality, well-made set. All pieces are welded; no nuts and bolts. Although smaller than average (which I knew when I purchased) it is the perfect size for my fireplace. It adds character to my fireplace without becoming the focal point. I am very pleased!

Cheap Bodum Bistro 17-Oz. Mini Electric Water Kettle

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Having used a basic Black and Decker for the last 7 years, this Bodum though cute is quite irritating to deal with. I liked the size and the aesthetic appeal, but it has proven to be too quirky for my daily use.

First, the unit cannot be manually shut off. So when I want hot, but not boiling water, I can take it off of the base but once the pitcher has been replaced, the unit will continue to boil what is remaining in the pitcher. A huge waste of energy.

Second, if I want more than the small pitcher's worth of water to be boiled, the unit will not allow me to immediately boil a new batch of water. It has to stand and cool down for a lengthy period of time before it will allow another boil. This is in the unit's manual, but seems an unnecessary and annoying feature having spent 7 years with a kettle that allows immediate reuse.

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When I first got this I was very pleased with the looks and it boiled water fine. Then after I was done I set it back on its base to gaze at it's beauty. Then the LED lit up to signal it had tuned itself back on. It realized there was no water present and turned off, only to come back on a few minutes later. The outside of the kettle was getting very hot while that was happening.

The problem was that I had removed the kettle from the base when the water started to boil instead of waiting for the kettle to first switch itself off. This is a really annoying aspect of this kettle. The ON switch should be a ON/OFF switch. You HAVE to let the kettle boil and in turn reset it's ON button. If you place it on the base without water in it with the ON button pressed in it will not reset the button. It just turns the LED on and off every couple minutes or so. Then it gets extremely hot to the touch. It's really the perfect size for my desk though so I will deal with the quirks.

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Let it turn itself off after you boil water unless you want to waste electricity and possibly burn your house down.

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I purchased this small kettle for occasional use while traveling. It fits nicely in my carry-on size suitcase. So far it has endured airport baggage handlers on two trips. It is a simple device that meets my need for small size over functionality.

For home use I really like the Breville SK500XL Ikon that my wife purchased from Amazon about a year ago. We use it almost daily.

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Used this kettle for less than 30 days. One day, filled with water, turned on, and left the room. After a few minutes, I noticed strong odor of burning plastic. Kettle had failed to automatically turn off when boiling, and continued to heat, and melting of the housing/components had ensued. Switch component/handle was too hot to touch and was warped from the heat. Unplugged unit. (There was still water in the kettle, so it had not completely boiled away yet.)

Switch is now melted and stuck into the "on" position, so the kettle can no longer be used.

Emailed Bodum customer service 2 weeks ago and have received no response from manufacturer.

Besides this obvious defect. the design of the kettle is annoying in the way the on/off switch works. Once you depress the switch, you cannot turn the unit off. It only turns off when water boils.

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Edit Feb 2013: Kettle has been redesigned with a proper on/off switch, now it is the perfect small kettle. No exact temp control, but you'll pay at least double for that.

Major problem with this kettle _if_ you frequently want to pour your tea with water that isn't boiling (green tea in particular is awful and bitter brewed with 190F or higher water).

There is no OFF switch. The only way it ever switches off is automatically AFTER the water has been at a full rolling boil for 10 seconds or so.

If you turn it on, let it get to 190-ish, take it off and pour all the water, then put it back on the base, it will still be on and will overheat and damage itself. There is a safety cutoff so it should not catch fire, but repeatedly turning on the heating element dry will eventually cause damage.

So, you either need to use it with a power strip or other switch, not set it on the base when empty, or, pour your tea, add water to the 8oz MIN line, put it back on the base, and waste energy letting it boil and shut itself off.

It's not worth paying to return it so I'll live with it, but it amazes me that designers can screw up something so simple as an electric kettle. Every other one out there (I think) has a switch you can manually shut off.

NuTone 665RP Heat-A-Ventlite 70 CFM Exhaust Fan with 1250-Watt Reviews

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a great value for so many tasks! Easy to use, plenty of air or heat or both and enough light to see fine by alone. I had one ruined by filthy tenants and by buying this unit here it was less than buying just the defective heaterI just popped out the modular components and replaced all without any ceiling or plaster work as the housing was identicala nice quality addition. Quiet, good mist clearing, and toastywhat more could you ask? Add free shipping from Amazon and sold American!

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The vent in our bathroom died recently, so seeing that it was a Nutone 665, I ordered this unit, assuming it would be easy to pull the old one out and replace it with this. Unfortunately, the housing has been redesigned for the worse. The old unit did indeed slide out very easily, leaving its hanger bars in the space above the ceiling. The new unit requires you to attach the hanger bars to the housing before installing it. Furthermore, the old unit had an opening for the power to come into the unit where the connections were light, vent, and heat were made. The new unit has these connections outside the housing.

Basically, I had to cut open a larger hole in the ceiling to allow for the hanger bars and give me space to hammer them in. The grille is barely larger than the housing, so now I have an ugly space surrounding the unit in the bathroom ceiling.

If they hadn't changed the design, I could have reconnected the power, slid the unit in, and hung it on the old hanger bars and written a 5-star review. The new design makes it much harder to install in a finished bathroom and I see no reason why it was changed. The old unit's design was far superior. If I fix the drywall and this unit dies, I'll have to cut the ceiling again to get it out. I'd rather just leave the hole and find some kind of frame to fit around the grille to hide the hole.

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We had a 25 year old version of the same heat/vent/light which was still, amazingly, working. It was a bear to get down, but once we did, the new one installed easily in the same space. It's much quieter, heats the space more quickly, and looks great -the old one's grill had turned a murky yellow-orange and the light visor was bubbled. It's nice that we could get a similar but improved model that used the same sized hole.

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These vent/heat/light fans were installed in my house when it was built over 23 years ago. My exhaust fan motor was rumbling a lot, so I decided to replace it. They have discontinued selling the motor so I had to buy the entire thing. Last time I just had the motors rebuilt by a local small electric motor repair place. I probably should have done that this time as well.

This unit is not exactly an exact replacement. I had to cut away a little more ceiling because it was maybe a half inch longer than the original. I have full access to the attic above the fan. If you don't have access to the area above the fan installation location, I'm not sure you will be able to install this.

Biggest problem mounting the unit was the location of the support brackets on the housing. The ceiling is 1/2" sheetrock mounted onto 3/4" ferring boards which attach to the joists. When the bottom of the fan is aligned with the ceiling as per installation instructions, the support bars do not line up with the joists. They line up with the space that the ferring boards create between the joists and the sheetrock I had to mount the housing a little higher and toe-nail the supports into the joists. Only other choice is to attach some support boards onto the joists and extend them down lower to the support bracket height.

The unit comes with a new 'reflector' that accomodates a regular incandescent light bulb. The old unit had a much larger 'reflector' which gave enough room to use a CFL bulb. If you use a regular light bulb, the lens will get a yellow spot burned into it after a few years of use. I've seen this in a lot of houses with this model. So I use a CFL which burns cool and doesn't discolor the lens. In order to use the CFL bulb I just installed my old 'reflector' instead of the one that came with the new unit.

Construction is a liitle cheap, but so is the price, and it works fine. The wire hookup area has a flimsy aluminum shield and you're working with a lot of #12 wires that need to be folded away carefully in a small space or else the aluminum shield will bend and/or won't re-install properly.

It's a little on the noisy side, but it has the heater as well as the exhaust vent. To get a 'quiet' fan the cost is considerably more, especially if you want a heater as well. It's the guest bath so it's not used that much, so it's ok. In the master bath we installed a remotely located fan unit so that you can barely hear it running.

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I bought this one to check it out for a house that we're rehabbing

This one is a bit smaller but still pumps out the heat and has

a decent exhaust fan (4 Sones). There is no night light in itsomething

I will remedy by hooking the light up to a dimmer. Overall this unit

should last as well as my old one It's a tried and true design

and built wellbut in China.

It calls for a dedicated 20A 120V circuit though at 1250 watts

it should run OK on a 15A circuit if not shared with any other big loadsesp a hair dryer.

At the current price it is a bargain for installation from above.

However, I agree with Hari NairAs a retrofit it has a serious design flaw. It

is difficult to install from belowsomething that could have and should have been

accommodated at the design stage. It can made to work by cutting off the

external mounting ears and drilling some holes to screw it directly to the joist

from inside the housing. Then, with a strong and patient person holding it close to the ceiling you can push

the wires through the wiring cover and wire nut them to the various connections. then attach the cover with

its' one screw (too bad the cover doesnt have a keyhole for the screw) and then you and your helper can push the unit through the opening and screw it to the joist.

I know this works because we did it last weekbut it certainly isnt easy.

I have always thought that designers who are too lazy to think about the end user and installer should

be sentenced to installing and repairing their designs for a month. Design Supervisors who tolerate such

laziness should get 2 months.

I'm subtracting a star for Nutones's failure to accommodate retrofit applications.

Review of Optimus H5300b Black Heater Quartz And Convection Radiant

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I NEEDED A HEATER THAY WOULD QUICKLY HEAT MY SUNROOM DURING THE WINTER MONTHS AND THIS ONE FILLED ALL MY HOPES.

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THE MERCHANDISE WAS DELIVERED ON TIME.

I WILL RECOMMEND THIS SITE TO OTHERS AND WILL BE SHOPPING HERE AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.

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Reviews of Holmes HFHVP2 1500 watt Compact Heater Fan 2-Pack

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I bought a pair of these in early 2011 for around $30 when I ran out of heating oil, and I was and still am amazed at how well they worked.

A year later, the same exact thing happened. The last of the oil burned up last night, and by this morning the temperature in my house was 58 degrees and falling. I turned on both of these fans to keep the house comfortable, and the temperature in the largest room in the house rose from 58 to a toasty 66 in about an hour and a half.

I would gladly have paid twice as much as I did for the results that these beastly little heaters produce. Considering it's been cheaper recently to use electric heat than it is to use oil heat, I've never been happier with a $30 purchase.

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For some reason these Holmes 1500 watt thermostat did not work, and I bought a two pack.

Both did not work as they should.

The company did refund my money, so that was the only positive thing about buying this product.

I bought one about 12 year ago, but will not buy Holmes product again....

Mr.H

Circulon Infinite Portable Tabletop Induction Cooker Review

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[UPDATE TO THE REVIEW BELOW after using the cooker about 10 times (10 hours over a 5 month period) it has quit working. The fan runs and the display indicates all is well, but no heat is generated in the pot (and yes, it is an induction-compatible pot).]

ORIGINAL REVIEW: I couldn't find the power rating of this device anywhere on the web. I decided to risk buying it because the device looked well thought-out. The label on the underside rates it at 1500 Watts max. I measured around 1430 Watts (active power) and around 1530 VA (apparent power) using a Kill-A-Watt meter with the burner running at max power. It has 9 power settings down to a 100 W simmer.

In a large-diameter pan it brought 2 qts of water from room temperature to a boil in 10 minutes. Based on the pattern of the boiling activity the device seems to have an active heating area 5-6 inches in diameter, which is consistent with the recommended minimum pot diameter of 5 inches.

The 3-star rating is due to the small diameter of the active heating area. I bought this thing in part to cook down garden produce like tomatoes in broad shallow pans prior to freezing or canning, and it doesn't seem very good for that. I'm used to cooking with gas, and a gas burner spreads the heat across the bottom of the pan (much of it escaping around the sides, unfortunately). The induction burner focuses the heat much more precisely, so if you cook in smaller diameter pans it may suit you well. BTW, it has a fan that is not exactly whisper quiet but wouldn't bother me.

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When I received an unpacked the cooker it was pretty much what I expected: Beautiful design, reasonable craftsmanship. The plastic bottom seemed a little bit cheap, the pull-out controls a bit flimsy but from there to the top: very nice, nothing to complain about.

Now, let's put the thing to work. First disappointment: It has no power switch. Yes, it's nice to see the word "circulon" lit up in red but the on/off switch does not turn the unit off completely, you have to pull the plug.

The next surprise came when I put it to use: Oh my, what a noise! Yes, I expected the buzzing sound typical for some induction cookers, but this cooker has a cooling fan that runs constantly and produces a noise level somewhere between a mixer and a modern hair dryer. All the time. No, it's not thermostat-controlled. Imagine using the nice temperature-hold functionality (which could do with a few more levels) holding the proper temperature while preparing a pot roast: You probably will feel like three hours under a hair dryer in a hair saloon.

Bottom line: Beautiful, fascinating, effective and so noisy that I sent it back the next day.

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I had this burner for 6 months and just about completely stopped using the burners on my stove, but after 6 months the little thing that pops out in the front broke. (See the picture, this is where the controls are located and the screen tells you what the settings are.) First the screen went blank so you couldn't tell what the settings were and then about 2 weeks later, it quit working all together. Maybe something in the way we were using it caused it to break. I'm buying a different induction burner today with a different design (not one with little pop out controls).

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I've used two other portable induction burners, but this one has some great extra features: A detailed instruction book is the first great help. At 1500w, it has power to boil & fry very quicklya real time-saver. It's wider diameter allows use of 12 and 14 inch skillets in addition to smaller ones. The "Hold" temperature feature was what I selected this model for and does it deliver! I can set a constant temperature to cook, for instance, pancakes or steaks without burning them. No electric griddle needed. The Circulon Infinite 6qt Saute Pan I got to use with it has become my favorite cookpan. The Gift with purchase is an awesome value as well. This is a great induction burner to start with and keep!

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I have checked out the unit to find that it works the way it was advertised

5 inch working unit in about 12 inch surface, and heats up the "magnet-sticking" cookwares fast.

I am not sure how many times it is going to work since I only tried it once at a store.

Best price seems to be $99.95 at Crate and Barrel (+shipping around $10~$15)

Too delicately designed for my taste that I did not purchase the item. If there will be a sturdier model with larger surface, I would buy it. Until then, I will do the fast boiling in my Chef's Choice tea kettle, fast braising in my pressure cooker, travel cooking on my travel butain burner, and slow cooking in my Crock-Pot slow cooker.

Buy Lasko #5775 Ceramic Tower Heater

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This is a good heater. We have purchased it for our bathroom and it does a good job in heating it quickly. We know it states it is not intended for a bathroom, but those that are rated for a bathroom just have a GFI on the end of the power cord. We already have a GFI outlet that I use offering the same protection.

The timer is a nice feature and easy to set from 1 hour to 7 hours or anywhere in-between in increments of one hour. The oscillation works as expected. The power level is either 900 watts or 1500 watts. All of those options are easy to set.

The thermostat is an area we would like to see improved so that it works at the 900 watt setting. Our bathroom is small and really does not need that much heat. The thermostat only works on the high heat, 1500 watt setting. The manual states this if for "increased efficiency" which I do not understand. 900 watts is 900 watts and 1500 is 1500 watts. Have a thermostat turn it on or off does not make it any more efficient. If you get more BTUs per watt, that would be more efficient in my eyes. Plus, when I tried it on the thermostat, there appears to be a cool down period after you reach the desired temperature which I think is a good for the unit.

We like the heater and would recommend it to others given the above.

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We just received our Lasko Ceramic Tower Heater Model #5775 yesterday and could immediately see that this unit really does a great job of heating up our family room. We were using an EdenPURE which was a large applicance, over-priced and not energy efficient. It never really heated the room well. We won't know about the energy cost until we get our next electric bill but as far as the heating it works great!!! It is very quite operating, looks nice and doesn't take up much room. So far we love this heater!!! I had read consumer reviews on this heater which were excellent. Also the price is great. We paid over $300 for the EdenPURE and it was not worth it. It was a rip-off.

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Hoping the "plastic bag roasting in the oven" smell eventually wears off. Other than that this works well. I have no idea, still, how the temperature setting works. I left it 65º and it runs for some mysteriously predetermined amount of time and then shuts itself off. Also, it seems that the electronics panel on top stays warm when left plugged in so it's an electricity vampire.

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We have been without a furnace since January 1st 2012. We have two of this type of heaters. We live in Michigan. Keeps our home warm. I highly recommend this heater. Well worth the money.

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Bought two of these one for my son-in-law in his workshed separate from his house, and another for us to use in our living room. I didn't want to keep heating the whole downstairs floor when we spent most of the evening in the living room only. It did eventually warm the room a few degrees and would have been OK if it didn't keep blowing the breaker switch. Our house has quality wiring and we don't have much of a problem with this sort of thing. We sometime have some pretty heavy electrical loads from an electric stove, electric oven, electric dryer, lighting, and air conditioning with no problem. The house has GFS breakers throughout, as well as the main breaker panel in the garage. Built in 1993. But the constant blowing of the breaker in the main panel dedicated to the living room (where we were only using the TV and one lamp), is too much of an annoyance, so it is basically useless for us. It has to be the heater, because we've run in the living room, the TV, stereo, lamp, main light, another lamp, foot massager, and a massaging chair all at the same time with no trouble. My son-in-law sent his back and got a more powerful heater. His house and workshed are much older (1960s built) but he has no trouble with blowing the breakers with a different brand of more powerful heater. Don't know why this one does it, but it's pulling too many amps or volts or something. I'm not an electrician so I don't know the exact problem but I do know it's related to that heater. No problems when it is not running.

Review of Log Basket in Brass Plated

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I ordered this item because it was lauded as better and heavier duty than others on Amazon that look very similar. It was more than twice the price. It's much lighter than I expected--really thin and lightweight. I would NOT recommend this product. I also ordered several other Minuteman Int. items and have been disappointed with them as well. They're all lightweight and cheap--but cost more than most other brands on Amazon. There is another basket that looks just like it for less than half the price, but I ordered this one because I thought it would be sturdier. It came with a bright gold "Made in China" sticker and it certainly lived up to the stereotype of cheap imitation products. I know that some quality products are imported from China, but this one is one of the reasons for the negative stereotype. Don't waste your money. This one is extremely over-priced.

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I rolled the dice (I don't like to buy items with no other reviews, but it is sturdy and looks great! Pay attention to the measurements. Its small, but if you wanted small (like I did), then you can't go wrong with this thing!

Buy 12 x 30 x 1/2 Half Inch Air Condition Furnace Filters Qty 6

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Great filters, less expensive than leading brand. They seem wobbly and flimsy compared to their thicker version with leading brands but they are less fragile. With careful insertion in the filterframes I did not have any trouble. Once in they are sturdy and do not make noise whenever airco switches on/off. Has immediately improved airquality in our home. Huge reduction noticable in dust flying around! Verry happy with my purchase. One thing i'd like to see improved is a smaller packing box. They were shipped in original box that would have easily fit 30filters in there. Shipping air is not sustainable ....

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Review of Sun Cloud Solar Comfort KD8000 Portable Infrared Heater, Classic Oak

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I love the look of this heater. Everyone comments that it looks like a small piece of furniture, like an end table. The oak cabinet is easily cleaned just like any other wood furniture.

As for comfort, let me say I love being toasty warm and this unit does the job. It will heat up to one thousand square feet. It will not work well if you have cathedral ceilings, nor will any other heater. The castors make it easy to move from room to room if you want.

We bought this heater on the recommendation of several friends who have owned this heater for several years and all are happy with it and have had no problems. At this time we have only one of these heaters, but are considering buying a second one this winter to place in another area of our home.

Another nice feature of this heater is that it contains four 375 Watt infra-red lamps that can be replaced by the consumer. Other heaters have bulbs that are hard-wired making it necessary to have them replaced by the maker.

This unit has a simple thermostat, not the digital display type with many selections. My husband loves this feature because we already have too many appliaces and electronics with confusing digital displays.

Highly recommended!

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I bought one of these 4 years ago. I read the description here on Amazon and I chuckled. 700 sq feet of heating? For $1 a day? Right. It's a 1500 watt heater. It doesn't say that anywhere in the description of course. Notice there are no specs provided. No measured "BTU" rating so who knows how much heat is coming out of it? I do. Little to very little. The unit itself looks almost crude at the back where the thermostat and filter are. Almost like a home-made deal. I don't care about that though. I wanted something to keep the chill out of a decent size room upstairs in my house. The room is 15 x 20 ft and has a low ceiling. 300 sq feet. Well insulated. (Former attic space). This unit does heat it up but only if I turn it on 3 days before I plan on going up there. Sadly, it blows a very very gentle warm breeze that you can feel only if you stick your hand directly in the front of it. When they say "soft heat", they mean feather soft. So soft, you can't even feel the heat. It's pretty heavy but the casters do move it around easier. I tried to sell it a couple different times but got no takers. I think I paid $375 for mine but that was around 4 years ago. Maybe 5. I replaced it with 3-425 watt convection wall panels. That's 1275 watts. They too are slow to heat, but they're dead silent and it gets toasty in there far quicker. By the way, don't let ANY company tell you how much something costs to operate other than your power company. You pay for "watts". Volts multiplied by amps. The lower the watts, the cheaper it will be to run though if you get something too small, it's ineffective and could end up costing you more because it never turns off. Which brings us back to this Sun Cloud heater....

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This particular infrared heater is a pretty solidly built unit. Definitely seems higher quality than all the other infrared heaters on the market.

I use it in my small basement and it does ok in keeping it fairly warm. Unfortunately, the thermostat is more like an on off dial as opposed to a real thermostat that cycles the heater on/off. The unit will either be on all the time or off all the time. But I've never had a portable heater from any brand that had a working thermostat.

Now...is the Solar Comfort worth $500? I would say no. It does not heat any better than your avg portable heater from Lowes, Home Depot, Target, etc. And, those units only cost around $100. Although all the previous cheapo units I've bought only lasted 3-4years...for $500...you could buy 5 cheapo units for the price of 1 Solar Comfort.

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My house is a small one, about 800 square feet of space. I live in upstate New York, just east of Lake Ontario, and when it's not snowing off the lake, it's cold, just the same. Winters are usually not mild ones. My house is set to be heated with electric baseboard heat, and I have a Timberline fireplace insert that will heat the whole house should I want to use wood. About six years ago, I bought a 1500 watt Sun Cloud zone heater, which is rated for up to 800 square feet of space. It is thermostat controlled and uses four 375 watt infrared bulbs to provide the heat. The bulbs heat many flagella like tubes through which the heated air is blown and out into the room. It looks much like every other similar heater being sold these days, but the inner shell is metal and the outer shell is wood (oak, cherry or mahogany). What makes this heater so much better than other designs is that you don't have to send it back to the manufacturer for repairs. Anything that might go wrong can easily be fixed locally if necessary. The bulbs can be found at your local electric store, and so can the thermostat or blower. Parts are simple, not complex, and your local handyman can repair it easily! I have been using this heater for all the cold months that I have owned it, and if the outside temperature stays about 30 degrees, the house never gets chilly. Anything below 30 degrees will drop the temp to say 67 degrees, but I just augment the house temp with my baseboard heat and everything is toasty. Since the unit is thermostatically controlled, it cycles on and off as necessary, but even if it ran all night and day, it would only use 1.5 kilowatt/hours of electricity per hour, times 24 hours which equals 36 kilowatt hours of electricity per day! Multiply that by your local electricity rate (say 10 cents per kilowatt hour of usage), and you can readily see that it cannot cost more to use than $3.60 per day! As I said, the thermostat allows it to cycle on and off, so for most people, it will cost less than $3.60 per day to use. I am so happy with my unit that I bought two more units to augment my mother's home, which has more than double the floor space that my home has. She heats with oil and uses from 3 to 5 gallons per day in the winter months. With oil prices soaring, she should save money using Sun Cloud.

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I bought my Solar Comfort Heater after a lot of research.I believe I made the right choice.I have an electric furnace because I like clean air.The price of electricity keeps going up.My budget always increases in January.Not this year,even with the riseing costs of electricity my budget came down 8% and I have only had it for 3 months.Thats not a lot.I think it will even be better next January.With the riseing cost of everything it's nice to see something come down.And as for the cheap heaters,there have been 2 fires so far this winter in my area cause by them.So I glad that my Solar Comfort Heater will not cause a fire and still keep me warm.You don't know me but I have a fear of fire and I feel safe with this heater,enough said.

61-1/4" 6000 Watt Infratech Dual Heater Review

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This top-of-the-line residential heater turned my backyard into a cozy oasis! When mounted 8 ft above the ground as required by code, it covers an area of about 10 ft x 10 ft. It mainly warms the skin when it is directly exposed. Do not expect it to warm the air as much as a gas-powered heater does. The infrared heat emitted by this heater mainly warms surfaces rather than the air without the smell of gas and without the hassle of failing igniters. The heat comes on at the flick of a switch. Be aware that at 6,000 Watts it is quite power-hungry, but if you have solar panels on the roof it may still be economical. The convenience of instant heat is priceless!

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Sunpentown NY-656 3-4/5-Liter Chinese Herbal Medicine Cooker Reviews

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This cooker is purchased for my wife to cook the traditional Chinese herbal medicine. This machine is well made, performed all tasks described well, and easy to clean.

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I'm in my 70's and am very forgetful. This has save me a lot of money and time, because I usually burn everything. Now, if you can invent a memory activator, let me know.

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this is a good herbal medicine cooker. the only thing I don't like is if you put in a big pot of herbal medicine which fills near the top, you will likely also add more water, and it will take a very long time like 3 to 4 hours to cook the medicine. if you fill your medicine only half way up inside, then it will take about 1 hour to cook. being electric with self timer helps a lot when I want to go out, and not have to watch it.

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I literally can't live without this herbal cooker. I brew herbs 12 out of 14 days and was trying to do it in a stainless steel pot on the stove. The Herbal Medicine Cooker brews the herbs so well that I only have to drink 1/3 of a cup 3 times a day instead of 1 cup 3 times a day. It is totally automatic, so I just have to check the indicator lights now and then and can continue doing other things without worrying.

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Really good to make Chinese herbal medicine. I can't live without it.

For a healthy life, don't eat any western medicine because they are not natural.

Review of Holmes HFH-5656-U Power Heater Fan

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Got this to use in my office during the winter. The 1 touch button is completely annoying because you have to push it repeatedly to get what you want. And the thermostat settings do not work at all and the heater remains off when in the thermostat settings. This is frustrating because even the LO setting is to warm so I want it to just detect when to turn on and off automatically rather than me wasting time and constantly turning it on and off automatically. I am going to return this product ASAP and get a space heater with dual knobs.

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Great Fan, not hot enough to set anything on fire, but really helps keep the room warm. Note: Does Not automatically oscillate

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Holmes HFH-5656-U Power Heater Fan I purchased this heater to help keep our tent warm during a weekend campout, where the overnight temperature was to be below 20 degrees. I used it for a 3-man tent and it provided outstanding performance. The tent stayed warm throughout the night.

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I bought this one a long time ago. Maybe there are better heaters out there but this one does the job, and it does not get so hot that you end up burning yourself when you touch it, yet it heats a small room fine. Here are the pluses and minuses:

Positives:

+ Reasonably priced

+ Can keep a bedroom plenty hot

+ The exhaust grill stays cool. I feel safe with it around my 3 year old, and felt safe with it around him when he was 2 (even let him play with it)

Negatives:

The one-button interface is a bit irritating. You need to push it a bunch of times to hit the temperature you need.

The thermostat is not very accurate, it's probably off by as much as ten degrees. I keep it on "80", when I really want 70. Sometimes when I want it hotter, I put it on "High", but that means that it stays on and never shuts off, and I end up overheated. I wish it had a setting for "90", so that I could get it to heat the room to 75.

I will probably buy a second unit, and would not feel bad recommending this to someone else. I bought several other space heaters that were more expensive, cheaper, more feature rich, etc., and ended up returning them in frustration because they all shared the common problem of burning whoever touched the grill. Having gone through so many others looking for a replacement, I have a greater appreciation for this little guy.

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This is not the review for the product, in fact this is a review for dealyard firm that sold me a used and defective product! Well.. Dealyard send me a defective product and its definitely a used product. Upon following up with dealyard they are requesting me to contact Holmes as the product has still warranty!! This is really funny, Here is a company that sells a defective and used product and finally wants their customers to send the product to the actual vendors for fixing!!! Net, Dealyard sucks!!