Tuesday, November 5, 2013

General Electric WE11X10007 Heating Element Kit



Good price!
Easy to install, but you only get 6 new heater wire holders, So make sure you don't break more than 6 getting the old heater wire out.

Works great
Direct factory replacement part for my dryer. Medium difficulty for install, saved me $100's over getting a new dryewr or calling a service person. Dryer drys clothes faster than it ever did before.

Worked out great!
My dryer timer stopped advancing in the automatic cycles. In fact, one of the heating elements was broken and it had nothing to do with the timer at all.
After researching which part was needed, I ordered this heating element. This replacement fixed the problem. The directions are very good, and easy to follow. Getting the coils strung is a little tricky, but now the dyer works just fine.
My husband kept telling me to get a new dryer. But honestly, right now there are more things on which we need to spend the money. An inexpensive fix if you are wiling to attempt disassemble your dryer a bit. Downside is that I don't have a new dryer...

Click to Editorial Reviews

Cuisinart Pure Indulgence Ice Cream Maker, Sorbet and Frozen Yogurt Maker



Great Product!!
(5/15/13) My sister and I ordered this for our mother for Mothers day! I know I looked at all of them on here and read every single comment there was on all of them. I went with this one. I bought her all the ingredients to make the butter pecan ice cream recipe i got out of the ben and jerrys homemade ice cream book. It turned out so good!!! It worked just as it was supposed too. she was so happy. its not as loud as i thought it was going to be. i had read in some other comments that it was very loud. it has a light hum to it. nothing that cant be tolerated for 30 min. i would recommend this to anyone!~

Lactose Intolerance_Storage of Extra Ice Cream
Great appliance!
It wasn't/isn't noisy at all; purchased elsewhere, cheaper.

Have also used coconut milk and almond milk with a natural thickener for the lactose intolerant, ice cream loving member of my family.

Yes, cold base ingredients work best.... I've used frozen bananas in a couple creations.

Have purchased quart sized CHINESE TAKE-OUT boxes from my fav restaurant for $.25 per box; good for hardening the creations as well as storage while making a different batch. (cartons had no metal parts but held ice cream well; leak-proof)

Enjoy

Love it!
This product exceeds expectation. We are vegan and store bought coconut ice cream is outrageously expensive. Now we make our own and have made mango sorbet, chocolate cherry ice cream, plain...it's all great! The texture is lovely. I do recommend freezing after churning for a more finished product. Enjoy!!

Click to Editorial Reviews

Waring Commercial WSB40 Quik Stik Plus Immersion Blender with 2-Speed Heavy-Duty Motor, 6-Gallon



Heavy duty blender
I purchased this blender to use in making soap so, unfortunately, I can't use it in "regular" kitchen food preparation. That said, it works GREAT in my large batches of soap and hasn't let me down so far. It's so powerful, that I really can't imagine using it in my everyday cooking as it would pulverize everything (hey, maybe that's a good thing ... ). Anyway, if you're looking for a blender that can handle just about any job, this is the one. (That said, I have to tell you that I found this blender for about $100 less at a "business Costco".)

Big Hand Blender with Long Cord
This hand blender is big, and comes with a 9-foot cord. Two things to beware of are that it has a commercial warranty, and that it's too big to fit the business end in a standard home-sized blender beaker. Please note the commercial warranty is void if the device is purchased for home use. Heeding that though, this hand blender is built like a troop carrier. It even has a nice safety feature, not common to the Waring line, that requires the user press two buttons simultaneously to start it and that the user hold the trigger button to keep it running. The other Waring commercial hand blenders keep running until you push a button, which isn't exactly as safe for the user. I'd buy this hand blender again even knowing I get no warranty as a home user. It'll probably last me 20 years. I didn't buy mine from Amazon, but I'd buy it again, just for the 9-foot cord.

Buyer? Beware!!
The product will and does work as advertised, but people who consider this product should know that

It is not a genuine Waring product.

It's what they call a "sourced" product which means someone else makes it and they put the Waring Commercial name plate on it. Unlike the WSB50 and above products - the 35 and 40 CAN NOT BE REPAIRED. If they fail after the one year warranty they are essentially junk. No parts available, no repair shop, just disposable.

Considering that the entire Waring Commercial line... and in fact the very term "commercial" is supposed to mean that it will last for years and can be repaired as needed, this is a sad low of a once proud line of products.

Just imagine that the box and manual were to read "non repairable, disposable consumer product" and compare to other brands with that in mind.

Click to Editorial Reviews

Koblenz P-2600 Commercial Floor and Carpet Shampoo/Polisher.



Does the job
I bought this to clean my tile floors. It does the job well, and the machine is heavy duty, no plastic parts to worry about breaking. You do have to keep up with cleaning up the dirty water as you go, I use another floor cleaner I have that sucks up the water to do this. If the floor has not been cleaned in a while you do have to go over it several times to get it clean. I have a lot of tile, probably around 2,000 square feet of it, and it does take hours to cover it all. If I had the choice, I would buy a commercial grade machine that will also suck up the dirty water, however they start around $700.

Disappointing product
My husband recently bought this item as a replacement for our older Koblenz scrubber which was no longer working properly. I'm sorry to say this brand new scrubber didn't work any better than the broken one.

It seemed that Koblenz made several design changes to this scrubber, none of them good ones. I noticed right away that the cord was shorter, and the tank did not seem to fit into the scrubber as well as it used to. Additionally, this is advertised as a "Commercial" scrubber, but when I looked more closely, I saw that it actually said COMMERCIAL (in large letters) Technology for Home Use (in small letters beneath). Elsewhere on the scrubber, I saw that it said "for home use only." So this is NOT a commercial scrubber. This was worrisome, since we were buying the scrubber to use in our business, where I scrub the floors twice a week. So I was worried it would not hold up to the use it was going to get.

The first time I used the scrubber, I noticed that it...

No elbow grease necessary!
My home is exclusively vinyl plank - looks just like wood/laminate, but is "soft" like vinyl. I've always vacuumed and mopped, but have been unhappy with a splotchy look for the past year. I got on my hands and knees with a scrub brush, but even a half-hour of scrubbing in my kitchen didn't make much of a difference. When I thought about how much time and energy the whole house would take, I gave up. Then I searched for a floor scrubber and found the Koblenz. After just 5 minutes' use in my kitchen, the floor was clean and the standing water was black. I knew the vinyl was probably dirty, I just didn't know it was THAT dirty. As other reviews mentioned, the standing water is an issue, but it would be an issue if I were on my hands and knees, too. Currently my strategy is to floor squeegee the dirty water into a pool, then I towel it up from one area. I'm not sure if this method is best, I may try a "mop it up" approach.

In any case, the Koblenz got the job done...

Click to Editorial Reviews

Monday, November 4, 2013

Frigidaire Kenmore Dishwasher Silverware Basket 154423901



Works Well!
This is so much nicer than the basket that came with our Frigidaire DW; much sturdier. I am very pleased - would recommend to others.

Sturdy, good for families
We bought this to replace the original silverware basket in our Frigidaire ultra quiet plus dishwasher when ours finally broke. The small baskets on the sides are great if you have young kids with bottle parts/small silverware/etc since you can close them. Fit just fine, though it was a little longer than the original.

Fits and works!
Just what we needed to replace the old one that had gotten moldy and was beyond cleaning. It is nice!

Click to Editorial Reviews

DirtTamer® Ultima V2510 Cordless Wet/Dry Hand Vac



Very nice except for the HEPA filtration
I bought this vac after reading all the reviews I could find on it.. they all sounded very positive. One big reason for buying this model was that it has a HEPA filter, which is very important to us since we live in the dusty desert and have to deal with allergies as well.

The basic vac is pretty darn nice... it has a nice comfortable, balanced feel and pretty good suction. It has not run the battery down any time I have used it so far... seems pretty strong.

I immediately noticed two problems with the basic unit though, and did some 'engineering changes' to improve it:

(1) The on-off switch was almost impossible to operate using just one hand. It is a smooth, dished button that you have to slide with the thumb of the hand holding the handle. Good idea, except that it was so smooth that my thumg couldn't get a grip on it, especially to turn it off, so I would use my other hand to work the switch. I cured that problem by 'dimpling' the button with...

Super hand-held vac
DirtTamer Ultima 14.4V...V2510 Model. While looking for a replacement filter after using our vac for 3 years, I was surprised to see the poor reviews. Perhaps they were not the Ultima model. This has been an excellent vac for quick vaccuuming of bathroom and kitchen floors and especially our carpeted stairs. Compared to our previous Black and Decker DustBuster hand-held vacs, this is a dream. I am able to run it for a good 10 minutes without losing power. I have not tried it on wet surfaces. When this one goes, I will definitely purchase another.

Great Hand Vac!
I have owned the Ultima v2510 for at least 4 years. I have consistently used it at least once a week during that period. It is a very powerful hand vac, MUCH more powerful than my previous B&D Dustbuster. It is a bit on the loud side, but that's the price for good suction. About a year ago, I noticed that it began to die much more quickly than it used to. But I've solved this problem. Every few months, I let the unit completely discharge and then fully charge it again before use. This has given the unit new life, it is as powerful as ever. The batteries are NiCad and that is typical care for this type of battery--they must be occasionally fully discharged for longer useful life. There are replacement batteries available from Filterstream (go to their website, you'll see), but you should be able to get several years out of the original batteries, as I have. If you think the battery is not charging, take a multimeter, set it to "VDC" and measure the voltage at the charger...

Click to Editorial Reviews

Comfort Glow ES5134 Keystone Electric Stove with Thermostat, White



I got one of the used/like new and it was like new - Short to the piont Review!
Got this item under used but it said Like new / and it was i could not see where it was even taken out of the box,not a scratch looks great works great got it for a steal at $55.34 with free shipping,best buy this year to date better then the duraflame i bought for $139.00 that didnt look anything like the picture.
There was one thing i had to do to it there was an area that was rubbing probably happened in transit,just took the back off seen where it moved and put it back took me less than 15 mins. and the rubbing sound was gone it was hardly noticeable to begin with.
Has to on and off switches one for heat and one for flame display also has a knob for the thermostat there is no way to adjust the flam display from little flame to a lot of flame but its set perfect the light display is better then others i have seen where the flame looks like it breaks apart from the fire and logs and floats away.
I hope this was helpful i do not usually write review mainly...

works as advertised and is sturdy
Really like the heat.Keeps a huge open room with a closed door pretty nice and cozy. Overall looks great, works great and has taken a beating getting moved from room to room and 2 house moves. Well worth the money

You get what you pay for.....
Whoever shipped this product was remiss in several areas: It was poorly packed, not enough protection. The outer box was not marked "fragile" ( which it is) or "this side up" ( which it should have been). A part of the log fixture broke off, and was rattling around in the box; several fragments broke off, though it is somewhat still useable. The spinning fixture kept bumping into the plastic in front of the log, and would stop completely. With a little tinkering, my husband was able to make it operable, but he should not have had to do this. Also, one of the doors was broken off, possibly in transit.

Click to Editorial Reviews