We have 24 foot of solid dryer vent pipe ending in 3 right-angles before going through the floor into the flexible dryer-vent hose coming from the dryer.  I can't get behind the dryer without moving both the washer and dryer and they are HEAVY.  So being lazy I decided to clean the vent from the outside of the house inward.  I didn't use a vacuum cleaner or a blower or suction of any kind.  I did tighten each section of tubing with pliers and taped them.  I threaded all 24 foot of tubing with the brush on the end into the outside vent and then backed it out.  I got a good amount of lint clods out.  Then I turned on the dryer to blow everything out.  I got no air coming out at all.  My fear had come true, I had forced gobs of lint into the right-angles at the end of the run.  I still didn't want to move that washer and dryer so I figured I'd try one other thing, use the clodbuster attachment.  Now I'm really getting lazy so I tightened each tubing section by hand (no pliers) and didn't use tape.  I pushed all 24 foot of tubing into the vent until I hit some resistance and then turned the tubing by hand (too lazy to hook the drill up).  Then I pulled it all out and there wasn't any lint at all that came out. So now I'm resigned to having to move the washer and dryer, but before I do I figured I might as well turn the dryer on and see what happens.  Lots of lint clods blew out and kept coming out for about 20 seconds.  I've attached pictures of it.  I'm really happy with this product and if it worked for me with all the shortcuts I took it will probably work great for you.  As a point of reference we built this house five years ago and this is the first time I ever cleaned the vent.  A load of ten bath towels used to take 45 minutes to dry, lately it's been taking 3 to 4 hours, so I knew I couldn't put cleaning the pipe off any longer.


My machine had started acting up, sometimes wouldn't spin, or wouldn't execute a "drain and Spin"  or 'Rinse and Spin".  I got it limping along after I checked error codes (who knew a machine without a digital readout had a diagnostic mode?!)  but I think my limited success was just coincidence.  The part was simply failing over time.  It could've been the wiring harness, which costs a lot more.  But this part fixed so many other machines, I decided to cross my fingers for $30 and hope this was the culprit.  Super-easy to install (notice the tabs on the backside of the wiring plug when you go to remove it from the bad actuator).  Word of caution:  right after I hooked up the machine I tried to start a cycle, and all I got was clicks and whirrs again- ugh!!  I thought I'd guessed wrong on the part.  I decided to run thru another diagnostic mode (which takes you all of 20 seconds)  and that must have reset it somehow.  It worked first shot after that.  Can't have the washing machine out of commission!  This part was identical to the original, and nearly half the price of other sites.  At the rate that I've seen them go bad (online)  maybe you should keep an extra on hand!  My machine was only 3 years old.
UPDATE 13 months later:  It appears that this part has failed-again!  One would think that the manufacturer would redesign a part that is famous for failing and bringing misery to so many.  I'm ordering it one last time;  when this one goes, you can bet the farm that my next washer won't be a Whirlpool/Maytag!! Had to revise my 5-star rating for a part that only lasted 13 months in a dry, clean environment (second floor laundry room) with typical use in a 'family of 4' household.  TOBAL!


If you have a top loading washing machine and those bearings are starting to make noise, this is the kit for you. Well thought out, this kits contains everything you need down to the grease and sealant. You could save some money if you want to carefully remove everything without damaging the seal or shaft as the bearings can be purchased at an auto parts dealer. However, with this kit you can literally take a big hammer and beat everything out without worrying about damaging one of the parts. Plenty of videos on youtube with instructions on how to disassemble and reassemble the washing machine. My only problem was delivery. I was supposed to receive the package USPS on Friday. Well on Friday my package was out for delivery in a city about 25 miles from me. If I didn't get the parts by Saturday it would be at least Monday. Back to work so that option wasn't appealing. I called the national help number and the friendly lady took my complaint and then told me they would be in touch within 48 hours. Seriously, I'm in day 3 of a 2 day delivery and they are going to take another 2 days to find my package. I waited until Saturday, as my package showed in transit, and went to the post office at 11:45, they close at 12:00. Unfortunately, i got one of those lazy postal workers, not generalizing as most of them work hard and are professional. I asked her if she could try to help me locate my 2 day package that I assumed was probably already sitting in the post office. She informed me that there was nothing she could do, everything was shipped to another city first, then back to my town. The "elbow" story. Also it would arrive in a giant container and could never be located. I left so upset, I didn't realize she hadn't even asked for the tracking number. When I arrived home I checked the USPS site one more time and there it was, changed to "Out for delivery". Received the parts and completed the repairs Saturday. The parts kit was awesome and made the job simple and fast. My wife was thrilled. As the delivery problem was a USPS issue, I'm giving this kit a solid 5 Stars. BTW, USPS did call me back either Monday or Tuesday. I really didn't care what they had to say.


I purchased this washer in Jan and it was delivered 22 Jan 10.  On 19 Feb 10 gallons of water came rushing out from the front of the machine into my washroom, kitchen and into my finished basement. Luckily I was home. Dealer indicated they had some issues with small leaks but had never seen water coming out at this rate.  They replaced the front panel -  I wanted a new washer - that did not happen.  On 10 Apr 10 I could not get washer to work - kept flashing codes.  Dealer replaced a control -  I asked for a new machine  -  but was denied.  19 Jun 10  water  came out of the front of the machine again - luckily I was home.  Dealer wants to fix it and Whirlpool indicated the same.  Dealer repairman came out and ran a cycle and it did not leak for him - I guess they think I am making this up. But I did take a picture of the front of the machine and floor to show the water.  I paid $700 for this piece of crap and neither the dealer nor Whirlpool will agree to replace it.  You buy a new applicant and your expectation is that you will not have problems with it for several years. My problems started in less than 30 days.  This experience does not give me a warm and fuzzy about the next 10 year life span of the washer.  Whirlpool svc said as long as the machine is working they will not replace it.  I asked the customer rep if he would like to have it in his house so he can clean up the water and have his home soaked.  I am afraid to use the delay wash feature in fear I will have a flood again. All Whirlpool wants to do is extend my warranty another 6 months.  Bull!  I am so upset I do not know where to turn.  I feel I got a lemon and the dealer nor Whirlpool will do what I believe is the rightful thing to do and replace the machine.


I could've taken the lazy way out and just dumped the old dryer (2001) for a new one.  Sometimes appliance repair can be daunting when you don't know what you are doing.  I'm glad I didn't.  I did a little bit of internet research, probably Googled 'dryer doesnt turn under load' and 'dryer squeaks' and found a great site with videos explaining the insides of the dryer and what may cause this issue.  For the cost of this part and 90 minutes, my problem was solved.  The Bearing Kit, which is more or less the big metal plate in the image with a ball on the end is attached to the drum. The plastic hanger, which attaches to the back of the dryer's rear combine to allow the dryer drum to rotate as the belt drives it.  On my old dryer, the bearing was so worn down that it looked more like a cylinder vs a ball - like someone took a lathe to it.  The plastic hanger was so worn down that the part that holds the bearing was completely worn away - no plastic.  This is about 3/8" of plastic,just gone.

Part came in 2 days thanks to Prime, and armed iwth the videos I took the top, front and drum out of the unit - detaching the belt.  3 screws later the old bearing plate was off and with a mini-power screw driver I was able to power through the three new screws, self-tapping the new new bearing onto the drum.

Plastic plate was two screws and the little ball was held in place with a dab of the lube.  Lube everything up, put the unit back together, and the dryer was back to its regular form.  I also did the felt kit since the unit was open.

The only pain I had with reassembly was the dryer vent which is probably the least well engineered part on this unit - it always detaches.  but that has nothing to do with this part of the repair.

Last comment, I have a Kenmore dryer - Frididaire sourced - but the itnernet led me to this part and it was correct. There are many options so make sure you get the right one.


About The Unit:
I bought this unit on 8/31/16 it arrived unlike a lot of customers undamaged. I did all the recommendations according to the user manual before adding anything to it. Seemed to be a perfect buy. However on 8/20/17 I noticed that the unit was making a clicking noise every 5 minutes or so, FYI ( I kept this unit inside my kitchen from day one so no outside heat or humidity could effect it ). I went over to the unit and saw both lights where illuminated which I found odd since the compressor wasn't kicking on. Unfortunately I did not catch this in time apparently because slot of the product I had in it was already defrosting.

Warranty Process:
I checked user manual and found out it had a 12 month warranty. Luckily I was right under the 12 months by 11 days. I called the number for warranty support didn't get through for two days. When I finally got someone on the phone which I took almost an hour to get through they had me do what other customers had mentioned to try and reset the unit. But what they didn't mention is that they wanted you to wait 6 hours or more before you called back to see if the unit would kick on and start freezing. After all that still didn't  work. So I had to call them back took forever then to my disbelief they told me that I had to email them with the work order #, repair #, proof of purchase, serial #,  model #, address, date of purchase and a description of what the unit was doing. ( I'm thinking to myself what's the f***ing point of the support center then. ) I emailed them the info and a auto reply sends back saying it will take 5 to 10  days for a reply. Exactly 10 days later I received a email asking for the exact info I already had sent. So I sent back a email saying I already sent all the information you are asking for in my first email. It took another 2 days for them to respond they are having me cut the cord and take of the serial # plate and send that in by mail with a tracking number ( which I have to pay for ) for them to refund the money.

All in all I don't recommend you buy this unit I personally think Amazon should steer away from even selling it considering it's a lemon and the manufacturer knows it.


Let me start by stating that I am a chemical engineer and can usually figure out mechanical problems. I do my own car work and fix most of my own electronics.

I recently bought a house and inherited a Maytag MFF2558VEM French door refrigerator.  It is less than 3 years old and to this day looks great!

After two weeks of ownership the problems started.

Incident #1: The freezer frosted over.  No big deal.  I defrosted the fridge, cleaned the lint out the cooling coils, and good to go.

Incident #2: Two weeks later the freezer frosted over again.  This time I defrosted the entire fridge, cleaned the drain plug out which collects water from the condenser coils, and tested the thermometer or thermister as the manual calls it and the heating coil.  All was functioning properly according to the service book.  Good to go right?

Incident #3: Two days later and over $200 dollars of food lost and I am now experiencing the same issue.  I purchased a replacement main control board since I didn't have the fridge on a surge protector and we had a power outage in the timeframe.  Maytag's apparently are notorious for burning up control chips during power surges and the heater coil is on a relay known to fail in this way.  A day later I installed a surge protector, installed the new main control board, and programmed the new chip for $160.  Good to go!

Incident #4: One day later snow in the fridge again!  Now maybe I haven't identified the root cause of the issue.  However, my argument is that a 3 year old fridge should not have this level of significant issues.

I would rather spend hundreds more for a new fridge than spend hundreds to fix one that I fully expect to have repeat issues.  For this reason, I gave up. I bought a new fridge today and hopefully I'll have better luck.  All Maytag appliance may not be bad but I'd avoid this one.


<input type="hidden" name="" value="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71Q7ppYUW5S.mp4" class="video-url"><input type="hidden" name="" value="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91EMjtiKp9S.png" class="video-slate-img-url"> I really like this little washer. Its a great size for my bathroom counter top to make draining the water out easy. It washes a good amount of clothes per wash. Clothes get pretty clean as well. You can see all the dirty and junk in the water as it drains. I use a bucket to fill the tub its faster then the little hose attached. Ive been washing the clothes for about 3-5 min and rinse for about 3. This method has been working well for me. Ive done about 6 Loads now. The only complaint I have is the spin cycle. Its a joke. If your plus size and have larger/heaver clothing only one article at a time will fit and sometimes just barely. My bf is a larger man with big, thick work pants. I really have to squeeze them down in the little basket and the unit shakes so bad due to the weight no matter how I load the basket. This has been happening with not just heavy items as well. Most times I have to hold the unit down while it spins or the unit will dance around my counter. Besides that its a good buy. You can definitely get away with hand wringing it out or can hold down the unit while it spin drys. Definitely beats the hassle of doing my laundry in the apartment complex. 3rd floor lugging of clothes plus the machines don't work most the time. This has been a convience. I got a nice 3 year warranty with it as well.


I see a lot of people saying these do not fit their fridge and I finally figured out why.  After trying and trying to install this filter, it just wouldn't sit in there properly and make the quarter turn that it needs to lock in place.  It seemed to be identical in shape to the old one, but it just wouldn't go in.  After repeated attempts I took it out and examined the old and new filter carefully side by side.  I noticed that the plastic the "U" shaped lip that is intended to keep it in was getting smushed from my repeated attempts to install.  Then I noticed that my old original filter had a much thinner "U" than the new filter.

Out of sheer curiosity, I grabbed my Dremel and shaved down the edge of the "U" shaped part just where it was catching and voila!  It fit perfectly!  So this means the manufacturer of this product just isn't reproducing the original design quite right.

I ran water through it and it seemed fine, but as I was sitting in my living room I heard something awful .  Water gushing!!!  I ran into the kitchen to see the bottom of the fridge spraying water all over the floor.  I quickly shut off the water valve, but man did I have a mess to cleanup.  IT FLOODED MY KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM.  Soaked my wood floors and made me soooo MAD!!!!

When I took out the the filter to examine what had happened, I saw that the rubber gasket that is designed to be tight and keep the water in the fridge and NOT all over my floor had come half way off.  Just to confirm this was the problem I reseated it back on there and screwed in the filter again and it didn't leak.

Look people, I fell victim to the save a few bucks and buy the cheap knock-off but you don't have to make the same mistake I did.

1.  It didn't fit until I modified their design (which you shouldn't have to do)
2.  The loose gasket came off and flooded my house
3.  DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME AND JEOPARDIZE YOUR HOUSE!

Ok, rant over.


All I can add to the other reviews is that I like being able to check my clothes, individually, before they're done. Our laundry room is pretty nice, but, like most, it doesn't have great lighting. Today I noticed a spot on my jeans and stopped, treated it again with Spray and Wash and some Borax, and got it almost completely out. Others have said their clothes are getting progressively cleaner, so I'll see.
I also got the Ninja Soft spinner, and they work well together.  You see the water coming out of your clothes as they spin dry, so you know how much soap is still in them, and if the water is clean yet or not.  And it gets them almost dry.
But you can see how much dirt you're getting out with the WW, by looking at the water, too.
I use Tide, and have found I need about half as much soap, or less, than they suggest.  And enough water to cover the clothes seems to work best.
I put a dot of bright nail polish on the top of the drain pipe.  I'd get distracted and start putting in rinse water while it was still attached, since its white like the bathtub. That worked for me.
It was great to read in the laundry room, (except that my glasses fogged up) or make new friends, but when I got too interested in that, I wound up with one very short tee shirt. I think I like this better. My jeans look brighter than when I bought them.
Personally, I think this little machine is beautifully engineered. Its light weight because its just plastic, but its also easy to pick up with one hand. I keep it in the bathtub and move it out when I shower.
I also got a very comfortable quart-sized sturdy plastic water pitcher at Target.  It was somewhat expensive,  but the soft handle and gauge you can read from above made it worth the extra cost for me. The last thing I wanted was a heavy glass one.
I like this machine. It does what it was made to do.


This has yet to be installed, but I researched many stoves prior to purchasing this one. I looked for one without all the LED electronic gadgetry on it, because they tend to malfunction after years of use, I am just as happy to set a wind-up kitchen timer. Also wanted a more classic look in my rustic/industrial decor. I just received it and unpackaged it to check to make sure there was no damage; it is even more stunning in person than in the pictures, at a much more reasonable price than any other "professional-grade" stove. Not one thing about it feels "cheap," down to the REAL metal knobs. The best you will get for this price, and I'm sure I'm going to be happy with this stove for years to come. Highly recommend.

Update: February 2017
Moved in July of 2016 and began using the stove. I stand by the five stars, as I really enjoy cooking with this stove. There are a few things worth noting, as another reviewer mentioned:
1) When the oven is regulating temperature, the "whoosh" sound of the burner shutting off may sound disconcerting at first.
2) I wish they had made the grate insert in the middle of the stovetop to fit OVER the burner grates, not under. I would think the weight itself would have kept it in place. It's nothing I'd subtract from the rating for, it just makes it slightly more of a pain to clean the stainless in the middle.
3) Be aware that this is a commercial-grade stove. My propane guy was sure they had sent the wrong version because the burner orifices were bigger than he was used to seeing. The heavy grates hold pans well above the flame, which is generous, that's why the orifices may be larger than a regular, "residential" type propane stove or conversion.
4) In relation to #3, I wouldn't recommend using cheap cookware on this stove. I already owned a nice set of stainless cookware I've had for years, and it does great. I did find that I had to be more careful at first about which burner I used and the height of the flame, in comparison to a "regular" stove.

Overall, VERY happy with my choice and looks as good as it cooks.


I love this washing machine! I'm so happy I found it. Any one can have one because It is good for a single person but it is great help for a family too. Especially for that last minute request. My daughters always tell me on the last minutes "mom I need my school uniform clean for tomorrow" or i don't have my gym clothes ready for the next day, etc... it is a huge help!

I leave in an apartment with washing and drying machine on the ground floor. Hate to go there up and down so I send all husband, kids clothes and bed sheets to the laundromat and now I wash delicates and underwear in this machine. I have also washed bed sheets when I need it immediately when I  don't have any clean. This product is great for a mom with little kids or babies as they use so much clothes and if you buy this one buy the mini Panda dryer machine which is great companion with this washer. The machine is small, compact and easy to storage for small apartments, but it is surprising powerful and you can fit enough into it.

I put mine to work on the kitchen counter and use the water connector to fill up the machine with water. I also put a wine cork lid on the drain whose so I can fill up enough water and it won't spill water while it's in function. Other reviewers fill up the machine manually with a bucket which I don't think it's smart if you can use the water whose. It is so much work like that so try to use it on your kitchen counter next to the sink and you will find this machine more practical and fun. Just put some drops of detergent not too much. Then run the 15 minutes cycle, drain the water when it finishes and fill up again with water 2 or 3 more times to rinse your clothes. See...that is why I strongly suggest to use it next to the kitchen sink.

Overall great purchase and if you are readying this review, go for it. You will love it!


I've given this range 8 months of solid use, so I figured it was time to write a review. I would say I use the stove range at least 4 to 5 times a week if not more, and I use the oven portion at least twice a week. I often do soups and stews, so I tend to do a lot of simmering over long periods of time.

Aesthetically, this stove is a real crowd-pleaser. I would say that I get more compliments on the stove than anything that I have ever put inside my home. It is stainless steel, the oven is blue inside, and the cast iron stove top looks very well put together and polished.

Cooking wise, I have very few issues and everything has turned out very well. The one thing I can say is that if you have never used the stove like this before, which I had not previously, you are in for higher temperatures with a commercial gas range than you're used to, and that can result in some burning at the bottom of a pot until you get it under control. I've had to adjust the temperature a bit to accommodate for this in everything that I make.

The convection part of the oven works very well. I was told that gas stoves aren't ideal for things like baking because the temperature can't be regulated as well. R this oven, that is simply not the case. I made macarons using the convection fan on the oven, and they turned out perfectly. The recipe even accommodated for using a conventional gas oven, which involved taking the macarons out and switching the pan. That step was not necessary because the oven is well-insulated, and the convection fan circulated effectively.

I only have one small gripe, but this has been true of every oven I've ever owned that is gas, so I'm not even sure if it's singular to this particular model, but I can say that when you light one burner some of the other ones snap and pop like they are attempting to ignite. It's a bit alarming when it happens rapid fire and you aren't even moving the knob.

That said, I feel like this oven is totally solid and I would recommend it to anyone. It's simplistic in its controls, you aren't overwhelmed with a ton of options, and you can focus on what's important - cooking!


I purchased the w10381562 to replace a torn bellow for a Maytag 2000 series whwe200xw00 model front load washer.  The part fit perfect and had the washer up and running again within an hour.  The new bellow seems to feel slightly thinner on the section that wiggles around between the basket and door.  This may be the case or it could be that the old one had swollen and got brittle after it got mildew.  I would have liked better pictures of the front, back and drain holes at the bottom to make me more comfortable about purchasing the right one.  The new bellow had a waxy substance on it from the manufacture process.  I would suggest running running it on the hot cycle with rags or work pants as that worked for me to remove the wax.
  I think that main  thing that caused the holes to develop was leaving change and other objects in pockets and finding them in the bellow part.  I tended to overload the washer causing it to vibrate more than usual during the spin cycle possibly making objects in the bellow wear it prematurely.  My original bellow had large rips at the top and only the tiniest hole develop at the bottom before it started leaking.  While you have the bottom panel open remember the clean out needs to be checked for clogs.  I had to replace the pump assembly previously due to bobby pins and paperclips making their way into the pump impeller.  I now check the clean out at least every 3 months so you do not get the e-9 f1 error code and it will not drain on the final rinse .  If you use a large casserole dish with a low lip under the clean out when checking you will not end up with a water mess.  Washer has been saved from replacement twice with decent priced parts and YouTube videos.  By the way if you need to replace the pump just buy the motor and clean out assembly together.  It is not worth fiddling with putting the new motor on the old clean out for only a $5 savings.


I bought this range almost a year ago, but this is the first that I am giving a review.  I just need to get this out of my system. I should have given my  review earlier in case I could have saved someone from purchasing this 20" range without knowing much in detail about it.
Know that the range measures less than 20"!!!!!  It is smaller in width an depth than the usual 20" stove.  I do not know why they did not give the accurate measurement. I refer to it as my 'Barbie' stove.  If you enjoy cooking and usually cook a multi pot/pan meal, do not buy this.  There is no room for larger pans on the stove top.  And, I cannot fit my usual cookie tray or pans with long handles in my oven. This is such a bummer.  I think you can forget about cooking a healthy sized turkey!! PLEASE - CAUTION, take this into consideration if you like to cook and have a family to cook for.
The range looks nice and cleans easily, sort of (keep in mind, it's stainless and can be more difficult to clean, especially when cooking dishes using grease).
The oven takes a while to pre-heat and I have to set the oven about 25-50 degrees higher to get the temperature I need. The burners aren't MUCH in the way of being adjustable, so you will be cooking at a higher flame than you need most of the time.
I was sold on this stove basically because it was a 'closed' top meaning no food can drop into the stovetop. And, the bottom tray offered storage. Hey, I live in an old Manhattan apartment, space saving is life saving - lol.
It's not always easy to light the oven and it sometimes shut itself (be sure you do not have much in the tray below which causes this automatic shut off because air cannot circulate).It took a service call to have this explained to us.
Glad I was able to get this off my mind. If I hadn't spent close to $600 on this, I'd be out shopping for another.

Thanks!


I've had my washer/dryer combo 8 months. There are a lot of bad reviews but I'm pretty satisfied with mine. I use it in my camper. It's definitely a space saver. I have not had a single problem with it not functioning properly. It's worked great since day one!
This is NOT a normal washer/dryer. This was designed for places that are not meant for standard washers. It is 110v. Which means its not going to have the power of a normal washer. That is stated in the description BEFORE you buy it. A little common sense will tell you that as well. The description also states the capacity is 13 lbs. That is clearly not an average size load. What do you expect from a space saving machine. compact means compact! So again, you know this before you buy it.
The only thing I have a problem with not getting dry all the way with a normal wash is jeans and towels. They are heavier items. I usually have to dry those loads an extra hour. I usually put about 4-5 pair of my husbands jeans in one load. That may be another reason they need an extra hour to dry. Washing cottons, I can get quite a bit in the wash and it dries just on a normal cycle.
The thing I DO NOT like is when my clothes come out of the machine, they are extremely wrinkled. So you have to iron just about everything.
We are living in our 34 ft camper while having our house built so I've used this a lot. It's been awesome having it and saves trips to the laundromat. It's ventless so it can go in just about any space with a drain nearby.
A lot of people are leaving bad reviews. But a lot are complaining about things they knew before they bought it.
I recommend buying vibration pads for the machine because it is light weight and will vibrate more then a standard washer. Could be because I have mine in a camper but not sure.


This review is for the 3.75 cu. ft. dryer. I strongly suggest that if you're in the market for a small dryer that runs on normal 110 current, don't get anything smaller.

Four stars is a very good grade for this. Note that I say this in regards to grade-inflation that tends to plague everything from movie reviews to product reviews. This is a good product, but its overall light construction (to put it mildly) means that its never going to be in a 5-star category.

But I didn't deduct for the fact that the dryer didn't work upon first plugging it in. I called their customer service number, spoke to a very friendly lady who barely spoke English, and she told me that perhaps the belt had slipped off during shipment. After spending a couple minutes repeating letter-by-letter my email address so that she could send me instructions for fixing the belt, she still got the address wrong because I never heard from her.

But removing the back of the dryer was easy enough and after a little thought, I fixed it. Not only had the belt come off but the tension spring had come off as well.

The dryer works well. As far as capacity (which I suppose would be most peoples question), you can take a medium-to-large load of washing and dry it all by splitting it into two loads. Each load takes about 90 minutes to dry. And it does a good job of it. Im very happy with it so far.

I purchased the Dundas Jafine ProFlex Indoor Dryer Vent Kit and that works well as well. But, again, I wouldnt even think of messing with the smaller version of this  Sonya dryer. Although the 3.75 cu. ft. works fine for my needs (one person), anything smaller would be somewhat pointless and probably near useless.

But as it is, although I don't expect this dryer to last forever because of its basic construction, it so far does a very good job and I can recommend it.


We have 24 foot of solid dryer vent pipe ending in 3 right-angles before going through the floor into the flexible dryer-vent hose coming from the dryer.  I can't get behind the dryer without moving both the washer and dryer and they are HEAVY.  So being lazy I decided to clean the vent from the outside of the house inward.  I didn't use a vacuum cleaner or a blower or suction of any kind.  I did tighten each section of tubing with pliers and taped them.  I threaded all 24 foot of tubing with the brush on the end into the outside vent and then backed it out.  I got a good amount of lint clods out.  Then I turned on the dryer to blow everything out.  I got no air coming out at all.  My fear had come true, I had forced gobs of lint into the right-angles at the end of the run.  I still didn't want to move that washer and dryer so I figured I'd try one other thing, use the clodbuster attachment.  Now I'm really getting lazy so I tightened each tubing section by hand (no pliers) and didn't use tape.  I pushed all 24 foot of tubing into the vent until I hit some resistance and then turned the tubing by hand (too lazy to hook the drill up).  Then I pulled it all out and there wasn't any lint at all that came out. So now I'm resigned to having to move the washer and dryer, but before I do I figured I might as well turn the dryer on and see what happens.  Lots of lint clods blew out and kept coming out for about 20 seconds.  I've attached pictures of it.  I'm really happy with this product and if it worked for me with all the shortcuts I took it will probably work great for you.  As a point of reference we built this house five years ago and this is the first time I ever cleaned the vent.  A load of ten bath towels used to take 45 minutes to dry, lately it's been taking 3 to 4 hours, so I knew I couldn't put cleaning the pipe off any longer.


Let me start by saying the hood is definitely a 5 star, so far. I rated it 4 stars because of the way it was packaged. When it arrived on my porch, the box was a generic shipping box and was beat up and ripped in a couple of places. Thats on the shipping company. I opened that box to inspect the hood and found the original box the manufacturer had packed the unit in. The manufacturers box was also heavily damaged, and it was obvious that the damage had occurred before it had been placed inside the generic box and shipped to me. I almost sent it back without even looking at the hood, but after a day, I opened it the rest of the way and the hood actually looked unhurt. I pulled it to an outlet and everything worked great, so I decided to keep it. The hardware pack was missing, but Im thinking it got lost because of the damaged boxes. After contacting the company, they promptly sent me replacement hardware. The installation was pretty straight forward for my purpose. I had to reduce it to 6 inch because of space in the wall, but I seldom have to go above the low setting to exhaust my stove. Its definitely heavy duty and is quieter than the Broan unvented it replaced. There are only 2 lights, located at the front, but it lights my stove nicely. They are the white LED, and it took me a couple of days to get used to them. But I like them now. Ive seen some reviews that complained of them being dim, but mine are good. I was amazed at how much air came out the outside wall hood, even on low speed. I love the washable filters and the lines of the hood are clean and stylish. I love it so far. Im glad I looked past the packaging issues, because this really is a great range hood. Ive used it for a couple of months. Ill come back and update after some time has passed, but Im impressed after a nervous start.


I have had nothing but problems with this dryer.  Do not buy!!  In addition, Maytag customer support is the worst trained group of people I have ever had to deal with.  Sounded like that were just reading anything they could pull up on the computer as an answer.  A whole lot of:  let me see if I can get that answer.  I recieved the model with the 24" door and attempted to follow the instruction manual to change the door from the right side to the left side door mount.  The light switch on the upper left side of door hits the door and will not allow you to shut the door.  First instructed it could be removed.  This is also the switch that allows the machine to run when the door is shut.  Next instructed that the light switch could not possibly be in the way because it was on the top of the door in the middle.  Supervisor Page next told me I could schedule a Maytag repairman to come out and change the door over and that I would have to pay the cost due to not a manufacturer error.  TC estimate 130. for service call.  Unbelievable on this 1 week old washer.  Owners manuel for the 27 inch dryer instructs the owner to remove hinges and all screws and rotate the inside door within the outside door.  This looks like it may work but because it did not separate easily andmy model is the 24 " door I did not want to disassemble and void warranty.  Final instruction is to follow the manuel for the procedure.  That would be fine if I had a owners manuel for the correct model and it addressed the light switch in the left upper corner.  So, Merry Christmas.  I have a working washer and dryer but can not replace the doors to the laundry room due to the door placement.  Clear advertisement:  Door can be left or right swing adjusted.  Do not expect to get any resolve or compassion from Maytag!!


I admit it - I love Bosch products. So, when I purchased my new home in the negotiations I saw a horrible stove and told the owner in the negotiations that I didn't want that one and would purchase a new one. Initially, I found this stove for $3800.00 and my husband told me in so many 'not so kind words' that this stove was never going to make it into our new home. However, I found it much less expensive and he consented and said go for it. Bravo to this company for being reasonably priced!!!!

I purchased it and the company confirmed delivery and stayed in touch with us. Due to issues with power lines, the driver had to call us and navigate another way into our development and we helped him through it. He was super nice and highly recommended. We couldn't ask for a more polite driver. Unlike AJ Madison who was a nightmare with our Bosch washer and dryer I purchased at the same time, communication was excellent and follow up was excellent.

We had so many issues with our washer and dryer through AJ Madison that I wish I paid more and just went through this seller and purchased everything through them. They are the very best. I still have to buy a refrigerator and will definitely be purchasing through this company. They are top of the line.

The stove works amazingly well. Heating up in induction is nice. Yes, you will hear it but I do not find it annoying at all. Regular heating is the same way. The console is easy to read and to understand. The book makes everything very clear for you understand.

The top of the stove is awesome to say the least. Induction uses less energy and heating food or water is amazingly fast. Buttons are easy to push. Speed heating allows one to heat fast, and the second that you go down on the numbers (1-9) you'll see your water or whatever you are cooking reduce in bubbling or whatever it is doing. I love that because you have better control over the quality of the food that you make.

When installing we did not have to hire an electrician though Bosch does recommend it. If you have basic electric skills you can do it. I did it myself, and yes - I am a woman.

I would buy this stove again in a heartbeat and would use this seller again without any hesitation.


Our dryer went and, after much research, discovered we needed a new motor.  After having great luck with Amazon and finding awesome deals, I figured I'd order it here.  When it arrived, one major telltale sign (that it wasn't the right one) didn't stick out right away so, in my excitement of having a working dryer, I ran downstairs to put it in.  It didn't set right so it made it really hard to get the spring clamps back on.  Then once I got it all back together and turned it on, there was an awful scraping sound.  Upon investigation, the blower fan was now rubbing on the housing of the dryer vent.  Ripped it apart again and compared it to the bad motor.  Stood them on their ends and the new motor was a half-inch shorter pulley end to blower fan end of the shaft.  On a repair forum, someone suggested maybe it was another motor and posted a pic and that's when everything clicked.

On the blower fan end of the motor shaft, the collar around the bearings is BLUE.  The new one I received was ORANGE.  That was the major difference!!  And, nowhere on the new motor, did it say the model number 279787.  The model I needed was 279827 as shown in the above pic. So, now being shafted out a return shipping fee of $10.50 (but was promised a 20% discount on my next order...yeah like I'm going to chance dealing with THEM AGAIN!!), I wanted to make sure everyone knows what they're truly looking for.

This motor is for pre-1996 dryers so that gets you a head start.

279827...Can also be referenced as 3395652 (old Whirlpool motor order number), 695925, 8066207

279787...Can also be references as 8539556, 3395654, model S58NXMZS-6968

There's many other parts numbers that can be cross-referenced with the 279827, but the big difference is the color of the bearing collar.

As far as the motor itself is concerned...it's a good motor.  Like others have posted, it's not as quiet as the original, but not much louder and hey, if it works, who cares?!?  :-)


A great 5-star range hood, but a 3-star challenge to install.  It's heavier, deeper and taller than most hoods.

If you have to install it with duct fittings attached you may find (as I did) the mounting instructions are void: the slip mount slots may need more travel space than your last hood left you.

The electrical connections must be squeezed into a tiny black cube at the top right back corner--in a cavern of empty space.

The rear mounting screws slots are barely accessible or visible from below.  Tightening them is even iffier as they are buried 7" deep and parts below push your driver roughly 7 degrees out of plumb, causing the phillips bit to chew the screw.

Here's how I recommend installing it.

Pull the stove.  Trying to work over it will triple your work time and exhaust your vocabulary of expletives. Affix any necessary ducting fittings and put a plastic grommet in the electrical knockout hole. (No room for romex or cord clamps.) Drill 2 new 3/16" mounting holes about 1" inboard of the rear mounting slots to allow your mounting screws a straight drive.  Pre-strip the insulation from your connecting wires.

To mount: Lay a 2X6 across your countertops and from it raise the hood with spreader clamps or 2X posts with stepping wedges.  Insert the power cord and position the hood flush to cabinet & back wall.  Drive in the front mount screws in the factory slots.  Drive the back mounting screws into your custom holes using a cordless and 2 stacked driver shafts.  You'll need to illuminate these dark corners to find the holes, and to connect the power wires.  It's mostly black in there.

Lighting advisory: The 6-watt LED lights recommended by EricinGA work great and are much easier to install/remove than the halogens because they're 1/4" longer.  But if you're fastidious about styling you may resent the protrusion in an otherwise smooth surface.  Finding a shorter LED won't help: The suction cup for installing the (flush) halogens slips off LEDs.

All caveats aside, I love this hood.  Enormous suction, great lighting & controls, makes less noise on high than the old hood did on low.  I'd buy it--and even install it--again.


February 5, 2015: I just replaced the broken upper rack parts of my Kitchen Aid dishwasher with this kit (purchased from another website before it was available from Amazon). This new rack roller design uses steel components and appears to be a more robust design. The installation is relatively simple although the included instructions could be improved by using better pictures.

A little background: My dishwasher had stopped working altogether.  A repairman determined I needed a new pump and noted that the upper rack was out of position. His repair estimate rivaled the cost of buying a new machine (which is what I decided to do). So after spending $60 for the service call, I was looking things over and saw why the rack was out of position. A roller on the rack was out of it's track. Upon removing the rack and looking closer, I saw how the rollers are attached and observed that some small plastic roller support pieces were broken off and missing.  Some easy Google research found this to be a common problem. Since I had planned to buy a new machine anyway, I figured it wouldn't hurt to start taking things apart. Minor disassembly led me straight to the reason my dishwasher had stopped functioning. Broken pieces of the roller supports had found their way into the food chopper mechanism and caused the blade to jam. I removed the broken pieces, reassembled the parts  and the machine ran like new! This $33 repair kit fixed the rack positioning problem and ultimately saved me the several hundred $dollars I would have spent on a new dishwasher. While shopping for this kit, I noticed that some websites still sell the original design (all plastic) rack parts which are prone to failing in the same manner I (and many others) experienced. This kit uses steel components that should be more durable and is actually cheaper than the all plastic design at some websites.

In retrospect: I suspect that the repairman knew what was causing the problem all along and simply didn't want to be bothered with an inexpensive repair. I have to wonder how many perfectly good dishwashers have been replaced due to tiny pieces of plastic broken. As I stated, I have just completed the repair. I will provide an update on the longevity of this repair kit after some time has passed but I am expecting positive results.


These replacement filters are used on a double-reservoir Vornado humidifier.  Minimum fan speed setting.  Maximum humidity setting.  New York City one bedroom apt, used in the living room.  Dry air.  Please pass the hand lotion.  (Ugh.)  After a few days of usage (without letting the humidifier accidentally go dry), these filters seem to be doing the job fine.

Some things to note.  Upon receiving the item, I compared these replacement filters with a previous set of Vornado filters.  The dimensions are the same.  Same LxWxThickness.  Two things that caught my eye.  (1) Between each filter is a stiff metal mesh layer.  Imagine a white bread sandwhich with a thin smear of silver in the middle.  That's what each of these things look like.  At first, I couldn't figure out what these internal meshworks would be for, but after I soaked each one in the shower, it became evident.  The wet filters are flimsier than the originals, and without the wire mesh, the wet filters would fold and flop everywhere.  The mesh seems to give it some backbone.  (2) The mesh weave is looser than the Vornado filters.  Like comparing the grids on graph paper with a chain-linked fence.  Well, not that extreme, but noticeable.  The Vornado filter is thinner stripped and more tightly woven.  These replacement filters are broader stripped and more openly woven.

Performance-wise, given the conditions listed above, I don't notice any problems.  In fact, it would seem that these replacement filters are holding up.  The base water is able to wick up and stay up to the very top of the filters.  The top outside edge of the filters are a little dry and cracky, but most of the filter remains moist and white.  This is different from my experience with the Vornado tight-weave filters, which would often dry well out at the tops of each filter.  The living room doesn't seem to suffer from any problems associated with dry air.  We are not getting static shocked in our own apartment, so that's good.  Lastly, there are no overt odors associated with these filters.

Overall, we are happy with the price, shipping, and function of these filters.


Four years later and this dishwasher is still an absolute piece of garbage! I bought it in Nov. 2009 from Lowe's along with all the other Gallery appliances, and have struggled with it ever since. In the first year I had two motor's replaced, and have dealt with intermittent whining and dirty dishes ever since. I bought the extended warranty which covered the motors but nothing else. Frigidaire didn't care that the dishes don't come out clean, there's no coverage for that! Countless times I have to run two cycles, two 90 MINUTE cycles! On the hottest and longest setting! And the dishes come out dirtier than they went in. So then I have to hand wash them anyway. And I always rinsed my dishes before putting them in. I have tried five detergent brands at the recommendation of Lowe's, the repairman, and Frigidaire, all of which usually wouldn't dissolve all the way because the detergent door wouldn't open properly. Frigidaire made it clear that it was the hard water that caused the machine not to clean as well and dumping vinegar in regularly would help. Well that would work for one washing then back to usual. Here I am four years later after cursing this machine all along..and I came home to a flooded kitchen just like other reviewers! I determined I was finally getting rid of it! Went and bought a new one (Whirlpool), and after removing the Frigidaire I discovered that there had been a slow leak from the front corner of the door probably for years because under my floormat and all under the machine my wood floors are warped! And the side of the cabinet is flaking apart! I'm glad I decided to get the new one or I wouldn't have realized how bad my floors were, and I just can't believe what a piece of crap $500 will get you! You can't trust this machine and you won't have clean dishes!! I don't care if they "updated" it, here's your warning--I wouldn't buy any Frigidaire dishwashers. I have forgotten how a dishwasher is actually supposed to work. Lowe's just arrived and took the Frigidaire away, I didn't even want to try and sell it to someone...Looking forward to my Whirlpool!


Nice basic replacement for the broken range hood that came with our house. The old NuTone was completely dead, so, we purchased this as a replacement. The product came packaged relatively okay. There was a small dent in the upper fold on the back of the unit, but since it would be barely noticeable, we didn't bother replacing it. The NuTone I took out was recessed in the top, and the electrical supply from the wall was near the top of the unit about 3 inches over from the corner. This unit is completely flush topped and has two knockouts, one on the top, and one in the rear about 7 inches in from the corner. I had to cut a swath of the drywall behind the hood to get the power supply to line with the knockout. Not a huge issue, but slightly annoying.

There are instructions for a recessed cabinet install as well. The unit out of the box is fine for a flush bottom cabinet. Figures I have recessed bottoms. Instead of installing filler wood to make flush for the mounting holes, I opted to use longer wood screws with washers and tie right into the bottom shelf in the rear, and use smaller holes on the front lip of the range hood to bite into the front fascia of the cabinet. Make sure you drill pilots for the screws. 1/8" drill bit works beautifully. Once hung, make your electrical connections. There are no wire nuts supplied, so, make sure you have some handy. Everything else went beautifully, the unit is solidly in place, and everything works perfectly. Switches are substantial and we put a 75 watt equivalent LED bulb in there, so we can actually see what we are cooking now!

I would have rated 4.5 due to the dent in the unit. The box was not damaged, so, it came from the factory with that issue. Since unit works as desired and it wasn't a huge problem with the dent, it retained a 5 star review.


Forgive me as I have seemingly misplaced the manual.  I have arrived at the Amazon.com site to research which washer I have.  My washer is a non agitator Maytag Centennial and I think it is a MVWC400 as there is no agitator.  I admit the unit uses very little water and demands HE laundry soap.  This Maytag requires longer wash cycles.  But, I like this machine very much.  The cost was a bit more than my last washer, circa 2002 by about 40% greater cost.  I did get a great deal for my prior washer, but I had an arrangement in a rental and I had to leave it behind after 10 years use.

This Maytag Centennial has been used by me for 33 loads.  The tub is huge and once I have filled it.  I usually fill it about as much as the washer I owned previously, mentioned above.  Once, I washed major bedding, filling the washer as only a laundry mat machine would usually suffice.  It worked, and my intent is to stay away from washing loads of such loads.

Twice to three times a week, I wash three shirts, socks, underwear, three pairs of jeans, a bath towel, and numerous hand towels.  I believe this is a full load.  I always wash on the 'Heavy' Soil Level; 'Tap Cold' Wash Temp; 'Normal' Wash; 'Extra Rinse' On; 'Off' Fabric Softener setting.  I have used no other settings.  My wash is always clean and dryer than other washers I have owned.  I have used washers for forty and more years, too!

As the price is 40% higher than my previous washer, I am hesitant to relay positives for purchasing this washer.  The unit functions flawlessly and the clothes are dryer than previous experiences.  The soap demand is lower in quantity and the unit requires more time.  Ask me in five to ten years if I recommend this unit as this agitator-less and HE soap demanding unit, as is it continuing to satisfy my consumer demands.

I thought I would just relay these thoughts as my search for a replacement manual led me into users who are dissatisfied with their Maytag Centennial clothes washer.  The manual describes how to clean the washer after thirty washings.

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You need two things to install this, a good wrench and plumbers tape which oddly enough was not included.

Having said that, this was extremely easy to assemble I began using it within 15 minutes of unboxing it.

I had just washed my dishes when the delivery man came, so I just ran around the house looking for random stuff to wash because I was excited and wanted to use it. I grab some old nasty ashtrays from the backyard and some old dusty knickknacks and went to town.

It did a fantastic job. And it was so quiet I had to keep checking to make sure that everything was working well. At first I was nervous to leave it unattended I was scared there would be a leak somewhere but no leaks.

The next day I used it for all my dirty dishes. I was still a bit nervous to leave it unattended wondering what would happen if I had fallen asleep and left the water running all night long. I was relieved to know that it automatically controls the water so that's not a problem.

The dishes come out clean and sparkling. It doesn't dry dishes so it is recommended that you open the dishwasher and pull the rack out and let those dishes air-dry which only takes me a few minutes.

It looks nice on the counter and having it has improved my quality of life. Now I can get my nails done because before my nails were wrecked by washing dishes 3 times a day. I also have more time to do things I'd rather do.

The thing I like best, is that there are two removable racks. So you can reconfigure the tray to hold your dishes pots and pans and whatever. I have to laugh because well my dishes are large, my bowls are deep, and my coffee cups are huge. So loading my big American dishes into this tiny dishwasher requires a bit of strategy haha. But I got the hang of it.

I like the way it was packaged. The appliance box was delivered inside an anonymous plain box which I like. The appliance box itself was very easy to open you simply snip the ties and lift the Box off and there's your washing machine.

There isn't anything about this item that would make me hesitant to recommend it to someone. If you have a small kitchen or you just don't have a dishwasher get it it's worth it.


I have the previous version of Danby dishwasher, 496, but I want to comment on how great a machine it has been for me.  I bought the DDW496W almost 4 years ago, while living in small apartment, expecting my 4th child.  I knew I would never be able to keep up with the hand-washing any more.  I have never regretted the decision.  After getting used to the size of the machine and getting into the groove of what I could fit into it, I was very satisfied.

The only trouble I have ever had with the machine is that the hoses have loosened a bit over time, and water has leaked under the machine.  Once I realized the problem, and tightened the hoses back up, the leaking stopped.  There was also a time when I noticed a black scum building up around the heating element, but it turned out to be a by-product of my natural dishwasher detergent and had nothing to do with the machine itself.  Another time, the machine sudsed all over the place, but that was because I had tried out a new detergent and added rinse guard all at once.  Too much detergent.  Now I use the basic store brand gels, about 1T per load, and never have any trouble with over-sudsing.

We have a lot of dirty dishes, and I run my machine at least 3 times a day.  When a load is done, I either leave it in the Danby with the door all the way open to air dry, or unload it into a dish-drying rack and put in the next load (depending on how quickly I need to wash the next dishes).  It's worth it to me to run it 3 times a day, and only wash pots, pans, and other big items at the end of the day ... as opposed to washing every thing by hand every day.

I also love the water-heating element.  It gets the water super-hot and cleans/sanitizes my dishes very well.

With very little TLC, and running the machine so often, I am surprised at long it has lasted.  I still use it every day, now with six kids in a 3-bedroom apartment.

I love this machine and I recommend it to anyone who is looking for an alternative to hand-washing all those dishes.


I bought this dryer to go along with my Haier HLP23E portable washing machine. I have currently owned it for only about a week, but it has performed well. Admittedly, I did not purchase it from Amazon, but I bought it used from Rent-A-Center for $150. The only problem with it so far is a constant clicking sound while it is running, but that may be because it is used. I haven't tried to open the case yet to see if it may be something in the baffles. The dryer has a place to hook up an exhaust hose, but I do not use it, and have had no problems not doing so. It makes the room only a little more warm, but not too noticeable. Below is a list of pros and cons about the dryer:

CONS -

More of warnings, they do not take away from rating

* HEAVY - It's not something you can just pick up and carry in the house, or up the steps to apartment in my case.
* SMELL - Again, probably because mine was used, but may have been sitting in the store for a while. There was a burning rubber smell for the first few days of using it, but that has now dissipated.

PROS -

* LOAD SIZE OF 3.4 CUBIC FEET - Has a larger capacity than my Haier HLP23E, which has 1.46 cu. ft. so basically it can easily take any load I throw in it.
* ACCU-DRY SENSOR - It can detect when the clothes are dry, so it runs until it dries. In my case, and as long as you don't overload it, a load should get done drying in one to two hours. Not bad for a portable/compact unit.
* LINT TRAP - The lint trap is pretty good, and catches a lot of lint. You just have to be sure to check it after each load, or possibly every two loads.

CONCLUSION -

* It's a very good dryer, but pretty expensive online.
* It's pretty heavy, so be sure to have a dolly to load it on.
* Putting casters (ones with brakes) on it are a good idea if you will be needing to move it within the house/apartment.

To see it in action, here is a video I made: http://youtu.be/UkFNZCiJ1Lw


Not long after moving into our home, the clear supply line to our ice maker broke and started flooding the kitchen.  Fortunately my wife was home, and we have the tools necessary to shut off all the water to our house (the shutoff valve for just the fridge is pretty hard to get to).

Knowing how costly that could have been, I upgraded to this pex line.

In order to get it through some small holes, and improve our filter situation, I cut the hose about 5 feet from one end, and then cut another 1 foot long piece.  I attached the long piece to the source pipe, then fed its cut end (smaller now, without a connector) through the holes in the floor and walls.  I attached it to a push-in quick connect shut-off valve ( John Guest PPSV040808WP Single Straight Shut-Off Valve, 1/4" Tube OD x 1/4" ).  I then attached the 1 ft section of this hose, then an in-line filter that also has push-in quick connections, then the 5 ft end piece of this hose, and connected that to the fridge.

So, I was able to feed it through holes smaller than the end compression fittings, didn't have to deal with putting a new compression fitting on, and I have a filter that lasts much longer and is cheaper than the ones that go inside the fridge.  And, when I do need to change the filter, I can shut off the inline valve that I installed right next to it.  Pretty cool.


Works great. Not a review but might help someone as I was helped reading the notes made by others, so won't go over them here except the point out not the touch the black part of the unit.

My dryer is maytag model DG8000.

1. These do burn out. Some websites suggested these burn out like light bulbs and it's common, others label this a non common occurrence, I checked continuity on everything suspecting something else burnt it out, it was the only thing that went bad. Replaced it now back in business.

2. When this unit goes bad you won't smell any gas as continuity is broken so electricity isn't getting to the solenoids to release any gas. Also I didn't hear any clicking either, again since no electricity was getting to the solenoids. Now my dryer still turned on, tumbled, just wasn't getting heat, so the igniter along with the solenoids complete one circuit to release the gas. After I replaced this part the gas released and about 10 seconds after the glow, which gave out a nice flame.

3. I used a cheap harbor freight free multimeter to check continuity. Another website said to use the lowest ohm setting, which didn't work on mine,  I found out another ohm setting did work. Whatever ohm setting that reads greater than 1 when you connect the black and red leads to complete a circuit, thus you have continuity, is what you can use to check your dryer parts. My ohm setting that worked gave a reading of 10.5 when the leads touched, and 1 when not touching. Everything I touched with the leads read greater than 1, except the igniter, which gave a reading of 1 and visual inspection showed a burnout out area.

4. Thanks to repairclinic.com for all their helpful info and tips even though Amazon had it cheaper. Youtube is also very helpful for a visual aid in disassembling and reassembling.


UPDATE - On June 3, 2017, I wrote to Avanti through their website for customer assistance.  Telling them I had a refrigerator that was freezing my food.  I received an email response today June 27, 2017 from "Customer Service" saying if the problem hasn't been resolved to call a their number.  Wow, what TERRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE.  To think someone could wait for over 3 weeks with a bad refrigerator is outrageous.  I spent over $400 for the refrigerator and only had it for less than 3 months - and this is the way they treated me.  I had to buy a new refrigerator to keep my food from freezing! SHAME ON AVANTI!

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I bought this refrigerator on March 15th and had a quick delivery.  Initially I gave it 4 stars because it is a perfect size and quantity for my studio apartment.

Unfortunately, I have had a terrible time keeping the refrigerator temperature between 37 - 39 degrees and freezer at 0.  And even with these temperatures, my lettuce, fruit and vegetables tend to freeze - especially the lettuce. Also, anything that is in the back of the refrigerator next to the wall will freeze at these temperatures.  The refrigerator comes with a dial temperature inside of 1-7, with 7 being the coldest.  I keep the dial bet 4-5 and bought individual temperature gauges for the refrigerator and freezer so it would be easy to read the 37-39 for refrigerator and 0 for freezer.  The freezer does get shavings of ice and I scrap off, and have defrosted it once already.  I just noticed my ice tea pitcher was leaking so pulled out the trays, and the pictures below show the ice build up.  The ice was so full the drainage hole was cover with it.  One picture shows the ice in the refrigerator, the other picture shows the ice a bit clearer in the sink.

I have written Avanti who has the 1 year warranty and will update my review upon hearing what they advise.  I know I have spent too much money replacing frozen lettuce and vegetables - this is terrible.

The refrigerator was very expense $406 for a 7.4 cuft but was willing to pay for a perfect refrigerator for my size needed., now it's just frustrating.  Perhaps I have a lemon?.


We have 24 foot of solid dryer vent pipe ending in 3 right-angles before going through the floor into the flexible dryer-vent hose coming from the dryer.  I can't get behind the dryer without moving both the washer and dryer and they are HEAVY.  So being lazy I decided to clean the vent from the outside of the house inward.  I didn't use a vacuum cleaner or a blower or suction of any kind.  I did tighten each section of tubing with pliers and taped them.  I threaded all 24 foot of tubing with the brush on the end into the outside vent and then backed it out.  I got a good amount of lint clods out.  Then I turned on the dryer to blow everything out.  I got no air coming out at all.  My fear had come true, I had forced gobs of lint into the right-angles at the end of the run.  I still didn't want to move that washer and dryer so I figured I'd try one other thing, use the clodbuster attachment.  Now I'm really getting lazy so I tightened each tubing section by hand (no pliers) and didn't use tape.  I pushed all 24 foot of tubing into the vent until I hit some resistance and then turned the tubing by hand (too lazy to hook the drill up).  Then I pulled it all out and there wasn't any lint at all that came out. So now I'm resigned to having to move the washer and dryer, but before I do I figured I might as well turn the dryer on and see what happens.  Lots of lint clods blew out and kept coming out for about 20 seconds.  I've attached pictures of it.  I'm really happy with this product and if it worked for me with all the shortcuts I took it will probably work great for you.  As a point of reference we built this house five years ago and this is the first time I ever cleaned the vent.  A load of ten bath towels used to take 45 minutes to dry, lately it's been taking 3 to 4 hours, so I knew I couldn't put cleaning the pipe off any longer.


I have lap siding (Hardi Plank cement boards) with a 5 inch reveal.  To mount the base of the dryer I put down a thick bead of silicon caulk on the siding where the square base would be positioned and then fastened the base with the enclosed screws at the four corners of the base.  I pre-drilled the holes into the cement siding.  I used the caulk to make sure I had an air tight seal.  I let the base and caulk set for 24 hours and then placed the vent top with the floating valve into the base, removed the cap, and turned on the dryer to check the seal.  The floating valve shot right up out of the base almost 2 feet into the air, so I felt confident that the seal around the base was air tight and all the exhaust air from the dryer was coming out of the vent.  I fastened the top of the vent to the siding with the enclosed screw, again pre-drilling the hole in the the cement siding.  When the cap is in place the cap directs the exhaust air downward and that keeps the floating valve from shooting out of the top of the vent.  The vent works just as advertised, sealing up nicely when the dryer is off.  I noted that some lint tends to accumulate between the lip of the vent top and the cap, so when I check the insides of the vent for cleaning by removing the cap, I will be careful to scrape around the lip of the vent where the cap fits and keep that area lint-free.  Overall a great product, fairly easy installation (especially if you don't have lap siding to contend with), and a lot better design than the normal dryer vent with the plastic hinged vanes that open when the dryer is on and close (somewhat) when it is off.  We had a mouse get inside the normal dryer vent and it died there, so that was not a good thing.  The Heartland vent will prevent that from happening and provide a positive seal against the outside air.


Although I did not have any previous issues with the standard samsung filter (Aqua-Pure), I decided I'd try this one to save a little money. I did not buy the WSS-1 filter from Amazon, but because of what occurred when I used it, I decided it was the best way to post my experience.
After an issue-less Water Sentinel WSS-1 filter install and water cycling, we were gone for a couple hours. Upon returning, there was a pool of water at the base of our refrigerator. Opening up the refrigerator door, there were drops coming from the top of the filter. I have never had a leak using the Aqua-Pure filter.  I removed the Water Sentinel filter, cleaned up the mess, and decided I'd not buy this filter again, but would revert back to the Aqua-Pure filter. After a couple days, I attempted to install a new Aqua-Pure filter. It now wouldn't fit into the filter assembly opening. Something was keeping it from engaging into the fitting as it always did before. I thought maybe there was something possibly left over from the Water Sentinel filter, but I couldn't see or feel anything that might be in the way. I subsiquently took apart the water filter assembly, and found out why the Aqua-Pure filter would no longer fit.  There is a plastic filter engagement coupler that is not fixed- it can rotate.  It appears that the Water Sentinel filter has a different locking pattern than the Aqua-Pure filter.  When I installed the Water Sentinel filter (to the full counter-clockwise hard stop), it rotated that engagement collar to a position where the Aqua-Pure filter could no longer be installed.  Having taken the filter engagement assembly apart,  I found I could take a straight slot screwdriver and rotate the plastic collar back to it's original position.  The Aqua-Pure filter could then be re-installed.
Taking apart the filter engagement assembly took some handyman type experience (as it's not very easy to reach to the back of the refrigerator with wrenches and screwdrivers), but it was doable.  I don't know if others have had this problem, but to me it was serious enough of an issue that I thought I should share it.


We have a relatively new GE refrigerator:  we moved into our current home in August 2012, and our refrigerator was new at that time, so it is less than three years old.  We had a GE model in our old home as well, and although that one was over 12 years old, the drip tray was in perfect condition.  Unfortunately, the drip tray on our current model (GSCS3PGXSS) was much more poorly made, being cheap plastic that was coated to appear a faux stainless to match the refrigerator.  In the brief time we have owned this new refrigerator, the coating has chipped away, exposing black plastic underneath.  Even worse, this problem has allowed bacteria to form, as we have been unable to adequately clean and sanitize the tray.

My husband began searching for a replacement.  On the manufacturer's web site, they were charging over SIXTY dollars for this replacement part (not including shipping).  As much as this problem was an issue for us, there was NO WAY we were going to pay that amount.  Luckily, after further research, my husband found that this replacement part appeared to be the right size for our refrigerator.  This was somewhat difficult to determine for several reasons.  First, plugging our model number into Amazon search feature at the top of the item listing did not work; it just said "model not found."  Second, Amazon lists the WRONG dimensions for this item.  The dimensions Amazon has listed are the SHIPPING dimensions; the actual item dimensions are approximately 7.5" wide and 4" deep.

A final concern was that this drip tray was black, not faux stainless steel like the original that came with our refrigerator as well as the refrigerator itself.  We thought that this would probably be fine, and you can see from the photo that I included that we were absolutely right!  The black tray actually looks BETTER than the original, as it provides a nice contrast with the refrigerator and matches the digital display.  This drip tray also seems better made, and we feel confident that it will last longer than the other.  And finally, we paid less than ten dollars!  We are only sorry we waited this long to replace the old tray.


This is the second time I've used this product on our Maytag dishwasher.  With vinyl-coated steel racks it is inevitable that they will rust.  That means you have two options: wait until they disintegrate and buy new racks or a whole new dishwasher (both are $$$), or do something about it.  Two years ago I used this product and it worked well.  At that time I didn't go crazy doing prep and that's one reason why I had to revisit some of the same areas again this time.  In the current application, I spent a good amount of time (probably too much) prepping the racks.  I cut back the original coating to expose all the rust, sanded the rust off where I could, and used a rust inhibitor on the metal.  I let the racks thoroughly dry (24 hours) from the inhibitor so there was no moisture trapped.  Finally, I applied two-plus coats of this liquid vinyl to the affected areas working hard to make sure they were completely sealed and thick enough to protect.  I had the "caps" from one of this vendor's other kits left over from last time.  When appropriate I cut the end off the cap and slide it over the raw metal post to give some extra protection (then coat it with the liquid).  I purchased two bottles of the vinyl and had plenty to give a good coating to about 10 spots (some small some large).  I definitely recommend buying an extra bottle for the small incremental cost because you don't want to skimp on your coverage.  My experience is that this stuff also remains viable for a couple of years if you make sure the bottle is closed well and keep it at room temperature.  The two year old "left over" stuff I had was not as fluid as the new, but it does the job over time for any "touch ups".  Note: Make sure you wear gloves because this stuff sticks to your hands (and everything else) and work in a WELL VENTILATED AREA because of the fumes.  Have fun!


UDPATE: Interestingly when I tried to post the same review feedback below to LG's website, they rejected it :)

Good product, but be VERY careful about how you want to handle issues. While LG supposed makes better quality products from their competitors however I've been warned by many about their terrible services. I figured that if I had a the best product I wouldn't need service and worst case likely it'll happen during warranty.

The product works great, we're very happy with it. The dryer however had a busted bulb since the day we bought it. I called LG service and gave them the details, serial number, date of purchase (it was less than 75 days old). I was categorically told that the bulb was a "consumable" item and not covered by warranty. I called back and chatted about 6 times after being hung up on 3 times, denied warranty coverage 3 times and finally had to give up. I'll be filing a complaint with the BBB.
How can a defective bulb be a "consumable"? The get to the bulb I need to remove the door and unscrew some parts. Really a consumable?

That $1700 I'll never spend with LG again for a 50c bulb.

Summarze:
Product works great - no complaints
Assume the warranty doesn't exist (either buy extended or buy some other product).

Which now makes me think, after doing a month of research, Samsung, Whirlpool, LG, Kenmore etc etc, going through consumer reports, websites, amazon reviews, home depot reviews and scouring the web, everyone said LG quality was the best (barring those few who had bad pieces) but unanimously LG service was the worst. I just it's just my luck to have to call in LG service and hit the infamous "service". But really I was trying to get the best product and longer product life so I don't have to buy another one soon. Was it worth it? Now I think I should have gone with Samsung, pretty sure the product would work just as well, maybe it has as shorter life but alteast if something goes wrong I know Samsung will stand by it.


I wanted to wait a while before giving a review. I had a different model before this one--a cheap gray thing that I got from Target--and two of them broke within 6 months. Although the mechanism on this machine is the same as that one, this thing is a battle veteran that won't quit.

I applaud NewAir for making a machine built to last. I recommend it heartily to anyone looking for an ice machine that doesn't require a plumbing hookup. I wouldn't call this "portable"--it's pretty heavy--but it will go anywhere you put it. I prefer it over those things built into freezers where your ice always tastes like freezer.

A couple tips:

1. Unless you regularly empty/change the water, the water will stagnate and the ice will start to taste funny and you may even get algae build-up. To solve this I started putting 1-2 drops of nascent iodine into the water when I fill it up. You can find nascent iodine here on Amazon. This doesn't affect the taste of the ice *at all* and may even be good for your health. Emptying the tank is somewhat unpleasant given where we have this thing situated in our kitchen, so anything to prevent that weekly ritual is worth it. I've been doing this for 3 months--haven't completely cycled the water since then--and the problem is solved for me.

2. I recommend keeping the ice setting on small ice-cubes. There is a size selector for small/medium/large cubes. The small cubes seem to optimize the recycle rate of ice/water. When the machine spits out the ice one will occasionally fall right on top of its little sensor that it uses to determine if the ice basket is empty (this is a simple temperature sensor). So the machine thinks the basket is full but it's really just one cube confusing it while the basket is mostly full of small/melted bits. Changing the setting to small reduces this for me; I think because the small ones melt faster so if one does end up on top of the sensor it melts quickly.


This is an amazing product. It was a bit scary to buy something big from amazon, but it arrived safe and sound.

1. It's bigger than I thought it would be and can hold more clothes than I imagined.

2. It is efficient. Doesn't need much soap, doesn't use much water, doesn't use much power, and leaves things impressively clean.

3. It is easy. I wheel it into the bathroom, hook it up, and let it run. I still watch it out of curiosity and because I'm getting to know the machine, but I can just walk away.

4. Clothes doesn't tangle anywhere near as often or as bad as I expected based on reviews.

5. Lint is nowhere near as bad of a problem on my clothes as I expected based on reviews.

6. Definitely get a lint trap for the end of the drain hose. Don't bother with the flower-type lint traps in the tub... they don't do anything and are probably intended for the twin tub washers, not this one.

7. It's fast. Quick cycle is good enough.

8. Spin cycle dries things pretty well. hang to dry overnight.

10. Connection options are a tough decision. I was hoping to keep it in place and not move it around but that didn't work out. But moving it isn't too bad and I'm used to it. I hooked it up to the sink temporarily, but I want an aerator on my bathroom sink, not the quick attach piece which shoots water out like a garden hose. So I went on a long search for pieces that would help me hook it up somewhere else. I decided on my shower. I got a t-valve for the shower, but I needed an adapter that goes from shower threading to standard sink aerator threading, so I could put the quick release adapter it came with in the shower.

11. I do 2-3 loads a week, twice a week, for me and my wife. Everything we own fits, except a full size duvet and a large blanket.


This is our second set of LG front load washer and dryer in this model (or the model just prior to this one); had to leave the first set with the condo we sold.  This is a wonderful set, no operational problems and easy to use.  We had the first set for 5 years and loved them so much, we bought this model again for the new residence.  I do want to mention something we learned on this install.  After we installed the washer and did the test run, it banged and shook and hopped across the floor like it was horribly off balance and was going to shake the house down.  We mentioned this to a friend, and he advised us there are several bolts on the back side of the machine that hold the drum in place so it won't get damaged in shipment.  You need to remove these bolts before installing the machine.  We did this and the washer performs perfectly.  Later we found this information in the owner's manual; it wasn't in the install instructions.  Who knew?  Wanted to mention this so you can avoid this problem.  UPDATE:  After we fixed the drum bolt problem and machine working perfectly, I noticed that when the water "shots' release into the tub while it's filling/calculating the load, there is a very loud BAM that sounds like a sledgehammer is hitting the wall.  I didn't recall our first set doing that, but hubby found this neat gizmo called a MINI-RESTER, a water hammer arrester made by a company called Sioux Chief.  It costs about $6 and you install it on the back of the machine where the water hose comes in; you can also install it at the faucet source where the water hose connects.  PRESTO! It totally eliminated the noise!  Now it runs whisper quiet.  This is such a simple solution it makes you wonder why the manufacturer doesn't either engineer that feature into the machine, or at least supply that extra part.


I received one Rosewill 1800 Watt Induction Cooker system and was surprised by the quality of the cooking unit and the included metal pot with glass lid. My wife and I found the packing material to be of good quality, which kept the three pieces of the system from damage during shipping and handling.
The instruction pamphlet was clear and well written. We cleaned all three pieces with a sponge and mild dish soap, rinsed the pieces (pan, lid, and top surface of cooking unit) and tested the system with the metal pan 1/2 filled with tap water. It was the first time we had seen an induction cooker in operation - and it took a few minutes for us to grasp what was happening, watching the water in the pan begin to boil in a short time when compared with our installed home propane stove.
I checked my wife's professional cooking pans (many sizes) with a strong magnet to be sure they would operate correctly, and all were found to attract the magnet.
My wife tested her largest pan the next day, simmering spices in coconut oil until they were a light brown, added pork chops and the glass lid, and
fiddled with the power until she had the perfect temperature to cook the chops. Some 8 minuets later she added sliced mixed vegetables into the same pan and cooked them as the chops finished. She estimated that it took 12 minuets or so less than using the gas stovetop to cook the same meal.
The glass cooktop remains hot for awhile after you remove your pan or pot. The cooktop surface is easy to wipe clean when cool, after each use.
Some safety notes: 1. Make sure that all of the power cord stays behind the cooktop so it will not get tangled in your cooking implements, which might unexpectedly move the cooktop and pan. 2. Do not use the cooktop on top of a propane or natural gas stove. 3. Do not leave the cooktop unattended while cooking until you are confident that you understand how quickly the unit can cook; the various power levels and your cooking style will need to be experienced for you to become efficient. Just like you must gain experience if you switch from a gas stove to an electric stove, and visa-versa.


SLOW WATER MYSTERY SOLVED!!

If you're looking at the reviews, you'll see many that hate this filter complain about slow water flow.  Googling the issue with this filter you'll see it's really common on many other sites.  After many years of dealing with this, GE has finally rolled out a newer design.  Not sure when this happened, but Home Depot in the Chicago area started to carry the newer ones summer of 2014.  I waited until my 2nd filter to now leave a review here (deleted my old review since I couldn't figure out how to add image while updating an old review).

Anyways, the new filter is GOOD with EXCELLENT water flow.  Just like when fridge was new.  I recommend you buy it in person at Home Depot so that you know you're buying the new design.  How do you tell the difference, please see the images in this review.  First, the box will look different.  Box design has MWF in bold black print and "splash of water" in bottom right.  The old packaging was green and blue.  Second, to confirm the new design see the comparison image I added.  Notice the new design has 2 tabs that protrude from what was the flat area of the old filter.  This is consistent with an old hack for the filter (that worked for me) of cutting out a plastic "washer" that assisted in pushing in the pointed button where the filter connects to.  You can see this "pointed button" when you take out the filter and look at the filter head.  If you push that in, you'll see that is where all the water supply enters the filter.  It was suspected the old design either did not depress that fully or the filter being flush just blocked the water supply some.  If you're wondering why the fridge wasn't like that when you bought it, it's like it was using the even older design made by Culligan.  You can google the info on that, but basic Culligan made the filters and there was a dispute between the 2 companies.

Anyways, I hope this helps clear up the mystery for some folks.


The refrigerator came well-packed. I took an hour to cut it out of the box and reverse the door to open on the correct side. As I stood it up, it was wobbly. I went to adjust the two balance feet on the bottom front corners of the fridge and one was missing. I contacted Amazon to see if it was possible to just ship me the part, rather than wasting the time, money, effort and fuel on me repackaging the double-boxed unit and them paying the cost to return a 70+ pound unit. The answer to that would be: No.

The unit itself seemed nice, it started up when I plugged it in, but I've only had it for two hours, so I can't comment on it's long-term use. However, Amazon's wastefulness in not being able to get a simple screw-in foot to offset the wasted effort to return this unit is baffling to me.

UPDATE (7/29/17) I've had the replacement for 5 months now and I'm upping the review from two to four stars. It does its job well, looks great, no problems so far.  Be aware, because of the glass front this is not going to make your beverages super cold. Using my Etekcity IR Thermometer, the temperature of the door glass is 63 degrees, meaning that a high-humidity day that raises the dew point above 63 will start condensation forming on the glass. It's not the fault of the unit, it's how dew point works. On humid summer days, I put a bar towel on the floor below the door because you will get condensation run-off. That's the issue with glass-front doors; there's a trade-off for the good looks. Using the same IR thermometer, it says the temp of the cans and bottles in the fridge are 50-52 degrees. That seems to read high, because the beer is cold. Just not 'edge of frost cold'. For reference though, the bottles and cans in my steel-front bar fridge read 50-52, maybe a 2 degree difference. I'd buy it again for the combination of price, looks and how it works.


Overall this range hood is an outstanding value, which makes it worthy of four stars. While it comes up short in a few areas, we were thrilled to find such an attractive, functional island range hood for less than $375 -- most of these hoods easily cost three or four times as much. For that price, you should be expect a few issues:

First, we were very fortunate that this item was not damaged in shipping. Some of the parts were packaged so that they were actually sitting on top of the inner box lids, where they could have been bent or lost altogether.

Second, the instruction manual is a joke. It doesn't seem to be the right manual for this unit; even the schematic shown here on Amazon is missing from the book. No template is provided either. It provides no detail on mounting or supporting the hood. Inexplicably, the supplied hardware includes four whimpy drywall anchors -- if you tried to hang a 65-pound range hood from your ceiling with these, better call your insurance company now! Fortunately there are lots of YouTube videos that can help you figure it out. I ended up going into the attic and installing two 2x4 blocks between my rafters, and used those to attach the mounting bracket from below. Easy.

My last complaint concerns the lights -- the LEDs are dim and quite blue, while the control panel lights seem to be lasers that will blind anyone standing in front of the hood. We're going to add additional lights to our kitchen as part of our remodel, so not the end of the world.

Despite these issues, there is a lot to love about this range hood. First, it is solidly built -- it feels much more solid than I expected for such an affordable unit.

Second, it moves a lot of air. I can't vouch for the CFM's, but it blasts air out of the vent on high. As nice as it looks, we got this hood to move air and it definitely does this well. It's also very quiet on low and medium; even on high you won't have any trouble carrying on a normal conversation.

Finally, it looks great. We were worried that an island hood would draw too much attention in our small house. The design of this hood means you really won't notice it, but when you do it looks great!


After my 12 yr old 6 cu ft dryer finally gasped it's last breath needed a new one.  (had already  repaired old one 3 times, and thought it a fire hazard to attempt a 4th repair after seeing melted wires leading to thermostats)

First, I attempted to purchase a dryer locally within 30-40 miles of my residence.  The earliest they could deliver was nearly 3 weeks out, and one outlet  gave me 6 weeks as the earliest they could deliver an appliance 30 miles.  Unwilling to wait that long, I took a chance and ordered a dryer from Amazon.

5 business days between the date I ordered to the dryer being hand-carted through my back door by a polite young man (Cameron in Minnesota, you ROCK!).

The Amana NED4700 is everything I wanted at a very reasonable price.  Wrinkle guard, loud end of cycle buzzer, eco cycle, control over temp (independent of cycle temps) and an amazing amount of real estate on the inside.  I'm 5'6", and I could probably easily fit inside this dryer.  It has more than enough room to fit king size down comforters I like to fluff weekly....with room to spare.  Actually leaves things more wrinkle-free than the old one, though I don't know if that's just due to the larger capacity of this dryer.

What puzzles me is this:  how is it local retailers don't seem to want my money, nor care about any sort of timely delivery from a half hour drive away, and Amazon with billions in sales, who most assuredly doesn't need  or depend on the sale of an inexpensive clothes dryer was able to ship the dryer from Missouri to my doorstep in the middle of nowhere Minnesota in a couple of days?  Impressed with Amazon, not so much with local Minnesota merchants.

Over all, very pleased with the dryer and the merchant.  If something happens to change that in the future, will update this post.


I purchased the 24" unit to replace another beverage cooler. It can be free standing or built in. It's a quiet unit but rarely the fan is a bit noisy for a short period. It may be settling or needs adjustment on its feet.  The light is nice but is not automatic when you open the door and you have to manually control it. It only lights up the top two shelves well when the cooler is full but the blue neon is nice for effect. The door is light smoked glass but see through. It has great capacity and you can remove shelves if you want to stand up cans or bottles. The shelves are not adjustable. They are sturdy but rubber coated and not stainless steel. If you are using it for beer, it cools to a temperature that you usually get in a bar or restaurant. It is advertised to cool to 38 degrees and does. If you like your beer close to freezing, you have to go high end and spend $1500 or so. I would strongly recommend that you buy the protection plan from Square Trade that is offered at the time of purchase. They will come on site if there is a problem they can't diagnose over the phone (but read details). I only say this because of a previous cooler I had and the fact that this is a "value" purchase and things may go wrong as other reviews claim. You don't want to pay to ship this back to the manufacturer which some plans require or they don't have a service center in your area. I have not had any problems in the month that I owned it but The Plan is well worth the $57.00 for shipping costs alone plus you get an extra 3 years of protection. I gave this 5 stars because it's the best for the price. I am not a paid reviewer and received no discount or consideration to write a review.

Update: the periodic noisy fan issue went away within a few days as the Manual suggested. Great product. No complaints.


This spin dryer is the best buy I've ever made.  I bought a mini panda washer too because I'm tired of lugging everything to the Laundromat every week and spending on average $10-15 a week on laundry.  After using the mini washer on the counter by my kitchen sink, I weakly wring out the clothes (don't waste too much effort on it like I used to, just enough to make it across the floor without dripping everywhere).  A few minutes in the spin dryer and the clothes come out almost dry.  I hang them up and usually within a couple hours they are dry.

Very easy, very simple and it does an amazing job!

It even spins the excess soap out of the clothes.

I have to say that the first few times I used the little washer and this dryer I was disgusted at the amount of soap residue that had been left in my clothes from the Laundromat.  I've gone over a week without using any detergent at all because of the soap residue still in my clothes.  The mini washer allows me to put 2-3 full size items of clothes in at a time (a couple of shirts or soft pants and shirts).  I fill halfway with water, turn the dial and it goes.  The water immediately was cloudy and sudsy as if I had put detergent in it.  Drain, refill with the clear water and go again... 3 and 4 cycles and more it took to get my clothes free of residual gunk.  There's no way to see this at the Laundromat as you can't just set it on extra rinse cycles.  I was horrified.

My clothes now come out super clean, aren't stiff or falsely soft... have little to no residue in them... and the spin dryer spins out any residue that may be left and it doesn't shrink the clothes up like regular dryers.  Very little lint... we keep a lint roller handy for any small threads and such.  This dryer is amazing.


So far . . . . so good?
Technically, replacing this temp probe shouldn't solve the problems people are claiming, nor should it have solved ours? But one feels compelled to try the cheapest fix first . . . eh?
After reading many follow up repair jobs by folks, you begin to realize, many of them are replacing this in the hopes of not needing the high dollar control board - as we did, only to find out, it wasn't the problem. Then, they get the price on the control board and realize, they can get the whole oven - NEW - for 450-600 bucks, about twice the cost of the control board. However, if, by the time they've done all the "recommended" repair/replacements options first and go ahead and buy a control board too, they already blew the cost of a whole new oven? Which is of course, by design of our one world disordered world of a throwaway society.
Nonetheless, "partshousesupply" - via Amazon Marketplace speedily got this Supco RA1986 Oven Sensor in our hands and, unlike other reviewers who must have ordered the wrong part, it DEFINITELY fits right into the oven, the wires are the exact length and connector is EXACTLY as the old assembly, hence,  it fits right in, clips right on to the harness and in our case, it worked just as it was supposed to! . . .. so far. . . . given what our stove was doing, like I said, "technically" this shouldn't have solved its problem? The oven element quit, the broiler element wouldn't shut off, the ovens' overheat alarm went off, and it spit out an error code. Had we not intentionally tripped the breaker, I believe the oven (or something) would have started on fire because it was nearly ready to self-combust by the time we arrived to a house full of smoke? Consequently, until this repair is thoroughly tested, we won't be walking away from any baking projects for a while. . .