This is a nice looking stove and works like it should for cooking ang baking. Installation was easy and the gas line hooks up at the very bottom on the back. This makes it easier to pull out farther from the wall for future cleaning behind it. Just remember you must have a 110 volt electrical outlet either behind the stove or within 12" on the countertop. I had to use an extension cord for my hookup.

The negative things about this stove are as follows. The stamping process used on the stove top is not good. There are several areas of waviness and bad corners.

Also every gas stove I have ever seen you have to push in the stove burner knob and then turn on the gas. It is like they tried to do this but really it only works about 10 % of the time. The gas burner valves are very cheap and loose. I thought it was just my stove but when I went back to the appliance store I saw that all the Frigidaire stoves did this. If you are worried about little kids playing with the knobs this could be a problem.

Also the atom smasher engineers at Frigidaire have the control panel set to where you only see the oven set temp on the display when you are baking in the timer mode. You can push a button to see how much time is left but it disappears in a few seconds. Here is a hint Frigidaire... You set the temp for 350...it is now no longer needed information. Time is needed information when baking and also it changes unlike the set oven temp. So needless to say you'll have your timer on the countertop as usual.

Now that I own this and have been using it for a while I now know I would have bought something different. All of the metal on this stove is very thin and as cheap as all of the gas valves are I would bet this will have a 5 - 10 year life unlike the 25 year stove it replaced.


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.


Read so many before buying this unit. However the description or manuals were not clear on the below three, which was important to me and thought this had based on reviews. My bad too so have given a 4 star and nothing wrong with the product.
*** There is no sensor to auto switch on the unit**
** This does not have the oil drip tray**
** Also my unit does not have the suction as shown in video. Not even in Fan speed of 4 which is the max. Video shows the box being glued up to the unit even at fan speed of 1***
Atleast mine has turned on so far.

Order and shipping.
No hassels and Got this pretty fast way ahead of what shipping said.
Installation
Unit is heavy so you need 2 people to fit it.
Easy instructions and the installers fitted it in couple of hours hooked to tubes and opened the ceiling and were done.
(Not the handy man but professional installers).
Operation
The timer and fan switch on was easy.
The auto timer off for fan is also a nice feature.
The light is nicely illuminating and was sufficient for us. Not like many users have complained.
This model the fan does not switch on automatically nor a oil drip tray.
The cleaning of filters are a jiffy.
The noise at F1 to F2 are not a botheration but F3 and F4 are noticeable. Well you want some suction right....

Indian cooking
For Indian cooking the masala smell is removed to a great extent. It also sucks all the smoke and vapor.
Deep frying leaves some smell inside the house

To test how good the unit is When we cook we go to the side of the house where the chimey goes to the roof top (not side). If the wind is blwoing the direction we can smeel it for a good 50 to 100 ft. Very powerful Indian masala smell is taken out and sent out. That is how noticeable it is. My neighbours have stopped by to say and ask what is cooking. So you may not want to take the pipes to the side if you are Indian or chinese cooking where the spices and condiments smell a lot and you are better off if taken to the ceiling.


As other reviewers have mentioned, this refrigerator is riddled with problems. For starters, the ice maker:

ICE MAKER ISSUES:
The ice maker takes up a lot of space but I knew that when I bought it and was okay with that. What I was not okay with was the ice maker randomly stopping when the mechanical controls in the maker got ice on them. Seems ridiculous but sadly true. There's a little arm that controls when the unit makes ice cubes--not sure if it's some sort of sensor or what but whatever it is, it gets some frost or something on it and freezes in place which tells the ice maker it doesn't need to make cubes. So, instead of replacing the ice cubes you use, it just stays off until you realize it's out of ice cubes. By then you have to open it up, play around with the little arm to unfreeze it, and several hours later after 5 or 6 cycles of it making cubes, it's ready to go again. This happens at least once per month.

RANDOM FROST ISSUE:
Came home one day, opened the freezer to get food out to make for dinner and noticed all of the boxes and bags of food were completely covered in frost. Not just a thin layer either... a pretty decent amount of it actually. Also, the freezer light wouldn't come on. Completely frosted over. The power dd NOT go out in the home that day and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. We still haven't figured out what it was and just the other day, the freezer light randomly started working again. We think it MIGHT have been related to the ice maker problems. Perhaps some sort of water leak that drained into the freezer and caused all of that frost? Who knows.

We're not happy with this fridge. Luckily, we bought this as part of an appliance package deal from Home Depot during one of their big 4th of July sales so we only paid about $1,100 for it. Still unacceptable but it could be worse. After doing a bunch of research after we started having these problems, we noticed others were having similar problems. In the future, we're going to stick to the Samsung fridges which we've heard are the best. In this case, we really just wanted everything to match (which it does) but I'm not going to sacrifice quality in the future just to have matching appliances.


I ordered this to replace the cheap knobs on my GE Profile stove. I concor with all the reviews that say the GE knobs are mostly cheap, the ones that came with my stove are cheap plastic and fell apart which is a huge problem as they render the stove partly useless, and make me unsure if the various gas ranges are on or off (nerve-racking).

I ordered five of these to replace all knobs, received them within one day (almost less than 15 hours!), so for delivery, I am very pleased. One of the items was a little dirty, but a little water cleaned it right up. I was a little worried about it fitting, but I believe that this will fit nearly any GE stove, just a few adjustments might be necessary to make it work.

First, as shown in picture 2, some of the stoves have two semi circular (removable) metallic pieces that hold the old knobs, the pieces fit over the extrusion for the knobs and render it larger than the semi-circular holes on the back of these knobs, which makes it seems incompatible at first, but simply removing one of the semi circular pieces will allow this to slide right in.

Second, some ranges have the semi circular extrusions pointing upward or downward, i.e., the flat side of the knob is on the top or bottom. These come in a naturally bottom position, so when you place it on the stove, the red arrow points at on rather than off. This is a simple fix, simply remove the screws on the back of the knob, turn the plate around and viola, the red arrow points to off. You can see both positions in picture 3.

After figuring these two points out, I was able to painlessly and quickly install these to have a nice clean knob system. Each knob is a little over $12, which is a little on the expensive side, but they look great on a stainless steel range and I'm very pleased with them. I am also have to have a quick way to give my stove a little refresher and well as a good option should these break. I will update again about durability after I have had them for longer. Hope this helps anyone installing this, if you need more instructions, just let me know and I'll add a video.


The people I work for are ice freaks. From the time they hired me, they began hounding me to arrange for them to be able to make ice in the office, because at that time they were they forced to get their fix by making periodic visits to the cafe on the next block to buy large beverages loaded with ice.

At first, because of our office set-up, it just wasn't possible, but in the winter of 2009 we moved to new offices on campus, and I was able to select a refrigerator with an ice maker for the pantry at our new space. Unfortunately, the ice-making capacity of the refrigerator was not sufficient to meet the demand, and eventually we decided to supplement it with an under-counter dedicated ice maker. The SPT IM-150US seemed as though it would meet our needs. We purchased this in July 2010, and it worked very well for us initially. It began making ice quickly, in sufficient quantities to keep the cold-beverage-lovers happy throughout the day and to provide the hot-yoga-goers with ice for their multiple Camelbaks for after-work classes.

However, after just about a year of service (around the time the warranty ran out - what are the odds?) the unit developed serious frosting issues, and leaks. There's a water leak somewhere in the ice-making mechanism that was making icebergs of the cubes that landed in one corner of the bin. For a while we were able to contain this problem by placing a plastic cup under the leak to catch the dripping, but lately the rate of the leak has accelerated to the point where the cup overflows if we don't empty it daily.

Given that the ice maker cost ~$350, it doesn't make a lot of financial sense to get the thing repaired, so we're looking at replacing it after owning it for all of 19 months. I'm writing this review as I mull over whether to just get another SPT 150US (knowing that this will be, for all intents and purposes, a "throwaway" appliance) or shopping around for something that's higher-quality and will meet our needs form-factor-wise. Honestly, I don't feel that this ice maker has been a good value overall. I would only recommend it for someone who knows they're not going to be using it for a long time and who has money to waste.


I purchased this beverage cooler with doubts in the begining, but once I received it I was pleased with how this unit was well protected. For those of you stating this unit will not cool lower then 39 degrees, I hate to inform you, but it actually will. I say this because I have manually adjusted the thermostat down to 33 degrees, I can go lower but I rather drink my beer then chew it. I will explain this process shortly, but to give you another example I called the support line regarding this cooler and just as I expected I was also informed it would not cool lower then 39 degrees. From previous post that I have read I saw a number of people stating it is adjustable...YES... it can be adjusted, and just in case you missed these posts, you have mine to read. This is how. 1st once you receive this unit please allow at least 12 hrs for it to run within the middle setting. After the 12 hrs locate a small flat head screwdriver and place it under the turn dial of the thermostat. With just a little force pull the knob with the help of the screwdriver and this dial should pull off completely. 2nd notice the small Phillips screw to the left of this dial, this is what you will be adjusting until you reach your desired temp. To give you an example, I set mine to start cooling when it reaches 39 degrees and to stop cooling at 33.5 degrees.  (It can be done, just patience Daniel son)...The small Phillips screw will need to be turned clock wise a few rotations. Its best to turn 1 full rotation and allow the beverage cooler time to set the new adjustment. Continue this process until you have your desired temp, than place the turn dial back on and this is what you will be using to tweak your adjustments from now on. I hope this helps and the reason I didn't rate this as a 5 is because the wire racks are crap! Go to a glass shop and have your shelf's cut. Besides its a classier look. The blue light reflects nice with the glass.
Thanks and Cheers!


Being a single parent and on a budget, going to the local laundromat to wash clothes was not cost efficient at all. Spending over ten dollars to wash and dry, a few loads of colthes and blankets was quickly adding up! Not to mention finding the time to get to there.

I bought this unit not looking for a miracle, but a solution to my problem... washing the clothing that my family of four had and trying to save money. This product thus far is doing just that!

I wash at least three loads of clothes ( jeans, shirts, socks, delicates, shorts and dresses) and small basic house goods ( towels, sheets, pillow cases, small throw blankets) twice a week. Using a bucket I fill my washer; always making sure to check my load size and the appropriate fill line in the machine. I use less liquid detergent than in a full sized washer and am sure not to use hot water. Depending on the load, I set it to wash for a minimum of 9 minutes to the full 15 minutes. I drain all the water out at the end of the cycle, and then fill the unit with fresh water to rinse for at least 5 minutes. * Always be sure to set the unit back to 'Normal ' or 'Soft' after you finish drain and before you start refilling with fresh water!!! If not the unit will spray water out from the drain hose when you start the machine!

One of the best aspects of the unit is the spinner! I usually only place a few items in at a time and spin for 2 minutes. The full 5 minutes is great for heavy items such as jeans or towels. Be sure they are leveled correctly, so that the unit does not start becoming off balance ( you will hear the sound difference when this occurs). When the items come out of the spinner they are almost completely dry. This makes hang drying easier or in my case placing them into my small Panda dryer a quick dry!!!

I love my portable washer! It hopefully will last for some time to come, with proper use and care.


This product failed on me after three years and probably one year of operation. I called EdgeStar support and described the clicking sound when the thermostat was turned on but compressor would no longer run. The technical support team said this was due to the compressor relay based on my description. When I was attempting to install the part, I saw that the white wire to the compressor relay had shorted and burnt up, which I was told should never happen. I sent a picture to support and was told the wire would have to be replaced and all sales are final on replacement parts. Given my predicament, I was offered a 10% discount on a replacement unit, which I thought was fair at the time given the discount more or less offset the cost of the compressor relay. Unfortunately, the discount could only be redeemed directly through EdgeStar. After calling several times and waiting on hold for quite a while, I was finally able to get through to process my replacement kegerator order. I specifically asked if there would be any tax or shipping charges since Amazon and the other distributors do not charge these fees on this product and was told there would not be. Lo and behold my credit card was charged $23 in tax. Since I now paid more than going through Amazon (i.e. I have an Amazon Store card) and I was told that there would not be tax, I called back for a refund. They initially told me that they would gladly refund me the tax and it would be 7-10 business days. I called back after three weeks and was told they must not have entered the refund but they would make sure it would be processed this time. Another 2-3 weeks have passed and I still haven't received the credit. I have had to resort to disputing the tax portion of my charge with my credit card company since this was not the total I verbally agreed to on the phone. Don't waste your time dealing with EdgeStar. At this point, I question their ethics since it seems they are intentionally telling me one thing and doing the opposite. Also, the technical support department should be walking through more diagnostics and troubleshooting before prescribing nonrefundable replacement parts.


This unit uses the same buttons as the unit below.

 purchased this unit from a local store about four years ago when I purchased a Thermador duel fuel stove.  The finish was alright, but the engineering was very poor.  Although it is not the top of the line hood, for 700.00, I expect it to work properly.  Within the first year, some of the buttons, there are four, started to pop off when I turned it up or down.  The fan speed and lights are controlled by metal (Chrome, not stainless steel) push buttons.  Unfortunately, the push button subassembly (plastic prongs) that receive the metal buttons are a different shape than the inside of the buttons.  So essentially, and quite literally, you have a square peg going into a round hole.  Over time, they loosen and no longer grip the buttons.  I know this, because I kept the subassembly, after I had the appliance repairman, put in a new assembly for close to 300.00.  Now, after another two years, the second unit is failing.  Another poor design element is the lights.  To replace them, you need to use a star key bit and hope that you do not loose the screws as you are taking them out of what feels like flimsy sheet metal.  So, you always need a tool to change the lights.  I have fat fingers and fitting the bulb into the socket feels like playing a game of operation.  I do not plan to throw good money after bad again.  I failed to mention that when this happened the first time, just out of the one year warranty, Thermador offered to sell me the replacement part at a 10% discount.  A very generous offer indeed.  Did I mention the stove (4500.00),  I had a circuit board go out on it the first six months.  The repair was 600.00, but the factory warranty covered it.  I also had a burner issue that required a repair the first month and have had a couple other small issues.  It cooks fine and looks great, but I expect more for an appliance that costs this much.


UPDATE: I ordered the newer 10lb capacity one and the motor is so strong, it's tearing up all my clothes. Thinking of returning it and getting the order small one again.

UPDATE: after 4yrs of constant use, this guy just died on me. I used it once/twice a week. Usually 3 loads per use. It started smoking from the back of the machine so I immediately unplugged it. I was washing a very heavy terry cloth bath robe at the time and I think when I drained the water in the tub, the motor might have gotten wet from underneath. That's just my guess. I loved this thing and it served me well. RIP Panda.

I've had this thing for a year and a half now. I use it every week to wash all my clothes. When not in use, I stow it away next to my vanity. I live in NYC in a tiny apt in a 3rd floor walk up. Schlepping everything to the laundromat and waiting around sucks. I bought this with the centrifugal clothes spinner by "The Laundry Alternative". I set both up in my tub once a week and wash all my clothes. This washer successfully washes an average of 8 garments at a time. I believe the directions recommend a 15min wash cycle, draining the tub, refilling it with clean water and then another 15 min rinse cycle. I do two initial wash cycles (a total of 30mins) then drain and refill, then one rinse cycle. It comes with a hose that you're supposed to attach to a sink to fill the tub with, but I found that to be too messy, so I put the washer in my tub and fill it with a detachable shower head massager. Life changer! Money saver! Now I just visit the laundromat every other week and can afford to drop off just my sheets and towels and pay to have them done for me! Minus one star because the drain hose develops some sort of mold/mildew grossness that I have to soak out with bleach every few months.


The GE Profile Stainless Refrigerator looks and works great, although buyers who have never before owned a full side-by-side should be aware of issues inherent in the design.

First, the good:  the door shelves are deep and adjustable, so you can make sure you have at least one area where liter bottles of soda or wine bottles with corks sticking up fit. Both the meat/cheese and the vegetable/fruit drawers are ample size, with the lower Turbo Cool drawer having less depth but still offering additional space.  The tempered glass shelves are sturdy and easily removed for cleaning and height adjustment.  I've had an incredibly full refrigerator, with dishes stacked on top of each other, without any problem with the weight on the glass.  Separate temperature adjustments for the freezer and refrigerator are accurate.

The freezer has some rubber-coated wire shelves and pull-out drawers.  The water dispenser/ice maker feeds through the top of the freezer, so the top shelf has limited room.

The drawbacks?  Well, a side-by-side has a narrow freezer, which means you cannot fit, say, frozen pizza boxes inside unless you remove a shelf and stick it on its side.  The same is true for the refrigerator side -- anything wide is not going to fit.

On a different note, the dispensed water is never cold, even though it technically feeds up through the freezer door; I guess this means that the freezer itself is extremely well-insulated.  Still, I'd like cooler water.  Of course, the cube and crushed ice dispensers can cool the glass of water instantly.

The brushed steel exterior shows fingerprints, although not as readily as a mirrored finish will.  I recommend getting Magic Complete Stainless Steel Cleaner, 14-Ounce (Pack of 6) or something similar to clean the surface.

If you are in love with a complete side-by-side design, this refrigerator is a great choice.  If you want additional freezer width but still want side-by-side refrigerator doors, check out French door models with a lower, pull-out freezer.

-- Debbie Lee Wesselmann


Great product but they need to include more rods in the kit. I had to buy a second set of rods and that still wasn't enough so Ill end up spending $60+ dollars on this kit which isn't terrible if you factor what you would get charged out in town, but still, its plastic rods with a brush attached....thats overpriced for something so simple.

So enough of me complaining about it being overpriced and get to the review. It works GREAT if you aren't an idiot and use common sense when using it.

1.  Always CLOCKWISE..... again always CLOCKWISE, I cant be anymore clear about this.
2.  Use electrical tape or duct tape as a backup in case you screw up on number 1 above. Its a good safety measure so just do it, it only takes a few seconds per rod to wrap in tape.
3.  Feed one rod at a time, taping each one as you go.
4.  Dont force the rods if you get resistance with the drill attached. If you get resistance, remove the drill from the rod and using your hands wiggle/shift the rods until you get past the resistance and then reconnect the drill and continue. Most likely if you reach resistance is likely one of two things. (1) You have a large bend in your duct or (2) you have a lot of blockage. If its number 2, start pulling the rod out (with or without the drill attached (if the drill remains attached, remember to always spin  CLOCKWISE) as youve probably hit a patch of lint clogged heavily in one area. Pulling the rod out will likely pull a large portion of lint youve broken loose out with the rod and brush  attachment so vacuum it up or blow it out if you have a leaf blower and then start again (I didn't disconnect rods during this step but I did take my time to hand feed the rod and brush back in to ensure I didn't damage the rods).
5.  Once youve reached the end of your vent, start pulling your rods out the same way you went in (CLOCKWISE) so that you catch any debris you might have missed on the initial cleaning.  I pushed the brush through 2-3 times in total from different sides of the vent since I was short a few rods and used the leaf blower 4-6 times in between to ensure I was pushing any lint to the exterior of the house (never blow the leaf blower into the house, only blow to the outside of the house unless you want a HUGE mess in your house.
6.  Lastly, Id recommend using a face mask/respirator mask as this stuff is messy and you don't know whats growing in it. I had some cheap carpentry mask but will use a better version next time I clean it as its not fun to breath in.


We actually intended to purchase the KUDE50FXSS because it is cheaper but our 9.5 yr old Fisher Paykel died at Thanksgiving and, by Monday, I was anxious to get a replacement installed. The appliance store was out of the KUDE50FXSS because it is such a popular model, but they had a floor model of the KUDE70FXSS on sale for less than the one we wanted, so I took it. I didn't really want the very top (third) rack that one reviewer raved about and after about three uses, we removed it. The top (second rack) has two positions. In the 'down' position, it interferred with some of our dishes in the bottom rack, and in the 'up' position it interferred with the very top rack. Fortunately the very top rack is very easy to remove.

This DW has more features than we need and I don't like heated dry because it is so hot. Frankly, the final rinse water is hot enough that dishes dry on their own in the dishwasher. I have tried washing glassware along with a couple of greasy microwave bacon cookers and have tried washing some really dirty pots (in pot scrubber mode) along with glassware, and everything came out very clean both times. The filter needs to be rinsed infrequently and all the rack adjustment options make it really easy to load. Some customers may like all of the wash options and those who don't can just ignore them. For the majority of people, I suspect that the KUDE50FXSS would be just fine.

There are some plastic parts that are too delicate. We had to order replacements for several of them because numbskulls had broken them while playing with the unit at the appliance store. Also, the utensil rack has several plastic inserts with slots designed to keep your flatware separated so it won't "spoon". Our flatware doesn't fit in the slots so we removed them also. We have washed with cascade powder and Finish Powerballs. Both seem to work well and we mostly use the powerballs now. We also use JetDry in the dispenser.
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This unit is so quiet, you actually have to listen very carefully to detect that it is on. The loudest sound is heard through the disposal when it empties. We highly recommend this unit, or the next one or two down, which most customers will likely find just as acceptable at a lower price.


This is a great product!  Did the job very easily and no problems.

The good:
- price - at $21, it's totally worth it, even if you only use it once.
- soft bristles so it's pretty much impossible to damage any part of the ductwork.
- rods are very flexible so can bend around corners
- 12' is long enough for most ducts

The bad:
- nothing

Considerations:
- if you need more than 12', you have to buy another 12'.  I wish they would sell extensions in 6' kits, or maybe an 18' brush kit option.
- This is not "industrial-grade" so you have to be a little careful when using it.  This is NOT a complaint - a heavy-duty version would cost $100 or more, and I'm happy to only pay $21 and get what I need.
- you have to turn it ONLY CLOCKWISE.  It's designed for use in a drill while spinning in the standard right-turning, clockwise direction.  If you turn it backwards, it will unscrew the rod sections and the brush will be stuck in the duct.
- use a cordless drill with a clutch and set the clutch low.  Then if you encounter resistance, you won't risk breaking the rods or brush.  It should turn very easily if you're doing it right.
- clean a 2' section of duct at a time.  Start with one section of rod hooked to the drill, run it, pull the brush out, and let all the loose lint blow out of the pipe.  Then screw on one more section of rod on and repeat until you have reached the end of the duct.  As it scrapes lint off the duct walls, it will build up in front of the brush, which is why you have to keep pulling it out and feeding it back in.  This is not a design flaw, just the nature of the beast.
- you can work this by hand, but it won't get as clean, and you will need to use more of a in/out motion while turning slowly clockwise.
- I have seen several negative reviews saying things came off stuck in the duct or it wouldn't work by hand.  I am pretty convinced that all of these people are clearly not thinking nor reading instructions before use, or have improper expectations of how such a device should perform.  An indestructible rod/brush would end up tearing the duct loose, which would be far worse than buying a new $20 brush kit.


I've lived in a few apartments without laundry hookups before, and tried not to let my weekly laundromat trips bother me as I didn't see any alternative. Many times, the apartments themselves (for the price, location, or other perks alone) were worthwhile to me and I didn't think it a big deal to head to a laundromat to wash clothes. I still don't necessarily hate those trips, but they do get exhausting, expensive, and are never something I look forward to doing. It takes hours, a lot of physical effort to carry laundry down stairs and to my car... let alone, when I lived in a city, I'd have to carry laundry baskets down busy, bustling blocks sans a car, and pay around $20 a trip.

This machine, then, pays for itself in just a few months' time for me. It takes much smaller loads than the commercial-sized units in laundromats, so that's a change I had to get used to. I can wash maybe 10 t-shirts at a time, or 5 t-shirts and a couple of pairs of pants. To me, this isn't a big deal because the fact that this is in my house makes it easy for me to do multiple loads a week.

The washer section has a higher capacity than the dryer section, as is easy to see in the photos. I find that doing very small loads in the dryer does help them dry more thoroughly, but you can rest assured that you will likely never have a bone dry piece of laundry out of this spin dryer. It gets pretty close to dry, and if you hang it out (outside or on a dryer rack) for a couple of hours, you're good to go.

Some things it washes better than others. I've had no problem with intimates, light-weight shirts, cotton pants, etc. But it does have some issues with heavy sweaters, jeans, and towels. Nothing too bad, just that it doesn't fit very many at once and that they can come out of the dryer rather stiff sometimes.

This thing, overall, has been such a lifesaver to me. At the price, I can't see rating it anything less than five stars. The instructions are clear. It requires maybe five minutes more "work" out of a person doing laundry than a regular machine, but I can't tell you how nice it is to be able to do laundry at home in a home I couldn't have before Panda.


I bought this drier to go with my compact Haier 23E washer. I am mostly happy with it, although the product description is somewhat misleading.

1) Venting. On pictures, it looks like this dryer needs no venting. It claims you can place it anywhere. It has three (!) lint filters, so lint should not be a problem. But the user manual says that this dryer *must* be vented outside or else drying performance will suffer. I found this to be true. I made myself a window vent kit & the dryer performance increased dramatically. This dryer does not move a lot of air, so the moist air expelled from it will stick around the dryer, only to be sucked back in, leading to long drying times (and according to the user manual, voiding your warranty). Note that ducting cannot exceed 6ft. The dryer ships with a standard 4" duct adapter. Once vented outside, this dryer does an excellent job. It dries most things in 90 minutes or less. Light fabrics seem to dry in 45 minutes. Vented indoors, I was about to return this thing. You might be able to vent it indoors if you place it in an area where there is enough air movement - but this dryer is meant for small spaces where it chokes on its own moisture if not vented outdoors.

2) Capacity. This dryer has a fairly low capacity. You can dry one queen sized sheet and pillowcases, or two bath towels along with some socks/underwear. If you put too much stuff in the dryer, it will not dry things AT ALL. This is because the heat is coming from a little vent in the front the dryer which will get blocked if the dryer is too full. I once attempted to dry a queen sized sheet and duvet at once and thought the dryer was broken since after one hour, the sheets were still soaking vet and cold to the touch. I then removed the duvet and dried the sheet by itself and it was done in 45 minutes.

3) Watch your fingers. This dryer can burn your fingers. The heating element is located inconspicuously in the front, just to the lower left of the opening. The dryer normally runs a cool down cycle, but if you interrupt the dry cycle, do not touch the front inside wall of the dryer near the vent. It gets very hot. This dryer is different in that the heating element is in the front and the exhaust in the back.

Overall, I am very happy I don't need to go to the laundromat. This dryer does a great job if you don't overload it and vent it outside.


After reading so many negative reviews about this dishwasher, I had to double check mine to make sure they were talking about the same dishwasher.  I am not sure what the problem is.

First of all, the dishwasher's appearance is beautiful and matches my other stainless appliances very well.  It cleans very well, uses less water and detergent, and my dishes come out spotless!!!

Some negative reviews had mentioned that the dishes came out wet since there is no heating element.  My dishes come out "piping" hot and dry just as if there is a heating element in the bottom of the dishwasher, but without the worry of melting plastic items that might fall through the racks.

This dishwasher is so quiet, I hardly notice that it is running.  I only notice it when I first turn it on when the water is running, even then it is very silent.

This dishwasher is full of options yet very simple to operate. I am so pleased with this dishwasher, I would definitely buy it again and recommend it to anybody looking for a good deal.

UPDATE 5/26/2010:
I have used this dishwasher now for a few months and it is still working for us great!! My family runs at least one load per day and the dishes still come out spotless.  I have noticed that when it runs out of rinse aid, that the dishes tend to come out spotty.  RECOMMENDATION:  Keep your rinse aid topped off!!!  There is a handy sensor
on the display that lets you know when it is running low.

A previous reviewer said that the built in garbage disposal is misleading since you have a lesser chance of getting clean dishes if you leave food on them.  Wrong.  There is also a built-in soil sensor that detects this and adjusts the wash accordingly.  Still loving this product from LG!!!

UPDATE 11/4/2012:
Now it broke.  I am getting an E0 error, which I looked up.  LG says it is a clogged or kinked hose, and I also read that it could be a bad pump.  I checked the hose and seems to be fine, so I will be having a technician come out to fix it.  Now that its out of warranty, this should be fun.

UPDATE 11/6/2012
The service technician just finished, and my final bill came to $230.  Turns out it was a bad pump.  The service guy said to use "Dishwasher Magic" once per month to help prevent this from happening again.  He said that it may have happened from hardwater deposits or grease build-up.


After viewing an endless number of Island Range Hoods, we decided to go with this one after my wife contacted the company that distributes them. They were very helpful and courteous, and were able to answer questions to our satisfaction. In the meantime, the price on Amazon dropped $90 and with free shipping, it was a sale.
 The installation was not complicated, and the directions were easy to follow. I reinforced between the ceiling joists with angle iron which supported plywood that I laminated together to a thickness of almost 3". I mounted the range hood supports with 3" lag bolts. I didn't use the Philips head screws that came with the hood. I have trust issues when it comes to suspending 80+ pounds of sheet metal and motor over my head.
 The angle iron framework that the hood hangs from is not heavy duty, but appears it will do the job. The screws and nuts (the nuts are brass and affixed to the angle iron) are of poor quality and easily stripped. Some of the nuts would turn in place and there was no way to hold them so you could tighten them. Do yourself a favor, get some good stainless fasteners at the local hardware store with locknuts. Grind or pull out the brass nuts that are there so you won't have to work around them. I also ended up drilling holes in different locations on the hood where the same brass nuts are used and just bolted through. The results are a good rigid mount.
 The other issue I faced was I had to shorten the angle iron mounts so I could get the range hood up high enough to avoid hitting my head. The hood ended up sitting 31" above the stove top, and I moved it back about 3" from dead center over the stove. We also went for a 42" wide range hood over our 30" cook top. I ended up cutting the upper stainless steel square cover that goes up against the ceiling. The lower cover has to be able to be lifted up to access the mounting screws that hang the hood and the motor as well. Because I had shortened the angle iron mounts in order to get the hood higher off the stove, the cover needed to be shortened. We have 8 foot ceilings.
 We love the range hood! I have no idea if it sucks at the advertised rate, but on high, it is quiet and nothing escapes the range top. The LED lights are more for a night light than actual working lights. There are no interior baffles to clean: the smoke and steam are sucked through the visible slots on the underside. The stainless doors drop down and you wipe off what ever residue is there. The range hood has been installed about 2 months, so far, so good!


Okay, I have a ULINE BI2015S undercounter ice maker. I am typing this for the poor, hapless soul that I was and who might be me out there. So. Your icemaker stopped working?  Got it.  Not sure why?  Well, neither is any ULINE technician. So, I am going to help you.  First, this piece MUST BE working properly for your icemaker to successfully call for water. Your icemaker calls for water when the icemaker assembly plastic prongs (inside the icemaker) are in the 10 o'clock position!  The MOST COMMON reason your ULINE icemaker is not calling water is because of this little solenoid. If your icemaker cycles and at the 10 o'clock position, pauses, does NOT call water and then proceeds to the 12 o'clock position and gets stuck...you probably have a bad solenoid.  You may also have a bad icemaker assembly, but it's cheaper and easier to replace the solenoid first, if you aren't good with a voltage meter. However, if you, or someone who owes you a favor, can test your solenoid with a voltage meter, then you will know for sure. Now, this is VERY important....you will not get any voltage in that brown return wire or in the solenoid, EXCEPT when it is calling for water, at the 10 o'clock position. So if you are looking for voltage when it's stuck at the 12 o'clock position, you won't find any. SOOO, you will need to take off that little white plastic piece of your icemaker assembly, ever so carefully use a screwdriver or something to move the gears so that the icemaker assembly white prongs move counterclockwise (LEFT) to the 9 o'clock position. Oh, do this with the machine off and not plugged in...just in case. Then turn it back on...be ready with your voltage meter.....and you should see the surge of voltage within 60 seconds or less and if you don't and it has already reached the 12 o'clock position, then your solenoid is likely your problem. Whew. I hope that helps someone somewhere and it makes any sense. It took us four repairman who didn't help, and me and my brother on the internet and one new icemaker assembly (not actually needed, but glad we did it since the old one was peeling a bit inside that you couldn't see) and about 40 hours on the internet and a lot of guesswork before we finally pieced everything together to figure out how it worked.  Anyway, I have ice now!!!!! The solenoid replacement itself takes about 15 minutes.


This is Samsung's new line of high-end front-loading laundry machine. Other than the new Electrolux EWFLS70JIW 27 5.1 cu. Ft. Front-Load Washer - Island White, it has the largest capacity among consumer-oriented washers. Yet, its external dimension is similar to other front-loaders, thus fitting easily into standard laundry room space.

I bought this model to replace a 7-year-old Whirlpool : WFW9400SZ 27 Front Load Washer with 4.0 cu. ft. Capacity White/Sapphire Blue, which went kaput when the plastic ring holding the front side of the steel drum in place decayed away under normal usage. Understandably, I chose not to go with Whirlpool again, since many of the Duet's plastic parts have not lasted the 10-15 years I expected from a major appliance. I am not sure how well this Samsung will compare, but I feel it is worth a try even at a relatively high price because Consumer Reports likes this model.

Functionally, it is almost identical to the Duet. The major exceptions are:
1. A substantially larger capacity;
2. The ability to sense the load and adjust water usage automatically;
3. The availability of steam wash.
The first two features are very nice. The last one is questionable, as I consider high temperature a killer to most fabric, but steam seems the new trend in washers.

I bought it from BestBuy. The installers rushed through the job and failed to apply Teflon tape when connecting the hose, leading to a leak that ruined the wall, the hard-wood floor and the basement ceiling tiles. I should have supervised the installation personally. Nowadays, it is unwise to assume professionalism in people one does not know well.

The follow-up with BestBuy's customer service has been hellish. The corporate consumer relation people are nice and polite, but every time they try to hand me off to the local installation department I get a total disconnect, literally, as in being hanged up on. So, after more than a dozen phone calls and several hours on the phone, resolution is still in the air.


The ice cubes are not completely hollow, but partially hollow, bullet shaped.  If you make about 1/4 to 1/3 gallon of ice (by volume) the basket where the ice is kept fills up and it stops making more ice until either you take some out, or until some of the cubes melt.  When the level of the ice in the holding basket gets low then the ice maker starts making ice again, automatically.

The ice in the basket is held in a small refrigerated area, but its not completely cold enough to keep the ice from melting, so the ice melts slowly if you don't use it.  The water from the melting ice  goes right back into the water reservoir to make new ice.  I guess if you never took the ice out of the basket, it would all melt back into the water, then be made into cubes, and melt, forever (wasting a lot of electricity along the way).  By the way, this does not run on batteries, and not on a 12 volt car outlet, it needs a 110 volt wall plug.

Because the freezer area where the ice is held in a basket is not terribly cold, the ice is a bit watery, and soft.  I happen to like softer ice, so thats not an issue for me, but it melts faster in a beverage that way too.

Three issues to be aware of

1. This thing is a bit loud in more ways than one.  Its a small refrigerator, with a small compressor, a fan, and ice making stuff inside it, and its not all that insulated.  When ice falls into the plastic basket, you hear this and it gets annoying.  We have a real ice maker in our upright freezer, and you hear the ice in there too, but its more insulated.
2. The instructions say to NOT pour the water out of this.  But rather drain it out of a little drain in the bottom.  So, if you use it, and then want to put it away, your instinct tells you to pour the un-used water out, after all its not that big, so you want to just tip it over a sink, right?, but NO, they say NOT to do that (I don't know why) but to drain the water out the bottom, and that little drain is a bit of a pain.
3. This thing has a lot of plastic, and smells like plastic, and at first, the ice smells and tastes like plastic.  You will need to make a few (they say a few, I say a weeks or more) of ice through this thing to get that smell mostly away.


This range is wonderful. It is very sharp looking with a nice quality appliance feel to it. I have had mine for about 13 months and I do a lot of cooking on it. The oven works very well and cooks accurately. It is quite large inside compared to most of the 30" ranges due to the narrow compartment walls. The lower warming oven is very useful and we use it constantly.
The cooktop burners have excellent range of heat and the flame adjusts very accurately on each of them.
The cooktop however is where the flaws come in. The burner caps are coated with a heat resistant coating which is charcoal gray in color. It matches the color of the grating. Foods/oil/fat will stain these surfaces. You can clean off the bulk, but it will leave behind a stain. If you use anything heavier than a plastic scrub pad, it will scratch and remove the coating. I have had two spill overs of boiling water that landed on first the left rear burner and later it happened on left front burner. Both of the burner caps lost large chunks of the coating when the water contacted them. The burners would still function just fine, but they look terrible. Burner caps on a range of this quality and cost should be able to withstand some hot water.
Also when you are cleaning the Stainless steel surfaces, don't use anything but soft cloth are a sponge. Good stainless steel is soft by nature and will easily scratch.
With the exception of the middle elongated burner, all of the burners produce a lot of very controllable heat. When you use the included griddle on the middle burner, it takes several minutes before it heats up properly.
The digital controls are very intuitive and easy to see and use. All of the range top components remove easily for cleaning.
I have found a product called "Sprayway Stainless Steel Cleaner and Polisher" that works excellent for this range. (got it a Sam's Club)

My sister in-law bought one of these ranges and she has had the same problem with the burner caps chipping off.
When it first happened to mine, it was still under warranty and GE promptly shipped a replacement. The second incident happened just a month after my warranty expired. I contacted GE and they are shipping me another one and they said they would have their product specialist contact me. Hopefully for a product this expensive, they will come up with a satisfactory re-designed fix.

Overall I am very satisfied with the looks and performance of the range, but something needs to be done about the burner cap coating issue.
If it were not for the burner cap problem, I would have heartily given this range a 5 star rating.
Be sure to find some of the Spraway Stainless cleaner, it works great.


Good points:
My previous disposal froze up, and couldn't be broken loose again.  When you turned it on, it just made a quiet humming noise.  This KitchenAid disposal makes the same amount of noise as that when it is working.  Very quiet.  They have a 1HP model that is supposed to be even quieter, but I think that is unnecessary.  Even when chewing on two cups of ice, the amount of noise is just slightly louder than the running water from the sink.  3/4 horsepower is plenty for a residential kitchen as well.  The only possible reason for going with the larger 1HP model is that it supposedly has an extra grinding stage (3 versus 2 in this one) that grinds up things smaller.  If you had a septic tank instead of sewer service, that might be worth considering.

Otherwise, this monster is such an upgrade over the standard builder grade disposals and the common Insinkerator "Badger" models that you'll almost certainly be happy if you're coming from one of those.  The internals of this model are made by Insinkerator, and are the same as the Evolution Essential.  I bought it because the Kitchen Aid version wound up being cheaper.

Also nice is that the rubber guard that fills the drain hole is easily removable,  That is very nice, and not something that is common.  You can just pull it out, clean it without having to worry about sticking your hand down in the disposal, and put it back.

Bad points:
This unit does not include the pieces you need to connect it electrically.  So be sure to save the power cord off your old disposal.  The necessary parts (strain relief, wire nuts, power cable) can be had pretty easily/inexpensively at the hardware store of your choice, but be aware that you'll need to purchase them.

Things to consider:
This disposal is physically big,  There is a good chance you'll wind up with less space under your sink than you had before, so keep that in mind.  The extra size may mean you have to cut some of your existing plumbing because it would be too long.  Big grinding chambers, noise insulation and 3/4 horsepower motors need a big package.

The dishwasher inlet hole is optional and sealed.  If you're using it, be sure you don't forget to punch out the plastic piece sealing it.  Its in the manual, but you might overlook it.

The install was pretty easy.  The sum total of my previous similar experience was replacing the drain in the kitchen sink (not all the plumbing, just the piece in the sink).


I'd say the quality of the board/case is average to good. About what you'd expect for the price. It's a pretty good find at this level of board. It is straight and not warped and the magnetic closure is cool. The wood is slightly rough in places, a little thin, and walnut is the trim elements -- points and front and back the case -- not the majority the case. Again, about the quality you'd expect for the price. Not wonderful, but above average for the price.

The pieces, dice, doubling cube, and dice cups, are below average. This is the second time I've bought a board at this level and both times I've ended up replacing elements. But with this board I will be replacing everything except, possibly, the doubling cube. This takes off a star.

Pieces: All 15 pieces, brown and white were present, so good. But basically it looks like they sliced up a wood dowl and stained it. Rudimentary. Rough. I changed these out immediately.

Dice: The dice included were 2 different sizes: 15 and 16mm. Both sizes are too large to fit into the storage area. And they are too large to use with the dice cups. They are so large in the cup that they don't jumble around and the pips remain stationary. I would be concerned about unfair rolls. So, I'll be changing them out for 14mm dice. This is the size of dice usually included with a board of this size (15"). Also 15-16mm is a lot of dice to be rolling in between pieces. Using these I'd see lots of cocked die calls in my future, LOL.

Dice cups: the description said vinyl cups, but these are wood. Which would be nice, but they are small and don't have an interior lip to flip the dice as the dice come out. Again, I'd be concerned about unfair rolls with these, so I'll be playing with another set that I have.

Doubling cube: the doubling cube is 16mm which is a nice size for a 15" board. It's a nice creamy white and the numbers are clear and are in a font that looks hand drawn. Who knows, maybe they are hand drawn, LOL. I'll probably keep this part of the set.

All and all a nice, rugged but presentable board to use for messy pizza lunches at work, with some fun loud dice rolls. Lots of detractors, but still a good find.


I received this in March, in good condition.  As the earlier reviews note, the documentation is OK nowadays.  Set up worked fine, with the same problems with getting the tap in that others note.  But ultimately it was fine.

That said, after four weeks or so, and less than a half-keg (1/6 barrel), the CO2 tank mysteriously emptied entirely.  After re-filling, checking all connections, soapy water, etc.--it did the same thing.  So I sent an email through their cumbersome online system, which is designed to discourage support questions.

I received a non-helpful message back, saying to check my connections.

I was out of town for the next few months, so I just shut the system off.  A few weeks ago I read up on line, and checked the system by pressurizing it, then cutting off the tank pressure and closing the output valved to the keg.  Over a week or so, all the pressure in the regulator bled off.  So I concluded that the regulator was to blame.

I sent another email through the cumbersome online system.  I received an email back, inviting me to call them.  So I did.  Their response?  "It's over ninety days since you bought it, so you have to buy a new regulator."  When I pointed out that I had raised this problem within the ninety days, they demanded I prove it.  Of course, their online system doesn't copy you, so it's hard to prove.

Anyway, maybe for the price it's worth taking a risk on the obviously bargain-basement parts they use.  Your mileage may vary.

Update 8/8/2013:

This unit is now entirely broken.  It was unable to keep pressure, as noted above.  I replaced the regulator and tubing with third-party products, which fixed that problem.  However, the tap kept getting stuck in the closed position.  It just broke (admittedly, I was pushing pretty hard--but I shouldn't have to disassemble the unit to pour beer).  So pretty much nothing about this unit worked--though it did keep it cold enough, unlike some of the other reviews.

By the way, I have also discovered an unrelated problem with all these consumer units.  The tower itself is not cooled.  That means that the first glass of beer you pour after more than ten minutes or so is considerably warmer than the keg.  That means it is very foamy.  The next glass is fine, but this is apparently a well known problem.  Commercial and higher-end kegerators cool the tower up to the tap, avoiding this problem.  There are workarounds on the web (running a small fan to blow cold air into the tower, etc.), but they are pretty complicated.


Correct part for my FTQ387LWGX, works for the top or bottom fan the middle fan is the DG31-00005A.  The original part numbers taken from the side of the motors are SMCU386B (top or bottom), SMCU386A middle fan.

No real concerns with the replacement, 2 screws hold the cover (for the fans) on inside the stove oven, 7 (I think it was) to remove the panel on the back of the stove, 3 screws to remove the motor and bracket (after the back cover panel of the stove is removed), and 3 more to remove the motor from the bracket. No soldering, a pre-wired plug in clip is included as part of the replacement motor. Do note which way the color of the wires are attached to the connector, it didn't look directional. The fan would still work but it might spin the opposite direction if the wire connector was attached backwards which might be important in a 3 fan set up (push air or pull air).

Before removing the motor, the fan blade has to be taken off from inside the oven, as mentioned above 2 Phillips screws to remove the cover over the fan blades. I didn't note the size but 1/4" drive socket set will do the trick to remove the nut on the end of the shaft holding the blade, Righty Tighty, Lefty loosey for this fan, hold the fan blade (glove advised) when loosening the holding nut, The blade is shaped to fit the shaft for orientation  and there is a spacer that goes between the motor and the blade, motor, spacer, blade, holding (cap style) nut, this might be specific to my model number.
There is also a little cup (kind of a washer that goes on the motor shaft, you will see it when you take stuff apart, just move it to the new motor.

This is not a difficult job and no reason to spend money for a service call. Do unplug the stove from AC before disassembly and if you have any doubt about which motor is making noise, remove the back cover panel on the stove, run the stove (bake mode seem to be the best) and listen to each motor by placing one end of long handled wooden spoon on the back of the fan motor and one end against your ear. The top fan was the problem in mine but the middle fan is a little noisy, looks like I'll be ordering a 5A motor soon.

All in all time is 20-30 minutes depending on access to the stove.


We have one of these in our offices, and it's generally a great little fridge. The size fit our under-counter space perfectly, and so far we're very happy with it. We've used other Avanti products before, and for the most part they've held up well to the needs of our small office.

The construction quality is good for the price - it's solid enough that it seems like it will last, but still small and light enough that one person can move it around if needs be. The temperature control works well and it gets more than cold enough (35 degrees) to keep food cold and fresh. The interior doesn't waste any space, and we like that there's no freezer section. Most fridges this size don't really have effective freezers anyway, so we appreciate being able to use 100% of the space for refrigeration. The glass shelves are also nice as they support irregular size items better than wire shelving. As an added bonus, it's very quiet in operation.

This unit replaces an older Sanyo product that had stopped working after many years. Although they are roughly the same physical size (the Sanyo is about half an inch taller, and about an inch less in depth), the Avanti seems to hold quite a bit more thanks to its lack of a freezer section and better shelving options. We also like that the rear of the Avanti is flat and easy to keep clean - made for a better fit than the Sanyo.

A few small gripes:

1. The design of the adjustable shelves requires that you be able to open the door well beyond 90 degrees to get the shelves out. In our case,  we have a tight fit against a side wall that limits the door opening, and we needed to remove the fridge in order to get the shelves out.

2. It comes with a key lock for the door...not sure we have any use for this.

3. The instructions advise against installing it in an enclosed space, as heat is dissipated from the back of the unit. Still, this is exactly how we need to use the product - would be nice if it vented to the front somehow, as a few competing products do.

4. There seems to be quite a temperature difference between different areas of the fridge. Items stored at the top of the door section seem warmest, and items stored at the bottom rear are quite a bit colder.

5. The unit comes encased in a plastic film that protects the finish. While it certainly did its job, it was quite an ordeal to peel this film off the fridge - it's easily a 30 minute task...about as far from "frustration free packaging" as you can get.

Otherwise, this is definitely a reasonable product for the price, and if you need a compact fridge for your home or office, this one is worth a look.


I purchased this dishwasher 2 months ago.  I was so excited for this dishwasher.  I have always wanted a Bosch and no way will I ever get one again.  It doesn't wash dishes.  80% of the time the detergent tab is still in the detergent tray.  I rinse my dishes before putting them into a dishwasher but when I pull them out what little was left after I rinse is still there.  I put my holiday dishes in that had dust on them.  I pull them out after the load was done the dust is still on each plate and cup, but now baked in.  I called Bosch and they said they sold it to the appliance person I bought it from and to take it up with them.  The customer service person was no help and didn't want to help.  He did however inform me that it sounded like I didn't have strong water pressure in my home and that the dishwasher was never going to work for me.  The spray handles are not mechanical but move by water and  you need strong water pressure to move the handles.  Where is that written on any brochure for Bosch?????  That should be the first thing they tell you.  That was some of the worst customer service.  I am disgusted and never can I recommend a company that doesn't tell you what you need to know up front prior to purchasing and installation.  Do they care how much you had to pay someone to have it installed?

11/03/2014 - UPDATE - I am changing my review to 4 stars from one star.  I had a plumber come out and fix my water pressure issues.  So now the dishwasher works great and I do love it.  Though, if anyone is in the shower I do not run dishes.  And while it is running no one is allowed to take a shower.  I am not going to go with 5 stars because Bosch does not advertise this (that you need to have strong water pressure for this dishwasher to work).  I didn't purchase this dishwasher from Amazon, I purchased it from Best Buy.  No one at Best Buy knew this was a issue.  I had originally looked at it at Sears (I had a coupon for Best Buy then it went on sale), and no one at Sears had told me that either.  This all being said, if you have good strong water pressure, this is the best dishwasher.  It is silent, and uses little water.  As said I really do love it.  If you have medium or low water pressure, I wouldn't go this route.  Find a dishwasher with spray handles that are mechanical or see if you can get your water pressure issues fixed.


Yes this review is about the D110 compact dryer also known as the Avanti compact Dryer

But, FIRST OFF: I had the Haier Compact Washer and Dryer for a long time. Even though I went through 3 washers, the Haier dryer lasted through all those for about 3 years. For the price I was happy with that. NOW I had to replace it finally because the bearings must have went bad and started grinding.

SO what do I see? Oh look it has a little window and for some reason the appeal of the dial on this Avanti Dryer drew me to it. I found it from a seller fulfilled by Amazon and bought ti for within a few dollars of what it would have costs to buy another Haier... After all I had no problems with the Haier dryer before but that could have been a fluke because I wore the washers out. And other people had problems with the Haier dryers so I wasn't brand loyal or anything. (A penny will kill a Haier compact washing machine left in a pocket)

Anyway long story short. I really liked the appearance of this one this here Avanti compared to the Haier and as for the reviews who talks about the smell of hot plastic I didn't smell that at all.

I did notice it was harder to mount and the vent coming out of the back is smaller then standard so my dryer exhaust hose was too big and had to be rigged up to work. To those of you not venting these dryers, your doing it wrong. This and the haier have to be vented.... Period.

Anyway finally I get it up and turn it on awful squeak and grind loud as the one I just set o the curb the day before this one arrived. God why.. I wanted it to work so bad.. But it didn't and I read the reviews about taking the back off and finding belts and pulleys loose but you know what, I shouldn't have to do that or look for that in a new A BRAND NEW APPLIANCE. I boxed it up and sent it back and am about to buy another Haier if nothing else to hide the big hole in my appliance wall where I threw the old one away and now returning this one.. Again, I wanted it to work so bad. It is really attractive but it is cheap junk prettied up on the outside junk and plastic on the inside. ...

I returned it with ease to Amazon and got a refund fast so now I can buy the next one.

Happy with Amazon, BUT Sad about the fools gold product....


After getting the Wonder Wash from The Laundry Alternative and dragging the wet clothes from my sink to my large front-loader to only spin the water out, I decided to try this small spin dryer to remove the excess water instead of using the big machine.  My first one did not work properly so I informed the Laundry Alternative and they sent me a new one.  This little machine is awesome!  It's true that it doesn't hold a huge amount of clothes (1 pair of jeans or a couple of shirts), but the benefits far outweigh that one shortcoming.  Since I try to use the WonderWash daily, I don't have a huge amount to put into this dryer anyways.  Several have explained how to use it so I won't repeat that, but I do have a couple of things I've noticed about the cost of using this dryer.

This machine is very lightweight and easy for me to lift to the counter to use.  I recently had back surgery so the weight of it was very important to me.  But my main reason for the purchase came down to the cost to use.  It takes 12 minutes to drain and spin clothes in my front loader, which spins at between 800-1000 rpm and also uses 1000 watts of electricity (yikes!).  This spin dryer goes 1600 rpm and uses only 83 watts of electricity.  I'm finding that enough water comes out during only 1 minute of spinning time for me to be happy with the results.  I do sometimes use 1 1/2 to 2 minutes for jeans, but so little extra water comes out during that extra time that it's not always necessary to run it that long.  I then hang things for the day to finish drying.  So it would take a very long time to use up the same amount of electricity that a front loader uses, even if you only use it (a regular washing machine) for the drain/spin cycle.

By using this spin dryer in combination with the WonderWash for most of my laundry, my electric bill dropped $10 per week.  I phrased it by the week since I had only used this combination for a couple of weeks during the last electric billing cycle, so I'm expecting for the total electric bill to be reduced by around $40 next month.  So even when purchased along with the WonderWash, the combination will pay for itself very quickly.

I'm very happy I made this purchase.  :-)

This product was a personal purchase for myself at the normal retail price. I am reviewing it solely because I want to share my experience with other potential customers. I have received no compensation for my review nor do I have any relationship with the seller or manufacturer of this product.


Price was the key since I am on a limited fixed income. I bought this with the hopes that it would perform well enough to "do the Job" with as few issues as possible. Outside of a poorly designed drain system (I have a work around that works well) this washer has done very well. It cleans better than the local laundromat and removed some old stains. Cloths dry within 4 hours of spinning and do not damage fabric like the dryer at the  laundromat. I love being in full control of water temperature and wash times. I find a double rinse helps protect my skin from soap residue or excess fabric softener.

Wash cycle 9 min.: hot for whites and almost whites - with very little bleach / cold for everything else
Drain and spin for 1 min.
1st rinse 6 min.: Fabric softener added,  Warm for whites and almost whites - cold for everything else
Drain and spin for 1 min.
2nd rinse 3min: just cold water
Drain and spin for 5 min.
Had to experiment with water level and found a little less is better. Cloths should almost be covered by water not submerged totally. If nothing moves add more water or remove cloths.

Draining issue: The tank under the spinner is also the overflow tank for the washer and is always connected to the drain. The wash tank has a drain valve that is closed during wash and open to drain. Since it is a common drain for both tanks the spin tank drains faster than the wash tank and air gets into the pump slowing down the drain process. What I found was to unplug the machine and set the control to drain until the water level stops falling (both tanks now have about the same amount of water. Put the control back to normal, plug back in and turn control back to drain. The pump has enough power to put out a strong stream  to a decent height. Eventually the air will get back into the system and you can repeat the process or just wait it out.

Yes this machine is more work, but I am impressed how much laundry I can do and how clean it comes out. As a disabled retired man time is not the issue, cost, and the ability to do laundry in a small apartment are much more important.

Small enough to set up on a packing case (so I don't have to bend over), connected to the sink facet  and drained into the toilet I have a small laundry that can be put into a closet out of the way when not in use. Come winter in northern NH I know I will be glad I don't have to go to the Laundromat.


I bought this today when it went on sale, after months of dithering and arguing with myself, thinking, why does one person need a dishwasher.  Answer?  I HATE DOING DISHES.  And I hate the clutter of a sink full of dirty dishes and cups and silverware.  See, I'm a shift-worker.  And let's face it, I hate housework. The last thing I want to do on a day off is the darned dishes.  Also my kitchenette is tiny - 7 feet square.  With a full sized stove and fridge, my counter-space is pretty much limited to a 2 foot square area to the right of the sink.  The left side is where the dish rack used to live.  Well, no more.  Now the dishwasher sits there and hums along quietly.  I love this thing.  It holds a week's worth of stuff for one person, it cleans them just fine on the 45 minute speed cycle, it only uses a reported 12 litres/3 gallons of hot water per full cycle, so I assume it's less on the speed cycle, and everything comes out shiny and clean.  It's about 1/2 the size of an 18" dishwasher, it has one rack with a little side top rack that folds down for mugs, the cutlery tray is partitioned and can be removed easily if you want to throw in some pots, it's quiet, and dead easy to put together and hook up to the sink.  Just keep in mind, it's NOT small - it's 17 and 1/4 inches tall by 21 inches wide by 19 inches deep.  It does have a certain looming presence. But I don't care.  It does the darned dishes! And the new reduced height means it fits under my cupboards.

This is the newer model without the viewing window, which means lesser chance of seal failure.  I used teflon tape when I attached the hoses and so far so good.  I will report back in a couple months when I get the electric bill, but I bet it's about the same as handwashing.  Well ok, it's electric, so maybe not, but I DON'T CARE, it's a dishwasher and I feel like a real grownup now.

For just under 200 bucks, you can't go wrong.  And I got a full one-year warranty with purchase, for free.  I love it. I guess that's a bit ridiculous to say, but it's the next best thing to a live-in butler!  If only it loaded itself..... ah well one day.....


Great product but they need to include more rods in the kit. I had to buy a second set of rods and that still wasn't enough so Ill end up spending $60+ dollars on this kit which isn't terrible if you factor what you would get charged out in town, but still, its plastic rods with a brush attached....thats overpriced for something so simple.

So enough of me complaining about it being overpriced and get to the review. It works GREAT if you aren't an idiot and use common sense when using it.

1.  Always CLOCKWISE..... again always CLOCKWISE, I cant be anymore clear about this.
2.  Use electrical tape or duct tape as a backup in case you screw up on number 1 above. Its a good safety measure so just do it, it only takes a few seconds per rod to wrap in tape.
3.  Feed one rod at a time, taping each one as you go.
4.  Dont force the rods if you get resistance with the drill attached. If you get resistance, remove the drill from the rod and using your hands wiggle/shift the rods until you get past the resistance and then reconnect the drill and continue. Most likely if you reach resistance is likely one of two things. (1) You have a large bend in your duct or (2) you have a lot of blockage. If its number 2, start pulling the rod out (with or without the drill attached (if the drill remains attached, remember to always spin  CLOCKWISE) as youve probably hit a patch of lint clogged heavily in one area. Pulling the rod out will likely pull a large portion of lint youve broken loose out with the rod and brush  attachment so vacuum it up or blow it out if you have a leaf blower and then start again (I didn't disconnect rods during this step but I did take my time to hand feed the rod and brush back in to ensure I didn't damage the rods).
5.  Once youve reached the end of your vent, start pulling your rods out the same way you went in (CLOCKWISE) so that you catch any debris you might have missed on the initial cleaning.  I pushed the brush through 2-3 times in total from different sides of the vent since I was short a few rods and used the leaf blower 4-6 times in between to ensure I was pushing any lint to the exterior of the house (never blow the leaf blower into the house, only blow to the outside of the house unless you want a HUGE mess in your house.
6.  Lastly, Id recommend using a face mask/respirator mask as this stuff is messy and you don't know whats growing in it. I had some cheap carpentry mask but will use a better version next time I clean it as its not fun to breath in.


My husband was a skeptic about this purchase, but now he really appreciates it!  We live in a small apartment  built in the 1800's and we have no connections for a larger washer.  We despise the laundromat, and often use a full-size washer in a friend's location, but wanted something to wash a "change of clothes" or stained items that can't wait, or baby wipes (we use cloth ones) or baby clothes.  I do a lot of line drying in the summer, and had been washing by hand in the sink.  However, this restricts the usage of the sink by my husband, which is frustrating to him!  So, I saw this and thought I'd give it a try for $50, and I am so happy that I did!

It is compact and stores easily out of the way.  It is extremely easy to use, although I recommend using as little detergent as you can get away with until you are accustomed to the unit.  Since it is a simple agitating unit, you will need to do a first cycle to wash, then drain your clothes into the sink (holding the lid to keep the clothes inside) and then a second cycle to rinse (or add fabric softener as well.)

For the price, and for our needs with small children, this is a bargain.  It helps me from ruining stained baby and children's clothes while I'm waiting to amass a load large enough to take to the laundromat or friend's full-size washer.  If you had to, I would imagine it's great for emergency washing of cloth baby diapers. It is also good for soaking several items of adult clothing that may be stained, but it will not hold very many adult sized items at one time.  I find that if I overload it with larger items, the water leaks out of the top of the tub and onto the base, which is undesirable because the base is electric.

Overall, however, I am very impressed as its agitation is plenty to remove stains and dirt just as well as a larger washer, and using hot water from the tap is enough to facilitate the stain removal as well.  Since it will not spin to remove any of the rinse water from the clothing, we are planning to buy a centrifugal portable dryer from Amazon in the winter months, as it will be impossible to continue to line dry where we live.

I would recommend this to any apartment dweller, traveler, mom of small children or infants or disgruntled laundromat user!


I wish there was a zero for the review process.  Absolutely horrid.  Purchased in a pack of 2 when the last of my latest 'extra' filters needed to be changed out.  I've become a fan of Amazon Prime.  A quick search turned this product up as a good replacement.  While not always thrilled with the quality of Amazon products, they've always met minimal expectations.  These filters fell below the bottom rung for me.  The first attempt at replacement was a mucky mess.  The silicone used as a lubricant covered both the inside and outside of the filter.  Replacement left me with a leak at the junction of the fridge and the new filter.  Removal and resetting of the added rubber compression ring provided no relief.  Everyone gets a bum product once in a while.  I decided to give the second of the pair a try.  I had noticed that the packaging of the first filter seemed like it had received a bit of bad treatment but overlooked it.  The second box had clearly been opened.  The plastic wrapping (that was NOT present on the first) had been opened and stuffed back into the box.  The silicone was not quite as plentiful as the first but required some care to avoid slippery hands.  Soaking the filter (as suggested in the instructions that were not present in the second box) was as successful as the first.  Soaking is error proof.  Inserting the filter produced a larger leak and a bigger mess than the first.  Removal stopped the leaking.  Cleaning, drying and re-seating the black rubber seat left me ready to try yet again.  I will admit.  The leaks are consistent but certainly not desirable.  It was time to remove the second replacement and dry the floors.  I figured that at this point there must be a failure in the O-ring at the point of attachment in the fridge.  It couldn't be the filters.  They were both new!  So, I tried inserting the "no filter plug" that came with the Bosch fridge.  It went on easily and didn't leak.  Odd.  I removed it and installed the original spent filter.  Sealed like a champ.  The replacements were, simply, losers.

I've had products I could have reviewed as a '6' (if allowed.)  I've now seen the other end of the spectrum.  I've definitely used the reviews of others.  I find that my lack of objective comments in the past may have provided other potential purchasers with useful comments (he typed vainly.)  Lesson learned.


I placed my Amazon order for my Speed Queen washer on September 14th.  It arrived on October 10.  This was not because of any real snafus in the process  -  it is simply how long it takes.  Unfortunately  you would not anticipate such a length of time, from the Amazon ad, which says that it "usually ships within 4-5 days."  Well, maybe it does, but then it takes forever to travel to its destination.  I am located in Silicon Valley; not on a gravel road in the wilds of Tennessee or suchlike, so maybe it would take even longer for someone else.

I emailed HCost several times in the course of waiting (and waiting, and waiting).  They responded to my emails almost instantly, and as helpfully as they could (considering that they couldn't speed things up).
JB Hunt, which did the last leg, spent a couple of days phoning me, using some weird incorrect number that I had never heard of (they had my actual phone number too, but didn't use it), but when I called them to ask where my washer was, they quickly fixed the error (this added at most two days to the wait, however if I had not been proactive I could have waited a LOT longer)

So, if you decide to order one of these things, you must understand that this is not like ordering a washer from Sears or Costco.  It is a specialty item from a source that does not have a great distribution system.  It won't arrive quickly, and the delivery service will not install it for you (however it is very easy to install yourself, if you have someone to help who is physically strong).

For all that, I am THRILLED  with this thing, and in two ways it is BETTER than the Amazon ad suggests.  Its capacity is greater than my old Kenmore, and according to the print on the appliance, it is commercial quality.  The ad did not suggest extra size or commercial strength.

My last machine was a Sears Kenmore 80 series that needed two clutches in its first five years, and then needed a third (finally I got rid of it).  My neighbor first got a Fisher and Paykel which broke constantly, and then a Maytag which rips her laundry to shreds.  And so on, and so on.  This machine gives every indication of being very well made.  It is worth waiting for.


I replaced my 14 year old dead quiet white Maytag with a stainless steel Bosch.  It has a nice, sleek look, but problems and more problems.  The first Bosch refrigerator was different from the showroom model in Lowes (stay away!).  The showroom model did NOT have two large vent holes on the top surface of the unit, and the refrigerator I received did--covered with stainless steel tape. I was told by the deliveryperson to keep on---a real pretty site, right? That was the first thing.  Second is the constant-- I repeat, constant--and penetrating alarm sound/shrill beep that goes on 15-20 seconds (not one minute) after the door is open, and there is NO way to permanently shut it off.  It can drive you CRAZY.  Next is when you get water from the dispenser. No matter how careful you are, it leaks and drips onto the surface of the door, then drips AFTER you take away the drinking glass. In addition, the freezer shelves fill with frost VERY quickly.  However, I noticed a crack in the interior of this unit, so back it went to Lowe's, and I received the same model as a replacement. Why I just didn't select another/different brand, well, I was naive.  I have a space problem and need a counter depth refrigerator.
Anyway, the second Bosch refrigerator arrived, complete with the holes on top and all its other sundry faults I mentioned above. Now, the difference is that this second unit was so noisy, so loud, that I heard the noise from my bedroom, which is quite far away fron the kitchen. The noise was that loud and constant.  Let me repeat: constant.  I absolutely could not and cannot take it. I could not get a restful night's sleep.  Mind you, the first refrigerator was quiet.  This second replacement, as loud as can be, and extremely intolerable and unrelenting. Obviously, there was something wrong with it.  I called Lowe's and they are picking it up tomorrow, and that is the end of my buying a Bosch refrigerator. I will have my money refunded.  I am thinking about an LG.  I hear that brand is the quietest.  Any suggestions?  Bottom line:  please stay away, far, far away, from Bosch refrigerators.  The absolute worst.  Oh, one more thing:  I have a Dacor range and microwave.  The stainless steel on Dacor appliances seems superior in shine and durability to the much more duller Bosch finish.  Don't buy Bosch.  Ever.
Update:  I finally found a refrigerator--a KitchenAid.  See my review of this.


SHORT STORY:  It worked, and solved the Dryer Problem.
WARNING:  If you think you can chuck up the rods & turn on the drill, then this product will fail, and it will not clear the vent for you.  IT MUST BE USED GENTLY / PATIENTLY!  I can only recommend this, if you understand how fragile the rods really are.
LONG STORY:  My Aunt's Dryer Quit Drying, & she wanted me to buy her another Dryer.  When I checked the Dryer out, I found that it was heating, tumbling, & blowing air.  I checked the vent, and found that it went up inside the wall, and vented through the roof.  After using a 'Leaf Blower' to see if I could blow a handful of dirt out the vent, my wife said she saw nothing when she watched the vent.  (There was a small piece of lint visible in the vent, and it never moved during this test.)  The roof was ceramic tile, and I didn't want to climb up on the roof, unless I absolutely had to.  I didn't know what I was going to do, and assured my Aunt that if I was right, even a new Dryer would not work until this vent was cleared.  I found this at the BOX STORE and being mechanically inclined, I could tell that the Concept of this device was Brilliant, but the quality, to make it reasonable to buy, was much less than I would have liked.  I had to be very careful, I used the drill to very slowly turn the rods, and stop immediately after 1-revolution, to allow the Rods to unwind, in case they had twisted while I was operating the drill (which it did throughout the process).  I had to very carefully gently apply the tools & drill twist force, and eventually cleared the plugged vent.  The Vacuum cleaner attachment cleared the vent as I extremely slowly cleared the plug.  I packed up the kit, and intend to clean the vent on an annual basis.  I used my iphone / camera in the vent opening, and could see up the pipe before (no visible light) & after (sunlight shone inside vent).
DISCLAIMER:  I needed this ASAP, and actually bought it at one of the "BOX STORE" or I would no doubt have gotten it from Amazon, as I usually do... (I buy from Amazon almost exclusively by product reviews, and wanted to write one for this product.)


I've just ran my first load of laundry through the old whirlpool with this new motor; I notice it's quite a bit peppier, throwing the wet laundry around like a rented mule. That's what it's all about. I was surprised at how quickly it shipped and arrived; two thumbs up. I will note the following: mine was about twenty dollars cheaper a couple of days ago. ? I looked closely, and note that my motor was made in CHINA, not MEXICO. The old motor was made in the USA. I'm hoping that this is actually an official "whirlpool part" and not some cheap knock-off that burns my house down.

A word of advice concerning the motor swap: this is a very simple process. I spent more time cleaning the lint from the inside of my machine than I did actual "work". Here comes the important part: (professional appliance repairmen, disregard.) Do not try to turn the motor shaft off of the blower fan housing with a wrench. It's made of soft plastic, and you'll likely accomplish nothing more than round off the edges of that portion (it calls for a 13/16th wrench) and end up having to destroy your blower fan in order to take the old motor out. Instead, use a set of vise-grips on the plastic, and wrench it down GOOD. I mean, GOOOOOD. You know what I'm talkin' about. Then, while holding the other end of the motor shaft with a 7/16th wrench (if I remember correctly), strike the vise-grip handle with a DEAD BLOW HAMMER. I know what you're thinking; "Hey man, I'm not naturally powerful like you, how on Earth will I strike the opposite end of a motor shaft with a six lb dead blow hammer and hold it tightly with a tiny wrench in my hand?!"  You won't. Because you're not like me. So do this: before positioning the vise-grips on the plastic portion, you'll slip the small wrench on the shaft flats and then position the other end of that wrench solid against the floor of the dryer cabinet, so that it and not you is taking all of the punishment (and more importantly, solid enough to transmit the energy of those blows into the wretched mating of plastic and metal). It took me about five solid blows before it came loose. No mess, no fuss, and marginal loss of temper. And more importantly, mama has a dryer again NOW, and isn't waiting for me to order another part to replace. You're welcome!


Edit: July 2017 -- (this is in the comments, but I wanted to put it here in case no one saw) Still love it, almost 3 years in! It's used daily, absolutely zero issues. Lights still turn on and are bright, I rarely use the strongest fan setting as the low and medium work really well. Its super easy to clean, I toss everything in the dishwasher a few times a month, wipe the top and sides clean and am good to go. I would 100% purchase this again.

Edit: Feb. 23, 16 -- still loving this vent hood. After 14 months of almost daily use, I can honestly say I have zero complaints. I still only really use the lowest setting, and it works great, I've never even had to use it on high & only occasionally turn it up to medium. It is super easy to clean, we just toss the grates into the dishwasher, and its good to go. Very very happy with this purchase.

Original review: Installed this when we remodeled the kitchen. Looks gorgeous with our other stainless appliances. We took out a dumb microwave to put this in. We had to run the ducting ourselves in order for it to vent outside, but that was a simple DIY project for us. After that was done, it only took us about 10 minutes to hang it. If you have a hood in place and are just swapping it out, it will take you no time at all to install this one. You'll need two people, or a way to keep it in place while you screw it in, but otherwise its simple.

We looked at a few range hoods, but ultimately went with this one because we wanted a higher-quality hood without having to spend a bazillion dollars, and this one fit the bill. It was a little more than I originally wanted to spend, but now that we have it I am glad this is the one we purchased. It just looks lovely, works perfectly and is easy-peasy to clean! I also really like that it is designed, engineered and assembled in the US!

I am really impressed with how quiet it is, yet how much air it pulls even on the lowest setting. I use the lowest setting most of the time and its perfect. If you've got mad kitchen skills and are making fancy meals, you will probably more appreciate the mid and high settings. The lighting is nice too, seems to light up the entire stove top evenly. I have no complaints.

Overall, I would give this more than 5 stars if I could. Its one of those things that truly seems to be worth what it costs.


I don't even know you, but I'm trying to do you a really big favor...

We bought this dishwasher about 5 years ago (plus or minus a year) at Lowe's when many of the very helpful reviews on this site had yet to be written. In my many years on this planet, this may be the worst purchase I have ever made. As an aside, I CANNOT believe this product is still being sold!!! It would have been much easier to withdraw $1,000+ from the ATM, put it in a pile in the driveway, and set it on fire. As it is, we not only spent $1,000+ to purchase this product, we have spent about another thousand dollars on service calls. The first problem occurred when the arm that spins water near the top of the washer quit spinning. How did we notice this? The dishes weren't getting clean. Another consequence of this failure was that the dish washing detergent, which wasn't fully washing off of the glasses stored on the top rack, significantly etched all of our glasses (an additional cost to replace our glassware). The second service call resulted from a failed water sensor, which means the dishwasher ceased to operate. Now, about six months later, another failed water sensor, and the dishwasher is not operating. So, for now we have an inoperable dishwasher on which we have spent over $2,000.
To be fair:
1. This dishwasher is very quiet (44db). It's even quieter now that it doesn't work (0db)!
2. It has considerably more room than many other brands at a similar price point. Since it no longer washes dishes, perhaps I can use it as a toybox to store my sons' toys?! Hmmm...

- So, you're still going to go to the Electrolux web site and you're going to be wooed by the pictures of the shiny stainless steel of this model, aren't you? Don't do it!
- It's an Electrolux! My grandmother had an awesome Electrolux vacuum! it's got to be good, right? No, it doesn't!
- It's over $1,000, it's high end, and you get what you pay for, right? No, not always!

The average rating of this dishwasher on Amazon is 1.1 stars! Do you know what that means? Because we reviewers are required to give products at least 1 star, it means the TRUE average rating for this product is .1 stars!? That may be the funniest thing I've heard all day!


Once you get past the mounting task, it's worth it!  But first, it has to be mounted.  There are many flaws with the product as received:

1. A sizable dent in one corner of the sheet metal housing cover which doesn't affect the final appearance, function, or assembly process.  I was able to get Amazon to issue a small discount for the defect.  The dent looked obvious that it had come from handling in packaging.

2. Two of the four vertical hanging brackets are a completely different design as what's in the instruction booklet.  They are actually beefier and provide better side load support for the unit once hung but the product description or instruction booklet failed to list the design changes.

3. Imperfection in the two sheet metal outer covers did not allow them to slide into each other smooth.  But I overcame the problem with some candle wax and persistence.

3. The instruction booklet is a joke and I literally ignored it for the process.  Since my ceiling is rather low (less than 8 feet), I had to improvise in the assembly/installation process to make it all work:  First, assembly the vertical hanging brackets to the housing.  Then attach the included flexible vent duct to the outlet in the housing using screw and duct tape.  Then assemble both outer walls into the unit, leaving the inner one positioned almost at the top leaving only enough access room to install and tighten the side screws to the ceiling plate.  Then, place the entire unit in location underneath where it will be mounted.  At this time, I already had the ceiling hole cut, ceiling plate mounted.  Then, stretch out the duct and feed it through the ceiling hole and secure it so that it doesn't fall down during installation.  Two other persons helped raise the unit closer to the ceiling, then feed the cord through the ceiling hole, then raise the unit up further to engage the four vertical legs with the ceiling plate.  Install all screws.  Last, push up the inner cover toward the ceiling and screw it in place.

The final appearance is very pleasing:  stainless steel cover, smoke clear glass top, and black control panel are very appealing.  The fan speed at high is very commendable and I could see vapor getting sucked into it.  The preset fan speed for the variety situation can be useful.  The 4 LED lights are white light and can be brighter as they are a bit weak.

There is a one minute delay once you turn the fan off with the fan continuing to run.  It's probably good for the electrical controls of the unit.  It's no bother.


This is a revised review on re-ordering this from Amazon to replace the earlier one. THIS FILTER IS NOW DIFFERENT:

This new replacement filter is visually different. It is no longer made in Korea, but says made in Mexico by 3M. If I do an online search on this, the results are not good. In fact there was litigation by State Farm Insurance on a filter that leaked in a home from a Samsung refrigerator from by a OEM replacement Samsung labeled filter made by 3M from what seems to be this same plant.

My problem is that this seems bait and switch. Suddenly this is a different filter. First thing you notice is that the label no longer has a serialized production number on it like the one from Korea. The label even was of less quality, thinner and was bubbled. You also notice that the filter itself has little nubs and shaved on the plastic outside housing that reveal a less than the same product finishing. If you peer down the hole, this new 3M labeled Samsung filter has a different sub-opening, it has a smaller plastic "gate" inside.

So I paid pretty much the same as last time here on Amazon, but received a different filter in actuality. They are making more money on better margins from me for this filter, but selling me a lesser built filter. I do not like that. Now I hope this doesn't leak, but it certainly from my research is at a higher risk of doing so. Moreover, I am not more concerned it can actually say as it says it can do as a filter and it's NSF rating. With this diminished quality on the outside, one has to wonder what corners were cut inside. DISAPPOINTING!

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First time replacement on new refrigerator. Not sure what more I can add to what is a basic item; it either functions or it doesn't. However I will say that the order came in exactly as expected, shrink wrapped Samsung OEM replacement, exactly as the one installed. No problem installing. The only observation I can have is that the output is slightly less pressure than before. So no changes on my end except replacing the one that came with the fridge from the factory and this one, yet there is slightly less of a flow rate of water now. I see some people are seeing that too on these reviews, so I echo it. It's not a drastic drop, but it is a slight drop, which I hate to see from anything all brand new.