Haan Deluxe Total Home Steam Cleaning System, Includes FS-20+ Upright Vapor Steam Floor Sanitizer, & HS-20 Lightweight Handheld Personal Steamer Review

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(More customer reviews)After years of searching for a floor cleaner that is easy to use and not messy I found the Haans. I got the Deluxe Total Home Cleaning System and I could not be happier. It easy to use, lightweight and does not soak the floor with excess steam like my old steam cleaner. Just a tip-At first I was reluctant about the floor cleaner because when you first use the steam cleaner on tile all the residue from previous floor soaps come up creating a white film. I did not know what to make of that-talk about getting everything out of the tile. It really did. I cleaned the floor with vinegar and warm water to get all the soap off the floor. Thank goodness that only needed to be done once. It was worth it. Since then my floor is amazing. I can walk in my house with socks and they do not get grungy. I also use the floor steamer on my hardwood floors. For years my cherry floors always showed every smudge and foot print. I began over the years to hate my floors. What I found out was it was not my floors, it was the cleaners. Just like the tile the first time you clean the wood it may look dull. What I found is that as I continued to clean the floor with the Haan Steam floor cleaner my floors no longer show all the smudges and foot prints. The little cleaning system is great also. I use it to clean everything from the bathroom, base boards, grit and build up in the corners, stainless steel, windows to the tracks on my sliding glass doors. It is also awesome on flat stove tops. I love it. Not only is it a great product but I have saved so much money not buying cleaners (floor cleaner, wood cleaner, shower cleaner etc... It is a savings of about $28-35 a month. I never thought going green would be easy.

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Included with this package is a floor sanitizer for steam cleaner your bare surface floors, and a handy sanitizing tray that's attached for cleaning carpets and rugs. Also included is the Haan HS-20 Multi-purpose personal handheld steam cleaner that's used to clean bathrooms, kitchens, windows and glass, stoves, grills, and even comes with a handy garment attachment.Haan FS-20+ Plus Floor Sanitizer, with the Short Handle Attachment, & Sanitizing Tray Say goodbye to the mop and bucket forever. Simply add water to Haan boiler, turn the unit on, and within 3 minutes you are cleaning with the power of 212 degree steam. You can use the mop for 30 minutes without having to refill the water. The Haan steamer will kill bacteria, viruses, e. coli, salmonella, and more almost on contact. The machine is extremely light weight (only 4 lbs with a full tank of water), and very easy to maneuver around all bare surface floors.The Haan Floor Sanitzing Steam Mop is safe to use on linoleum, ceramic tile, hardwood, laminate, marble, slate, and vinyl floors. The Haan can also be used to clean and sanitize counter tops. Included accessories for the Haan FS-20 Floor Sanitizer are the Sanitizing Tray for steam cleaning carpets and rugs, as well as a short handle attachment used to clean upholstery and mattresses without trying to fight with the large telescoping handle that's used for the floors.The Haan HS-20 is the ultimate convenience in steam cleaning technology. The powerful 1000 Watt hand held steamer cleans and sanitizes just about everything in your home, and includes a full accessory kit for almost every type of application including an upholstery / garment attachment, small brushes and nozzles, and a handy squeegee for cleaning windows and mirrors!This steamer / sanitizer completely kills 99% of all bacteria, viruses, e.coli, salmonella, dust mites and others practically on contact, unlike other cleaning chemicals which can leave harmful residues behind.

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Chimney Plus 610605 Condar Winter Garland Stove Scents - 4 oz Bottle Review

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(More customer reviews)The ad by UNBEATABLE SALE leads one to believe that you are getting ALL bottles shown. I admit it says six oz. bottle near the title, but it also says "scents", as in plural. Additionally, if you scroll down, you are charged for SIX POUNDS of postage! The actual bottle is about the size of a bottle of White-Out or Liquid Paper, which led me to believe that all six bottles were included. Thus I paid nearly 28 dollars for a bottle that I could have easily bought elsewhere, delivered, for about ten dollars.

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The Winter Garland Stove Scent adds a scent reminiscent of holiday greenery to any room. Use with a ScentStone for gasoil or pellet stoves. For wood or coal stovessimply add to the steamer. Sold per 4 ounce bottle.

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VICTORIAN SCROLL Fireplace Hearth Woodstove Center : Wood Log & Kindling Bin Holder with Tool Set - VINTAGE IRON Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased the Vintage Iron Wood Holder and was very pleased with the product except for the broom that came with it. The broom is not meant to be use in a rough way. It broke in shipping. The shovel is very sturdy, not like the old one I bought. It is flimsy and about to brake. I am very pleased with the Woodfield Vintage, thank you very much Amazon.
Bryan Pruett
San Antonio, Texas

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Elegant & sophisticated, this Victorian Scroll Hearth Center has all of the necessary components & tools compiled into one space-saving unit. Decorated in a 'Scroll' motif with shades of Victorian style, this timelessly ornamented Center is crafted of a Steel Frame that ensures this will serve for many a year. Features a Log Holder above, a Kindling Bin below, & a 4-pc. Tool Set that hangs conveniently on the sides! And if this style appeals to you, be sure to view our offerings for complimentary Scroll-patterned items, including a Scroll Log Basket & Scroll Fireplace Screen. Distributed by Woodfield, one of the top names in Hearth Tools & Accessories. Frame is composed of 1/2" Round Steel stock. Hanger & lower Scroll decoration is of 3/8" Round Steel. Finished a Vintage Iron color. Outer dimensions of the Frame are 29 3/4" High x 23 1/4" Wide x 11 3/4" Deep. Kindling Bin measures 6" to 9" High x 14" Wide x 11 3/4" Deep & is 3" from the floor. Log Holder is 20 1/2"+ High x 16 1/2" Wide x 11 3/4" Deep & is 9 1/2" from the floor. Tools are created of 1/2" Round Steel Rods. Handle is 5" Long x 1 3/4" Wide x 3/8" Deep. Tongs: 25 1/2" Long with 8 1/2" Teeth; utilizes a Lever action to handle most any girth of log. Shovel: 25 1/2" Long; Head measures 4 3/4" Wide x 6 1/4" Long x 3/4" Deep. Broom: 25 1/2" Long; Head measures ~3" Wide x 8" Long x ~3" Deep. Poker: 25" Long with a 3 1/2" Hook.

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Bodum New Kenya 34-Ounce Tea Press, Black Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased the Bodum New Kenya tea presses in both the small and the medium sized models. I really enjoy good quality loose tea, and the tea presses make it very convenient to brew this way (although the tea presses do also accommodate bagged tea, according to the instructions). For the small press I add about one and one half tablespoons of loose tea to the strainer, and about three tablespoons for the medium sized press. The amount you add, as always, will depend on your own preferences.
I would have given the New Kenya presses 5 stars, but for one feature that I believe has the potential for eventual failure, due to extended use. The plunger portion of the tea press is surrounded by a soft plastic gasket, to seal it closely to the basket when pressing the tea leaves. Because this gasket is made of such a soft material, I can see that it has the potential to wear out over time, much in the same way that other gaskets can become worn.
It doesn't appear that this gasket comes off or separates from the plunger, so I imagine that if it does wear out, the entire lid and plunger assembly will have to be replaced. Potentially, that could be costly, but with the reduced price that Amazon currently offers these models, it might be a moot point. The New Kenya models are the first Bodum tea presses I have purchased, so I do not know if all of the Bodum models have this same type of plunger assembly.
Perhaps I am being overly cautious, but I depend on the reviews of others many times when making purchases, so I want to be as honest as possible. (You can decide whether or not my concern is important to you!)
The most significant points are that this press is simple to use, allows you to control the strength of your brewed tea, and is also very easy to clean. Oh, yeah, and did I mention that it makes one heck of a great cup of tea!? Cheers!
JANUARY 13, 2011 UPDATE: I am happy to report that both gaskets on both pots are still working perfectly. The only thing that is keeping me from changing this review to 5 stars is that I do miss the lid on these tea pots. It would be nice to have one to cap off the pot after brewing and removing the plunger assembly.

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The Bodum New Kenya tea press is a confluence of tradition and modernity in design.The New Kenya tea press is entirely made of plastic and glass for convenient everyday use, while offering the best brewing method for that perfect cup of tea.The handle remains cool while the plastic frame protects your tabletop from the heat of the glass teapot.Drinking tea no longer belongs to the past but will be a luxury of the future.We set out with a goal to make an innovation in tea brewing and the patented Bodum tea press system was born.

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Survival Fire Pen Aluminum Fire Piston Review

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(More customer reviews)Just wanted to write a review to offset the other, very negative review this thing's gotten.
The product is an aluminum tube with an aluminum plunger. There is a knurled (brass?) screw set into the bottom, and three bands machined around the tube for a grip. The seal for compressing air is achieved by an O-ring, and this seal is sufficiently air-tight to require the knurled screw, to make a relief valve. The relief valve has its own, small O-ring. Vaseline is recommended for lubricating the O-rings, so they must be made from something other than rubber, maybe Maglight-O-ring-material. Despite Les Stroud's endorsement, his name does not appear anywhere on the product, which is good, because he whinges.
In operation... well, it's a fire syringe. You push the plunger, it heats the air. I was able to get the char-cloth supplied with the thing to light after a couple of tries, and since the O-rings are rubber and lubricated with vaseline, I did not need to re-lubricate between attempts. The char-cloth supplied is rather loosely woven (denim?), and will go out it not blown on---I've made better from tee-shirt cotton---but that's not the fault of the product, and easily remedied. I can see the O-rings as a wear item, the large one from repeated plunging and the small one from compression if the fire piston is stored improperly, with the screw tightened; one spare large O-ring is supplied, and I expect that a dive shop will have the right sizes if needed. It can be a little hard on the palm plunging such a skinny piston, but if it were less compact, it wouldn't be as compact, right? If a lot of practicing seems indicated, bracing the bottom against something solid and putting a concave piece of wood or some thick leather under the plunging-hand palm might make it less painful. Again, you can't get something this compact without making it this compact.
Is a Zippo lighter more convenient? Is a disposable Bic more convenient yet? You bet! This is why we use those to light our cigarettes/barbecues/etc. these days rather than fire syringes! But this thing does work as advertised.

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Wilderness Solutions Fire Piston fire starting tool is now available in the compact, light weight Survival Fire Pen. The Survival Fire Pen has been completely redesigned for 2010 and now feaures an aluminum piston shaft and a pressure relief valve. Its slim profile and aluminum construction offer the ultimate in light weight carrying convenience and its high compression seal permits ignition of natural tinders like cattail fluff and decayed wood. All this in a package no larger than an ordinary pocket pen.

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Bodum Shin Bistro 4-Ounce Milk Frother Review

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(More customer reviews)I have had my Bodum frother for about three years (older model than this one, black plastic top) and have had no problems with it other than my husband hitting the top rim with something and chipping the glass. I smoothed it out with an emery board nail file and it is fine, but that prompted me to look on Amazon to see if they still sold them so that I could order a backup but they are a little pricey now; I think I paid only about $10 for mine.

Many people have criticized this product because the glass broke and it seems many people are using metal spoons with it. To me it is common sense when dealing with a thin glass product such as this to use a plastic utensil if you need one. One of those long handled plastic spoons like you get at an ice cream shop work well. I usually just pour my froth out and wait a few seconds with a couple of little shakes which gets most of it out.
I always heat the milk (or half & half which I use most of the time) in the microwave first right in the beaker, then do the pumping and have had no problems doing it that way. I actually think heated milk froths better and creates a finer froth. Many people are under the false impression that heated milk won't froth but I think this is because most of the instructions on frothing are for espresso machines where it is always suggested to use very cold milk before steaming and frothing. But this is because of the heating factor with the hot steam. You have to use cold milk or you won't have enough time to froth before the milk reaches the ideal temperature. If you used preheated milk it would quickly overheat using hot steam to froth. So I think because of this many people assume that you need cold milk for any kind of frothing.
My Bodum has held up extremely well over the years that I have used it but I am careful with it and never put it in the dishwasher. I always immediately rinse both the wand and beaker, fill with a little warm water and detergent, then pump a few times to disperse the detergent. I then rinse well and air dry. I rarely take it apart to clean. Once in awhile I use a very soft brush to clean the screen.
This little frother is both convenient and stress free, no worrying about timing, or temperature, as with the espresso machine wands. You just pump for as long as you want until you're happy with the volume of your froth, which you can easily see because of the clear glass.
Laura

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Create a smooth and consistent milk foam without electricity. Bodum's Shin Bistro 5-Ounce Milk Frother is easy to use and quickly froths milk. Simply add cold non-fat milk to the fill line before setting the lid in place. Then pull and push the plunger until milk turns to a frothy foam. The volume of milk froth will approximately double. Allow the froth to sit for a minute and thicken. To heat the froth, remove the lid/plunger unit and put the carafe with frothed milk in the microwave on high for 20 seconds. Use a spoon to scoop out the frothy foam and top off favorite coffee drinks. Able to hold up to 5 ounces, the beaker is made of durable, heat-resistant borosilicate glass. All parts are dishwasher safe.

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Cuisinart Chef's Classic Nonstick Hard-Anodized 14-Inch Open Skillet with Helper Handle Review

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(More customer reviews)Despite the bad reviews, I also tried this pan. It is awful - DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!
To address issues other have had -
(1) It was perfectly flat out of the box, but warped as soon as medium heat was applied. Probably because it is so thin. Note the 10" crepe pan weighs as much as this monster of a pan, and appears to be at least 3 times thicker.
(2) It is way too thin to heat evenly - I think our heavy duty cookie sheets are just as thick! To check it out, I used an infrared thermometer and found out that once the hottest part of the pan reached about 350 (ideal for things like eggs and pancakes), there were parts that were 75 degrees cooler. This means burnt eggs and raw pancakes. Yum.
The size would probably make a good chicken fryer for a large family, but it has no top, so I'm not sure what you really could do with it, so mine went back today.

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Inspired by the French kitchens, Cuisinart began making professional cookware over 30 years ago.Constructed of the finest materials available, to perfectly perform all of the classic cooking techniques. Cuisinart continues its commitment to superior quality and innovation with our Chef's Classic™ Non-Stick Hard Anodized Cookware.The finest material are crafted into a full and functional line of classically shaped pieces.An extremely durable exterior with a smooth, hard anodized finish creates a look of professional elegance to complement any kitchen. Designed from the inside out for today's healthy lifestyles, this collection is constructed with 100% aluminum-free Quantanium nonstick cooking surface reinforced with titanium.Nonstick 14" skillet provides a healthful, fat-free browning and frying options: ideal for fried eggs or fried chicken for the family.

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