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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Hoover® Air Purifier 600 In a Hoover home the air is clean

Hoover Air Purifier 600
 
Product Specifications
The unit measures 25.9 inches high, 7.6 inches wide, and is 11.8 inches deep. Weighing only 13.3lbs, it can easily be transported from room to room. The unit is composed of recyclable materials, and is RoHS compliant. Hoover offers a two year limited warranty with this product, and replacement parts are readily available under the following item numbers: AH60015 (Filter Assembly), 440001061 (Remote Control), 4400001036 (Titanium Dioxide Coated Screen), and 440001064 (UV Bulb).

It also has an ionizer Hoover and something called UV/TiO2 kill essentially a feature of the UV light, virus and germs in the air. Hospitals have used UV light for years and is very effective in killing the air pollutants. Display panel shows 3 different colors, depending on air quality. The color scheme is easy to see from anywhere in the room, and provide a visual measure of the fast and easy to find on air quality. erased Bottom Line - The Hoover air purifiers is the state of the art equipment, and the brands they know and trust. This is the best air purifier I tried personally and I think this is a very high quality unit.

 Hoover® Air Purifier 600 In a Hoover home the air is clean, fresh and easy to breathe. This model is a superb odor eliminator. Great for pet areas. The Hoover Air Purifier with is an advanced air freshener and odor fighter in a compact feature full body. Here’s what makes this Hoover so remarkable: It cleans the air by trapping 99.97% of dust and pollens down to 3 microns: Put it down, plug it in, select one of three cleaning levels, set the timer for the desired run time and you’re done. You’ll begin to feel relief from dust, dander and pollen. Easy clean multi-stage filtration that tells you when it needs it: The Hoover rinsable pre-filter is the first line of defense in the multi-stage filtration system. It catches lint, pet hair, and other large particles so the filter made with HEPA media can do its job. The pre-filter can be removed, rinsed and replaced. When the HEPA filter requires changing an LED illuminates. Remarkable Odor Reduction: Smoke, pets or anywhere that has an unpleasant odor is ideal for this Hoover Air Purifier equipped with an additional charcoal filter to absorb and eliminate airborne odors.

Cuisinart DCC-1200 Brew Central 12-Cup Programmable Coffeemaker






5.0 out of 5 stars Plusses and Minuses July 18, 2005
  By Elaine Corwin
Color Name:Black/Brushed Metal|Amazon Verified Purchase
I've had the Cuisinart DCC-1200 for about a week now. I was hesitant to spend so much on a coffee maker but I'm happy to report it's well worth it. Sure, you can get other brands of coffee makers for under $25 if economy is the most important feature, but I've had those machines and I decided that, this time, a good cup of coffee was most important for me. This unit makes the best coffee I've had in a home or office machine and better than most coffee I've had in restaurants.

This coffee tastes smooooooth! I suspect the charcoal water filter is the reason for that. I also like the "shower head" design of the water spout. The water actually runs up a track onto the underside of the lid and is sprinkled over the ground coffee like a rain shower.

It's an attractive unit but it also looks like a serious coffee maker. This unit is no toy. It looks and feels solid. The carafe has a good solid feel and balance. The plastic parts (like the plastic carafe lid and handle) feel like good heavyweight plastic and are well molded. It's not the lightweight crappy plastic that cracks and discolors easily in the cheap coffee makers.

I like the 5 beeps when the coffee is ready. Now I can leave the kitchen and go clean or whatever and I don't have to keep running back to see if I can get a cup yet. I can hear the beeps. But if I really can't wait and want a cup in mid-brew, I can just remove the pot and pour a cup - you've got a full 30 seconds to reinsert the pot, before you risk an overflowing filter.

I like the permanent gold-tone filter too. I always thought paper filters were a pain. They'd fold over sometimes and there'd be grounds in my coffee. But you can use paper filters in this machine if you want to. I just prefer the convenience of the gold-tone filter (top rack machine washable too).

It has an indicator light for cleaning -- it says it's "self-cleaning" but really it's just a light telling you when you need to pour in a pot of water/vinegar and run it through to decalcify the unit. (I never thought to do that with my other units. Probably another reason my coffee wasn't as good as I wanted it to be.)

The low-medium-high setting on the hot plate is pretty nice too. And the auto-shutoff feature is great. I don't have to worry about forgetting to turn the machine off.

The instruction booklet is very good and very thorough. Comes with a parts reordering form too.

What don't I like about this machine? It requires maintenance in that you have to change the charcoal filters. But actually I don't mind since I think they are the reason the coffee tastes so smooth, and they are very easy to change and not expensive [...]

Also, the area in the top of the machine where you pour in the water is narrow but again this is just a minor inconvenience. Just have to pour a little carefully.

So really it's almost all positives with a couple of very minor negatives. I highly recommend this coffee maker. 

Features and Benefits

    DCC-1200 Controls
    LCD & Controls
  1. Reservoir Cover: Flips back for easy filling.
  2. Water Reservoir: When filling the coffeemaker with water, refer to the carafe height markings and fill to the desired number of cups. Be sure to add a small amount of extra water to account for the amount of water lost in wetting the grounds and lost as steam during the brewing process.
  3. Showerhead: Distributes water evenly over coffee, reducing temperature loss as water passes through grounds.
  4. Water Filter: Charcoal water filter eliminates chlorine, calcium and bad tastes or odors from tap water. Cuisinart recommends changing the water filter every 60 days or 60 uses ‒ or more often if you have hard water.
  5. Filter Basket: Holds a #4 paper filter or a permanent filter.
  6. LCD Digital Clock: Displays the time of day and set time for automatic functions.
  7. Function Knob and Flip Switch: Used to initiate programming of automatic functions.
  8. The Auto On feature is used to program the start time of the brew cycle. The Auto On can be set for any time, day or night. The PM indicator is displayed on the LCD for nighttime program times. The Auto Off feature is used to shut off the coffeemaker at a preset time, anywhere from 0 to 4 hours. Note: To program the coffeemaker to shut off automatically, read the instructions included in the Instruction Manual under 'To program the Variable Auto Off'
    1. Heater Plate Control Knob: For controlling the temperature of the coffee after brewing. There are three temperature settings high, medium and low.
    2. 1-4 Cup Setting: The 1-4 cup setting button is used when you make small amounts of coffee. Normal coffeemakers will produce a colder batch of coffee when smaller amounts are made, because the heater doesn’t have enough time to properly ‘warm up’ to heat a small amount. The 1-4 setting basically ‘double heats’ the water, making your smaller amounts as piping hot as a full pot would be. To use simply press the 1-4 button on the control panel after turning on the unit.
    3. Retro-style flip switch is used to turn your coffeemaker on and off and works in tandem with the function knob.
  9. Clean Setting: Tells you when it’s time to clean your coffeemaker. Remove built-up calcification from the water reservoir, to help extend the life of your coffeemaker.
  10. Brew Pause: Stops flow of coffee from basket when carafe is removed (30 seconds max) from the heater plate, so a cup can be poured in mid-brew. Since the flavor extraction rate varies during the brew cycle, we recommend allowing the brewing cycle to finish before pouring the coffee. The coffee brewed at the beginning of the cycle has a flavor profile which is very different from the flavor at the end of the cycle. Once the coffee has finished brewing, stir it before serving to blend the flavors. The coffee at the bottom of the carafe will be somewhat stronger than the coffee at the top.
  11. Carafe: The easy pour, no drip glass carafe has an ergonomic handle and brewed coffee markings for two to twelve cups.
  12. Heating Plate: Scratch resistant with black, nonstick coating.
  13. Ready Tone: Signals the end of the brew cycle with five beeps (coffee will continue to stream from the filter for a few seconds after the tone).