Saturday, January 23, 2016

Lasko 751320 Ceramic Tower Heater with Remote Control


  • Self-regulating ceramic element
  • Automatic overheat protection
  • Maximum heat power: 1.50 kW
  • Ceramic tower heater with convenient multi-function remote control
  • Widespread oscillation; electronic, programmable thermostat; 7-hour timer
  • Low and high quiet-comfort settings, plus auto thermostat-controlled setting
  • Self-regulating ceramic element; overheat protection for safety. ETL listed
  • Fully assembled. 23" tall
  • Made in China
Enjoy effective heating in any room of the home with Lasko's #751320 ceramic tower heater. Its elongated ceramic heating element, penetrating air velocity, and widespread oscillation combine to provide warmth throughout the room. The unit's small footprint ensures effective, consistent heating without getting in the way, while its convenient carrying handle makes it simple to transport from room to room yet it offers 1500 wats of heating power.
List Price: $ 64.79 Price: $ 54.00
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1,478 of 1,501 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Finally!, December 31, 2007
This review is from: Lasko 751320 Ceramic Tower Heater with Remote Control (Kitchen)
Reading the other reviews of this product I realized I had to write one of my own to help potential purchases realize they will really be missing out if they bypass this heater. This is the fourth space heater I've purchased in the last two months and finally one I can keep.

My living room has three sets of glass french doors, high ceilings, and lots of windows. It is very hard to heat it, but there is no central heating system, so I have to rely on space heaters. I tried the expensive Vornado (over $100), which didn't make a dent in the cold, the noisy Honeywell oscillator (which not only gave me a headache it was so loud, but also didn't provide quite enough heat, though it heated better than the Vornado), and the WindChaser radiant heater (which left the room freezing cold but made me sweat at the same time, extremely unpleasant). Finally I found this item.

It heats the room to the point where it actually shuts off sometimes, having reached the desired 65 degrees at night or 70 degrees in the day. The fan is as quiet as the Vornado when on high and is even quieter when on low. The quietest heater I've ever found. And as for the cord, while my oil filled heater does have a thicker cord and I do notice that this cord gets warm where that one doesn't, after 96 hours of continuous usage, it is just barely warm. Hardly anything I would worry about starting a fire, though a thicker cord would be a good investment for the manufacturer to make.

Given the natural limitations of space heaters, I think you simply can't do better than this one. If this heater doesn't work for you, then an electric space heater isn't going to do it for you and you should be looking at other heating options entirely.
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442 of 469 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Five years and still going strong. Great range of control, heats well, turns itself off by temp or timer., November 1, 2007
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This review is from: Lasko 751320 Ceramic Tower Heater with Remote Control (Kitchen)
This is a rewrite of an old review. I initially gave it four stars and went on a bit over that I felt the cord should be heavier and would likely be the thing that ends up putting this thing out on the sidewalk. Well, I've owned and used this heater for five years now and can absolutely confirm no problems.

Further, we rent the entire floor of a townhouse in Queens, New York City and this heater has been great particularly for changes of season when the landlord typically doesn't turn on the heat. It makes a big difference in our comfort when our home would normally be cold and uncomfortable without it.

It heats a rather large space very well and you don't have to be sitting right in front of it get toasty warm as the fan is strong enough to blow hot air quite a distance. It is also not too noisy--no motor noise from the fan or buzzing from the heat element, just the sound of air moving.

It can oscillate, but we never bother using that feature. Just put it in a corner or a doorway and turn it on.

I don't know what the difference is between ceramic heat versus that of a steam radiator or kerosene, but I can say from experience that the heat from this unit is very comfortable--not too intense with one focused hot spot and the rest just warm, and you don't have to be practically sitting on it either.

Bottom Line: Five years on, I've certainly gotten far more than my money's worth out of this excellent little heater.
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280 of 298 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Be sure to clean the vents, January 14, 2011
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I've had this Lasko heater for a few years now. This past month it started shutting off after a few minutes. I was just about to purchase a replacement when I decided to see if there was anything I could do to fix the problem.

When I looked at the back of the heater, the vents were completely clogged! 10 minutes of cleaning later and the Lasko runs good as new again!

I actually took the heater apart and cleaned the vents from the inside out with a thorough washing in the sink. Two of the eight screws are triangle head to keep you from taking the unit apart, but if you use a small enough Philips head, you can easily unscrew them.

After taking apart the heater, I understand why the heater kept shutting off. The temperature probe to monitor over-heating sits just in front of the vents. When the vents are clogged, the inside rapidly heats up because there is no air flow.

3 or 4 years later and the Lasko keeps on heating!
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Sunday, January 17, 2016

3 pelajar terkandas di Gunung Brik diselamatkan

BAU: Tindakan pantas pasukan mencari dan penyelamat telah berjaya menyelamatkan tiga pelajar politeknik yang terkandas di Gunung Brik dekat Kampung Tringgus di sini awal pagi tadi.

Jurucakap Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat Bau berkata, tiga pelajar terbabit terkandas di atas gunung tersebut sementara seramai 57 orang berjaya turun dan sampai di kaki gunung di Kampung Tringgus.

Katanya, operasi mencari dan menyelamat membabitkan lima anggota bomba, dua pendaki, lima anggota JPAM serta beberapa penduduk kampung berjaya menemui ketiga-tiga pelajar terbabit pada 12.30 tengah malam.

"Setibanya pasukan bomba di tempat kejadian seorang daripada mangsa lelaki berusia 19 tahun dikenali sebagai Athanasius Petrus berketurunan Iban dalam keadaan lemah dan ditemani dua rakannya," katanya.

Beliau berkata, operasi membawa keluar mangsa bermula pukul 12.50 pagi dan tiba di Kampung Tringgus pukul 4.30 pagi dan diserahkan kepada pihak hospital.

- BERNAMA

Sindiket judi atas talian di Klang tumpas

ANTARA barangan yang dirampas dalam serbuan ke atas premis sebuah sindiket judi atas talian di Bandar Baru Klang malam tadi.

KLANG: Sebuah sindiket judi atas talian di Bandar Baru Klang, di sini, tumpas selepas premisnya diserbu anggota Cawangan Maksiat, Perjudian dan Kongsi Gelap (D7) Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen (IPK) Selangor, malam tadi.

Pegawai Turus D7 Selangor, Deputi Superintendan Abdul Ghofar Ahmad, berkata turut ditahan dalam serbuan Ops Dadu yang diketuai Asisten Superintendan Mohd Uzir Othman pada kira-kira jam 10 malam itu ialah seorang lelaki dan wanita warga tempatan yang dipercayai pengendali sindiket perjudian berkenaan.

Abdul Ghafor berkata, pasukan serbuan turut merampas beberapa peralatan dipercayai untuk tujuan perjudian atas talian iaitu lima komputer riba; 26 telefon bimbit; lapan mesin kira-kira; 48 buku bank; 100 kad mesin juruwang automatik pelbagai bank; tujuh buku cek; 13 kad kedatangan pekerja; dua modem; dan satu mesin cetak.

"Polis juga merampas satu perjanjian sewa premis berkenaan. Sindiket ini dipercayai menerima pertaruhan antara RM80,000 hingga RM100,000 dan mampu memungut antara RM2.4 hingga RM3 juta sebulan," katanya kepada pemberita.

Beliau berkata, dengan menggunakan laman sesawang Champion 188 dan BET CITY 88, pelanggan akan memasukkan wang ke dalam akaun yang dimaklumkan oleh sindiket berkenaan sebelum mereka diberikan nama pengguna dan kata laluan untuk membuat pertaruhan.

Katanya, mereka kemudian boleh mula berjudi dengan menggunakan telefon bimbit masing-masing.

Abdul Ghafor berkata, pelanggan mengetahui mengenai sindiket perjudian atas talian itu melalui risalah yang diedarkan menggunakan telefon bimbit yang turut menyertakan nombor telefon yang boleh dihubungi.

"Mereka dipercayai sudah beroperasi sejak Disember 2014. Kes ini disiasat mengikut Seksyen 6 (3) Akta Pertaruhan dan pasangan itu dibawa ke Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Klang Utara untuk tindakan lanjut," katanya.

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Dua pelajar maut, 2 cedera lori hantu terbabas

KAJANG: Dua pelajar tingkatan satu sebuah sekolah menengah di Bandar Damai Perdana, Kajang maut selepas sebuah lori hantu terbabas sebelum melanggar beberapa kenderaan dan 15 motosikal diparkir di hadapan sekolah berkenaan, tengah hari tadi.

Dalam kejadian itu kira-kira jam 1 tengah hari, dua wanita yang kebetulan berada di situ turut dilaporkan cedera.

Jurucakap Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Selangor, berkata dua pelajar perempuan itu tersepit di bawah sebuah van NISSAN Vanette yang remuk selepas dirempuh lori hantu berkenaan yang dilaporkan menghadapi masalah brek.

"Bomba mengambil masa kira-kira sejam untuk mengeluarkan kedua-dua mangsa yang tersepit.

"Mangsa disahkan meninggal dunia dan mayat diserahkan pada pihak polis sebelum dibawa ke hospital," katanya, tadi.

PDRM pertingkat kawalan susulan serangan di Jakarta

ANGGOTA polis berlindung ketikaserangan bom di Jakarta. - Foto REUTERS

KUALA LUMPUR: Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) menguatkan kesiapsiagaan serta meningkatkan kawalan dan pemantauan keselamatan di seluruh negara berikutan serangan bom di Jakarta, Indonesia, pagi tadi.

Ketua Polis Negara, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, berkata PDRM sememangnya sudah menempatkan pegawai dan anggota di kawasan yang dirasakan berisiko sejak beberapa insiden letupan yang berlaku sebelum ini namun ia ditingkatkan lagi susulan kejadian di negara jiran itu.

"Tumpuan kawalan kita adalah lokasi yang menjadi tumpuan ramai seperti pusat beli-belah dan kawasan pelancongan.

"Malah, penguatkuasaan di kawasan pintu masuk dan keluar sempadan juga ditingkatkan sebagai satu usaha mengekang sebarang cubaan serangan dan jenayah lain," katanya dalam kenyataan media, sebentar tadi.

Perumahan rakyat terus dapat perhatian

DATUK Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan. - Foto Fariz Iswadi Ismail

KUALA LUMPUR: Kementerian Kesejahteraan Bandar, Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan (KPKT) memberi jaminan sektor perumahan rakyat akan diberi perhatian paling tinggi walaupun kerajaan bakal mengumumkan pengubahsuaian Bajet 2016 tidak lama lagi.

Menterinya, Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan, berkata KPKT berharap supaya tiada pemotongan serius dibuat ke atas projek perumahan rakyat yang sedang giat dilaksanakan di seluruh negara.

Pertimbangan itu, katanya, disebabkan sektor perumahan adalah antara industri penting yang boleh menjadi pemangkin kepada ekonomi.

"Bagi setiap ringgit dibelanjakan dalam industri pembinaan, ada banyak kesan gandaannya kepada negara. Ia boleh menjadi pemangkin kepada ekonomi," katanya kepada media selepas menyampaikan ucaptama pada Seminar Pengurusan Strata anjuran Persatuan Pengurusan Bangunan Malaysia (BMAM) dan Persatuan Pemaju Hartanah dan Perumahan Malaysia (REHDA) di Petaling Jaya, hari ini.

Yang turut hadir ialah Presiden BMAM, Tan Sri Eddy Chen dan Presiden REHDA, Datuk Seri FD Iskandar.

Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Razak dijadual mengumumkan butiran pengubahsuaian Bajet 2016 pada 28 Januari ini.

PM lancar Galeri Interaktif Memorial Tun Abdul Razak

PERDANA Menteri, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak bersama ibunya, Tun Rahah serta isterinya, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor melihat pelbagai gambar yang dipamerkan pada Seminar Khas Memperingati Tun Abdul Razak. - Foto BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak sebentar tadi melancarkan Galeri Interaktif Memorial Tun Abdul Razak sebagai satu inisiatif baharu Arkib Negara Malaysia ke arah mendigitalkan semua galeri dan memorial di bawahnya pada masa depan.

Galeri interaktif berkenaan diilhamkan bagi menjadikan bahan yang bersifat pegun atau statik dapat dilihat oleh pengunjung sebagai satu bahan yang dinamik.

Ia juga bertujuan memberi impak dari segi penyampaian maksud dan pengetahuan sesuatu bahan dengan lebih jelas dan mudah difahami.

Perdana Menteri berkata, sejajar dengan kemajuan dan revolusi teknologi masa kini, galeri konvensional yang bersifat statik ini wajar dinaik taraf kepada galeri interaktif bagi meningkatkan tahap keberkesanan sistem penyampaiannya.

Katanya, kerjasama Jabatan Arkib Negara bersama Majlis Aspirasi Pemangkin Nasional (MAPAN), Media and Game Innovation Centre of Excellence dan Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) memberi nafas baharu pada pameran di Memorial Tun Abdul Razak.

"Ia satu inovasi yang baik dan akan dapat menarik minat golongan muda khususnya generasi Y supaya menghayati jasa dan pengorbanan tokoh negarawan seperti Tun Abdul Razak.

"Pelancaran galeri ini juga adalah satu sejarah tersendiri bagi Memorial Tun Abdul Razak yang mana hari ini genap 40 tahun kembalinya Allahyarham ke alam baqa.

"Marilah kita berdoa semoga roh Allahyarham ditempatkan dalam kalangan orang soleh," katanya ketika merasmikan galeri interaktif berkenaan di sini.

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