Hinari DD2433 Bagged Cylinder

Advantages: Cheap Blending
Disadvantages: None

...There's nothing worse when your cooking than to have a piece of electrical equipment die on you. That's exactly what happened to me as I was blending some tomatoes for a spaghetti Bolognese. I foolishly decided I could live without a blender, and it's when you don't have the equipment you suddenly realise how much you used it. My old blender was a Braun and had been around for the best part of ten years, when it finally went to the great electrical graveyard in the sky. I stumbled on the Hinari, purely by chance, I was looking at electrical stuff in Tesco's when I noticed the price tag of the blender. You know me, never one to miss out on a potential bargain, into the trolley it went! Packaging ................. Is very simple. The blender is in a box with colour pictures depicting what's inside. Along with the make and model... Read review

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Advantages: Small, powerful
Disadvantages: Not for large dishes

...When purchasing my second microwave oven, the considerations were - price, size and power rating. PRICE ~~~~~ The price of this Hinari Lifestyle microwave oven was £24.99 (02/05/2004) on special offer at Tesco Extra. I had already seen the same appliance at a local Curry's Store for £34.99 SIZE ~~~~ Outside dimensions - 295 x 458 x 370 mm - ideal for limited kitchen workspace. Inside dimensions - 206 x 300 x 284 mm - Ok it isn't very large, but size isn't everything. Oven capacity - 17 litre - This is great if this is all the space that you need, it will house a large dinner plate and medium size casserole dish. Max approximately 270 mm diameter. POWER RATING ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 800 Watts is pretty powerful for a small, cheap microwave. It certainly heats well enough and fast enough. OVERALL APPEARANCE... Read review

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Advantages: Quiet (with mod), removable water tank, air direction control, cheap
Disadvantages: Water tank could do with being bigger (I'm being picky here!)

...I was looking for a relatively decent air con unit last Friday due ot the extereme heat. I was torn between the Focus 12000 BTU Hinari unit and the 14000 BTU unit I'd seen in a B&Q catalogue (NOT the split unit as seen on their website) and luckily I managed to test both of them so here is my review/comparison. Cooling:- The B&Q unit is rated at 14000 BTU's vs the Hinari unit which is rated at 12000 BTU's. From what I could feel in the store I'd say the B&Q unit does feel slightly cooler but not by a huge amount. In an average sized room I'd say you might get an extra 0.5 to 1 degree celsius off your room tempreture. For reference, the Hinari cooled a 9sqm office I was working in from 30c to 25.2c in around an hour and also drastically reduced the humidity. This made the office competely bearable again. Noise:- The Hinari... Read review

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