Elevation TU-H39

Advantages: Price and reliability.
Disadvantages: None

...The Elevation Coffee machine from Woolworths, is one of the best presents I have ever had. I was so impressed with it, that after having it for three months, I bought another in case the first one broke down. Over three years later I am still using the original one. It is used every day, producing fantastic coffee, espresso, capuccino and latte. My Wife and I used to have regular fund raising coffee mornings and that machine would be going non stop for 3 or more hours, no problems. It needs descaling every two to three months, depending on usage. The milk frothing ability deteriorates as the scale builds up inside. Descaling with Citric Acid crystals is the method I use. Care has to be taken with cleaning the drip tray daily and the frother head but otherwise very low maintenance. Drawbacks, the only slight niggle I have... Read review

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Advantages: warming rack, looks great, non-slip feet, removable crumb tray, browness can be adjusted to taste, cancel button
Disadvantages: sometimes the toaster goes off by itself.

...I purchased the Breville Lightning Toaster from Curry's around 3 years ago. The main reason for buying this toaster was simply that we needed one as we had just moved homes. But for this reason alone I could have bought any old toaster but this one really did catch my eye. It looked very appealing and different from other toasters, well at the time it did, now you have a whole range of these kinds of toasters in the market. It had a light system, thus the name 'lightning', whereby you could interpret how much time was remaining for the toast to be ready by how many lights were lit up. FEATURES *A Warming Rack* This is useful for warming all kinds of foods such as pastries, buns, bagels, croissants, pizza slices etc. By adjusting the brownness controller you can acquire the perfect heat for warming foods. The rack is elevated... Read review

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Advantages: Large Spout and Rapid Boil
Disadvantages: Too Heavy to Handle

.... But I suffered a reaction to the ingredients like ginseng. My mood became elevated and my sleep was disturbed. I eventually had to cease taking it or I would have gone over the edge. Other herbal teas produced more minor symptoms. At present my nervous breakdown count is legs 11. I only need 8 more to reach a Rolling Stones song. The lesson of trying out alternative health products is to be careful. If you show any symptoms then stop taking it there and then. I find that Bach Flower Remedies work very well alongside conventional psychotropic medication. In the past I have always used standard kettle descalers for cleaning the interior. These included Kilrock-K from Robert Dyas and standard descalers from supermarkets. These descalers worked but left a pungent smell after use. The acrid smell always went up my nostrils and it took... Read review

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