Outlet Reviews

granted that this product was originally defective and now refurbished.. but one would expect a factory reconditioned product like this to put out more heat than a household electrical appliance ..
My laptop computer produces more heat while operating for heaven sakes and has a nice fan inside too.

Its hard to tell whether its working in the 'min' and 'med' settings and you start to feel it heating up a little bit only in the maximum setting.('min' + 'med'). The heat it produces is absolutely inadequate even for a small 200sqft room.

I would return this piece of junk if i could but for its sheer weight and shipping charges.

Shame on Amazon and Delonghi for selling such defective products as "factory reconditioned".

I would be extremely wary in the future about purchasing any refurbished products from amazon.

I bought two of these heaters in seperated orders. They didn't work at all - One had no lights on, no heat and of course the timer didn't work either. The another one had lights on but no heat after two hours. Of course the timer didn't work again after I tried many times. I was ok with the dents and scrachs.

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I received my heater today, unwrapped it, and plugged it in. It was SHOCKING! Literally, the quick connects on the inside of the timer were placed incorrectly causing an immediate short directly to the entire metal body of the unit. With a screwdriver and a quick change around the wiring, it now works great.

Since I know a bit about wiring, it was no huge deal to fix it. For anyone not wishing to be electricuted (which is the least terrible thing that could happen with this type of retarded error.), I would not recommend someone with limited or no knowledge of fixing things to purchase one.

Basically, "handypersons delight", otherwise, DO NOT BOTHER.
I hope DeLonghi doesn't kill someone or find themselves being sued for damages with the type of errors they seem to be making on their refurbs. Their regular products are great!

This metal detector is nice, notwithstanding, it performs poorly when in all metal mode. Initially all metal mode works fine, however, after half an hour of use the batteries begin to wear out and the battery low indicator does not come on. When all metal mode is used after half an hour of the detector's use, it just squeals uncontrollably. It's supposed to go off over metal and pin point the source of your initial find with great accuracy. Again, after thirty minutes of use of the detector, it will no longer go off over the source, it will just go off constantly, no mater where you hold it. I could hold it into the air and it still squeals. I made every adjustment I could and it just continues to make noise. This mode is worthless unless your using it with two fresh 9 volt batteries every half an hour. Finally, if you're hunting say meteorites for four hours, you can expect to spend over $56.00 on batteries for that afternoon.

I've owned the Bounty Hunter Land Star for about 2 years now and it is a great, economically priced detector. Shop around because you can get it for less then one hundred dollars if you know where to look... cough... ebay... cough... ebay.

I've found tons of silver coins with this detector. It's target processor is extremely reliable for coins. If you get a solid repeatable coin tone then you've got a 95% chance of digging up a coin. I've also found Civil War buttons, old toys, and multiple rings at the beach. Yesterday I found 2 Mercury Head dimes (1918 and 1941) in a local park. Believe me when I tell you that treasure is in the ground everywhere.

Contrary to another review that you may see below, the All-Metal mode works exactly as it should. Not only does it work as it should, but it is the most useful and descriptive mode on this machine. Mr. David Carlson obviously doesn't know how to operate his metal detector. The symptoms that he describes are the result of someone not reading the manual. He doesn't understand the relationship between All-Metal mode and Ground Balance. It just takes a moment to read and understand.

Bottom line: Great metal detector to get you into the hobby cheaply so that you can begin finding some great stuff. Like I said, I've been using mine for 2 years and I don't feel the need to upgrade.

I bought this for my husband for Christmas and I thought it would be a big waste. To date my husband has found several pieces of jewelry, a ton of coins and a silver dollar coin that dated 1860 (that we sold for $220). Its easy to use and we now fight to see who will use it next. A great addition to our family.