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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Handy Living Wood Slat Bed Frame Review

Handy Living Wood Slat Bed Frame
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Did you read the title of my review? If so good, because seriously, a hammer will not do. You'll NEED a mallet. That said,...assembly time (1 person) is about 90 mins. Less than 60 mins if you have an electric screwdriver with hex bit attachments. There are not a lot of different pieces used to put this together, so it's pretty straight-forward.
As far as the design goes - pretty solid. This an Ikea'ish design and I like it. It's very sturdy and simple to put together. Once you DO put it together, I doubt you can take it apart - the plastic holders for the slats look like they're meant to stay in,...forever. You can easily get to the legs and remove those if your moving, but just so you know, okay? Are we cool? Yes? No? Anywayz, I'd say for the money it's a good buy. No box springs necessary since the wood slats bow upward providing that needed "cush".
Thumbs up, yo!

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For the comfort of a well-supported mattress without the expense of a traditional box spring, Handy Living designed this full-size wood slat bed frame. The bed frame benefits from a strong steel frame with a middle support beam. To evenly distribute weight, 2-inch wide birch wood slats run horizontally from the sides to the middle support beam. The bed holds up to 600 pound, and stands steady on seven steel legs: four at the corners, two on the sides and one in the center. More affordable than a box spring, the bed frame additionally provides storage space with 13 inches of space under the bed. The bed frame requires adult home assembly; users may need a mallet, a socket wrench, a power screwdriver, and other tools for the assembly process. A member of the Sustainable Furnishings Council, Handy Living designed the bed frame with entirely recyclable parts and ships the bed frame parts in one box to eliminate excess packaging. King- and queen- sized models of the bed frame are also available. The full-sized bed frame measures 76 inches long by 54 inches wide by 13 inches high.

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Friday, December 7, 2012

15' x 36" Easy Set Above Ground Swimming Pool Review

15' x 36 Easy Set Above Ground Swimming Pool
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You can't get more for your money than one of these pools, period. If it lasts 2 or 3 seasons so what. I replaced an Aqua Leasure after 2 or 3 with an Intex 15X42. Both worked very well. The sides of the Intex are a little more upright so you have more usable area inside the pool which I like. This makes the sides a little less stable but even with 9 year olds jumping over the sides you don't lose any or hardly any water unless they a couple of them lay on the upper air ring and try to push it down. The Intex and Aqua are both very sensitive to level ground. Mine is on the patio concrete which slopes away from the house for rain run off purposes. Even this causes considerable uneveness in the water level. I added some carpet pieces to the "low side" just under the outside edge. Helped a little I think. Again, so what. Water is full on one side a few inches low on the other. No one but me even notice. But don't try to set up on more slope than I'm discribing. Filter works fine. Skimmer pole is very sturdy. Ladder works fine and does not rust for some reason like the Aqua Leisure did. I use clorine strips to test water. Just dip and read. Very easy. Be sure to keep clorine level up. I added clorine after tester showed white or none. Wrong, add before clorine goes to zero level or you will get dark emerald green swamp water as a surprise one day. Triple clorine or so solved problem. Leslie pools were very helpful and refused to sell me more expensive fix I was demanding."Just try the extra clorine first, sir". Intex comes with nice cover too. Helps keep pool clean, but if dirty you can do two things. Put garden hose in pool with a weight on the end and run water to fill the hose. Turn off and remove from hose bib and take quickly to lower ground setting up a siphon. Get in pool and "vacume" up the dirt with slow even strokes. On a hot day, if you like to keep a clean pool, very pleasurable job. Oh, before the vacume get in and run around the pool creating a spinning vortex or what ever you call it. In 30 minutes or more the dirt will consentrate on ridges in the bottom. (hard not to have some)
Setup is of course much longer than the 15 minutes or so advertized. The reason is because it is a little hard to spread the pool out evenly. The warmer the weather the better to soften the plastic. And once you get a inch of wate in the pool it becomes VERY heavy and hard to change. Use the plastic tarp for sure so you don't slide the pool on concrete or something abrasive. Infact try not to slide the pool at all. Lift and fold instead. I had to move the pool once this year (Wifes idea)folded and placed on piano mover (lowboy with casters). Left in the sun and when I went to move it, sides had fallen down and were scraping on concrete for about 10 ft of travel. Yup, three holes.(Wifes fault) Used the hole patch stuff from the inside and no leaks. Here in southern Cal I keep it up for maybe 4 month per year. After that kids don't seem to use it and water is not near as warm. My child loves it, neighbors love it. Neighbor put in pool so it got lots less use this season but they still come over to both houses. I paid $210 at Leslies Pools in Fontana CA location (big selection)Have seen them less and 50% higher other places. These are real pools by the way. You'll want to spend a little time with them cleaning and checking clorine, using filter etc. But after 4 months my pool is in the garage waiting for next year and there "real" pool is in need of a pool boy all year with all the other costs. Ok, their pool looks nicer with all that concrete and faux rock and plants and lighting. But for $200 bucks this pool is a deal. If I have the time I'll try to upload some video later.
John

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Features:POOL ONLY.15' x 36" Easy SetAbove Ground Swimming Pool Specifications & Features: Brand new and 1st quality! We never sell refurbs, seconds or customer returns.# Each 15' x 36" Easy Set above ground pool includes:1. (1) 15'x36" Above Ground Easy Set Pool. 2. (1) Set-up & maintenance DVD. 3. (1) Limited warranty from the manufacturer, Intex The pool liner has a 90 day warranty against manufacturer's defects and the pool filtration pump has a 1-year warranty. Any warranty claim must be submitted to the manufacturer. For warranty inquiries please call the Intex Consumer Hot line at 1-800-234-6839, monday thru friday, 9am to 5pm Pacific time. 4. (Infinite) Hours of refreshingly fun family activity and enjoyment.15 ft diameter x 3 ft height.Super easy set-up! Ready for water in 15 minutes!Water capacity: 2,822 gallons (10,680 L) at 80% full.No tools are needed to set up an Easy Set Pool.Stronger construction - Easy Set Pools have SUPER-TOUGH 30 gauge sidewalls that are made with 3 separate layers of material for extra strength & durability: 2 outer layers of heavy-gauge PVC are laminated to an inner layer of polyester mesh for extra reinforcement!More durability - Made with SUPER-TOUGH Plastic, a high density molecular PVC plastic that is unaffected by gasoline, oil and salt water. SUPER-TOUGH Plastic is also highly resistant to damage from abrasion, impact and sunlight. This hybrid plastic allows more air pressure for rigidity thus the pool wall is very stable. No sand required - all an Easy Set above ground pool needs is level ground. Do not try this with a steel-sided above ground pool! You will need up to 2000 lbs of sand to secure the pool walls! Easy Set Pools do not need sand to support their walls!Easy Set above ground pools are great for adults and kids. PLEASE NOTE: Children should always be supervised by a competent adult when using or in proximity to any pool. Easy Set above ground pools drain conveniently! The

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