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Re: [OM] Seeking Hard Drive Advice

Subject: Re: [OM] Seeking Hard Drive Advice
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:19:10 -0700
  On 7/8/2010 6:54 AM, C.H.Ling wrote:
>
>> I now use it as my primary oven, so the extra control is very useful. 
>> Probably bigger than yours, too.
> I have mis-interprete your "toaster oven", I thought you were talking about 
> the one for toast (slice of bread).

Yes, the terminology in English may be confusing. Is "Convection/Broiler 
Toaster Oven" better? :-)   This is what I 
have. 
<http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11294723&search=cuisinart&Mo=3&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Sp=S&N=5000043&whse=BC&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ne=4000000&D=cuisinart&Ntt=cuisinart&No=1&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1>
In fact, it also makes better toast than the simple, purely mechanical old one 
it replaces. You can see from the 
description that this, and many other competitive models, is defined in 
horizontal size by the 12" pizza. Perhaps the 
vertical dimension is determined by the standard roasting chicken.

>> Now THAT's when reading lots of reviews pays off. People do write user 
>> reviews and tell about things you otherwise wouldn't know. My microwave is a 
>> simple, inexpensive one, with turntable
>> that cooks quite evenly.
> I only read review before purchasing camera and computer stuffs, I just 
> expected home appliances should be very simple and work well, it seems that 
> as simple as an oven there are still lots of room to improve.

You'd think such simple, old technology would all work about the same, but it's 
not the case, in my experience. From 
reading user reviews, one may learn things like how the crumb tray comes out 
and whether it easy to clean. In this 
specific case, I knew before I bought it that the one ergonomic flaw is the 
handle design.

The handle itself doesn't get hot, but if you open it with fingers entered down 
from the top, it's easy to touch the 
metal door trim as the door opens, which can cause a burn. The trick is to 
always put fingers in from the bottom. The 
thing about reading reviews is, I knew that before buying, made a specific 
decision that it wasn't a big enough problem 
to offset the overall advantages of this model - and no one has been burned yet.

> It make sense to use smaller oven if you don't need the size, save energy and 
> better to the environment.

Yup.

Moose
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