Automotive Reviews

Product literature says this model can hold 275lbs, which is why I bought it. Was using it to ease a 70lb. camera case down a short flight of stairs, very slowly, when wheel cracked and broke midway down. Bad plastic construction of crucial components mean this was a waste of my money. Only used it five times before it broke, never with load greater than 80 lbs., and always took excellent care not to jar it over curbs, steps, etc. The only great feature of this product is its flatness and light weight. Dont use it for anything that weighs more than your cat.

Convenient to use BUT the set-up, which looks obvious enough is quite tricky. I brought mine back to the store here in Paris- broken after one try at assembly. I spoke to the salesperson who brought me to a room with a wall lined with broken "Faultless" RuXXac's- all with the same problem. He showed me the new model with a gear mechanism that seems to make set-up easier. Stay away from the older model which is unfortunately still for sale. Hopefully, mine will be replaced with the newer model.

I am in the Xray machine repair business. I was given one of these 11 years ago. It is the same as the one pictured here. When it was given to me I thought it would be broken within a month because of its light weight. Well after 11 years of daily use it is still in perfect working condition. I have not been easy on this cart. I always carry at least one 60 pound tool case and frequently an additional 50 to 100 pounds of instruments and/or components. I have had it at or near its max weight rating many times when I have a large xray tube and the tools and instruments I use to change the tube and recalibrate all piled on. I am frequently in a hurry and this cart hits the bumps and thresholds hard. I really like its large semi-soft wheels which make it easy to go over bumps and curbs as they absorb the shock without sending things flying off the cart. I give this product the highest rating and I am not easily satisfied!!

Charlie

This remote has nowhere near a 100 foot range. Even if I had my car inched away from the garage door it wouldn't open with any certtainty. Definitely not worth buying.

This garage door opener is a Piece of Sh*t!!! Do not buy this product. It wouldn't open my garage door unless I was sitting right in front of it and the remote broke after only 1 month due to poor materials used to make it.
I repeat DO NOT BUY THIS!!!

I have bought one of these before at a store and I have had it for at least 3 years. I think it works great.

My garage has two Overhead Door models, one newer and one older. This unit failed on both. Perhaps I should have followed the other reviewer's advice and looked elsewhere. Be cautious. I'm sure this model works on some model garage doors, but who knows which ones.

Much to my surpise after glowing reviews from others, this unit would only open my garage door about four inches. It won't close it at all.

I have a Liftmaster Security Plus garage door opener built in 1999 or 2000. That's clearly within the advertised parameters.

The customer support desk hours are only 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday through Friday (exactly when I need to be at work, not standing in my garage debugging something like this), so I checked the manufacturer's website at www.skylinkhome.com.

I found this chilling remark in the FAQ for the model 89 (that is what you're considering here - A Skylink Model 89):

"If your Chamberlain®/LiftMaster®/Sears® Garage Door Opener has the 'Learn' button and happened to close and then open for few inches. The model 39 and model 89 might not compatible to your existing garage door opener. Please contact our customer support for details at support@skylinkhome.com."

In other words, sorry, you're screwed. Enjoy trying to return your on-line purchase.

Of course, Skylink will be happy to sell you, for another $23 plus S&H, their model UR100A Universal Receiver. With benefit of this additional gadget, the model 89 universal transmitter actually becomes more universal. At least, 99.9% universal. The web site does say that it this combination "99.99% works with most brands of garage door openers".

Great, huh? Spend A LOT of time with their web site FAQ before buying. Universal? Not even close...

I am using this with a Genie Intellicode garage door opener. Originally I had the Genie keyless entry pad but it was not well designed: the cover would fall off and sometimes it didn't respond to my keypresses. I got this unit to replace it and it was very easy to program. It's sturdy, the cover is not going to fall off, and it beeps when the buttons are pressed so there's no question of missed keypresses.

I own several apartments and thought this might help speed up doing finish work in tight corners. Wrong! It only slowed things down. I tried everything I could think of including tacking the pieces together to keep them from slipping apart. No amount of tightening of the sandpaper will allow more than a few minutes of sanding before the foam works its way out. Definitely not worth the trouble.

First of all, I must commend the inventor of this product, Dane Charles, for attempting to come up with a 'better mousetrap.' I've been a woodworker for many years and I appreciate any gadget that might save some time as I work in the shop. However, this one doesn't fit the bill. The foam pieces provided use the sandpaper itself to hold them in place. Due to the vibration of the sander, the foam very quickly and easily slips out. I tried it on two different palm sanders and ran into the same problem. Tightening the sandpaper works for about a minute or two (of regular sanding) and then the foam pieces begin to slip out again. For me, it became completely useless. Though I appreciate the effort, save your money - it was an utter waste for me.

EZ Sand PRo works great. First you should understand how to use it. Since it uses standard sanding paper, the paper as it's used loosens up, so it's a no brainer that the sand paper will need to be tightened up once or twice until the sand paper is used up.
To the Ann Arbor. MI user, try and think first. Remember, power tools are dangerous in the wrong hands. If you can't figure this little thing out, I'm sure you won't be ordering anything plans from Norm Abrams of The New Yankee Workshop or any boat building.
We have used this product for boat building finishes, and it works fine. It's not moron proof.

Century 87151 Taiwan piece of junk, spade terms inside are so loose, the wires fell off, heat sink on power transistor so loose it rattles.

This model has served me well under severe abuse. In weather ranging from wet, freezing cold to desert heat, this charger has lasted for several years. It was connected for long periods of time to a 3500+ amp bank of deep cycle RV batteries for the purpose of full recharge and than maintenance.

This is a very small compressor, when I first got it the check valve was broken, and it took me over 3 days to find this valve, at the end I found a different check valve and manage to fix the problem, the other issue with this compressor is the Moisture Filter, it's very cheap quality and it has leaks, I put some Loctite Silicon on the check valve of the filter to see if it seals the leaks, also, the automatic pressure switch it seems to be malfunctioning, it's made of plastic and it suppose to shut down the compressor when the air reaches a specific pressure on the Moisture Filter, this compressor it's made in China, and the materials looks cheap, the only good thing about this it's that I got it just in time. I can't send the compressor to Grizzly because I live in Costa Rica. I recommend, to buy a bigger compressor with High Quality components on it. OR you can buy this compressor and change the Moisture Filter for one of better quality. Also I have to open the hole thing to seal the inner parts of the compressor to avoid leaks.

Pros:
Price (cheap)
Small Size
Works nice with an airbrush

Cons:
Materials, low quality
Moisture Filter, very low quality
Leaks
Noisy (but not much)

Recommendation:
You can buy a better moisture filter, one of better quality like this ones:

Campbell Hausfeld G6261 Water Filter about $13
or
Campbell Hausfeld PA2121 Standard Air Filters about $19

But this will raise the price of the compressor to almost 70$ and also, you will need to buy all the fittings to make this upgrade.

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I was looking for a compressor to suit my air brush operation. I am tire dof compressed air tanks that are not allowed in airplanes anymore so this is my perfet match for my hobby

More than a month since i ordered this ....still haven;t recieved it

Not what I expected. Its name does state that it is an Autoplug 75 - but since I did not have a complete understanding of wattage, this device did not come close to what I needed. Be sure you understand what wattage is needed and then buy accordingly. I needed 200 watts and this device, of course, is only good for 75 watts.

Just bought new today at local store. Compact, light, reasonable price, ... It works ... but ...
Test the first time: The spring pin is sticky (dc positive node) fail to spring back to original position when removing the inverter out of car socket.
Test the second, third time: Even with the spring pin stuck (loosing spring property), electrical function is still working fine.
Intend to exchange. Hopefully mechanical defect gone.

I bought this for the auto on and off. I destroyed 2 expensive Marine Batterys because it never shut off and overcharged the Batterys.
I personally would not recommend this charger

I bought this charger about 1 year ago. The handle broke off of it within the first 6 months (cheap plastic. The control knobs are cheap and come off easily. The automatic shut-off never did appear to function properly. I had it stored in a controlled environment and just went and got it off of the shelf. Now the charge side will not function at all. Being an electronic enginneer, I decided I could find out why. When I opened the box, something I don't recommend anyone without experience doing, I saw a product that is pieced together quite poorly. I am not at all impressed. Think I'll try a Schumacher now instead of even trying to fix this piece of shabby craftsmanship!!

This charger features an Automatic On/Off, which will automatically shut off the charger to prevent overcharging and destroying a battery. It will charge a standard 12 volt battery in about 4-5 hours, or boost a battery to start your engine. It works with all types of 6 and 12 volt batteries. It is about $...-... less than buying it in discount automotive stores in the lower 48 States. (don't even ask what it costs up here in Alaska!)

I had high hopes for this thing. I was looking for a decent car vacuum but this thing had a lot more features. The vacuum couldn't pick up much of anything, the battery life was terrible, the flashlight wasn't very bright, the plastic tray that goes underneath with all the cables and such has tiny tabs that slide in slots on the main body's underside, and one of them was broken on arrival. I didn't bother to return it because the tabs were so flimsy I figured they wouldn't last long anyway.

I never tried the compressor feature. Just tossed it last week.

I have yet to use this product to inflate my tires or plug anything into it. It just arrived a few weeks ago. The instructions on how to use it were not that great (go figure) and not all the parts fit into the tray (pictured) that goes underneath it. Still... i've never seen anything quite like this before, and I'll keep it in my car and hope I never have to use it on my tires!

Description doesn't provide this device's capacity.
Just says 5Amps. I found that this battery has 1.5Ah (Amp*hour)
Compare with your car battery 75Ah capacity and top current of
150Amp and you'd see that only by miracle it can recharge your
car's battery or help you jump-start.

From the Magellan's catalog description:
"PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LABEL ON THE AUTO JUMPER STATES THAT IT WILL RECHARGE A *DEAD* BATTERY IN 10 MINUTES. THIS IS ONLY TRUE FOR SMALL ITEMS SUCH AS A CELL PHONE OR A LAPTOP BATTERY. THE AUTO JUMPER IS DESIGNED TO RECHARGE A WEAK CAR BATTERY, BUT WILL NOT RECHARGE A COMPLETELY DEAD ONE. "

So if you've left your lights on for three hours (like many people do), don't expect this little gizmo to get you going. However, it IS a handy, sealed, self-contained source of 12 volts for many purposes, with a built-in recharging system.