Arlec
Arlec DC685
Stopped working after a year. Volume was always a problem. Went off when my neighbor operated her remote gate. Would not recommend! I agree with others Bunnings should withdraw them
Great ceiling fan. Purchased over a year ago and fan has been used lots since. No issues with it. Still using existing batteries from when it was… Read more
installed in remote. It does however make some slight tapping noises on higher speeds due to vibration but is intermediate. Moves good air on all speeds and good variety of speeds. Light is also good too. The blades could be improved on though since they are now slightly bowing but I guess it’s cheap plywood.
It’s a crap! – I wish I read theses reviews, don’t waste your money. It’s not cheap product. I’m
I have used the Arlec Remote Controlled Power Outlet to turn my iron on and off as the switch is under the desk. Weekly, or daily if I'm sewing. I… Read more
use another to control the lamp in the bedroom, the power point is behind the dressing table. Another turns on the charger for the laptop in the sewing room. They are not recent purchases, I've had them working for years. I've just bought another 3 single units
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Very disappointed – I purchased 4 packs, worked well for about a month, then I noticed the solar panels went white on 8 of them, then rain water got in on another 4 I… Read more
loved the look of them around my backyard but very disappointed since I purchased so many that now don’t work.
Its perfect, can't live without it – I don't know why there are so many negative reviews for this great fan heater!!! I have been using it for 2 years and swear to god, it works just perfect! Exactly what I wanted. Yes, its a LITTLE noisy but it works all fine. just love it.
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Not able to connect, even standing right below it – Probably worse smart light that I have ever bought in my life. Can't connect it to the wifi network, even standing right below it. I would gift it to someone who I hates most.
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Dud of a product. The version I have s a few years old and only works on 2.4G WiFi. That’s not too much of an issue if it weren’t such a moody piece of cr#p that can’t be uprooted once set up. Avoid.
The battery in the remote doesn’t last more than two weeks and there is no manual override do not purchase this
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Useless for a competent home handyman. There are no spare parts. Throwing one away for the lack of a simple changeover part.
The best and least expensive downlight ever – I purchased 6 of these 9W LED Arlec downlights for our holiday place last year when they were only $10 each. They are tri-colour, that is they can… Read more
easily be switched to 3000K, 4000K, or 6500K before you install them. They are warm white, white or cool white respectively and the light outputs are 700, 740 and 720 lumens respectively. I have recently bought two more for home [now the princely sum of $12 each] and they are brilliant, literally and metaphorically. They are fitted with a lead and plug and have an inbuilt driver and thus can simply be plugged into any GPO [power point] in the ceiling space or anywhere. They are so neat compared to older downlights which required large, heavy transformers which had to be connected to them. They are also dimmable. They spread the light evenly over a wide area and are very much better than the LEDs they replaced. They are extremely energy efficient. At only 9 watts, one of them lights a 3.1m x 3.1m room very brightly. They have a 3 year warranty and are possibly the best value for money purchase I can remember making. I have no connection with anyone who sells anything.
Don't waste your money – The door bell doesn't get a lot of use, but after a few months a visitor alerted us to the fact they got no response when they pushed it. Checked… Read more
the battery and that was fully charged. LED lit up when the button was pressed, but there was no response from the receiving unit, even when they were side by side. Changed the batteries and re-set the chimes. Still no communication. Sounds like a similar issue to that experienced by the Hobart reviewer a year ago.
Total rubbish – Does not work as it states on packaging, I.e total rip off rubbish.
Had this for some 6 years, but after a power failure, it continuously beeps, pushing the button makes no difference, nor does unplugging for a… Read more
minute, nor an hour. Looking inside, there is a yellow 0.82microfarad capacitor, looks like there is some brown oozing out of one end, that one is probably the problem.
Too cheaply made to work properly for long – Always disconnects and flashes. After a while I can get it to connect but it eventually disconnects and I have to go through the whole pairing… Read more
process again. After an hour just now I’ve given up. I have a really good modem and wifi network at home. This is just a very poor product.
Exhaust Fan works really well for its size. It’s quiet, easy to install, and does a great job keeping the bathroom fresh. Good value for the price and perfect for small to medium spaces.
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Bricked after a few months, real.garbage and unfortunately didn't keep the receipt or I would return it to Bunnings. Bunnings shouldn't be selling… Read more
these anymore if they are not fit for purpose. If you have one and you have something important plugged into it, beware one day it wil just stop working
Great Performance , great value – This light has a large solar collector and a lithium battery. It emits a decent light after dark and when it senses movement, it switches to… Read more
full brightness. Spacing these out around the house means that you never have to turn the lights on when going outside . they also aid with security because thieves usually try to avoid lighting and ,motion activated lights for fear of being seen.
despite the light being always on, the solar charging and the lithium battery allow it to run all night. I have had a couple for a few years now and just bought 6 more to cover all the dark spots.
Cheap Plastic Nightmare – The fact that this product sells for close to $60 AUD is the funniest joke! From top to bottom, it is cheap and poorly built as it gets. I've had $15… Read more
fans from K Mart which were far superior. The manufacturer could not even be bothered aligning the front and back grills .. the joys of a poorly plastic ring await you (if you are unlucky enough to buy one you'll know what I mean). Dont worry. about the remote btw, it never works from distance..utterly defeating the purpose. You've been warned!
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Outdoor use....hmmm – OK so this might seem contradictory, but I bought three (3) more of these today, despite the first one failing due to a very, very literal IP44… Read more
rating. By 'literal' I am referring to the environmental ingress that occurs after around 10-months if you use the lights outside, that is because the recessed mounting holes in the back are - what I allege intentionally - unsealed for obsolescence (corrosion and ants!) to cause the electronics to fail after the warranty period.
But because I was armed with this knowledge of why the first light failed, this time I pulled the back off the lights and sealed up the mounting holes with silicone before using them, and I'm sure the lights will last sooooooo much longer that the original alleged 'intentionally poor' design.
To recap, I'm still giving these only two out of five stars because in my experience they are not suitable to exposed outdoor use. Indoor use? Well they are solar so probably not the 'right tool for the job' as they should be used outdoors to get charged, but I suppose if you have them under the eaves then maybe you'll get longer use than I did, but my advise is to seal them up like I did (see photos).
And 'Arlec', if you read this, would it really hurt you to seal these up better?
Very short lifespan – I exchanged this feeder when it shut down after around 90 days of use and wouldn't power back up. 70 days later, the replacement started dispensing… Read more
food at midnight rather than when scheduled, and it won't accept new timer settings.
After a factory reset it won't reconnect to my network so I can't even trigger one-off feeding via the app.
This is perfect for what I need it to do – Quiet operation however it clunks when first turned on. Please see picture attached to this review taken from the instruction sheet provided by… Read more
Arlec. It is super efficient (5 watts). I have a few of these fans and use them to extract smells from both areas of the house where there is kitty litter as well as when having a shower. I run them continuously for hours, they do the job. Other standard exhaust fans run on average at 25 watts using 5 times more electricity. One of the fans is above the shower area so provided you turn it on before having a shower it does extract the steam.
Keeps beeping – Love how unit cools but can't stop it beeping turned off and on at wall
I do NOT recommend this product. I've had to have it replaced twice already in a year and because the button unit is mounted with strong adhesive,… Read more
you wind up with mess and/or damage at your door. Also when you eventually need to replace batteries in the button unit - good luck with that. I've tried twice on these units and both times the button unit was destroyed trying to get it open as the plastic is very poor quality. Lastly, the chime units need batteies every few months at my place, which gets expensive.
Not Great – terrible fan. One replaced, the other one wasn't. Very loud on low settings. Don't buy this fan. You should get something else. This is not up to standard at all.
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Thought spending a few more dollars on a pedestal fan from Bunnings would be worth the investment, wrong as this fan has failed in it`s second… Read more
summer. Once again not hanging on to the Bunnings docket was a huge mistake so unable to return. When this fan was turned on it starting humming and the blade eventually started spinning after a few minutes. Today same deal but became extra noisy with a louder hum resulting in the motor housing becoming hot. Time to bin it. If you pay twenty or thirty dollars for a fan you would expect to only get a few seasons out of it before it fails but when your paying sixty to eighty dollars for a fan you expect it to last longer. I expected a better quality product from Arlec at that price point.
I’ve had a number of doorbell sets that rely on a doorbell with a battery that must be changed every year or so. Every time the battery is changed,… Read more
the actual bells need to be reprogrammed to get the bell sound you want. It’s both long winded and tedious. The units also tend to expire in part over a few years, and I’m forced to buy a new one. This includes Arlec branded items. Not quality. For this reason I’ve been a bit wary of buying yet another “wireless” doorbell. However, this one appears to work with very little setup hasstle. The button part is simply stuck on the appropriate place on the door frame. Let’s hope it stays that way. The press switch also seems impressively solid, and the press action requires an obvious solid press - so that you actually know by the click (and a light) that it has been presses. The bells that plug in at the power point have a few different loudness levels - good, and 38 tune choices which can be changed relatively easily. The only criticism is that there is no list in the package that says what each tune is - and to go back to tune number 1 after your passed it, you need to press the button another 37 times. I was irritated enough to make a list of the tunes for my own records so that I could select them more easily. I’d give it as many stars as possible, but I’m still a little wary of its longevity. It seems robust - more solid than previous ones I’ve had to purchase. Time will tell. Recommended.
I have brought 2 of these torches and both have stopped working with the first time changing not good enough Bunnings have replaced them but this… Read more
should not happen will NOT recommend them to anyone and will NOT replace this one if the same thing happens
Excellent – 6 speed, quiet, perfectly balanced. Remote was intermittent but they sent me a new one, no questions asked. Very impressed with the company as well as the fan.
Timer that didnt time – After a terrible experience with a wifi controlled timer to control my water transfer pump I decided to go low-tech with this timer to avoid water… Read more
loss due to the wifi device not turning off and emptying my tank. And just to be sure I tested this timer for a short 15 minute run before setting it to 60 minutes and heading out to work. I came home to a flood and an empty tank and the pump running dry with the timer still resting on 60 minutes. I cried. I really did. This $15 low-tech timer cost me 50000L in lost water which will cost over $1000 to have replaced by a tanker. Not to mention the pump running dry for 6 hours. It claims extra safety because its double pole switching but what good is that if the timer does not count down. I tested the bloody thing just prior to trusting it. No more automation for me. Technology has betrayed us, even the low-tech stuff. The photo shows it still at the 60 minutes that I set it to.
Now joining some Russell Hobbs stuff which no parts are available for. All simple repairs