Tom87

Absolutely disgusted – I shopped at Betts over 10 years ago and loved the quality of the shoes, but now, after buying the men’s shoes, they’re an utter disgrace. Expensive disposable trash, not fit for…

purpose at all, cheap and nasty. I have no idea what I was thinking buying them, as I liked the look. If you want quality and comfort, spent a little bit more on Aquila or Florsheim for men’s shoes as they actually don’t fall apart quickly or absolutely wreck your feet like Betts mens shoes do. Sadly, I feel this business will go down hill quickly and rather soon having seen the way others feel on here too. What an extremely disappointing state of affairs this is.

Not as good as I expected – I was recommended this brand by a friend who has the same fan in the larger model. I purchased it from David Jones for $80 and was told it was quieter than other models. I wanted…

it to use at night time whilst sleeping. After assembling the fan and turning it on, when fixed in the stationary position it keeps making a clicking noise as if something inside the motor is trying to make it oscillate. The low speed still seems quite strong, and noisy. Sleeping with the fan on is not ideal and i've now been told that the metal bladed fans are noisier and not really suitable for bedrooms. It would be nice if they could make fans with maybe a variable (min-max) setting that enables the fan to have a more varied speed, or an extra low speed for sleeping. The temperature of the motor after running it for 10 mins was a little concerning, even though i know they are supposed to get hot, It was burning to touch. When i turned it off it stopped spinning almost instantly as if there was some sort of strain on the motor. After spending $80 i'm disappointed. The metal "Home Collection" branded fan i bought from Woolworths 5 years ago for $25 stopped working recently after a lot of use, i can't complain about that. I thought spending a bit more on a replacement was the right thing to do. I will do a bit more research next time. Looks good, solid construction, strong air flow minimum speed too strong, motor gets very hot very quickly (blades seem to stop quickly as if there is pressure on the motor or something), makes clicking noise.

Makes a great coffee! – This machine was an upgrade from the breville cafe roma which i had used consistantly for 6 years, it's still going at my holiday house but the steamer has lost alot of it's…

strength. But after 6 years i can't complain. I decided to stick with breville as i have alot of their appliances and none have ever failed. The fresca is a great little machine so far and i hope it last as long as the roma! Looks good, built in grinder, solid construction, holds decent amount of water, quick warm up, makes a good coffee after a bit of experimenting! a higher price tag (hope it lasts for the price), i prefer to manually grind as it over grinds on the double shot even when set to the minimum dose which wastes coffee, i hold the group handle in for 5 secs then give it a shake to lever the coffee then hold in for another 5 secs then tamp which is the perfect amount for mer for the double, other than that issue all is ok.