great machine just need to finesse the bigger stoppages
584169
I have owned my business for 5 years now, this was my 1st investment it has made me thousands and still making money, great machine just need to finesse the bigger stoppages. The machine is intended for nothing bigger than a kitchen sink/washer line
4302880
I wish the hose was a bit shorter, but it's a great machine.
552833
This is a very dependable machine except for the one thing.  I believe that putting an erase button on the very front of the machine right below other buttons with no safty lock is a serious error.  I work for a medical university and I cannot tell you how many doctors have mistakenly erased transcription.  The way the recorder is designed to be held puts your thumb right over the erase button.  Erasing, in my humble opinion, should require a slide lock or some other type or at the very lease a prompt asking you to push the button again if you really want to erase.

The only other issue we have had with these machines is in using memory cards.  The machine always seemed to lose data with them - even our IT guys couldn't figure out why.  The good news is they have plenty of built in memory so we have not found it necessary to use the cards we bought initially.

Still a good machine overall.
4214400
Great ice maker and probably produces just about as fast as it can but for a large party of 20 people or more 2 lbs of ice an hour just is not fast enough.  You should bring  an extra bag/s of ice as a starter to give the maker time to catch up.  Either that or buy two or more makers.
2561474
this is a great machine!  Works good for small areas.
 the speech setting is a little touchy that is something I would change.
1670354
Generally, this machine does what it says it will, but with one significant annoyance. Getting the balls to land in the right spot is a combination of elevation, speed and -- if you use it -- the topspin/backspin control. If the elevation is a notch too high and speed setting just a touch too fast, the balls fly to the baseline or beyond. You wind up hitting from six feet behind the baseline.

The adjustments are very fine. If you lower the elevation and drop the speed just a touch, the ball may barely dribble over the nest and will land right around the service line. The process involves a lot of fine tuning to get the balls to land in the right spot for productive practice, and the only way to do it is have one person at the controls firing a few test balls, then making the adjustments. If you are by yourself and don't have a remote, you'll be running back and forth making the adjustments.

The speed control in particular seems inconsistent. You can set it and think you have it right, but as you progress through a batch of balls the speed seems to pick up, which then has you backing up to take the ball, and then drops back a little. At first I thought it was because I was using used pressureless balls, but then a guy right next to me (a really good player) was using brand new pressureless balls and he had the same problem.

It's a good machine but requires a lot of patience to get the settings right. And I wish that once they were set right they'd stay consistent. Practicing without a partner would be very frustrating, I would imagine.

An upside: The tech support at Lobster is very accessible, personalized and helpful
1874791
Nice piece of equipment. The action is smooth and the adjustability of the pad angle is great too! You can feel tension on the biceps all the way up and down. My only complaint is the handles are just a bit too wide to allow for a moderately close grip.
302552
I have had this machine for about 5 years or more.  it did suffer the fuel lime issue but it was handled easily at a local service shop.  I can't understand why Hiatachi does not fix that already.  the kill switch died on it but i just choke it to kill it so i sont care.

anyways it almost always starts on the first pull.  it blows some serious air.  I do wish the air inlet was on the right side though.  I'm right handed and it will suck down on my pants if not careful.  overall it has been very worth the money for me.
1383838
I really like the pullies to change the resistance but I don't feel totally stable on the machine.  It rocks to the side if you don't get off of it right.  Overall it's a great machine for the price though.
455485
This is a great machine with design features that make it an outstanding buy. It is especially suited for use in a router table. There is one problem, it seems the engineers went a little overboard on the safety features and created a problem for those of us who use an enclosed dust collection system and an external power switch on the router table.

When the bit is extended all the way out for changing, the shaft is automatically locked so only one wrench is needed ... Great idea. But the power switch must be turned off so a plastic shield can cover it ... router must be lifted above the table. Then after the bit is changed the router must be once again lifted above the table to turn the power switch on again. This switch cover defeats the benefit of the router being used in a table without a lift. An annoying feature on a really great router.

Maybe Triton will come up with a fix??

If you have an open table or don't mind the safety overkill ... BUY IT You will love it.
1147551
Excellent machine - but be aware it is big, not so easy to fold and set back up and shown on video and tv.
4888589
This is a very effective little machine that is priced right.  It has one flaw which brings it down one star, however; I will elaborate this defect at the end. And it's not the fact that the hydraulic piston heats up while you exercise, as so many others have already noted.  My laser thermometer tells me the temperature goes up to about 200 degrees F after a 30 minute workout.  Because the hydraulic fluid heats up as you use it, I have to turn up the "tension" one notch or so about every five to seven minutes to keep a consistent work effort.  I start off with an initial setting of 4 and then end up at around 10 or 11 after 30 minutes of work.  After a few months of use I ended up having to set the back end on the first step of my stairs in order to get a challenging enough workout.  Otherwise, even at its highest setting I wouldn't get a challenging enough workout to build up a good sweat.  Now I use six one inch hardwood boards to prop up the back end (I also have them stacked against the front of a sofa so they don't move around) so that I don't have to set up the machine at the foot of my stairs every time I want to use it.  Using the boards like I do you can adjust the height up and down for varying degrees of increased effort.  This is really a lightweight machine, so I have to modify the environment to make it work.  I imagine that a much heavier individual (I weigh 144 lbs) might tear it apart after no more than a year.  But for the money it's still a good buy even if you had to replace it after a year's heavy use.  You get what you pay for, as the saying goes.  The bad part: the cable that connects the simple little computer via an EXTREMELY thin/flimsy wire to the sensor hidden in the rail under the seat broke after only 10 months of use and approximately 62,000 reps.  (I keep track of the reps by placing a small mark on the machine every time it turns over at 10,000 reps...if I hit a million reps, maybe I'll buy myself a nice gaming laptop one day...I'm up to 112,000 reps after 14 months...so maybe a few more years...haha).  Said wire is about the thinnest gauge possible, and on top of that the plastic sheathing for the copper wires is very stiff, cheap, plastic.  I wrote the company complaining about it and they sent me a new one but not until I paid $7.  I suppose it's not much, but the point is that it didn't last a year, and on top of that the wire is very clearly cheaply made.  They could have spent another 2 cents per unit to put in a thicker-gauged, more flexible, wire.  after I replaced the wire I covered the portion that rubs against the frame with about 6 inches of 1/4 inch drip hose to protect it.  I have attached two photos. One showing my setup with the one inch boards, and the other one showing where the cheap/stiff wire can break with use, and how I protected it with 1/4 inch hose.
2518834
This is a wonderful machine, I love the automatic thread cutter, and especially the advanced needle threader. I noticed if I used a small (size 10/11) sewing needle, it had trouble pulling the thread through sometimes, I think because the hole is so small on this needle.
Really love the sideways sewing feature, it's great when you're working in a small space and can't turn your fabric.
This machine can do so much, I suggest making a stitch journal/sampler,  using fabric that has had light to mid wieght fusible interfacing fused to the back and about 10" x11"  square (you'll need 5 or 6 pieces), go through all the stitiches on the machine, following foot suggestions in the LCD screen, using the manual when needed.  You might be suprised, as I was, by some of the stitiches this machine can do.  You will be very familiar with all it's functions after you have gone through every stitch it can do.
The other function I Love, is the knee lifter, my first real sewing machine, way back in 1976, was the Bernina 830 which had a knee lifter and I sewed on that machine for a good 15 years and became very accustomed to using the lifter.  So glad to have a machine which has one again, keeps  your hands on your project especially when manuevering intricate fussy stitching projects.
Of course, the needle up/down feature is super, it's almost a given nowdays on a machine to have this feature, I find it actually saves alot of time not having to reach for the flywheel to manualy position your needle while sewing a project.
This machine has a lovely quiet mechanical sound when sewing,  I noticed it can even sew faster when you use the auto pilot sew feature (unplug the foot pedal and use the green stitch button just above the needle area).
Get one of these machines, you'll love it!
P.S. One more helpful tip, when you use the monogram stitches, to get the best results, put thinner bobbin thread in the bobbin and use embroidery thread for the top thread, your letters will be much nicer looking than using regular all-purpose sewing thread.
2465861
Very good  watch  for a referee  however  if your game goes beyond the  90 minute mark  you have to reset for  added time. Overall  a great product  and an essential  for  a  referee
1652233
I bought the Spinshot-Player Tennis Ball Machine so that I could teach my daughters to play and also as a way keep in shape and play when no one else was available. I really like the machine and have used if for a couple of months before I wrote this review. It's variety and settings are great for beginners and intermediate players and does provide a great work out. For an advance player working on improving specific strokes or strategies however it's not as fast as I would have liked; also the random everything setting -horizontal, vertical, backspin, topspin (which not everyone would choose to use) is all over the place sending some balls into the net an others over the fence. Also it takes a very long time to charge and does require you to charge it fully every time you use it - so if you want to use it more than once a day plan accordingly and/or buy the extra battery.
3676851
This is my 3rd detector after tesoro silver sabre umax, and a cheap radio shack type machine.  I can tell you I have in the past year detected with serious relic hunters and have found a treasure trove of goodies being I live in history rich Richmond Va.  Have had machine 2 days and still have a little to learn about machine but I can promise you this is a beast machine for the price.  Found silver ring and 3 silver coins in a spot I have hit many times and this is while I'm still in learning curve.  First learn the machine well and go with someone who has been doing it for a while if you are new. Don't just get mad because you are confused about what machine is doing.  With a little practice and a good spot this machine will deliver with machines costing 4 times as much.  I know this because I hunt with guys that have f75's and machines that cost even more.  Bottom line this is a BIG bang for the buck.  Machine is very light.  It is mostly plastic so I wouldn't be rough with it or throw it around and wouldn't leave it in the hands of someone under 10 years old.  I am very excited to see what machine finds for me in the next month or so.  Will update review if need be.
853190
I use this machine all the time, and the eliptical part works great. It's also easy to program, and I love seeing all my stats on the screen in front of me.
One big drawback for me is that I am short (5ft2) and the bike is almost impossible for me to use properly. In order to be used comfortably, you are of course supposed to hold on to the heart rate monitor bars while using the bike, but because the seat is positioned so far back (no matter how I adjust it), I cannot reach these bars comfortably. I still use the bike portion, but because it's still so out of proportion with my short height, It's somewhat difficult and uncomfortable to use and I can only use it for around 10 minutes at a time before having to switch to using the eliptical or taking a break.
Another drawback for me is the accuracy of the stats. One problem is the heart rate monitor, which basically goes all over the place (when I first put my hands on it it starts at around 75 then goes up to 115 or so, and then drops back down to 80 or 90 and then bounces back up and down again over and over despite my continuing at a pretty solid pace and resisitance level) and it never goes high as I know my heart rate actually is when using it. The calorie monitor also seems to be off, as it never says more than 190 cals an hour for me, even though I know my heart rate is at 65-80% of my maximum during my workouts and I am likely burning quite a bit more than that.
Bottom line, this product is okay for the price and what it does. If I had the money however, I might invest in a better one next time.