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Hi Jerome, I owned an Ellane Hoob EH-6380 SS which is not in working condition now. The problems are as below: - Both light bulbs are not functioning - Light switch does not latched - The Hoob starts to vibrate when I turn it on May I have an estimated charge for repair service? Thanks & hope ot hear from you soon. Eugene

Hi, May I know what do you not happy with for the sofa bought from Defu Furniture? I'm thinking of buying the sofa from them aso. Mind to share? Thanks!

My wife got very mad yesterday as she found out that all the drawers on dressing table except the newly replaced one become moldy. We inspected the bedside table and it was moldy as well. As for the bedframe, the cleaner had told us that inside the bedframe aso get moldy but she helped us to wipe away the mold and put some thristy hippo but I'm sure it will not cure forever. We decided to throw away all the Red Apple's furniture when we get a new set, even the Red Apple's furniture we bought is still under "2 years warranty" as we don't want to deal with them anymore. When we shopped for new furniture yesterday, 2 of the sale person told us that some manufacturers don't dry up the raw material before making the furniture to save time and money. Hence the furniture will be easily get moldy.

If the teflon coating peels off and u consumes it, it will increase ur chances to get cancer. You still can buy it but must throw n buy new one if u find the coating start to peel off. Use as buy n throw kind.

Hi Chunky Monkey, I don't know u r looking for a wok actually. STAUB and Le Cre do carry enamelled cast iron wok but but...it is damx heavy and expensive. u can try to carry it and see the price tag in isetan, tangs or takashimaya n c whether it suites u or not. Wok I'll prefer carbon steel those get from kitchenware retail shop. the result is still fantastic although don looks good By the way, STAUB is more expensive than Le Creu, but STAUB is used by famous chef around the world and supported by many hotel restaurants. I can see chef use STAUB to cook in USA (see in open concept counter for buffet) and also STAUB cookware display in The Line@shangrila. I read somewhere that Le Creu is mainly for consumer maraket but STAUB is mainly for hotel environment

I don't have any but intend to buy a Le Creuset 9" Skillet from the Isetan private sales this Thursday for $53 after 10% discount on sales item (sale price is $59, original price is $100++). But it is not be the best, STAUB is on par if not better. However, I recommend IKEA enameled cast iron product (SENIOR series) made in France. I bought a saute pan which cost only $49, but the cooking result is amazing, which wmf and calphalon cookware to be put to shame. Initially my wife also skeptical but after using it she kept on praising how good is the pan, and now she cooks more often, and willing to share with me the cost for the next purchase of frying pan.

Hi little_sunshine, What brand and series of s/s wok r u using? Quite curious here. No doubt professional chef quality s/s cookware is aso very good as it is thick with many layer of ply but aso not cheap lor. But still, some dishes need high need to get the best flavour, esp chinese style fast stir-fry. Braising does require low heat. hm...I think original taste is very subjective. But for sure raw food has the most original taste

u mean the original price form the meyer non-stick is 89.90 and now is selling for 9.90? 90% discount man! for iron wok is a must to preheat the wok b4 putting oil into the wok to prevent sticking. so non-stick is the other way round. ya non-stick cannot take too high heat or else it may release toxin.

wow, for others may feel **** happy as no need to buy wok for the rest of life. But for u such a mixed feeling. y u dad got 2 brand new one? Probably can give away as a gift, save the money to buy new wok. ebay it lor

ya i understand what u mean as i use ss wok before and i will never return back to ss wok I think s/s will never spoil kuah, never heard it got spoilt. But u always can stock up another different wok like what i do. Can cook simultaneously with 2 wok

It really surprised me that chinese treditional medicine/herb will lose the effect when cooking in in SS cookware when I read the article some where. Which means alot ppl (our mum and auntie) did the wrong things (cook chinese herbal soup in stanless steel pot). So there is reason why ancient ppl use claypot to cook chinese medicine. Unfortunately alot knowledges are not transfered to the next generation. probably spill some drops of water to the hot wok can help abit

I read it from magazines, newspapers and also internet. Cannot retrieve the info so I do a google search and some efforts are needed to search for the right contents, phew! http://blog.johnedwards.com/story/2007/11/17/05948/770 I read from somewhere that iron is actually quite safe to human body as it is part of the mineral we need daily. Not 100% sure but I think to certain extend lor as long as don't exceed a safety level lor. Teflon is always no no as it is the worst which will cause cancer. I tot 18/10 SS is the best, or I remember wrongly? stainless steel is good, as long as the base and wall is thick enough, or else the the food is easily get burned with medium or high heat. stainless steel is not so good for chinese stir-fry method as it usually need to be cooked in shortest time (high heat is very very important for chinese stir-fry).

I moved in last october, so is more than a year ago. I don't cook everyday, at most cook every alternate day. And mind you my whole kitchen is filled with smoke when I do stir-frying as I turn the fire to the max. So far my kitchen wall seems as good as new. No worry if u decide not doing tiling on kitchen wall just go ahead. At most just repaint the kitchen wall every year or two.

hi applefreak, Refer to (2), I would recommend enameled cast iron cookware instead of stainless steel cookware due to many advantages of enameled cast iron (you can do a google search). Do you really need so many size of casserole? I know it seems a good buy to pay $129 for so many pieces but I believe many of them will be under-utilized and take up your storage space). I rather pay more on one/two piece to get better quality/higher range product (wmf has higher range ss cookware which made in europe instead of asia and the base is thicker). If you consider enameled cast iron cookware, I recommend you to get SENIOR series from ikea as those pieces are made in France (some ppl believe those are made by STAUB which cost 5x more, u can check from takashimaya department store). IKEA SENIOR Casserole with lid 3L $69.00 IKEA SENIOR Saute pan 24cm $49.00 I own the saute pan and it is excellent, and I plan to get the Casserole and probably the frying pan one of these day.

Currently I own 2 woks, which are: - 13-inch/33cm WMF stainless-Steel skillet wok bought from metro - 14-inch/36cm CCK (hong kong brand) iron wok with one handle bought from siahuat@Temple Street for $40+ Mainly I use iron wok for all chinese cooking except steaming as: - food tastier as got "wok hei" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wok_hei - iron wok heat up faster and hotter so ease for faster stir-fry to preserve the natural taste of the food - Food doesn't stick easily to the wok as compared to stainless steel wok - heard that stainless steel will have chemical reaction to certain things such as chinese herbal, salt, etc... - easier to wash as no need to user detergent and scrap hardly I'm planning to get myself another smaller iron wok (12-inch or smaller), hope my wife will not make too much noise

u can talk to dear baby05 who login once a while to check for updates on this thread. just kidding, I noticed most forumers (including me) asked for discount from the carpenter (delivery man) on the last delivery. Good luck !!!

just arrange on weekday evening, takign ur own sweet time to reach home no need to rush back as they always late. if they reach early just let them wait lor, cannot be everytime we wait for them rite? weekend may spoil ur time esp if u intend to go out later then u need to wait n wait n wait for their arrival ! y they always late? Other than their lousy planning, I believe one of the many reason will be spending time in previous customer house to touch up all the defects ! Also as their services n quality is **** horrible in the 1st place, most of the customer will negotiating n arguing with them so it delay the subsequent deliveries. Red Apple, if u read this pls factor in patching up time n negotiating/arguing time in every trip so tat at least the delivery time will be more realistic. If not enuf delivery man, hire more. weekend can charge extra delivery fee so tat only ppl who pay xtra can get priviledge to get their furniture on weekend.

Hi stringray, better don't tell ur strategy here as rotten apple is eyeing on this thread. yes i 200% agree that u r very very slow in delivering goods but very very effective in receiving full payment. Last time i aso play this game with them, not even picking up their repeating phone call. know wat? one evening they knock on my main door for uninformed delivering of the last item n collecting the full payment. We just bochap them but they keep waiting outside our house for 10~20 mins. So bobian we opened the door n settled with them.

The technology behind this model is very different from Yamaha. Yes indeed Yamaha model requires 2 side walls to bounce the sound to ur rear left n right. But hts8100 does not depend on the side wall, but based on the psychoacoustic effect human will 'wrongly' interpret the surround effect without a side wall at all! U can read the review online which most ppl prefer Philips one than Yamaha one. Another difference btwn Philips model and Yamaha model is Philips model integrated the disc drive into the spk system, but whether it is a wise decision or not depends individual... It's definitely not targeting audiophile but consumer who doesn't has spaced for traditional 5.1 hts system but still want to enjoy surround sound experience.

Hi ekardo, When is ur next delivery? Better arrange on weekday coz I noticed they always fail the delivery on weekend.

ic. then u, ur family n cousin r really the rare case then. Sorry but to me ur family is too lucky especially for 3 years no even a minor complain tat's y in my mind set ur family got close connection to red apple lor, not offended but it's just my thought. Usually those ppl who complained r those existing forumers who find out the bad service n product quality of red apple furniture then complaint here. Ya there is always happy n unhappy ending for any furniture shop but seems this company has alot more complains compare to the rest. Oh ya, another very rare n weird case from u is how come u only register in this forum after ur reno (if there is) complete n u after u registered u immediately find out this thread n post a happy story (which is very rare as u mentioned)...n actually I know u log in on sat n sun morning but no post till today. ur special attention to this post make me think.... ok let other forumers have food for thought. HI Baby05, no need to defense so much for this company la. we already hear ur happy case, thx for ur contribution. like it or not, there is still alot unsatisfied customer like me so don't waste ur effort to change the image of this company as u don't have any connection to the company. If u really got so much spare time, just share ur experience on ur reno n post pic for us to see... if it's not their fault so it mean we as customer who alredi pay a big buck to them can only keep silence? No, ther r fully responsible for tat as they r choosing the lousy source to cut cost for higher profit margin. I never heard other furniture company often need to patch up after delivering the furniture to our home.

hiya baby05, welcome to renotalk forum. wow, u join this forum today just to share ur good experience with red apple??? seems like ur familyis really the rare case, or is ur family got connection to the big boss of red apple hence they never fail u? Anyway pls share ur reno pic esp the furniture from red apple for us to drool

wow! long time never login to renotalk and realize more n more victims of rotten apple...! good job for making this thread stay on top of subforum. My mouldy dressing table drawer was finally replaced after several months. I can tell u the look n feel between b4 get moulded version and replacement version is totally different! The replacement version from 1st glance can tell it's very new but the 1st version (moulded one) is like recycle one. Know wat, they actually want to take back the moulded drawer to repair (apply chemical etc) and return back to me but I firmly said many NO to them n insisted a new one. In the end they just replace the wood with new one but reused back the metal parts of the drawer. I'm pretty sure there will be unlucky victim who received the repaired/recycled drawer as the carpenter took back the moudly drawer although I try to stop him doing so. rotten apple - from outer look still ok if u don't peel off the skin y we never buy furniture like picking n inspecting apples from supermarket? ya...i just recalled that my part-time cleaner told me tat the inner part of my bedframe (yes, from rotten apple although they didn't stick the brand tag to it as promised) seems to suffer from mould as well although not as serious as the drawer so she helped me to wipe away the mould n put a few hippo underneath the bed. I think I may need to apply some chemical in case this problem get worse or reoccur again!

sorry to our friends from jb but indeed jb has the highest crime rate in malaysia.

too bad ler, either I post after work or I setup remote access to home computer, but dunno will be blocked or not. Is time to do something...