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Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows

Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows

  • Play where you want – A 2.4 GHz wireless connection with up to a 30-foot range means you have more room to move.
  • Feel the action – Vibration feedback gives you a riveting gaming experience.
  • PC gaming at its best – Precise thumb sticks, two pressure-point triggers, and an 8-way directional pad help you stay in control.
  • Get more with four – A USB transceiver allows up to four controllers to connect.

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List Price: $ 59.95

Price: $ 34.55

Holmes HAWF2043 Dual Blade Twin Window Fan with One Touch Thermostat

Holmes HAWF2043 Dual Blade Twin Window Fan with One Touch Thermostat

  • Dual blade operation
  • Independent electronically reversible motors allows for air intake, exhaust, or air exchange
  • Two speed settings
  • Designed to fit most double hung and slider windows
  • The extender permits a custom fit; 12-1/4 inches high overall, with 8-1/2-inch fans

Holmes HAWF2043 Dual Blade Twin Window Fan This Holmes Twin Window Fan is cost effective and provides cooling relief. One Touch programmable thermostat helps to maintain your personal comfort level by cycling on or off to maintain the set temperature.

Amazon Review This double window fan draws in fresh, cool air from the outside or exhausts stale, hot air from inside. It can also do both simultaneously, because each of the two fans can be set independently to draw

List Price: $ 49.99

Price: $ 34.99

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  1. 90 of 100 people found the following review helpful
    4.0 out of 5 stars
    Hardware great, software is blah, August 9, 2011
    By 
    Hans D. Behrends (Salt Lake City, UT USA) –
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    This review is from: Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows (Personal Computers)

    The controller is the standard XBOX 360 wireless controller. The box contains a wireless controller hub. Supposedly, up to four controllers can be connected to a PC through this hub (though I presume not many games will let you use this feature). I have not tested connectivity for more than one controller at a time.
    There are no apparent problems with this, on this Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium install. Plugged the hub into a USB port in the back, pressed the center button on the controller, and ready to go. Works great in Grand Theft Auto 4 (driving much much easier this way).
    Can’t wait to use this for DiRT3, yeah

    The software is nothing special. In fact, beyond the standard joystick control panel, there is nothing else. You can test the functionality of the buttons, D-pad, analog sticks etc. And that’s it. Would be cool if the software would allow programming of the buttons, or let you assign macros to the buttons like Intellitype for instance. Logitech does a much better job!
    But I will not complain… the hardware is top notch and works great… and wirelessly.

    If you already own an xbox 360, try to get only the wireless hub.

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  2. 40 of 45 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Great controller, December 3, 2011
    By 
    Elak Swindell “Movie Addict” (Georgia USA) –
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    This review is from: Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows (Personal Computers)

    If you want a wireless controller to use for your PC games, then this is a definite must have. I snagged one for use with “Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim” and it works great. Being that the game is already set up for use with the controller, it was immediately identified and all buttons linked to what they are meant to do. Only takes a few minutes to get the hang of the new set-up (find a quiet area away from people in the game to practice), but the controller is way better than using the keyboard and mouse. Even though the majority of the keyboard does not work when using the controller, gladly you can still use the tilde (~) key for acessing the command console and the “PrtScn” button is active for taking snapshots. The only minor negative note I have concerns not be able to fully use the keyboard when the controller is plugged in. It should work in conjunction with the keyboard instead of completely blocking most of its use. As for the unit itself, it is very comfortable to hold and use. All of the buttons are placed perfectly. Once you know which one does what, moving and fighting in the game is a snap. There are some extra plug-in ports on the controller that are not identified as to their use in the simple fold-out instruction manuel. One on the top below the word “XBOX 360″ and another on the bottom between the hand holds that has three holes. Would be nice to know what these are for, but the instructions have nothing on them. All in all, this controller is well worth the price and works perfectly for PC games, especially newer titles.

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  3. 36 of 42 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    Works excellently on Windows 7 Home Premium with Skyrim, December 15, 2011
    By 
    Steven

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    This review is from: Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows (Personal Computers)

    I have only used this to play Skyrim on Windows 7 Home Premium but it works flawlessly. Also, the cord for the USB adapter is surprisingly long (around 5-6 feet) allowing me to place the adapter on my desk (behind my monitor).

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  4. 494 of 500 people found the following review helpful
    3.0 out of 5 stars
    Triple Comparison Review – Bionaire BW2300 – Holmes HAWF2043 – Honeywell HW-628, June 6, 2009
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    Robert C. (NY, New York) –

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    This review is from: Holmes HAWF2043 Dual Blade Twin Window Fan with One Touch Thermostat (Kitchen)

    You are in luck today.

    This is a direct comparison review between the three most popular currently available twin window fans:

    Bionaire BW2300 Twin Window Fan with Remote Control
    Holmes HAWF2043 Twin Window Fan
    Honeywell HW-628 Enviracaire Twin Window Fan

    If you are interested in purchasing any of those widow fans, read on…

    I didn’t intend to have to do this review because I didn’t intend to purchase more than one of these fans. I can tell you now that all of these fans are super cheaply designed and built and none of these fans are perfect, but in my opinion, one is worse than the others.

    Holmes HAWF2043 Twin Window Fan: my rating – 3 of 5 stars

    I first purchased the Holmes HAWF2043 unit. It was lightweight and fit the window nicely although I had trouble with the extender which is located on the right side. The locks for the extender are located on the right side along the top and bottom edge of the fan, which is supremely stupid because as soon as you place the fan in your window frame and put weight on it, the bottom lock locks and you can not move the extender. I mean, what rocket scientist thought of this? So you have to unlock the locks before you place the unit in the window AND keep weight off the bottom lock until you have the extender adjusted to where you want it. This is not easy. And the lock mechanisms can be difficult to move. At the time, I could not imagine anything worse, but I was wrong as I found out with the extenders on the Honeywell unit, which I will go into in the next paragraph. This Holmes unit has the best placement of the power cord which is in the lower left corner… the location is high enough as not to interfere with the bottom of the window frame. This unit has two speeds, high and low. The controls are easy to operate. In fact, there is only one button and two switches. The button cycles through the high and low manual speed settings and then though the automatic temperature presets which are at 60, 65, 70, 75 & 80 degrees fahrenheit. If you set it at one of the temperature presets, the unit will turn off once the room reaches that temperature. It seemed to work although I did not have the opportunity to see how accurate that function is. The two switches set the direction of the fans to either intake or exhaust which can be done on each fan independently, so you could have one fan on intake and the other on exhaust for quickly exchanging room air with fresh air. This unit has 8.5 inch fans and they are relatively quiet at both speeds, naturally high is louder than low, but don’t expect silence. I own a Kill-A-Watt P3 energy meter and this unit used 46 watts on low and 63 watts on high. I would have been happy with this unit except that two days into using it, the right fan started working intermittently. Of course, that is unacceptable. Returning. I give this fan 3 out of 5 stars because I feel that if you get a good one you’ll be happy with it, but don’t expect anything great. FYI: Holmes is a division of Sunbeam.

    Honeywell HW-628 Enviracaire Twin Window Fan: my rating 2 of 5 stars

    So with the right fan not working correctly on the Homes, I ordered the Honeywell HW-628. As soon as I saw it, I knew I was not going to be happy with it. For one thing, the unit has 7 inch fans compared with 8.5 inch on the Holmes. So in order to move as much air, the fans would have to run much faster and the unit will be much louder. Time to install… I previously mentioned that the extenders on the Holmes were poorly designed, but the extenders on this were MUCH worse. First of all, this unit has two shorter extenders on both the right and left sides instead of one longer extender like the Holmes has. Second, the four extender locks are, get this, located on the BACK of the unit, the side facing out the window! How are you supposed to set those? It was impossible for me. I ended up jamming the extenders into the window frame in order to keep them extended. Okay, so I finally get the unit in the window and turned it on. I found out immediately that my thoughts about the smaller fans, higher fan speed…

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  5. 78 of 80 people found the following review helpful
    5.0 out of 5 stars
    thank goodness a great fan!, May 16, 2003
    By A Customer
    This review is from: Holmes HAWF2043 Dual Blade Twin Window Fan with One Touch Thermostat (Kitchen)

    this fan is just so wonderful, it cools/exhausts my bedroom so quietly and efficiently. It’s one more thing that I don’t have to worry about. I love the thermostate setting feature, when i leave for work in the morning my room is usually cool enough so that the fan shuts off and will re-start automatically to exhaust the hot air from the room at noontime. If the room becomes too cool at night, the fan will shut itself off! It is so quiet and really gives a good breeze! I bought 2 and my son loves his too!

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  6. 45 of 51 people found the following review helpful
    4.0 out of 5 stars
    good price, good fan, September 22, 2003
    By A Customer
    This review is from: Holmes HAWF2043 Dual Blade Twin Window Fan with One Touch Thermostat (Kitchen)

    I was actually impressed with the power. For an inexpensive fan, it does a good job. It’s not exactly “whisper” quiet, but it sounds like it should – like a fan. Don’t expect perfect silence. Very easy to set up and the one-touch temperature controls are very cool, although mine is always set on high since I’m really, really fat and I sweat all the time. OK, I’m really not fat, just sweaty. Anyway, in my opinion, this a good deal and I would recommend buying it. Gotta love Amazon.com.

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