I have just purchased one of these very happy with it so far. The only thing is their filters are so darn expensive it’s crazy compared to the ones in my house furnace.
I bought a Performax from Menards about 10 yrs ago. It is the exact same. It still works great. I love it. It looks as though the motor might be slightly different. The RPM is rated at 1700, vs 1750. I bought it because it had similar specs to the Jet.
I hung mine up so it would blow the air back toward the workshop portion of my basement. Seemed like it would spread less sawdust that way. No idea if that's most efficient though.
Somebody dumped three of these along with a fish aquarium and some other junk on my road today. I plugged all 3 in and all three work great. They are in really great shape. Just don't have the remotes.
I have this. It turns on randomly. From what I read it is the RF from other peoples garage door openers. So I am always having to turn it off. Do you have these issues as well?
Mine quit working but it was a slow death. Sometimes I'd go to the shop and it would be running all by itself. I contacted wen and they told me that signals in the neighborhood are allowed to intwrfere with the remote. Wtf. At first it only worked intermittently and then the remote stopped working all together. The button on the unit does not power it on anymore. If you live in the cities, don't buy a wen. Wens solution was to unplug it and only plug it in when I need to use it. So I'd have to climb a ladder into the rafters to plug it in everytime. No thanks. Shop around for better products. Only had it a year or so.
Sorry to hear about yours dying. I've had mine three years with no problems - it is in my basement rather than in a garage though, so less susceptible to RF interference from outside sources. Maybe one of your neighbors has a garage door opener that shares the same frequency or maybe even another WEN air filter.
Don't buy it , I used it in a 300 square foot area for to days and I don't do much at all , filters clogged and ,,,,, well ,,, it sucks ,, not worth the money!!!
