Country: 178.32.231.60, Europe, FR

City: 2.3387 , France

You can't do your own taxes by hand anymore unless your situation is very very simple. I used Turbo Tax many many years ago, and it was just as easy to use as H&R Block's software. But every year, this title is always a few dollars cheaper. I don't need all of the extra bells and whistles in the Delux or other versions, since all of the versions have the same forms. I buy this every year, and every year, I am satisfied.

My wife and I bought this item because we are remodeling our kitchen and are going to be without a stove for several weeks. For the very first use I set the burner to a medium setting to warm up some soup and left then left the room. A minute or two later I smelled something burning and immediately ran into the kitchen. There was dark smoke coming out of the bottom of the unit and it smelled like burning or melting plastic. The entire unit, not just the burner, was so hot that I could not touch it, even when trying to use a kitchen towel to grab it. I was worried that it was going to catch on fire so I took a shovel from outside, scooped it up, and placed it outside in a snow bank.

Be aware this is delivered in a single box weighing about 300 pounds. The assembly was on the challenging side. Instructions were mostly clear but a couple of areas were not clear and I had to redo to get it right. The control panel is fine with the video display quality quite good. The manual controls though are almost impossible to see with numbers from 1 to 10 in elevation and speed that are not lit at all and with overhead lights are completely blurred out. The stereo sound that was bragged to be excellent was just fair. If you plan to use IFit the control module is a separate purchase running about another $100.00 and requires a monthly fee to IFit which turned us off. Once assembled the unit ran great. It was smooth and quiet. That only lasted about a week when a grinding noise started to appear. It got worse every day. I called Proform about the issue and they knew right off the bat that the motor was bad. It happens quite frequently on this Model I found out. They said we could still use the unit even though it sounded so loud, but we opted to stop using it until it was fixed. Proform service was very good about fixing the issue. They ordered the motor right away and a service tech called with his number for installation once the new motor was delivered to our home. The installation was quick and we had a very pleasant and competent technician doing the work. In all the treadmill was down just over 2 weeks. There were no charges to us since it was under the original warranty. Even thought we like the treadmill now, we would not purchase this model again. The frequent motor failure and poor console design for manual controls were a turn off for us.

The recipes are great, but I especially enjoyed the practical tips, such as "For a low-sodium alternative, season your meal with your tears," and "Relish in the fact that your married friends can't enjoy eating dinner in their underwear like you can."