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Convenient Gardening Tools

The snow shovel has been put away, the garden furniture has been uncovered and it’s time to get the backyard or garden ready to host summertime BBQs, gatherings with family and friends or just the ideal place to relax. Here, we highlight Sun Joe’s essential outdoor tools, which are perfect for everyone from the garden enthusiast to the average “Joe.”

WIN IT We’re giving away Sun Joe’s shear/shrubber and electric lawn mower featured here. Think your dad deserves to win? Tell us why on our Facebook page to enter the contest and he could take home these and other amazing prizes! Hurry, contest closes June 20th.

The 2-in-1 Precision Tool

The Hedger Joe HJ602C Li-ion cordless grass shear/shrubber is 2 tools in 1 featuring an interchangeable blade system that allows you to easily convert from a grass shear to a shrubber. It is a great tool for touch up jobs around tight spaces.
Why We Like It: The 3.6 volt rechargeable battery gives you the freedom of cordless operation with no hassle of cords. Both the 3.31-inch shear blade and the 5-inch shrubber blade are made from durable steel, including ears for easy handling when changing blades.
Convenience & Safety: Weighing just around 2 pounds, this tool is lightweight with an ergonomic design to give you better control while trimming. It also comes with a safety switch preventing accidental start.

The Lawnmower

Responding to the need for an easy-to-use machine that takes care of the smaller yards, Sun Joe developed the Mow Joe MJ401E, a smaller electric lawn mower that delivers the power of a gas machine with the convenience of an electric unit.
Why We Like It: Its durable steel blade cuts 14″ wide with precision on each pass. In addition to its hard-working mowing capacity, the Mow Joe features a three position manual height adjustment.
Convenience & Safety: The Mow Joe is equipped with a hard top rear bag, which detaches easily for convenient disposal. No gas, oil, or tune-ups are necessary.

The Hedger

The Hedger Joe HJ600C is ideal for trimming hedges, shrubs and bushes with the convenience of cordless operation with no hassle of cords or gas.
Why We Like It: It uses a 20 volt li-ion battery for efficient, reliable performance with just 1-hour quick charge. The 20-inch dual action and low vibration steel blade allows you to cut branches up to 9/16” (14 mm) in diameter.
Convenience & Safety: The Hedger Joe comes with a dual handed safety switch that prevents accidental starting and features a 3-sided ergonomic balanced carry handle that ensures a comfortable grip.

All Sun Joe tools are ETL inspected and approved and come with a full two year warranty from the manufacturer.

Profile: Sun Joe
The Sun Joe Company develops and manufactures innovative high-quality outdoor products at a lower price to help consumers “Get Equipped” to tackle the great outdoors.  Sun Joe’s innovation is driven by a robust research and development pipeline that looks at both creative design and technological advances to provide consumers with smart home solutions. Originally founded to bring homeowners smart winter solutions, the company now distributes a wide range of easy-to-operate, reliable and powerful outdoor power equipment to handle snow removal and yard care – from snow throwers and lawn mowers to trimmers and cultivators – under its “Snow Joe” and “Sun Joe” brand names.

TV or not TV…

The real question isn’t whether to have a TV or not (why wouldn’t you?), but where to park it. Here, we highlight some favorite TV stands from Sonax.

WIN IT We’re giving away the Sonax Milan 3-in-1 Flat Panel TV Stand featured here. Think your dad deserves it? Tell us why on our Facebook page to enter the contest and he could take home this and other amazing prizes! Hurry, contest closes June 20th.

The Contemporary Look
The exclusive Venice Collection commemorates strength, stability and style. This unique stand is draped in a black lacquer finish combined with piano black tempered glass.
Out of Sight A cable management system will hide and organize all your unsightly wires.
Size Matters Accommodates most HD TVs up to 60 inches.

Shinning with a sleek gun metal finish from the New York Collection, this television stand incorporates style with class. The black tempered glass fuses perfectly with the gun metal uprights.
Out of Sight The stand uses an open storage area to keep your components at their optimal temperature while a cable management system helps keep wires organized.
Size Matters Accommodates most HD TVs up to 50 inches.

The Wall-Mounted Look
The Berlin Collection boasts real wood uprights with a floating platform to hold your HD TV. The black lacquer finish combined with the eye-catching real wood uprights create a distinctively modern piece of furniture.
Out of Sight
The tinted safety glass doors tuck your components away in an organized storage space.
Size Matters Accommodates most HD TVs up to 68 inches.

The Torino Collection is a new line that invigorates your personal style. The Florence Maple finish combined with the angled gables gives this television bench a lead over the competition.
Out of Sight The enclosed storage space allows you to organize your precious items behind the easy touch glass cabinet fronts with magnetic catches. 
Size Matters
Accommodates most HD TVs up to 68 inches.

Pick A Style, Any Style
Appreciate versatility and ingenuity in a distinctive 3-in-1 design from the Milan Collection. Depending on your space, you can choose from a wall mounted TV, a back brace swivel mount or a perched television with an extra TV mount. Now that’s what we call freedom!
Out of Sight Nesting your precious components with necessary air flow and cable management promotes electronic longevity.
Size Matters Accommodates most HD TVs up to 52 inches.

Brand Profile: Sonax
Sonax has been producing high quality contemporary easy-to-assemble home furnishings for over 30 years. Located near Vancouver, Canada, the Sonax brand has become a favorite with savvy consumers and Sonax products have become part of the finishing touch for home interiors all across North America.  Sonax’s new color palette is inspired by the natural wood tones found across the Pacifc shores. By choosing to manufacture composite wood products, Sonax and its customers are recycling and supporting a green way of living.

Chill Out

It’s getting hot in here! No need to take off all your clothes, though. All you need is a good old AC to keep things cool. Here, we profile Soleus Air, a company whose goal is to provide you with innovative and energy efficient appliances to keep you comfortable and the home or office. Soleus products include portable air conditioners, ventilations fans, stand and table fans, electric heaters, water coolers and more.

WIN IT We’re giving away the Soleus Air 8, 000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner with Fan featured here. Think your dad deserves it? Tell us why on our Facebook page to enter the Search for the Ultimate Dad contest and he could take home this and other amazing prizes! Hurry, contest ends June 20th.

THE PORTABLE AC
Portable and easy to use, The 8, 000 BTU Soleus Air Conditioner with Fan is outfitted with a 3-speed fan with oscillation, a 1-24 hour timer with automatic start and stop. If power is interrupted, the unit remembers the exact settings and auto restarts. It can be conveniently operated from anywhere in the room and features an easy-to-read multi-color display.

Specifications:

  • Dimensions: 27.78 H x 12.98 W x 22.17 D
  • Weight: 62.8 lbs
  • Cooling Capacity: 8,000 BTU’s per hour
  • Dehumidifying Capacity: 50 pints per day

COOLING, HEATING, PURIFYING, OH MY!
The Soleus Air Portable Air Conditioner with Air Purifier and Heat Pump combines everything you could need to cool, heat and air purify into one convenient appliance.
Warm Up: The 12,000 BTU portable heat pump uses heat from the air while consuming less energy than other portable heaters.
Breathe Easy: The HEPA air purifier removes 99.97% microns from the air while the 63 pint evaporative dehumidifier keeps air dry.

FOR HUMID DAYS
Lightweight and portable, the Soleus Air 45 Pint Dehumidifier features an adjustable humidistat, automatic defrost and large capacity removable water bucket, which shuts off when it is full. Lose power in the middle of the night? No worries,  the system auto restarts.

THE FAN
If you live in the Pacific Northwest or in other cooler areas, chances are you don’t need an AC as the temperature never gets unbearable. But you might need a fan, particularly in a room with small windows. Seek, stylish, and functional, the Soleus Air Oscillating Tower Fan with Remote Control is the perfect fit for room corners or small spaces. The vertical spinning drum creates a sweeping breeze for a quiet and easy way to keep cool.

Father’s Day Contest

Cymax’s Search for the Ultimate Dad

This Father’s Day we’re giving away the ultimate prize pack—a grill, TV stand, pub set, recliner chair and more—for the ultimate dad. Think a dad in your life deserves it? Tell us why on our Facebook page and he’ll be automatically entered to win.

Father's Day Contest

CONTEST RULES

ELIGIBILITY
The Cymax.com Search for the Ultimate Dad Contest (“Contest”) is open to individuals who are legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia age 18 or older at time of entry. Employees of Cymax.com (the “Sponsor”) and its respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, advertising and promotion agencies, retailers, distributors (collectively, “Contest Entities”), and their immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each are not eligible to enter or win.

WAYS TO ENTER
Odds of winning increase with Facebook participation. The more posts and referrals each person makes, the more entries he/she is awarded. Cymax.com reserves the right to take any comments, photos or videos off our page that we deem offensive or do not meet the spirit of this competition.

  1. Make a Nomination: In a sentence or two, nominate a dad (or self-nominate) telling us why he deserves to win. You may only nominate one person in the contest. [1 ENTRY]
  2. Refer a Friend: Tell a friend, dad or anyone else to “Like” us on Facebook and write on our wall saying they were referred by you (your full name must be included in the post).  The more people you refer, the more entries you accumulate.  Note that your referral will also need to make a nomination in order to receive an entry. [1 ENTRY PER REFERRAL]
  3. Post a Photo: Upload one photo to our wall of that special dad and include a comment on why he deserves to win. [5 ENTRIES]
  4. Post a Video: Create one video (no longer than 1 minute) telling us why the nominated dad deserves to win and post to our wall. [30 ENTRIES]

All online entries must be received between 12:00 P.M. Pacific Time (“PT”) on May 30, 2010 and 11:59 P.M. PT on June 20, 2010 (the “Contest Entry Period”).

PRIZE & ESTIMATED ODDS OF WINNING
One (1) Grand Prize: Grand Prize (“Prize”) winner will receive the following:

1 Outdoor Great Room Company Crystal Fire with Tripod, valued at $339.15
1 Soleus Air 8, 000 BTU Portable Air Conditioner with Fan, valued at $330.50
1 Weber Spirit E-210 Gas Grill (Liquid Propane Gas), valued at $399
1 Coleman Excursion I 36 Inch Drop Bottom Rolling Duffel, valued at $78.47
1 Coaster Conroy Leatherette Recliner, valued at $245
1 Tempo Brazilia Bar Height Pub Set, valued at $772
1 Trademark 500 Chip 11.5g High Roller Set w/Aluminum Case, valued at $113.49
1 Sonax 3-in-1 Design TV Stand for 32″-52″ HD TV, valued at $399
1 Sun Joe Lithium-Ion Cordless Grass Shear/Shrubber, valued at $39.99
1 Sun Joe 14″ Electrical Lawn Mower Model MJ401 ELawnmower, valued at $159.99
1 Somerton Cirque TV Entertainment Console in Merlot, valued at $699

Prices subject to change at any time. Approximate retail value of prize is $3,500. Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received during the Contest Entry Period. Cymax.com reserves the right to replace prize items with other items of similar value.

SELECTION OF WINNER
Contest is open to legal residents of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, age 18 or older. Winner will be determined in a random drawing from all eligible entries received on or about June 21, 2010. The nominator must provide contact information for the winning dad, including email, phone and address, within three (3) days of date specified on notification. If a potential prize winner cannot be reached within seven (7) days, or if said e-mail and/or mail is returned as undeliverable, or if an entrant is otherwise found to be ineligible, or if the selected winner cannot accept or receive the Prize for any reason, the potential prize winner will forfeit the Prize and an alternate winner will be selected. The Sponsor reserves the right to modify the notification procedures in connection with the selection of an alternate winner, if any.

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT OF ANY KIND IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN THIS CONTEST. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING.