Product review (3 stars): Half of this product is great! The other half doesn't work.... :-(
Our family dryer went out about a month ago. As it was the end of Summer, we managed by drying a lot of our clothes on a clothesline outside. This was fine (if a lot of work), but ultimately got the job done for us. As it got colder and colder we ended up needing to replace these elements (it took us a while to figure out what the problems were (the gauge and heating element had burned out simultaneously). Considering it was as simple a fix as it turned out to be, I'm glad we didn't call a repairman or drastically replace our dryer.) These two pieces were a perfect match for our dryer, but it turned out that one of them was a lemon (the thermostat piece itself). It never even turned on. Luckily, that piece on our old one worked fine anyways (we were just hoping to replace all of the elements simultaneously and get it over with). So, half of this product works great (beware of lemons!) and ultimately we were able to solve our dryer problem! Don't think replacing these parts is too difficult for the average not-so-handy joe!