Eco-heater 602 High-Efficiency Electric Panel Whole-Room Heater
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Eco-heater 602 High-Efficiency Electric Panel Whole-Room Heater
Customer Review: Takes edge off a cold room, but won't heat your house...
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this item after reading the other reviews posted here, and the experience of others is pretty accurate.
I installed this in a master bathroom, (1978-built home; the bath is SMALL by today's McMansion standards,) and the heater seems to be working just as it should. This bathroom is usually chilly, as it has 3 outside walls, and is located on the north side of our home.
Uncomplicated installation, but I would recommend using enclosed template, or tracing one from the heater itself. The unit is a large ceramic tile, approximately 24" square, and weighs a good 10 pounds, so if you don't have the template, it can be cumbersome to hold the tile against the wall by yourself. (I bought this used, from an Amazon 3rd-party seller, and it did not arrive with a template.) It can be installed by one person, which I did. (Woman pretty handy with tools.)
Works as stated, taking the chill off this room. Our home is all-electric, no NG or propane, so the winter bills kill us. (Central air w/heat pump.) Living in north texas, it doesn't get bone-chilling cold, but regularly freezes, so I've been on a mission the past few years to make our house as efficient as possible, to lower the electric bills. I will probably buy a few more of these heaters, paint them to match the walls, and install in other rooms. I would recommend them for 'spot' heating, but don't expect them to heat your entire home or apartment.
Because it takes up no floor space, I appreciate the fact that I will not have to pack this away and haul it up to the attic in the spring, which is something we do with our other space heaters.
Customer Review: Third Winter - time to report
Summary: 5 Stars
Have to say I was very happy with the first two heaters the first winter. Those two saved enough money to me, and I purchased one more for the second winter. I control the heat with a window, so I leave all 3 turned on, and use a window to regulate - love the fresh air anyway, but should probably should invest in the thermometer this year to be even more green during Early Fall and Spring.
Coming up to my third winter and very happy with the results.
Do see some complaints here, did also when I bought them. Went ahead with the purchase anyway and I'm glad I did. I love the heat that they generate, and appreciate the "less" dry air. I run another type of heater in/near the bathroom at whim when I'm home.
Having 800 square feet, I use one in the bedroom, two in the living/dining area, none for the kitchen directly nearby. There are 3 sides exposed above a breezy garage, and NO insulation in this NJ apt, or I'm sure these panels would perform much much better.
I believe that the installation is very important as well as the placement. One needs to take care in preventing bracing it too tight as well as locating it in a place less likely for collisions into the unit; as it would be with any other breakable thing. Other than that, I guess I'm glad I'm past my 18 months as these units have paid for themselves two fold, and I haven't had to deal with their service, so no issues there.
Hope this helps.
Customer Review: Great heater for the nursery
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this heater in Fall 2008 and installed it in the bedroom of my 2 month old daughter. Actually I bought it from a different seller who sells the same model except with some painting on it. Mine had a cute picture of a family of bears. I came to the Amazon website to buy a thermostat for this product and decided to leave a review for the panel itself.
I have a very small bedroom and did not have any space available to install the panel close to the floor so I installed it above the love seat. As I said, mine had a cure picture, so it actually looks like a picture on the wall rather than a heater and my daughter always smiles at it. My guest never realized that it is a heater...
So it is not a big problem if it is installed at 4-5 ft above the floor particular if your room is not very big.
It take about 10-15 minutes for the heater to warm up so you have to keep in it mind. That is why I ended up using it continuously in my daughters room and had to keep the door open sometimes to prevent temperature from raising up to much. That is why I came back to buy a thermostat and would recommend to other to buy it.
Once the heater is running, it does get hot, but you can still touch it for short period of time without getting burned. So it is safe to touch.
It does not make any noise, and does not dry the air. I recommended this product to all my friend who recently had babies.
Customer Review: Performed much better then expected!
Summary: 5 Stars
I researched a lot of supplemental type of heaters before deciding on this one. Delivery was prompt, installation simple. I installed this in my family room which is on the walk-in level of my home in Michigan. No matter what I turn my natural gas heater up to, the lower level where this room is located is always a bit cold especially the floor area. After a couple of hours, I thought.. hmmm... I don't think this is going to make much difference. My downstairs was still about 4-6 degree cooler then the upstairs. Decided to leave it on overnight, checked the next morning and the warmth as soon as I hit the downstairs said it all.. I was quite suprised and very impressed! I was able to turn the upstairs thermostat down a few degrees and the downstairs continues to maintain about the same temp as upstairs. The money I will save from turning down the main thermostat will more then make up for any incresase in electricity from the eco-heater.
If you are trying to heat a room with no supplemental heat source, i.e, natural gas furnace, don't bother. If you have a cooler room and tired of cranking up the heat to keep it warm you need this!
Remember, this does not have a fan, but the natural flow of cold/warm air replacement makes this heater feel as if there is a fan circulating the heat. You gotta try it to believe it! And, with a cost near $100 to purchase, you can't lose.
Customer Review: Safe & Effective Heater
Summary: 5 Stars
For Christmas my Grammie received an Eco-Heater for her sun-room. This room, an extension of her house, wasn't well insulated during finishing. Even with two heat ducts, the large windows transfers cool temperatures indoors. Her space heater, loud for its size, managed to create hot spots without affecting the rest of the room and posed a danger to my children as they played.
The Eco-Heater has been the perfect fit for her needs. It's a quiet, no burn risk which effectively heats the entire room without creating hot spots. It mounted easily and can be painted to blend seamlessly to the wall. Below are manufacture description and the answer to why this is a [...] Product of the Week.
- Convection technology generates heat behind the unit, drawing cold air into the 3/4-inch gap between the heater and the wall and releasing about 90 percent in an up-draft from the top of the unit out into the room, with only 10 percent radiating forward from the front of the panel
- Uses only 27% of energy that a typical 1500 watt heater, the equivalent of four 100-watt light bulbs
- Top concerns with heater safety are the possibility of a fire. ECO-heaters have no exposed elements or areas for dust accumulation; therefore, the risk of fire is almost nil
- Although the heater is hot to touch, it will not burn the skin if touched