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: great heater for infant room
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great product. We did a lot of research before buying this heater, as we were concerned about safety. We bought this for our child's nursery because we wanted to keep the nursery warm but not have to heat the whole house as high. I will highlight several points:
1) Customer service is great: I called them with several questions and they answered them all
2) Delivery was fast and installation VERY easy.
3) We plug it into a thermostat so it only heats the room up to what we set it to on the programable thermostat. This works great so we know it will shut off if the room gets over 71 degrees. We also installed a fire detector above the panel just in case as an added precaution.
4) The room we have it in is small, only about 12 ft by 12 ft, so one panel does the job easily.
5) While the panel does get hot to touch, it does not seem hot enough to burn my hand. That said, I would not leave a child that does not know to pull his/her hand away unattended with it on.
There were several complaints about cracks appearing, etc. Thus far we have not had any cracks, I hope this does not happen to ours. We have been using it for about 1 month and it is working great. But, if things change I will update the review. We did get our first electricity bill and it was barely affected by the use of the heater as far as we could tell.
Customer Review: Very nice for secondary zone heating
Summary: 5 Stars
As we try to turn back the temps at night, so we dont heat a 2,000 sq ft house, while we sleep under the covers...I have 2 kids which dont always stay under the covers!
So I used the typical space heaters for a while, ugly as the are, and at 750 or 1500 watts, they kept the room temps up just fine.
Along comes this wall unit, at 400 watts. It attaches to the wall, can be painted to match the room, plugs into any outlet, and one can heat a small room by itself.
While I do not recommend these for primary heating, because they take too long to warm up, I HIGHLY recommend them for seconardy zone heating for bedrooms.
Connecting two of more per room, and you probably could use them for primary heating and *could* take the place of base board heaters. But 2 or 3 panels would take up a lot of space and not look good, thus I do not recommend replacing baseboard heaters with these panels.
These are on simple switches out of the box, there is no thermostat. I have found the Lux WIN100 Smart Temp Fully Programmable Thermostat to be the ultimate solution. Set the times you want the heater on and off, set the temps you want, plug it in, then plug in the heater...and your done for the season.
Customer Review: Works Great
Summary: 5 Stars
I've been using this heater for 2 years to heat a bathroom that's located in a part of my house that is kept unheated. It's plugged into a GFCI outlet and runs continuously from November to March. It keeps the bathroom warm and the pipes don't freeze. The bathroom doesn't get much use. Although I could drain the pipes so they don't freeze, floor and wall tiles would still be damaged by cold so this heater serves my needs very well. I've seen no evidence of cracking. I suspect the cracking that some have experienced is due to over/uneven tightening when mounting the heater. The mounting screws should be tightened no more than necessary to fasten it to the wall. Ceramic is rigid, walls aren't. Walls move with changes in humidity and as houses settle. If there's no play for the ceramic to move with the wall it will crack. I don't consider this heater to be particularly energy efficient. It doesn't consume a lot of power because it doesn't put out a lot of heat. It's a nice heater for a small room. It won't replace a heater that consumes more power unless you really didn't need a heater that big.Customer Review: Econo Heaters are GREAT
Summary: 5 Stars
My husband and I purchased a home in Ohio and went there this past winter. We have a wonderful propane heater that worked well but oh did it cost us! I had purchased 6 of these heaters and decided to put one of them up. I was pleasantly surprised when I realized the propane heater came on less, so I put up two more in this 12 x 17 very open room (I left the one up for a month before I put the other two up). They kept the room and the adjoining large room at a consistent 66 degrees when the temperature outside was in the low 20's and below. But, the ultimate decision to continue using these was to be made when the electric bill came out.
When we received the electric bill I had had one heater plugged in 24/7 and our electric bill rose $5.00. I was shocked. Wow, these are the best of the best in my opinion. Now we have 5 of them up and I will order 3 more for other rooms. I will be heating a 1,500 sq. ft., 1 1/2 story with these. For once, I've purchased something that really does work as well as the company says it does.
Customer Review: Efficient Reliable convection panel heater, long term review
Summary: 5 Stars
I've had my 8 panels in use for well over 18 months in upstate NY... after reading the one star review, I checked all 8 with no signs of cracking observed on any of mine? Unless something changes, I highly recommend these panels because mine have already easily paid for themselves! Despite being on 24-7 during the Cold months, they perform safely & reliably. Mine were purchased from Econo-Heat, a Texas Distributor, and appear to be exactly the same product pictured and described. I'm not recommending these for homes with toddlers / young children because they will get hot (especially if room temperatures are over 69degrees F.) but are structurally safe if Installed Correctly. They are easy to install as well. This is a supplimental convection heat used in conjuction with a primary home heating method. It has greatly reduced my need to run my kerosene furnace and has resulted in noticable savings, despite being electric panels!!! ;-)