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: 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: A smallish, overpriced heater with no thermostat
Summary: 3 Stars
For some uses this will be fine. It's a low output heater, which is a good fit for some situations. The fact that it's wall mountable helps keep it out of the way. Though at 24" square, it's not really that small. And like other panel convection heaters, it's very quiet (though that also means the heat circulates slowly).
But the price is ridiculous.
And to say it's economical or green to run ... it's no more or less economical than any other electric heater. It's merely low output. You can easily get the same result with any heater by running it less. There's no something for nothing here ... creating a certain amount of heat takes a certain amount of energy.
And, it would be more economical if it had a thermostat to shut itself off when it got to the temperature you wanted.
While not as small or unobtrusive, the DeLonghi HHP1500 Mica Panel Radiator has two power settings and a thermostat, can be wall mounted, and while hot to the touch is not dangerously hot.
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: Eco-Heater
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought the eco-heater because my daughter's room is always the coldest in the house during the winter. It's on the North West corner of the house and is the furthest room from the furnace. I've always been a little leery of space heaters in kid's rooms and have been looking for a good alternative. I ran across the eco-heater and decided to give it a try. Other then the mounting hardware could be better quality (broke out a wall anchor right away) it's been great. While I don't think that it would work as a sole heat source it does a great job of taking the chill out of the air at night. I am still waiting for the thermostat to get here so I just put the unit on a timer. When I go in to my daughter's room at night it's now the warmest in the house. It does take up a lot of wall space but it is relatively out of the way. The surface does get hot but not so hot that you would instantly burn yourself. You wouldn't want to keep your hands on it either. I would say it's like holding a hot cup of coffee. I think this is a great little heater and I would not hesitate to buy another.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.