NORPRO 559 Immersion Heater for Warming Liquids
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of NORPRO 559 Immersion Heater for Warming Liquids
Customer Review: Works great!
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought the Norpro Immersion heater to replace a 20-year old heater that I finally burned out by inadvertently plugging it in when it wasn't immersed in liquid, the kiss of death for immersion heaters. I selected the Norpro because it was cheap. When it arrived right on time, I was delighted and continue to be so after a month of daily use. It is 300 watts compared to the 200 watts of my original one, so it heats faster, and as long as I don't allow it to operate when it isn't immersed, I look forward to its long life.Customer Review: AVOID AVOID AVOID
Summary: 1 Stars
What can I say? I bought this to save money on hotel travel with my family. The first time I used it, it lasted 4 days and burned out. Two out of the last three times I used it I GOT AN ELECTRIC SHOCK! The plug on my unit had copper cabling coming out of both sides (the thin sides, not the flat sides.) So when you unplug it from a sideways wall outlet, you are likely to touch both copper cables and ZAP ZAP ZAP !! BIG SURPRISE !!!
STAY AWAY !!! DO NOT BUY !!! COULD NOT BE WORSE !!!
Customer Review: Immersion Heater
Summary: 2 Stars
This heater worked really well the first three times I used it, but broke the fourth time. I wrote to Ace Hardware and they sent me a free replacement, but that broke the second time I used it. I may have been doing something wrong (possibly you have to let it cool for a certain amount of time before re-using it?), but my overall experience with this product was extremely disappointing. I gave it two stars just because while it WAS working it worked great, and it really did heat the water very quickly.Customer Review: Emphasis on the "warming"
Summary: 1 Stars
This product is great for slowly warming liquids. out of the box, following all instructions, this device heated a mug of water to around 130 Fahrenheit after about 25 minutes. I suppose this is useful if you want to keep a warm drink warm, but I was looking for something that could boil water. I should have known better, as the packaging says "for warming liquids" and not "for making tea" or "boiling water". alas, i'll return it and go back to the tried and tested way to boil water: fire.Customer Review: Reliable
Summary: 4 Stars
Product performs as expected. the one bit of advice to anyone purchasing this item is READ and pay heed to the INSTRUCTIONS! I went through 2 before I realized the reason they didn't last long was that I was letting the liquid go past the point of damaging the heater. in other words don't walk off while it's immursed for it takes one time and one time only to damage it. It takes about 5 minutes to heat water to 180 to 190 degrees perfect for tea. if you do this it will last a long time.