Eco-heater 602 High-Efficiency Electric Panel Whole-Room Heater

Reviews of Eco-heater 602 High-Efficiency Electric Panel Whole-Room Heater

1.) This is the best
Reviewed by: T. Waggoner WA
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My house is heated by a propane fireplace. With the cost of propane rising dramatically, I bought three of these heaters last year and used them all winter. I heated my full 1200 square foot living area with those three heaters at an approximate cost of $1 per day. I can't recommend these highly enough. And if you have children or pets, they are very safe--they do get hot, but not hot enough to burn you. Plus, they are totally quiet.
I have recommended these heaters to friends and neighbors.

2.) Very nice for secondary zone heating
Reviewed by: DevLaur Wisconsin
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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.


3.) compact, stable , and toasty
Reviewed by: Brawk Seattle, Wa USA
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In a word...Hooray. Low energy consumption (400 watts), no tipping over, easy to install, nice toasty heat, this heater has many benefits. My home is heated by a centrally located fireplace (so I'm already a fan of radiant heat) and I use this heater to keep a bedroom warm. Installed this about 1 week ago and so far so good. As promised on the packaging, it really does only take 10 minutes to install.
The only downside is that the panel itself does get reasonably hot, it's true that it's safe enough that you can touch it and not get burnt, but you won't want too do that. I was going to install in a kids room, but had second thoughts after giving it a test run. Also it would have been great for the manufacturer to include information re: direct wire installation or use of a thermostat. ..but these are really minor points compared to having a great heat source that is safely out of the way, mounted to the wall, and efficient.

4.) The economic is tough, and you wont have to break your wallet to heat up your bedroom
Reviewed by: Live long and prosper Woodside, NY United States
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Like many I have a whole house force air system and it is never balance right. Adding one of these really take the edge off the cold room. I have it for a week so far, it is so awesome. I highly recommend a purchase of digital thermostat switch along with it too. I also measured the electrical consumption using killawatt device... not bad at all, it really use less than 400watt of power... So I figures 8 to 10 hours a day, it will translates 5kw per day and in NYC, the per kw cost of electricity in winter time is about 10c... so.. about 50c top every day to heat up a room...it is not bad at all.

5.) Performed much better then expected!
Reviewed by: Coffee Lover Michigan
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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.

6.) Eco Heater
Reviewed by: Mel Spokane, WA USA
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I installed this heater last weekend. It was relatively easy to install even though it's slightly heavy (similar to shelving, etc). I have a 1200 SF house (2 floors) and I installed this on one of my living room walls (approx. 120 SF).

And while it hasn't gotten below about 30 degrees at night yet, the heater takes the edge off. I won't know how well it keeps up until later in the season but I am hopeful. I will probably need at least one more unit to heat the remainder of the downstairs.

I couldn't find many reviews but decided to give it a try and so far I'm pleased.



7.) great experience with it so far
Reviewed by: Needhelp chelmsford, ma United States
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We purchased the heater and had it installed for about a week now. The installation was very easy and it is actually very light. We put it on the wall and it blended very well with the rest of the room. To my surprise, it worked as advertised. There is a noticeable difference in the room when we have it on. Granted we are still at the start of the winter here in the Northeast, but so far we have been very happy with it. We highly recommend it. By the way, I agree with the lady who said that its surrounding gets to be somewhat hot, but it's not hot enough to form a hazard.

8.) The BEST heating option if you have children and/or pets!!
Reviewed by: DXTAC Windy City
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I have both, twin 4 year old boys and a high strung Weimaraner named Amara. Anyway, we needed a heater for the 2nd largest and furthest bedroom from our forced air furnace. Even though our home is only 6 years old and very well insulated, the furnace just can't keep that room warm enough for true comfort. Earlier this spring our boys moved into this room and I knew that the heat was going to be an issue in the winter. The room has always been a few degrees cooler than any other room in the house during the winter months. The room measures 11x13 (143 sq ft) with a 14 ft tray ceiling and a 52" ceiling fan so it's a little larger than the 120 sq ft the manufacturer recommends but it has done a great job at keeping the room the same temp as the rest of the house. We keep the thermostat at 65 degrees during the winter and so far so good! What we have done thus far is turned the unit on and off but ordered an outlet thermostat to control it more efficiently.

As for installation, it could not be easier! The hardware provided is actually good quality. It came with 4 EZ Anchor style drywall anchors, 4 large drywall style screws and some cheap insert style anchors that I did not use. I aligned my unit next to an outlet so I could sink 2 of the screws into a stud and have the outlet right there to plug it into. I felt better anchoring at least 2 of the screws into a stud. I used the EZ Anchor type anchors for the other 2 screws. The template that was provided worked great! Just level the template, use one of the screws provided to poke a hole through the marked template to mark the wall and hang the unit. I was able to do it myself in about 5 minutes, literally!! I am fairly handy so maybe plan on 10 minutes if you aren't.

Heat output is AWESOME!! It heats up 100% in about 10-15 minutes and you can really feel the difference right away. The unit does NOT get as hot to the touch as one reviewer eluded to but it is definitely sufficient to heat the above mentioned room 2-3 degrees and keep it very comfortable with the door closed. The dog just sniffed the unit and walked away and both of my boys were given a class/lecture/briefing on not touching or playing around with the unit. I did have both of them touch the unit after it was fully heated to show them it will not burn them but to never play with it nonetheless.

Overall I really like the unit and am going to order 2 more for my basement. My dad is also interested for his house as well. Hope this review can help you make a educated decision on this unit. I am really impressed with every aspect and I was skeptical when doing the initial research.



9.) Eco-Heater
Reviewed by: Richard Mulderick Stevensville, MD
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This is an amazing little heater. So quiet, you will never know its on, blends right in to the wall, takes up no space and super easy to install. All hardware included, mounts with 4 screws and just plugs into a 110volt outlet. I will buy a second and third to help warm those cold spots around the house. The product description did not say how it was wired and I thought it might have to be hard wired, what a pleasant suprise to just plug in and forget it. Keep it away from very small children as it does get hot.

10.) Great heater for the nursery
Reviewed by: AC United States
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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.


11.) Love it
Reviewed by: Happy in Washington Washington
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We installed one in the nursery. In the morning there was always a coolness to the room. Now with the heater, the room is very comfortable all the time. We went from a conventional wall heater to the eco-heater. We hard wired it and the thermostat turns it on as needed. I can't wait for our winter heating bill because it should be way less than what it was with the convention wall heater. We plan to change our other 3 heaters to the Eco-heater to reduce our amount of electricity that we use. Great product.

12.) great heater for infant room
Reviewed by: erv Washington, DC
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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.

13.) Safe & Effective Heater
Reviewed by: GoGreenMart&More.com Wild & Wonderful West Virginia
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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

14.) ECO Heater
Reviewed by: Regina Blaine, WA USA
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The first ECO heater arrived in under a week but was damaged. We received a replacement promptly and without fuss.

The heater is everything they say it is. It takes very little electricity, it is safe, in that it does not get dangerously hot but it still pumps out a lot of heat. Enough to keep half of our large house warm.

We will be ordering two more and look forward to saving a LOT on heating oil this winter.

Cheers,

Regina

15.) eco-heater - a great product
Reviewed by: Craig Derr Pa.
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I bought one eco-heater for my mother's TV room - she is 84 and always cold - the heater keeps her toasty warm and uses a lot less electricity. So I bought two more - one for the kitchen and one for her bedroom. The electric baseboard heaters almost never come on anymore and the rooms are always warm enough for my mother. The only baseboard heaters we do use are in the two bathrooms. I believe we will save at least $100.00 a month on the power bill - if not more - will let you know later.
Craig in Pa.

16.) Econo Heaters are GREAT
Reviewed by: Sharon L GA, USA
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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.

17.) Works Great
Reviewed by: Michael Jantz NY
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Works like a charm. Only downfall is no thermostat, so it is on or off. However you can purchase a plug-in thermostat.

18.) DOES THE JOB
Reviewed by: RAINA LOVE ALABAMA
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I ORDERED THIS FOR A BEDROOM THAT NEVER GETS ANY SUN SO IT CONSEQUENTLY STAYS COOLER THAN THE REST OF THE HOUSE. ALL I CAN SAY IS IT WAS EASILY INSTALLED BY A 70 YEAR OLD FEMALE AND IT DOES THE JOB IN A LARGER ROOM THAN ADVERTISED. VERY PLEASED.


19.) Very efficient and great design
Reviewed by: Sosh Neuilly sur seine, France
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I use it for an occasional heater in a bathroom.
The +: great design, good temperature
The - : I wish they had installed a thermostatEco-heater 602 High-Efficiency Electric Panel Whole-Room Heater

20.) Best heater
Reviewed by: David Hiller
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We have small grandchildren and this heater keeps the room warm without the danger of burns other heaters are known for.

21.) So far, so good
Reviewed by: CatmomDu Tewksbury, MA
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This heater is nice and neat. Heats gently, so I wouldn't recommend for "quick heat", but our basement has one heat duct go to it, so with this on too, it's warm enough for the grandkids when they come over and play downstairs.

22.) These are great
Reviewed by: Big E futrell GA
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I bought 2 heaters and two thermostats for a recently redone garage conversion. It was the coldest space in the house. Now it is the warmest. With 2 heaters in a 20X20 space it is perfect. They are painted to match the walls so they are not eye-sores. They have a guarantee that comes with the product. The heater is easy to hang. Mine did not crack and have not had any issues. If I had had any problems I would have returned it to the manufacturer for a replacement.

23.) This is a toasty product in the best sense of the word.
Reviewed by: Bohemian Woman San Leandro, CA USA
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I love this little wall heater. It's unobtrusive, quiet, efficient, and IT WORKS perfectly. It's on or it's off. The room toasts up nicely. I couldn't be happier. Wish I'd had one years and years ago. It will not heat a whole house. It is room specific, but worth the money.

24.) Awesome alternative to the 1500 forced air heater.
Reviewed by: Mr. Todd
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Don't expect it to warm a room quickly, but add a timer and your office will be toasty and keep its temp well in the winter. I used it in a 10x10 room and it worked well. I would not put this in a room with vaulted ceilings though or bigger than recommended.

25.) good heater,
Reviewed by: J. Larson
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good heater, haven't seen utility bill yet but puts out a good amount of heat. Would be better if there was a thermostat to help regulate.

26.) eco-heater is great!!
Reviewed by: Martha Harris
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I purchased the eco-heater, installed it immediately and love it! It heats my living room with no problems. I haven't used the wall heaters since. I highly recommend this product!

27.) This heater really works
Reviewed by: Bostonlady Boston, MA
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Had to put it on an outside wall, which isn't preffered but that was the only option, within an hour room went up 6 degrees. Easy to install and works and cheap to run. Like other reviewers, good for supplement heat. It takes the chill off and I'm in Boston and used it on 22 degree day. It is quite warm to the touch. All in all, I have bought 2 and looking to buy 2 more. ITS WORTH IT......

28.) Great fit for my needs
Reviewed by: Matthew Sherman San Diego, CA
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This heater has been working great for me from the start. I needed a relatively small heater to keep a 150 sq ft room warm while still being pet friendly (won't burn anyone or outgas bird toxic fumes). So far I couldn't be much happier. This heater does take a few minutes to come up to temperature so that it can begin heating the room, and it also does take a bit longer, once warm, to heat the entire room compared to other space heaters its size. However the fact that the Eco-heater draws much less power, fits my pet requirements, and it is more space efficient (as it attaches to the wall) outweigh the few extra minutes I have to wait to be warm. Even that can be cheaply addressed if you buy a programmable outlet thermostat.

29.) Takes edge off a cold room, but won't heat your house...
Reviewed by: green Husker North Texas, USA
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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.

30.) Great Heater
Reviewed by: Noel Paul Hertz Chicago, IL
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Heaters were quickly shipped to me. They were easy to install and look good on the wall. They produce a lot of heat that circulates in the room easily, as promised. I look forward to seeing if they save me money on my heating bills.

31.) Morgan's Mommy
Reviewed by: Morgan's Mom
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I was really skeptical of this prodcut, but intrigued enough to purchase, and I'm quite pleased! My daughter's room is right above the garage, and gets quite cold, even though it's "properly" heated and insulated. We installed the eco-heater 2 weeks ago, and it's working great. It's essentially a ceramic tile with a heating element in it somehow, and it works great in her small room (about 10x10). I painted it, so it really looks like part of her wall, which is a big plus for me.

One suggestion that was mentioned by another reviewer is to use a thermostat. We're using one, and it's keeping the room a perfect 72 through the night.

**Edited to add: We've now had this unit for a year, and it's still working great! The heat is really nice, it's like having radiant heat on the wall--a gentle warmth that's just enough to keep the room warm. Still highly recommended.

32.) Great Product
Reviewed by: Bill Palm Springs, CA
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Wonderful ecologically sound heater. I have three in the garage and it keeps is comfortably warm even in below freezing temperatures and at a very economical cost.



33.) Fantastic but Has Pros & Cons: could be more 'Green'
Reviewed by: Kandice Thompson no mans land, Ohio
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This item is great! We live in a large old farm house with strickly baseboard heat. Both of the bathrooms have NO heaters so we purchased 3 of these units. We added one to each bathroom and a cold spot in our bedroom. The bathroom stays nice and toasty during the day and night now with no temperature difference between rooms.

We love the eco-heater so much we are considering replacing all of our 1500w baseboard heaters with these 400w heaters to save major $$ on our electric bill and lessen our carbon footprint.

There are many benefits to this heater but it is NOT PERFECT. As much as I LOVE this item, it does get a lot hotter than the company would like you to think. Too hot in my opinion to have around small children where they could easily burn their fingers or melt a plastic toy against it.

The heater was simple to install any man or woman cold do it in about 30 minutes or less. The foam packaging doubles as a template for your wall so you know the exact place to put the screw in and mount it. That was handy, however as an environmentalist, I was disappointed that the Eco-Heater used foam padding for shipping and a template rather than a biodegradable or recycled cardboard one. Now I am stuck with all this foam packing that can not be recycled and will NEVER be biodegradable. I feel this is something the manufacturer should consider since it is calling it an 'eco heater'. Shouldn't the packaging and the entire item be totally environmentally friendly?

There is room for improvement like adding a thermostat so it doesn't continuously run unless you manually shut it off. Again, get rid of the foam packaging so it is more environmentally friendly.

The item is made in Africa, and personally I feel that gives it a little more credibility than being made in China.

If and when you do decide to purchase this item, shop elsewhere. I love Amazon and their site, however a place called 'The Andersons', a general type of store has them everyday for $99. We almost purchased them online but would have spend nearly $150. by the time you figured in Shipping & Handling. There are other stores that carry them as well and I encourage you to shop locally in your own home town to help support your community. If your going to be 'green' please do it right and consider all aspects. Do NO Harm in all you do and use conscious thinking. That is being green!


34.) Gives you more than you expect
Reviewed by: warm pipes Yakima, WA United States
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I received my eco-heater over a moth ago. I installed it in a 600 square foot guest house hoping it would keep the pipes from freezing this winter. That is all I wanted. Well, for the past 2-weeks the night time temps have been around 25 degrees and the coldest the cabin got was 51.8 degrees. Warmest was 68.7 degrees. And my power bill only went up 9 dollars for the month. The only draw back is the pannel gets hotter than reported. I have my fingers crossed and we will see how it holds up when it gets in the single digits ...

35.) Good heater for a specific requirement
Reviewed by: Robert Sunnyvale, CA
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I first heard about this from another Amazon reveiwer that was reviewing another heater, and they ended up getting this one. I thought I would end up getting an oil filled heater, but there were a lot of reviews of quality problems, noise and fumes. This one seemed to fit the bill for my particular requirements, so I ordered one. It does not have thermostatic controls, just an on/off switch. We control it with a LUX win100 programmable outlet thermostat (see my review). Together the 2 products keep baby's room exactly at 70 degrees from 8:00PM to 7:30AM, allowing us to turn off the house furnace at night. It doesn't get hot enough to catch anything on fire or stink like a lot of higher wattage heaters. I also have a concern with adding a 1500 watt heater (most other heaters) to an already maxed 15 amp breaker. This is only a 400 watt unit. We are in northern california where it only gets down to the 40's or 50's at night outside. It works fine for us in a 10 x 12 room with the door closed. It does not run constantly to keep the room to 70, so I suppose it could keep up with colder weather. We've had no problems so far. It does not stink, make noise or get hot enough to burn you. One concern I had was how it would be when our baby turns into a toddler and finds in necessary to touch everything. It is supposed to be mounted low so the heat goes up and circulates, so it can't be placed out of reach of a child. It won't burn you if you touch it, but you will not want to touch it for more that a second! Hopefully, we can use it through the toddler stage without any injuries. Lastly, I don't quite get why it is so expensive, since it is just a large low wattage heating element (without even a thermostatic control). I would think a product like this would market for about $50.00 or so. Therefore 4 stars....otherwise I would give it 5 stars. Hopefully, it will last for a while... We are happy with it and would recommend it if it suits your needs.
R.

36.) Cool Deal!
Reviewed by: Chicken Herder Berkeley Springs, WV
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Eco-heater 602 High-Efficiency Electric Panel Whole-Room HeaterThese heaters are so hot they're cool! A great heater for a dusty environment like a chicken coop. We have two of these units in a 12' x 16' insulated building and were able to keep over 100 chicks nice and toasty for a few weeks while brooding in the early spring. I have another type of heater in one of my other coops that I continuosly have to vacuum the dust off in order to prevent the whole place from going up in flames. Nothing like a little piece of mind!

37.) good, slow heat
Reviewed by: C. A. Verman missouri
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bought this for the hall leading to the master bath, nice slow heat. beware around small children or clumsy adults, it won't fry you but this does get hot enough to make you wish you hadn't touched it.

38.) So far so good!
Reviewed by: Honest Reviewer Portland, OR
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We use this in our kids room. Works great, we put it up high on the wall so they can't reach it to get burned or turn on and off. Helps heat the room up nicely without over heating. Takes the cold edge off the room that heating the house alone doesn't do. Also didn't hike up the electric bill.

39.) Good for small spaces
Reviewed by: Cat Person Mililani, HI
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Hi Everyone, Ive been reading reviews and I was getting more confused, not less confused! So I finally decided to just purchase one and see for myself! I first saw an advertisement for the Eco-Heater in Cat Fancy magazine touting it for pet rooms. We have two outside cats who come into the garage to sleep at night. We are in MS, so it's not the frozen tundra of the north, but we do get under freezing. Right now it's 10:30am and 35 degrees. My husband put in a insulated room of 7x7x6 for the cats. Most people have closets bigger then this! But it's in a totally unheated garage and the Eco-Heater warms it up great! It is perfect for pets who could other wise knock over a freestanding heater. It does get hot to the touch, but my cat rubbed up against it the other day and it didn't faze her.

But here is the caveat. I have a 14x14x8 bedroom with 6 windows and no central heat. I don't think even two of these would make it toasty enough. They might warm it up a bit, or if you could get them close to the bed. I'm speculating, but I really think these would work better in small enclosed spaces without drafts, such as a bonus room off of a bedroom or a small office, or if you have central heat and you just need this for supplemental heat. So I am not going to purchase these for my bedroom, because they are hard to get vendors to take them back and if I'm not happy with how they warm up the room I'm stuck with them. 3 of them might work, but then you are into $400.00. Plus I'm concerned with the reviews about the cracking and not lasting for more then a couple of years. Too much money if they don't last very long!

I hope this was helpful.

40.) Excellent, for what it is
Reviewed by: Emlyn Addison Providence, RI
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Based on many of the reviews here, we had purchased 4 of these heaters to supplement our expensive oil heating. I work from a small home office and so heating the whole house during the day was unnecessary. Instead we run the furnace once in the morning, and then once or twice at night, relying on these heaters to maintain the temperature.

We installed one of these heaters in an upstairs 10x10 office, another in an upstairs 10x10 bedroom, and the 2 others downstairs, shared between our living room and dining room (about 12 x 24 in total). They were easy to paint, but as we have old horsehair plaster walls, not all of them were easy to install; it took some creative work and a trip to Home Depot.

In the bedroom and office these work quite well. The bedroom is quite toasty (the only insulated room), and after a few cold New England nights we've found that it has performed very well. Winter air is already dry, so we don't keep the heater on all night, but rather heat up the room before bed and then have it turn on at about 5am (we use appliance timers).

The office heater could only be located all the way on the other side of the room from where I work, but it does a decent--not great--job of maintaining a temperature of around 60 - 65 degrees (and sometimes warmer towards the afternoon after it has been on for a few hours).

The downstairs heaters have a much harder job, because the living/dining areas are open to other rooms (kitchen, foyer), but they do an OK job of supplementing the hot water heat (probably by just a few degrees, though).

Surprisingly, our electric bill was only marginally higher, and far lower than running our A/C in the heat of summer. People really have to remember that these are intended to be ECONOMICAL units, not ultra, super, turbo-charged heaters.

Some notes:

- Yes, you can definitely burn yourself on the surface of this heater. It's not as hot as a red-hot space heater or a stove top, but it'll still leave a mark.

- Placement is really important, so read the safety/installation instructions and make sure that you have a sensible place to put one. ie: Avoid installing near doorways, windows and open entryways.

- If you have horsehair plaster walls like ours, you'd do best to line up one side of the heater with a stud, and then reinforce the other two screw holes before installing (I drilled out a 1/2" hole for each and then used multiple applications of spackling paste over a few days before drilling the final pilot holes).

- It's best to turn on the heaters AT LEAST 2-3 hours before you plan to be in a room. We have all of them connected to appliance timers...and be sure to keep doors closed while the room heats up.

Hope this helps.



41.) Whole room has to be small.
Reviewed by: D. C. Ho Briarwood, NY United States
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Yes it works and is an elegant-looking heater from South Africa(for once I do not have a Chinese-made product!). Have to be very careful handling it, it's made of a porcelain-like material that can crack easily. My first unit was cracked during shipment but the vendor was very quick to replace the product...with better shipping/packaging. The replacement was on it's way even before I sent the damaged unit back. Very trusting vendor indeed, we need more of those! You need a few of these for a larger room, guess you cannot fool the law of physics. At 400 Watts it's good for a small 'whole' room, maybe a 10' x 12'. Takes a good 1/2 hour or more to heat up the place. It's no Ferrari®, not at this price.

42.) decent heater
Reviewed by: jboy missouri
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This heater is just right. I am heating a 10 by 17 room that we rarely use. It doesn't get real warm in there but keeps it at around 60 when it's 20 or above outside. It is warm to the touch but not dangerous. It would probably get alot warmer in the room but it has large windows. I might buy one for my bathroom where I know it would give me plenty of heat. I would recomment this heater.

43.) Nice heatere
Reviewed by: S. Sanders Des Moines, IA
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Exactly as advertised. It doesn't feel like a furnace in your room. So don't expect a blast of heat. It works with low heat and slowly. Given time it warms the room just like we wanted. I'm planning on buying more.


44.) Eco-heater whole room heater review
Reviewed by: :-) RedwoodCity, CA
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I bought this product thinking I can use it in my bedroom without having to turn our central heater on overnight. This turn out to be great. I leave in CA bayarea where weather is not too extreme anyway. My room is 12x14. It does take about 30 minutes to heat up the room though. Overall I like this product.

45.) eco-heat 602
Reviewed by: NW WA environmentalist Ferndale, WA
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works very well-does get quite hot to the touch. Electric bill hardly went up so it's an economical choice for heating a small space.

46.) good to take the chill out of the air
Reviewed by: A. Carrillo Portland, Oregon
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I bought this to supplement the poor heating in my large room. It is good when left on for long periods of time, and it helps to take the chill out of the air. Just don't expect anything too powerful from this. My room is quite large though, and I realize it recommends using it in a 12x10 room, but it's still been helpful for me. It was also much larger than I expected, it's 2x2 ft square, so make sure you have enough room on your wall for the heater, and still extra space on either side to prevent things from catching on fire. I believe it recommends having 3' on each side of the heater, but mine is doing fine with about a foot and a half of extra space on each side.

47.) Eco-Heater
Reviewed by: ISULarry Iowa
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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.

48.) We love this
Reviewed by: Patricia C. Persia
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I bought this for our second floor, which gets no heat. My 2 daughters room is freezing and the space heaters had to run all night to keep them warm. We bought his and it keeps the room very comfortable. Not as warm as a space heater would get, but the room is 12x17, larger than recommended. Our electric bill has been much lower. The first one we got was broken, so keep your receipt and packaging. They exchanged it right away and we had a new one. We are very happy with it and are planning on buying 2 more for the basement and the other upstairs bedroom. It takes up no room, does not get too hot, and does the job. Little children may not realize to take their hand off of it. My 19 month old knows not to touch it because it is hot. I can assume if a baby left their hadn on it that it could get burned, but it would take a while. Overall a great product.

49.) Eco-Heater
Reviewed by: seldom shop New Hampshire
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Installed in my elderly parents upstairs bedroom....a very large room. Had to move it close to the bed but once relocated, it seems to be doing a very nice job of keeping the room warm at night. They turn their heat down to 62 and are staying warm without electric blankets or flannel sheets. Not bad for Northern New England in December.

50.) Great Heaters, I have 4 in my home
Reviewed by: Linda E. Wilson Reynolds, Ga
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I have 4 of these units in my home. I had my husband install the first one and it was so easy that I installed the other 3 myself. I have seen a 40% decrease in my heating cost and I only used about 1/3 of the gas this winter that I did last year. I really love them. I would suggest that you use a programmable thermostat along with this unit to make it a no brainer. I have no regrets and plan to buy one more for next winter.

51.) Eco Heater
Reviewed by: Hope Michigan
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The heater was easy to install and heats the room well. I have not used it for a month yet so I can not report on the effect that it has had on my electric bill yet. I hope that it is as efficient as it claims to be.

52.) It's okay but not as great as some reviews would have you believe
Reviewed by: BoSoxGuy NH
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I was torn between giving this a 3 star or a 4 star review and I decided to be generous and give it 4 stars because I think the heater basically performs the way the box says it will. The problem is that I put too much weight into these 5 star reviews that had me believing that this was going to be the best purchase of my life. I don't know how anyone can say they heat their whole house with one or two of these heaters. I don't see that happening unless you live in a warm climate and your "cold" weather is only around 50 degrees. It's an okay heater but I'm not nearly as happy as some of these other reviewees are.

53.) OK, but won't heat a whole room in New England in the winter
Reviewed by: Briggsmo Boston
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I bought this heater to install in the nursery so the baby's room would stay warmer overnight while the rest of the house went down to 60 degrees. The house has attic insulation, but no wall insulation, and there are storm windows.

The good about the heater: It is unobtrusive. We have it installed on an interior wall out of the way. It is easy to install; it took about 10 minutes. It keeps the baby's room warmer than the rest of the house. I also like the fact that it uses less power than a standard heater. Not only is it cheaper to run, I have fewer concerns about overloading circuits. I like the fact that it has a paintable surface, although I haven't decided if I am going to paint it. I have heard that painting radiators reduces their efficiency and I don't know if that applies to this heater.

The less than good: We have had this heater on in a rather small room (10 by 10) with a hot water radiator system, and over night it only seems to bring the temperature about 5 degrees above the temperature in the rest of the house. Based on other reviews of this heater and others, I ordered the plug in thermostat. I think I will return it because I won't ever need to turn off the heat because it is too hot. Also, the passive heating means that it takes a while for the heater to have any impact on the temperature of the room. I turn it on at 6 pm so that the room will be comfortable when the central heat goes down to 60 degrees at 10 pm. My final concern is that the heater says it can be mounted at any height, but that it works best closest to the ground -- 6 to 18 inches above the baseboard. I was hoping to install it higher so my baby wouldn't accidentally burn himself on it. Since heat rises, I should have realized this flaw in my logic.

I don't think this is a bad product, it just isn't as good as I wanted it to be for $150.

54.) A smallish, overpriced heater with no thermostat
Reviewed by: Pilgrim
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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.

55.) some what disappointed
Reviewed by: Linda Beyer water gap , pa
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I purchased two of these heaters last year. They were properly installed on inside walls and work to expectations for the first season. (Expectations) low electrical expense, safe heating system. This season I noticed that both units were cracking. Since the units have a two year warranty I contacted the manufacture/distributor, note they do not list a telephone number only an email address. They did respond to my email, but nothing ever gets done. They agreed to ship two new units but they never arrive, I was then told they are on back order (stall). Then one unit did arrive, but it was a return from another customer and this unit was not only cracked, it was broken in half. Again, they do respond to my e-mail's but without results.

56.) Supplemental, sure -- not a main heat source
Reviewed by: Kathryn Y. White Northeastern Ohio
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I bought this very enthusiatically after reading so many positive reviews - to heat an outbuilding that is brick and well-insulated. I needed something that would bring the base temperature to around 50 degrees continuously -- and I planned on using other heat sources to bring the temp higher during actual use. I mounted two of these in a 500 sq ft area.

On the positive side, they are very easy to install, unobtrusive and attractive. They would probably be great to make an area warmer that is already heated -- a bedroom or bathroom would likely be ideal. I even bought a programable thermostat for it. In retrospect, I really didn't need it.

On the negative side, both running 24/7 were unable to bring the temp of the area to 40 degrees... let alone 50. This was when the outside temp was 25 to 30. I would understand that it couldn't heat up the room in extraordinarily cold weather -- but I did expect them to be able to raise the temp more than 10 degrees! I wish I had realized the limitations before using them. Some of the reviews on here gave me a false impression of their output.

Additionally, the outside of these does get hot enough to be potentially dangerous to very little children. I wouldn't leave a child unattended with it installed. Of course, that is true of any heating system.

Overall, I think these would be great for supplemental heating -- and they are as described. However, I am disappointed with the output for the amount that I paid for them. I hope my review helps someone else.


57.) Limited Possibilities
Reviewed by: Female Fan OH
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After reading the positive reviews on this item, I was excited to mount this in my kitchen wall, which is located above the garage. The floor of the kitchen, as well as the kitchen itself, gets quite chilly once the temperatures dip down into the 30s.

While the kitchen dimensions are larger than the recommended 10x12', I was expecting it to make SOME difference in the overall temperature of the room. According to my thermometer, which I located on the other side of the 14x16' room, it MAY have raised it one degree. There's definite warmth coming from the unit, but I think for a heater to perform in a cold room, the warm air needs to MOVE into the room rather than loom a short distance around the unit, so to speak.

On the plus side, it is hardly noticeable. It does get quite hot, so to keep my dog from burning her curious snout, I set a small gate I had handy in front of it. I'm not sure if this is really necessary, though.

58.) perfect for my cockatiel
Reviewed by: Amanda Koehn Kansas
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I bought this heater for right by my cockatiels cage as it gets so cold at night and he's by a window. I thought it would help with electricity costs too, but it does not heat the whole room. It is perfect for right by his cage. that exact area stays very cozy, but probably not an entire room heater. There is no temperature option it's either on or off. But I really love it. Even for the price.

59.) Works greats just not as cost effective as I had hoped
Reviewed by: suburbanite Seattle, Wa USA
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The Eco heater arived on time after ordered. The Eco heater is a good product. The heater actually looks nice in a room even though it is rather large. It mounts to the wall and can be paited any color.The heat it provides is very warm and cozy, not dry. The only problem is it doesn't regulate the room temperature unless you by a plug in thermostat. I purchased the eco heater to heat my room at night, instead of heating the whole house with gas. But my over all power bill was only 10.00 dollars less. I think I need to by a thermostat for it. Great product, over rated however.

60.) it works, but...
Reviewed by: mginbend Bend, OR
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This heater works for us providing additional heat to the baby's room which gets central heat but has a lot of windows and wasn't as warm as the rest of the house. Now we can make his room warmer, which is great! Beware of the mounting hardware though... The screws were very hard to screw into the plastic drywall anchors causing 1 of the anchors to turn in the wall and strip the mounting hole. Replaced with 4" steel bolts and butterfly anchors, which worked great and should have been provided by the manufacturer instead of the cheap, defective molded plastic anchors. May still need a thermostat and a bit concerned about the cracking noted by other users of more than 1 year. I will update this review in a year or 2 concerning reliablitily.

61.) Simple, but not toasty
Reviewed by: MichaelSoft Boston, MA USA
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Excellent product. Simple to put on a wall, simple to plug in and use, extremely efficient. Switch it on and (more or less) forget it - overnight, during the day whatever. Its hot to the touch but unless you're extremely unlucky you're unlikely to burn yourself touching the surface by accident.

My only complaint is that in an exterior-facing room in a cold environment (new england/boston) its heat output isnt sufficient to cope with the 20F-type temperatures. Our ground floor room is slightly less cold now thanks to this heater, but I wouldnt say its "toasty".

62.) Very large for the amount of heat
Reviewed by: J. Moritz
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This product works fine but is sure is large for the amount of heat it provides. I got it to use in a bathroom but when I saw how big it was I could not fit it in that room on the wall. It gets very hot so you will not want to bump into it with bare skin. Probably not good to have around with small kids.

63.) A room warmer not a heater
Reviewed by: Grandma Ruth
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I had hoped this panel would help maintain a comfortable temperature in a small bedroom, but it doesn't generate quite enough heat. On the plus side, because it doesn't get very hot, it seems unlikely to cause a fire or injury if something, or someone, got too close! Also, it is apparently very important to hang it exactly level to avoid breakage - I would prefer something less fragile. However, it's better than nothing...

64.) too hot for children
Reviewed by: kar charm city
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I was so excited when I got my eco-heater and after plugging it in I was very dissapointed. The surface gets way too hot -- too hot to be around children. I will mount it below my desk to get some extra heat in my office and where the kids don't have access. I wanted it for the living room -- my kids are young and curious and if they touch this for any length of time they will get burned. I do not recommend these for homes with curious children.

65.) Eco-heater
Reviewed by: Joo H. Kim New jersey
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The product was easy to install as stated. It does take a little longer to heat a room but it does the job. Overall it is a good product....just waiting to see what the electric is to see if it is really efficient?

66.) Nice While It Lasted!
Reviewed by: Richard E. Schindler Jr.
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Problem!

My Wall Pate Heater has developed a serious crack at the upper portion of the ceramic panel,
I have been watching it get bigger with each passing month. This is a known problem that this company
should be addressing. After the crack appeared, I went out to the web to read some
reviews and found that other people are having the same issue, the question is;
could this be an electrical danger, and will this defective unit be replaced?
This Heater is only a year old, and was barely used, although I was happy with it in general, I am seriously
disappointed with the cracking ceramic.

67.) Nice while it lasted.
Reviewed by: G. D. Bradburn Seattle, WA
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I bought these units two years ago. They worked very well during that time. However, this year when I turned them on I smelled something strange. I came back the next day to find a black and melted mark where the power supply connects to the unit. It also had stopped working. About a week later I came down to turn on the second unit and found that it was turned on but was not working. I touched the spot where the cord enters the unit and it fell out. I am NOT going to attempt to get them replaced because I do not feel secure having these units in the house anymore. I really liked the concept and enjoyed them while they lasted however, coming downstairs and finding melted electronics is not really comforting.

68.) Only warm when you are very close to it.
Reviewed by: Author, PANDA AND POLAR BEAR Maryland, USA
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Exactly what the instruction says because I read a customer service reply to a reviewer stating that the equipment wasn't set up properly. I installed this back in early November when it wasn't too cold. It seemed to warm up the room without turning the central unit on. Now that the weather is freezing cold outside it doesn't do much to warm us up. When I touch the ceramic tile it's burning hot so I know its working but when you are about 3 feet away you can't tell if it's on or not without looking at the light on the switch. I'm a bit disappointed but my wife says it seems to help in between the time when the central unit is off. If I pay over $100 dollar for a space heater I expect it to warm up at least one room with the door close on a winery night. I guess it would help putting it right next to your bed and risk burning yourself while you are sleeping.

69.) Extremely hot to the touch
Reviewed by: WVMHP
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CAUTION! This heater gets extremely hot to the touch. The wall behind the heater will also get quite hot. I have been using this heater for over a year to heat my bathroom which has no other source of heat. I have it connected to a thermostat that plugs into the wall outlet. I have to set the thermostat way up between 76-78 to maintain the room around 69 because the heater, the wall, and the thermostat will get very hot before the room begins to get warm. If you don't connect the heater to a thermostat, the heater will get incredibly hot to the touch. I can't tell that it has saved any on my electric bill over the oil-filled radiator heater I had been using previously. It is low profile and unobtrusive except the plug sticks straight out and when you connect that to a thermostat it sticks out about 5 inches. It would have been nice to have a flat 90-degree plug and a storage mechanism for the excess power cord.

70.) Nice idea, big marketing hype.
Reviewed by: Thor Simon New York, NY United States
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All electric heaters have essentially the same efficiency, because they all work by resistive heating. There is no magic, just simple physics. This one features a very large surface area, which probably helps get convection flow going in the room and heat the room air more evenly, so the room may "feel" warmer than if, for example, it were heated by a few feet of cheap electric baseboard which drew the exact same 400W. On the other hand, a longer section of baseboard wrapped around the room, controlled by a good-quality wall thermostat, would use exactly the same amount of energy over time to heat the room air to the same temperature -- and you wouldn't have to worry about having a big, hot-to-the-touch panel on the wall, which may not be desirable for those with small kids.

In sum: the "more efficient" claim is pure bunk. Resistive heating is resistive heating. On the other hand, for those who can't or don't want to install long runs of baseboard to get some good convection flow going to even out temperature throughout the room maybe this is a good fit. Any way you look at it, in the United States where our electricity generation is heavily biased towards coal and the cost of electricity is high almost everywhere, this is neither an eco-friendly nor a cheap way to heat your house.

71.) Not enough information...
Reviewed by: Edwin C. Anker IV Wynantskill, NY
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I purchased an eco-heater for a renovation project we are doing at our house. I was about ready to install the product and read through the instructions included in the package which indicate that this product is not to be used in a bathroom area. Not only that, but I installed the outlet for the unit to be located behind the panel so that the cord would be out of sight. According to the instructions, this is also not permitted.
I did a lot of research on the Eco-Heat website before I purchased the product and no-where on the website does it state that the product cannot be used in wet areas or that the plug has to be exposed. As a matter of fact, none of the pictures and graphics on thier website (or any website for that matter) show a cord coming from the unit. I'm a pretty handy guy and wired/plumbed my whole new kitchen, so I know my way around electrical appliances. This...so far...is not making me happy. I'm trying to contact Eco-Heat to find out if I can use this thing at all. Stay tuned...

72.) Unobtrusive, but expensive
Reviewed by: J. Williams Maine, USA
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We were hoping to use this to help warm our bedroom which is over a garage. Unfortunately, it's just not up to the task. It heats up about 2' in front of it but beyond that you wouldn't know it's on. Granted our space is larger than the 120 sqft but you would think you'd feel something.

I ended up using it in a small office and if I close the doors it does an adequate job of warming the room.

The instructions say to mount this on an inside wall. That was another surprise since the cold spots are near the outside walls.

I doubt if I would purchase another unit.

73.) Misleading Description
Reviewed by: Andy Stuber Bloomington, IL USA
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The product arrived as expected, however it took a couple of days of powering the product to eliminate the obnoxious smell. I purchased this for my daughters room after reading the description as "safe for small children" however it actually reads "safer" for small children. While my daughter is still young (4 mo), she would ABSOLUTELY burn herself on this unit. We will use this while she is not mobile, and likely have to discard it based on safety concerns alone once she is mobile. If you do not have small children at home this is a good option, otherwise you need to keep children away from the product to avoid the burning risks.

74.) dissapointed
Reviewed by: Gerald Tarr
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I was looking forward to my eco-heater, when I installed it and turned it on it cracked from top to bottom, and a second crack from bottom to half way up. The co. told me they were sending another one , but I am still waiting ??????? G.Tarr

75.) less then pleased
Reviewed by: Linda Christensen Rockford, MN United States
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This heater gets VERY hot to the touch. The add stated that it did not. It hasn't been cold enough here yet to determine the electric use.

76.) caveat
Reviewed by: prevalent gilbertsville, ny USA
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It was love at first sight, A great looking heater, producing oodles of heat - even in upstate New York, and using 1/3 of the wattage of my baseboard heaters - what's not to love? I picked up six of them and mounted them on various walls around the house.
The honeymoon ended after 18 months. The heater in my bedroom started singing a tuneful but dolorous melody whenever it turned on. A few weeks of that and it sang no more. Curious, I removed it from its wall mounting and discovered large, deep cracks on the surface of its backside. Even more curious, I started removing some of the other heaters. Though only three had scary cracks, all showed some signs of cracking. It did not seem to matter whether they had been mounted on interior or exterior walls. They cracked. I wish the manufacturer had gone to Corning for the ceramic!
Fire hazard, I said to myself.
Divorce was inevitable.

77.) Will Not Honor Warranty
Reviewed by: F. Machado Volcano, HI
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I have a defective unit and econo heat will give you every excuse in the book not to honor there 18 month warranty, all they will tell you is that you are pass the 30 days. This is not a company you want to do business with, once they have your money they don't care about you and you are stuck with a defective unit with no recourse.The best part is when you question their 18 month warranty the supervisor hung-up on me, now I ask you is this a company you want to business with.

78.) Great idea, too bad it didn't work
Reviewed by: E. Fox oakland
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I was enthusiastic about supporting green technology and saving money on electricity this winter, but unfortunately the eco-heater really needs to go back to the drawing board for some serious improvement. It is just simply low-grade. The heat it puts out would hardly keep you warm if you were standing right next to it. My bedroom is very small, and the eco-heater just did not warm it significantly at all. Too bad, because it seemed like such a great idea. I went instead with a Delongi 'dragon' oil radiator. It has two eco-settings (600, and 800 watts along with 1500), is silent and has a really easy-to-program timer that makes the heat come on for the specific intervals you choose, which saves on electricity.

79.) Does Not work
Reviewed by: Eric Wooten Baltimore, MD
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WARNING - READY THE RETURN POLICY FIRST....

Returning mine today, which according to the return policy, will cost me 20% restocking fee and I have to pay the return shipping.

This heater didn't even heat a small bedroom (12 x 12). After 6 hours, the temp dropped in the room from 69deg (with old electric heater) to 53deg with the ECO-heater.

The flat panel was hot to the touch, so I guess it's a good hand warmer, although a pair of gloves would be cheaper.

Bottom Line: Not a space heater and not worth the money.



80.) Don't waste your money
Reviewed by: Still chilled Baltimore,MD
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The unit did generate heat but only within a 3 foot radius from the wall it was mounted on. After leaving the unit on for over 5 hours, I expected the small (6 x 10) room to warm up a little, but the thermostat in the room showed that the temperature had remained the same.

81.) not efficient
Reviewed by: John Murphy Missouri
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For Product Features it states that it uses 30% less energy than other heaters. Well, guess what. It also puts out less than 30% of the heat than other heaters. They don't want you to know that. That is why they don't tell you the btu output.
It's impossible for a space heater to turn electric energy into heat energy more efficiently. (unless its a heat-pump)
Weather the heater uses tungsten, quartz, ceramic, etc. You still have the same formula: 1 watt = 3.41 btu

82.) A disappointment
Reviewed by: Manuel Sousa
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I tried the product and was disappointed. I wall-installed it in my home office, a room that is about 18x16 feet and unfortunately, couldn't even tell it was there (even though I was only 5 feet away from it!). I would not recommend the product for that size of a room. I also tried the DeLonghi Micathermic Flat Panel in the same room and had excellent results. This is the first time I have ever tried these types of radiant heaters and I do like the idea of quiet heating.

Based on my experiences, I can't recommend the Eco-heater and I returned the product. The DeLonghi on the other hand, worked really well to heat up my office and if you are interested in a radiant heater, I do recommend it.

83.) Does Not Work - Severely Over Priced wall ornament - Heat Radius 3 ft Max
Reviewed by: ConsumerAdvocate Chicago, IL
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Forget using this to heat any size room larger than a very tiny 3x5 bathroom. Running 2 of these 24 hours a day in a 9x10 room only raised temp 2 degrees. Not Green as they do not provide adequate heat for energy used. You are better off buying a less expensive heater that uses somewhat more electricity but provides substantially more heat output. I have since purchased a SoleusAir Micathermic Flat Panel Heater at less than 1/2 the price of one of these, but it puts out at least twice the heat than two of these "Eco-heaters" combined using about the same amount of electricity (976 watts vs 800 watts). The Micathermic Flat Panel raised the room temperature fast and can be wall mounted or rolled around on included wheels. Not so with the "Eco-heater" which can only be wall mounted and does not provide any heat more than 3 feet from the device. Lets just say you have been warned about the pitfalls of the "Eco-heater" and if you buy it, you will come to regret that decision because it will not live up to the hype.

84.) Useless Junk!
Reviewed by: Gary
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I tried this for under two weeks, mounted on the back wall under my desk - totally useless even for my limited needs. My Kill-a-Watts meter says my 1600 watt heater, which I am back to using, is actually cheaper to operate. When I pulled this useless heater to return to seller, the ceramic was already separating in one corner. USELESS JUNK!

85.) Great Hand Warmer
Reviewed by: Eric Wooten Baltimore, MD
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If you need a hand warmer, then this is a costly one.

If you need to heat a room bigger than 3x3, then this is NOT the heater for you.

86.) They say 3 cents per hour but it's more like 9
Reviewed by: Designbard Lexington, MA
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We bought 4 and our electric bill tripled. We just had an energy audit in fact and found the flat panel unit was drawing 9 cents / hr -- not the three they claim. Auditors advice: electric heat is the most expensive form. I have yet to check this assertion but I would advise go very slow on this one.

87.) MADE OF CHEAP MATERIAL
Reviewed by: wilson g , chicago, usa
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I've bought one of these heater. I thought I could save some money. It's ok for small room , may be less than 10 feet. Problem is it's made of some kind of cheap board. I've put this in my bedroom to save some money. One night, I've heard a popping sound and when I looked, I saw a big crack on the heater. It was just waste of my money. Don't buy this crap.

88.) THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT WORK
Reviewed by: C. Fredette
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I purchased two of these to heat a 10X12 room. They barely raise the temp by 5 degrees. When hanging them three out of the eight attachment points failed so they sag. What a waste of money

89.) don't buy this item
Reviewed by: MJ Lonergan NY
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No where on the this product's website or on the packaging does is it explicitly stated to use or not to use this product in a bathroom. Once you open the packaging you'll find a smallish brochure inside stating not to use in a bathroom. Had I known this information up front, I would have never bought the product. I left the installation of this product to my contractor who never read the precautionary measures and tossed the packaging away. Only when I went to use the heater as it is getting chilly at night, did I learn my big mistake. Even if it could be used in a bathroom, the unit is very, very, very slow to heat up. I can't endorse this product. It is a waste of $130.00.

90.) Not a whole room heater!
Reviewed by: Nin Los Angeles, CA
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I bought this as a christmas gift for my boyfriend to use in his bedroom. Mainly because it is cost efficient and doesn't take up any floor space. Being very excited to install it, it was a big let down. I've read all the reviews on here and that is why I end up paying so much for this little thing. First, we left it on for hours and the room was still cold! Then,we leave the central heater on and have this on and after the central heater gets turned off, this does not keep the room cozy whatsoever. How it heats up a whole room (ours was 9x9) is beyond me. For the same amount of money, you can buy yourself a nice radiator instead. Please save yourself the money and time. This thing does not work.

Pros:
- You can place your hands 5 inches from it to warm up
- probably saves you energy (because it doesn't heat up)

Cons:
- does not heat up a room
- really heavy, be sure you mount it on your wall where there is support
- way too expensive for what not doing what it claims

91.) Dangerously hot. Avoid if you have children.
Reviewed by: Daniel Hess Rockville, MD
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I took this out of the box and plugged it in. Within 10 minutes it was extremely hot to the touch. I have children and this is not acceptable.

I am returning it immediately.

Want another reason to avoid? There is no thermostat.



92.) DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reviewed by: green world w.a. TA USA
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i wasnt much pay attention with many negative reviews about this product. after i used it several days, i strongly agreed with other negative reviewers.
Hhhhhard to get warm in the room and had bad smell for a while. efficiently???? I DONT THINK SO!

93.) Unfortunately, not safe
Reviewed by: Ishtar NJ
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I was so happy with my first Eco-Heater that I soon bought a second one. Then one of them developed a self-caused burn mark. I contacted the company, which promptly replaced it. I was so happy with the service that I bought another one (I have solar panels so my electricity is virtually free while my gas heating system is quite costly). So now I have three. Unfortunately, one of them is no longer usable because I fear the burnt-wire smell it gives out (although I don't see any traces of the problem). The second one makes a big scary spark when I turn it off. The third one still works well under my desk to keep my legs warm while I work. I really love the Eco-Heater, I'll most certainly try it again but for now I don't find it safe to use unless I'm in the room with it.

94.) Not what I thought it would be.
Reviewed by: C. Dechant Franklin, PA USA
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I purchased this for a bathroom, not knowing that the instructions say not to put there, for whatever reason. Also says not to mount on an outside wall, and I had no choice.
I got it because I saw it in a beauty shop and liked that it was streamlined,and paintable) and didn't take up any space.
When the temperature is below 30 degrees, it doesn't heat my space at all.
Once it gets over 30, it is okay, but I still have to use my other space heater when it gets really cold.

95.) returned heater
Reviewed by: Bobbye L. Vines
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I returned this heater. What I would like to know is, I paid 93.00 plus postage, but only got refunded 79.00 and
I paid the return postage?

96.) Whole room heater? Who are they kidding?
Reviewed by: Relentlessly San Francisco, CA USA
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Well me for one. I simply believed what they said and I ordered this thing. What a waste. After 8 hours in my 200 square foot bedroom the temperature did not change at all. However, the heater itself was toasty as was the wall behind it.

400 watts isn't going to heat much of anything. It takes 700 watts to toast bread.

Best to save your money. Here you'll just waste it.

97.) Not so hot!
Reviewed by: Green in Hellertown Hellertown, PA
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I bought two of these heaters to boost the heat in a ground floor room that is heated but always a bit chillier than the rest of my house. I have forced hot air heat provided by natural gas. These heaters do not make the room warmer. Perhaps they would make a good towel warmer in the bathroom!

Features of Eco-heater 602 High-Efficiency Electric Panel Whole-Room Heater

Think green this winter! Heat an entire room 75% more efficiently than conventional electric heaters! Eco Heater leverages the physics of heat convection to create an effective and economical heating solution that pays for itself time and time again! The world's most economical room heater, Eco Heater quickly mounts on any wall to deliver the heat you need without sending your electricity bill through the roof. It uses just 400 watts of power, compared to 1500 watts of other heaters, and operates without noisy fans that circulate dust, mold and pollens throughout the room. Also has paintable design so it blends in with your decor and on-board on/off switch. Uses standard AC outlet. 23-1/4 x 23-1/4 x 3/8. 2-year limited warranty.

1.) Wall-mount electric panel heater for rooms up to 120 square feet;
2.) Efficient convection technology creates natural circulation of warm air;
3.) Hard wire or plug in; simple on/off switch; safe to use around kids and pets;
4.) UL listed; can be painted to match any decor; mounting kit included;
5.) Measures 23-1/4 by 23-1/4 by 3/8 inches; 2-year warranty;

Package Height x Length x Width: 25.6 in. x 25.6 in. x 25.1 in.
Package Weight: 15.6 lbs.