Eco-heater whole room heater

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.

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.

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.

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......

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!