Has someone used it over the winter? How good is the heater in this unit?
836268
This unit is only a supplement heater. Cannot be used to heat the same size area that it can cool. I mainly use to cool my basement shop when working on my Harley's in the Summertime. It is used in the Winter to make it possible that I can work down there in the Winter with a light Jacket on. I hope this has helped. Ken
836269
The heater works very well for me. I installed it in a 2 bay garage with 15 foot ceiling where I can work on my cars with a 4 post lift. Even on the coldest days the unit will heat the garage to 68/69 degrees within a half an hour.
836270
As the instructions indicate, this unit shouldn't be used as a long term source of heat. However, I have one installed in my country house and when the temps got frosty this unit quickly heated up a large open room. So, overall, it is a good heater that works quickly.
836271
I used it in my garage and the heater worked very well. It does say on the unit that it should only be used for backup heat. But it kept the temperature 70 degrees in my garage.
836272
It depends how big is to the room. But for small medium size should be good enough
836273
I tried to use the heater over the last Winter only to have sparks and flame shoot from it. The AC unit was not affected. Obviously, I'm not going to try and use the heater again.
1535708
I use it to keep my garage warm and even with the brutal winter that we've had so far, I've had no problem keeping comfortable. My intent was not to have the garage as warm as my house, but to keep it comfortable to work in. If you want this to heat a family room, then you'll have absolutely no problem doing it with this unit. I have the 3000 watt heater running on 240V. If you can, you might consider a smaller (1500W) unit with a supplementary baseboard heater. Likely a bit more economical to run. But to answer your question - yes, this unit will do a nice job for your family room. Hope this helps. I use it to keep my garage warm and even with the brutal winter that we've had so far, I've had no problem keeping comfortable. My intent was not to have the garage as warm as my house, but to keep it comfortable to work in. If you want this to heat a family room, then you'll have absolutely no problem doing it with this unit. I have the 3000 watt heater running on 240V. If you can, you might consider a smaller (1500W) unit with a supplementary baseboard heater. Likely a bit more economical to run. But to answer your question - yes, this unit will do a nice job for your family room. Hope... » Read More I use it to keep my garage warm and even with the brutal winter that we've had so far, I've had no problem keeping comfortable. My intent was not to have the garage as warm as my house, but to keep it comfortable to work in. If you want this to heat a family room, then you'll have absolutely no problem doing it with this unit. I have the 3000 watt heater running on 240V. If you can, you might consider a smaller (1500W) unit with a supplementary baseboard heater. Likely a bit more economical to run. But to answer your question - yes, this unit will do a nice job for your family room. Hope this helps. « Show Less
1474879
Yes very good heater use it for me and my dog and warms up 3 full size rooms no problem. It runs all day at 65 degrees in the winter and cost about $100 extra good buy
372639
My heater has been great so far. I've owned it for about a year and use it to heat my family room (20 x 13 ft). It keeps the room quite comfortable, but don't know how much energy it actual uses---just know that I rarely have to turn on my house heater which saves money.
1473690
I used mine all winter long in the basement here in central il. Havent had any issues and the thing works great! Ive unplugged it a few times but for the most part it runs 24/7. I know for sure it ran alright around 50°f maybe lower.
1825847
I've never had a problem. Gets pretty cold here also. Had mine More than 4 years.
560290
My heater never lasted through one winter season, we actually bought it in april, used it a few times. it quit working, makes a rattling noise and does not blow any heat. tried to email the company several times, but they never responded. I also called a few times but didn't get through
33332
I do. This is the third winter. No problems. I use the heater on the "low" setting. At high it would be about 1500 watts. At low, a bit over half that. Gets the bathroom warm in a couple minutes
374674
HC-461 I really like this heater a lot. Thinking about getting another one.
1919652
I was using a Mr heater and just wasn't enough on real cold days. I don't leave it up for the winter but last spring had some heavy snows. I changed to a kerosene heater to keep heat up and had a fan for circulation of air. Snow would slide off as long as heat was on .. cost way to much to try and heat for winter for me..
1878742
Ours has been fine. No problems. Minor fluctuations in temp because we keep our home cool in the winter so we would just turn it off if the temp got too low.
722906
I use this heater in my bird bath during the winter months. I've had it for a couple of years now and it still delivers as promised.
1756599
Yes, the one I purchased works quite well keeping at least a fairly large opening in the ice, providing the temp stays above Ø°F.I don't see why you would want to leave it in year-round though, unless you live at the south pole :) NEVER let the water get so low that it exposes the heater to open air, as it may tend to overheat.
1919650
We live in the San Francisco Bay area, gret here, don't know about where it snows, but probably OK. How far north? I would think a heater would be fine as long as it doesn't touch the plastic. Be sure oxygen gets in, it does have lots of windows.
343059
Well, i have only had it up for a couple of months so can say for sure. I can say, however, that the two months it has been up has been the coldest and wintery-est we have had in a long time and it seems to be holding up fine. It is quite light, as a unit, but has a broad face so strong winds will, potentially, tip it. What i have seen some folks do on the internet, and i did it as well, is tie it down with a cable or wire so that it stays were i intended to stay.
322010
Contact customer service I have heard they are very good about replacing defective units, mine is still working without any problems. I have read about complaints of heater unit failing, I'm crossing my fingers my unit is still working okay.
1626238
We love ours. It heats the area well. We keep it between 1&2 most of the time keeping our heat at about 70 degrees. We love in northern Maine where temps have been -20 and up to -40 on a pretty regular basis and it has been extremely reliable. I haven't let the temperature get down to 45 to test that theory.