Burned Hair and melted plastic endcap even on lowest temperature setting
934706
Tried to use once.  I set it on the lowest temperature setting.  My hair started burning
and the plastic endcap started to melt.  No good!
451055
When it tipped over it started the hot tub cover on fire. It cost hundreds to then buy a new hot tub cover and the plastics for this melted. Very frustrating and I don't know if I can even get a new plastic cover for this green house
3716608
Followed the instructions but it just melted.
579122
Mine gets SUPER hot, like melting the plastic hot - a pool of molten plastic literally starts to form in the middle of the octogon.  Furthermore, it causes my usb flash drives to get super hot.  I found this out the first time I used it when I smelled smoke, ID'd the source, and quickly went to pull my metal drive out and it burnt my fingers!  Doesn't seem to matter which computer it's plugged into.  I'm past the return period for it or I'd try another one.
969088
The rubber grip on the handle melted when using an alcohol stove.  Having the grip start halfway up the handle may have fixed this or having a un-meltable material too.
84498
Stupid thing melted the first time I used it!
2444749
Plugged this in, turned it on, and the "1" setting did nothing. Switched it down to the "2" setting, and it belched a little bit of fire. Used it for heating up some plastic, and after 10 seconds of light exposure from 5 inches away, the plastic curdled violently. Thinking I was unfamiliar with how effective this heat gun is, I assumed this was my fault. I immediately unplugged the heat gun, and noticed that the plastic housing, even the handle were emitting gentle blue smoke. I set it down in a safe place to cool down, and that's when the entire heat gun began to collapse in on itself, partially melting into a heap. gonna return this one.
1811033
This product broke my second time using it! The insides completely melted and smelled of terrible plastic. I can update with photos if people are interested in the effects. It's a shame because it did a great job steaming my clothes during the first use.
3126750
I've only had these cords less than a year and one of them has already melted. It was so hot, I burned my thumb trying to get it out of my phone. Luckily there was no damage to the phone, nor did my house burn down. I would avoid these cheap cords if at all possible. Also, I tried 2 different wall plugs to see if it was the wall plug, but the cord heated up horribly with each plug I used.
3582705
The black plastic knob melted on first use.  The probe says that it is rated to 700C, however the handle melted at ~450f probe temp in mostly free air (probe was checking ambient air temp in a coffee roaster,  the 'handle' was 1" outside the roaster).  The heat conducted up the probe and the handle melted.  I would expect that a probe with a listed rating of 700C could handle more than 1/2 of the rated temp conducting up the probe body without melting.  The coiled cord was also very stiff,  any movement of the meter put a strain on the probe.
2148951
Plastic started melting on the outside of the burner. I do not recommend buying this it was a waste of money.
2877671
Worked fine for a while. Just tried to use it today and got an error message. Removed it from USB port and it was hot to touch, appears melted!
1851027
The heat control is practically useless, and it kept shutting off no matter what i did. Even with that, the knob on it melted off. Eventually, i resorted to chopping out everything inside it and simply wiring the heating element to the cord, at which point it seemed to work much better, and i successfully used it to melt lead for casting, though i severely doubt i can manage doing it more than a few more times before something breaks for good.
421124
This cord just arrived two days ago, and last night I had my iPhone plugged into all night, just as I had the night before with no problems.  Imagine my surprise this morning to discover that my phone was incredibly hot because the cord had overheated! It heated itself up so much that now the plastic surrounding the charger appears to be melting away.  I am genuinely concerned over what could happen if I continue to use this cord.  Very disappointing.
2388703
I am beyond disappointed.  This heater started out great. Worked for the size of my master bedroom and I'd move when needed to the master suite bathroom.... well one day. While not on but plugged in the entire plastic casing melted. I typically would unplug after every use but in a hurry for work I turned it off and left. How does this device melt by not being on? I feel as if it could of been way worse. Highly dissatisfied customer :(
1331488
I recently put this 128gb PNY micro SD into my Canon camera and it immediately got really hot and started melting/burning. I could smell the burning plastic so I quickly opened the SD card slot and saw the SD card was melting. I tried to pull it out and ended up burning my finger a little. I know it isn't my camera because I had just switched from a Samsung micro SD card with the PNY one. It also sucks because I lost all of my data that was stored on the PNY. I had no idea micro SD's could melt or burn. Pretty scary stuff. Because of this, I would recommend not purchasing this product.
4153836
WARNING: THE REFLECTOR IS MADE OUT OF EL CHEAPO GRADE METALLIZED PLASTIC!

I wanted to test the steady state thermal conditions of my LED with a CPU heatsink, worrying that I didn't have enough dissipation power.

As expected, the LED was very bright, so I kept the reflector and lens on to stop blinding myself. I left it on for around 2 hours, after which I noticed that something was smelling funny. I turned off the light, and lo and behold, the cheap reflector had melted. The glass lens was fine, but after I tried to separate the two items, the glass flaked off, making both the reflector and lens unusable.  I'm pretty sure there is NO way to prevent the plastic from melting after a long period of time (because there is no good way to transfer the heat!), so this product CLEARLY cannot handle 100 watts as the seller advertises. If you're looking to use your light for maybe 5 minutes at a time, you'll be perfectly fine, but if you're planning on having this light on for more than 30-40 minutes, you'll definitely want to look into something that's not made out of cheap plastic. It's a real shame that the seller did NOT post the reflector materials, because I thought they were genuinely metal.