does it heat the water or one must pour already heated water?
1890723
Need to pre-heat the water before pouring it in, and the foot bath keeps it at that temperature while you have it going.
1890724
I used warm water, but it got really hot after a while and my feet ended up looking like Cooked Maine Lobster.
1890725
According to what I just read in the instructions, it says to put either warm or cold water in the spa. I just received mine and just waiting for it to heat up as I type this. :D
1890726
It heats the water rather nicely. I have even had to turn the heat off because it got to hot. I still start with warm water just so it heats up faster but have put in cold water before. It took about 5 min to warm up to a nice temperature.
1890727
yes the Foot Bath does heat the water, but it also keeps heating it until it gets overly hot, or at least mine did.
1613628
No, not really, it only has one inlet so if you intend to use hot water it will need to be "mixed" upstream of the shower, and you won't have any control of the outlet temp.
162760
This unit heats the water to several selectable temperatures, so no need to provide hot water to them. Matter of fact, I recall the owner's manual cautions one NOT to supply hot water - only cold water. Everything is perfect!.Amazon Customer answered on September 25, 2014
879787
I highly recommend warming the water first. Using cold water can be very uncomfortable.
1448569
It does require an electrical connection. It heats the water to a temperature that you select.The amount of heated water is a little limited and it will become coll after an extended flow time. The seat also can be heated. If this is your first time using one of these units, you will soon become addicted!!!
1626550
You would need to heat the water before pouring into the pot. This pot will keep the water hot for over an hour.
144124
Hot water is instantaneous. Since it's on demand it doesn't heat and continually keep 2 ½ gallons of water hot all the time this saving energy. This is my second one and highly recommend it.
1008682
I don't think the water needs to be hot. These types of devices are used in swimming pools as well. There was nothing in the directions that said the water had to be at a certain temperature.
323006
My daughter and I pour boiling water into it to make tea. HOWEVER, we do use an old 'trick' my mom taught me, and that is to put a long metal spoon or metal tongs into the pitcher before we pour the hot water. We don't know if this is something actually necessary, but haven't gotten up the nerve to NOT use this 'trick' every time. Hope that helps!
1962342
I guess you can, but why do you need this unit if you already have a hot water source?
312100
I leave mine full all the time, so I have instant hot water. It would be pointless to have to wait for 5 liters of water to heat.
854126
I heat the water with another source. You could probably heat the water directly in the coffeemaker as it seems extremely well made and there is not plastic that would melt.
103554
Your not supposed to use boiling water. The water should be slightly warm. I've never had issues with it being too hot.
1792051
Unfortunately no, but you can just as easily put cold water in it and run it without worrying that its gonna heat up. The heating thing only keeps hot water warm for a short period because its not meant to actually heat up the water.
722220
It heats the water. You use tap water to a marked level on the pitcher and pour in
1668557
no need to do that . the machine will heat the water in a couple min. sorry took so long to reply !
700455
Just fill it with water and turn it to keep warm or boil. It gets the water hot and and it actually stays hot on the keep warm setting. This is a very poweful appliance. I use it all the time and I love the way it works.