When it comes to heaters, there are many choices from the online store and in large stores. As a rule, space heaters are designed and used for spot heating in a specific small area or per person. Samples would place a heater under the table to warm the legs and legs of a person, or by placing the heater in a small room, for example, in the bathroom for additional heat.
As a rule, we consider a space heater as a small inexpensive unit with metal tapes or coils inside it that heat up (sort of like a toaster) to radiate heat. Others are designed to supply air through coils for supplying warm fan air. Most of the inexpensive units are made of plastic components and are not designed for the long term. Other units are more expensive and can last for years or decades.
But are they really heaters or something else?
I believe that they are actually more than a space heater. You misread the advertisements and commercials for the wonderfully constructed handmade wooden hulls that can heat an entire room. I mean the model EdenPURE GEN4. There is a similar unit that does the same work as the iHeater 1500. The question is: do they work, and which is better?
The answer is that they actually work when used correctly, and the decision point at which is best of all is personal preference. Which is preferable, whether you like infrared heat technology, which is a solid-state or quartz tube, or if you like an incandescent or incandescent quartz lamps.
EdenPURE devices have used Sylvania solar lamps in the past. The main problem with these devices is the burnout of lamps and their replacement. Recently, EdenPURE GEN4 (approximately $ 397) has been enhanced to incorporate infrared technology, which is basically a quartz glass tube that heats a metal cylinder. There are three combinations of these quartz tubes and cylinders. These glass quartz tubes may also burn out and need replacing. Three tube / cylinder blocks are embedded in a round triangular casing through which the fan moves. The fact that three of them are built into one case will make it difficult to detect if any of them burn out or not. Ambient air enters the back of the device, passes through the cylinder body of the quartz tube and exits the top of the EdenPURE unit, and warm air fills the space in which it is located. Eden Pure Gen4 uses three Sylvania infrared quartz lamps, which have a declared lifespan of 10-15 years for a unit, 20,000 hours for bulbs. They cost about $ 50-60 for replacement.
IHeater uses a solid copper heat chamber with a lifetime warranty and claims that it can last 9 years of continuous use or 15 winter seasons. The IHeater 1500 (approximately US $ 379) uses a solid-medial copper infrared infrared camera system that does not contain light bulbs or quartz glass tubes. It comes with a lifetime filter that can be removed and cleaned without the use of tools. The iHeater 1500 also uses fan air through the heating chamber. Ambient air enters the back of the device, passes through the infrared heating chamber of a solid and exits the front of the iHeater 1500, and warm air fills the space in which it is located.
Both devices have similarities.
Both devices have enclosed enclosures that cool down to the touch. They are both portable and can be placed on roll reels. They have digital control and remote control. They are safe for children and pets and have an overheating sensor to turn off the device at a certain temperature.
Both devices have been modified to improve performance. EdenPURE GEN4 works with queter and has an improved fan, an improved thermostat and quartz infrared lamps. The IHeater 1500 improved its thermostat and moved it inside the device away from the heat chamber, improved the sealing of the device and built it for denser characteristics that improve the power of the air flow and heat the air. Both devices have a lifetime air filter that can be easily removed and cleaned. And finally, both units declare that they heat the room evenly, from wall to wall, floor to ceiling, reducing your heating bill.
Both units have differences.
EdenPURE GEN4 has three lamps that need to be replaced, and you do not know when one or more of them fade. If even one of them burns, the device should work longer to provide the same heat, reducing its efficiency. IHeater 1500 does not use light bulbs and does not provide a lifetime warranty on its solid state heat chamber. In addition, EdenPURE GEN4 advertises approximately BTU 5000, covering 1000 square feet. IHeater 1500 advertises that it covers up to 1,500 square feet of about 5,125 BTUs. IHeater also has a security feature that will disable the device if it is tipped. Finally, the retail price of units is about $ 18, the EdenPURE GEN4 is $ 397, and the iHeater 1500 is $ 379.
You can find them both with various discounts. An online search gave one respected negative comment with one of the blocks. The report was posted to the Consumer Reports about the EdenPURE GEN4 1000, which has a fusible, burning plastic problem. A link for more information: http://news.consumerreports.org/appliances/2011/02/one-melted-edenpure-space-heater-sparks-costco-recall-.html.
Now that the units have been identified by common work, thermal camera technology, similarities, differences, and prices, how do they save money?
It is simply that 100% of the heated air produced by the device is used in the space in which the device is located. Heat evenly heats the wall from wall to wall and from floor to ceiling. This does not apply to your oven inside your home. Most homes that use a stove use only 50% of a warm fan — forced air. About 10% of the heat of the stove comes out of the chimney. Additional heat loss occurs when the connections and compounds in the work of tin and duct of your furnace and registers. If any of these pipes are working on an outside wall, heat is radiated into the wall like a radiator, and it can be seen with a heat chamber exiting through the wall outside your house. Windows and other similar home improvement problems contribute to increased heat loss.
When using a device such as the iHeater 1500 or EdenPURE GEN4, 100% of the heated air is used in a heated room. Several units can be purchased to be placed in different rooms in the home creation zones. One zone can be set warmer than the other. Since these devices are used, the thermostat of household furniture can be reduced, saving the cost of natural gas. For example, units can be placed in the living room, den and some bedrooms. During the day, units in the bedrooms can be lowered to a lower temperature, while the living room and the den units can be raised a little higher. When you return home, you can set the living room and daytime units higher in the evening. Before you go to bed, you can drop them and turn them into the bedroom. All this time, the oven thermostat can be lowered to reduce the cost of natural gas.
The electrical cost of installing iHeater or EdenPURE is about 10-12 cents per 1000 watts per hour. Thus, a 1000-watt EdenPURE unit will cost about 10 cents per hour during operation, and an iHeater 1500 operating at 1500 watts will cost about 15 cents per hour when working. Since these units are equipped with thermostats, they turn off when the ambient air reaches the desired temperature.
As a rule, when using these devices, they are turned on, set to the desired temperature setting and left to be turned on and off to maintain the room temperature during adjustment.
All you need to do is choose the device that you like best and the best price you can find.
Kevin Owens
Radiant Heat USA
