Edenpure tried to be disingenuously suggestive. And Bob Vila? What a fiasco-I will never purchase anything from Edenpure or anything associated with Bob Villa. I have a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, so I can tell you with precision that EdenPure's claims are false and misleading. The EdenPure heater uses Watts. This means it produces BTU of heat.
It doesn't mater what's inside the box. If W goes in, BTU comes out. FACT: Nonsense. If they did, they would have to absorb water, wouldn't they. How can heated ceramic plates absorb water? There is no combustion taking place in any electric heater, and no oxygen is being used.
Even your oil or gas-fired furnace does not reduce oxygen because the combustion gasses that go up the chimney are replaced by air infiltration.
FACT: Of course it will. Even a child knows that hot air rises. The heater is a point source of heat. Baseboard heating provides far more uniform heat distribution. In other words a room measuring 6' x 7'. These are the dimensions of a jail cell, not a room. If you want negative comments about this heater , a simple Google search will fulfill your needs. I've read enough negativity about these units I've decided to stick with name brands Honeywell etc.
Let me first say, I have been praiseing the Edenpure for about 6 years. We have the , and the XL, the are the first ones. I am lucky to have a couple of working ones, they do help, but after reading all the electric experts and cost of cheaper w heaters, I must sadly say, I have been scamed. Once these last bulbs burn out, I will no longer use this over priced heater. The customer service for these things is terrible, they leave you waiting on line for long periods listen to a recording telling you over and over you will wait less than a minute.
The Gen 3 and 4 buyers beware, you're just the new victoms, your heating bulbs will probably be higher, because they are newer and new and improved. My house has two geothermal units in it, one went out the week of Christmas and I couldn't get anyone in to work on it.
I borrowed one of these heaters from my Mom and it heated the whole back half of my house. In fact, I had to get up and turn down the heat later as I was sweating. Perhaps another heater would work as well, but this one works real well. I bought Edenpure heater in December and my january heating bill doubled, and what they sent to me is not what I ordered from them. I needed the one with electric thermostat but I did not get that.
I tried to return the heater and it has been a running around to find the right place where I purchased it from. I finally find the place and they said i only had 30 days warranty not 60 days. I was told that I have 60 days trial and could return it back within 60 if I choose to, but that is not true.
Don't buy Edenpure heater they are scammer. I have read some very interesting posts on this website and one thing I can tell you is, you can spot the smart persons from the not so smart persons. I to have an Edenpure system that I purchased for my basement. I am trying to heat about a SQ foot area. I am not endorsing any unit of any other just telling my experience with this unit, so do what you will with my comment.
In response to my last post, I can afford a Vila and Eden Pure do you really think it is fair game on humanity to peddle your wares on them? This is the second blog I have complained on. We bought an Eden Pure Gen a month and a half ago and lo and behold our electric company called today because they noticed a huge spike in our usage, as a matter of fact our usage has more than doubled.
I'm very disapointed and feel very stupid that I did not google this until now. With the economy and everyone wanting to save money, it is shameful that Mr. Villa put his name on this product. We have unplugged our Eden Pure and have decided to think of this as a Signed Mad from South Dakota and hope there is some kind of class action suit taken against Eden Pure and their misleading clan. I have purchased Eden pure heaters 1 is 2 years old and the fan motor is shot and one of the tubes is burned out.
I will never buy another one and will tell others not to, they are well overrated. An electric heater can do the job for an unheated sideroom or shop where the cost of a furnace or duct work would be prohibitive.
I cannot tell you if the heater is worth it or not, because they will not answer the phone once you place an order. I ordered my heater on the 14th of Dec. I called the customer service number and never spoke to anyone after being on hold for hours and I even left my home number and they never returned my call after being assured they would call. What I do not understand is if the heater is so great why are not the customer service personal returning calls.
It is now the 12th of Jan. I called the order number and got someone and had to request a supervisor and it took a while but they got me one on the phone. I was told that they were still processing my order and that it would have been sent out this week SURE. I told her that I wanted my order cancelled and it was I hope. I bet they will not stand behind the heater because you cannot get anyone to answer the phone and they just want you to give up.
If I was Bob Vila I would not put my name on the product if they cannot get anyone to anwser the customer service number or even return your calls. Do not take my word for it call yourself and see if you can get through.
I used the Gen3 last winter and it kept our living area comfortable. This year, , we noticed that the unit was not at all effective. I starting contacting the company and finally did receive a return shipping label.
Received a reconditioned unit a week ago. Plugged it in and it ran for about 3 minutes and died. Have tried it a few times since after unplugging it and the same thing happens, it will run for just a couple of minutes and it dies. Have now started a dispute claim with my credit card company. I purchased a gen4 2 months ago and could not find I was saving any money since Im all electric.
I have notified the co I want to return the heater for a refund and they keep giving me the run around about sending me an RMA and the prepaid UPS slip to ship the unit back to them. Your info states cubic ft but the edenpure. Also Bob Villa states Zone heating room or smaller area not the whole house. There has got to be heat loss. Endenpure I dont know till I get it. My complaints is that I place my order 4 weeks ago still no shipment endnpure. The USA has turned into a scam hotbed.
Anybody can sell anything and make great claims and never have to prove them. I am a electrican and watts is watts no matter what shape or size. Now if your heating a whole home that uses gas or electric and close off several rooms and used the eden pure to heat a few rooms, sure you will save money.
Heat Pumps are the most cost saving product other than using a fireplace. The japanese use several heatpumps to heat their homes they use one system for living room another for bedrooms this helps lower energy bills. These systems the japanese use do not use ducts!!! They are thu the wall units that look like AC units they are about 12k to 15k btu each.
Dont be fooled by the snake oil salesman. I guess after all those years pushing Sears tools, Villa decided to push yet another scam.
Glad I read all these posts before wasting my money on Edenpure though. I have natural gas heat and now I like it even more.
I will check the duct for cracks and insulation and if I want to get cheaper, I'll look into the Sun. I just received the flyer in my mail box regarding the Eden Pure Heater and am glad that I researched this on your website. I have a completely electric home and wanted to reduce my electric bill as it is very high now.
After reading all the comments, there is no way that I will save any money with this EdenPure Heater and will not order this. What a total scam and very disappointed with Bob Vila!! I have a utility room in my barn that requires an electric heater.
Gas burners are a hazard in a barn with hay even if only in a side utility room. Enjoyed reading all the above comments, all valid points, but with all the back and forth opinions, I feel like I've been watching a tennis match.
I saw Bob Vila's very convincing infomercial and I agree that space heating rooms might be more efficient than a leaky whole-house system, and it does seem logical that one watt btu space heater shouldn't be any better than another, but I would be interested to know if any Eden Pure owners have actually found this second point to be true. Has anyone specifically gone from a traditional electric space heater ONLY to an Eden and found an improvement in their electric bill?
Another interesting point that only Delbert seemed to make is how much maintenance is required? How long do the bulbs last, how much do they cost, and does a technician have to do the work? Most of these testimonials are not of much use.
You have to have a control then you have to know all of the temperatures outside, the amount of insulation, the temps in the house, the furnace size and type gas , electric, propane how 'tight' the house is and several other factors. Although electric heaters do heat a room, there are more energy efficient ways of doing that.
Actually, when the Eden uses that copper coil to absorb the heat they're actually deceasing the efficiency of the heater. If you need a space heater and you want to needlessly make someone rich by buying something over-priced, by all means go with the Eden.
The laws of physics, which can't be changed, say they'll both do the same thing. Thank you guys for the info, I was just about to order an Eden Pure, uffff going to walmart to buy a Lasko or anything else like it. Thank you so much! Hello everyone,Wow what a group of knowledge about the Eden pure heater glad that I came upon this Hub. I find the info very good, and I would like to thank all of you for your comments especially Energy Eng. I've been looking at getting one of the Eden pures and just trying it out to see if it will accommodate some of my heating needs.
My wife and I are not sure what type to get ,but we know that the basic hearter furnance is not the most efficient. We will try it and get back to you all.
Again thanks for the info and the laughs. God bless and have a wonderful Christmas and Holidays. Thank you for the validation. I took a look at these today in a True Value store. Look at your furnace's btu rating. If it runs 15 minutes out of every hour, it is only delivering 8, btus. Not much more than the eden pure heater can generate in the same hour.
Best of luck. I just needed to confirm that there hadn't been a major scientific breakthrough that makes free energy. I have two Eden Pures in my home and they really work. They basically cut our heating bills in half and keep us nice and warm during the cold Pennsylvania winter nights. I don't know where you get your sources, but you need to learn to integrate less bias if you expect anyone to believe you.
She points out their parents had electrc heat in a double-wide. I'll bet they had a forced-air heat pump. A good quality heat pump with good ductwork WILL outperform straight resistance electric heat. Many people who complain about heat pump performance it blows cold air, it's expensive to operate, etc. You get what you pay for, and many manufactured homes do not put the quality into their heating systems, ductowrk, etc.
Many times, the ductwork system in these homes are the coiled ductwork types that gets holes poked in it, or is otherwise leaky ductwork. In repairing my ductwor, I found one unattached duct that was heating my attic! One item that they point out in the Bob Vila scam I can't call it anything but!
Especially true if the ductwork is uninsulated or leaks air. The air leaks are what causes a large waste of energy. This can be an effective do-it-yourself project, just be careful doing so, or get someone experienced to help you. Sorry to sound so negative in my postings here, it's just I hate to see people get taken, especially someone who believes what they are sold on TV infomercials like these.
Some of the comments by others state they have a comfortable house because the bought the heaters and they were 'comfortable'. This may be because their previous forced-air system ductwork had or developed leaks, or something was wrong with air-flow on their system clogged filters!! The heat output from an electric heater goes directly into the room, without being lost to the leaky ductwork, that may be part of the reason that people observe that the electric heaters edenPure or otherwise appear to "solve their heating problems"!!
I am filing complaints against EdenPure ad commercials where I can, and working to get my mother's money back! Home Appliances. Air Conditioners.
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Co-authors 7. I'm going to take our a lame ad in Popular Science with the slogan:. Skip to main content. You are here Home » Blogs » ckmapawatt's blog. Snuggie: Slashes heating bills! Bob Vila. It arrived in a timely manner, but right out of the box, it didn't work. Never heated up.
We returned it in exchange for one that worked At the very end of the winter, one day we went to turn it on, and it wouldn't heat up again crystal element burned out we think Regardless, if this is going to be the usual chain of events with this product, don't waste your money on it and buy a cheaper space heater for supplemental heating. We did notice a huge decrese in our gas bill, an elevation in our electric bill, but found that the increased electric bill was much more tolerable than the gas bill.
We'll see what happens when we get our replacement or fixed original product back I'm assuming you currently heat with electricity and not natural gas or propane? In terms of using electricity to create heat, all electric heaters operate at close to the same efficiency, so there is little difference in terms of how they create heat. There may be a little difference in how they distribute heat, but I'm not sure if it's worth paying much more for a heater that advertises itself as more efficient.
I was really hoping its was as good as it sounds. They did not even last 3 months, this was from Sep. After they stopped working I went back to heating my sq.
So, from my experience, do not waste your money on these heaters, they are a joke, and their slick ad campaigns Paul Harvey was shilling for them then are a complete lie. Check that the EdenPure portable heater is plugged into a reliable, functioning power outlet if the heater turns off, has poor heat output or doesn't turn on.
Reset the heater's thermostat if the room isn't warming sufficiently. Clean the EdenPure's filter tray if you notice the heater's performance decreasing. Eulogia Cort Teacher. How do I change the bulb in my EdenPure gen4? Purchase a set of bulbs from the EdenPure store or online. Unplug the EdenPure heating unit.
Unscrew the back plate of the heating unit by removing each of the screws visible on the back side of the heater. Disconnect each bulb and remove them one at a time from the unit through the open back panel. Yeimi Gruenen Teacher. Rapidly oxidizes odors - twice as fast as the original OxiLeaf.
Uses safe Ozone Technology to destroy up to Lucia Vogels Teacher. What is the best electric heater? The 7 best space heaters. Lasko Ceramic Heater with Adjustable Thermostat. Heater Buddy Portable Propane Heater. Crane Fireplace Heater. Pelonis Oil Filled Heater. Hunter Oscillating Ceramic Tower Heater.
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