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Re: Heater [Re: Rep]
#264877 - 01/21/06 07:38 PM
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I bought the model 500, supposed to heat 500 sq. ft. Won't heat 240. Am returning it. Consider it a complete fraud!
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Re: Heater [Re: lconn]
#264885 - 01/21/06 08:44 PM
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I bought the model 500, supposed to heat 500 sq. ft. Won't heat 240. Am returning it. Consider it a complete fraud!
Hi Iconn, and welcome to the forums. Sorry to hear that, but now you know where to get some information about just about any subject, and likely make some friends along the way. I hope you stick around and enjoy this place. 
Al
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Re: Heater [Re: lconn]
#265018 - 01/23/06 12:55 PM
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Was that an eden pure?
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Was that an eden pure?
This heater is just a big scam!!!
Go to: http://www.clarkpublicutilities.com/Residential/TheEnergyAdviser/Archives2006/06_01_15
and most likely many other sites on the net (I did a Google search on: EdenPURE™ Quartz Infrared Portable Heater) to see how much these people are scamming the public. All they do is create a earthy type sounding name and make lots of claims they can't prove; sell it with a money back guarantee, and they know from other past scam products that only a certain small percentage of customers will ever send it back.
Have people thought about the cost or availability of the infrared heating bulbs in these units when they burn out? Or as to how rugged these are? Bulbs in a portable unit, getting bumped, dropped, etc., equals short lifespan.
If people want to save money, there are many ways to be more efficient with heating as well as lighting. Putting plastic sheeting over the interior of windows. Also replacing all incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs for lighting. Many dollars can be saved using common sense methods of conserving heat and electric.
Gotta go now as I've got a friend who is ready to purchase one of these magic, new age, cosmic heating units that I need to try to stop now.
Hope this helped folks clear up the confusion a bit.
Be well, and keep warm.
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Re: Heater [Re: CAM]
#267098 - 02/12/06 11:28 AM
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I have never signed up to a chatline before (I presume that's what this is). I found it by putting "edenpure" in google. I was looking for some info on the space heater after seeing an ad in my newspaper. I just had to sign up to thank you all for posting this good info on it. I have since decided to keep my small space heaters as they are doing a fine job. I have just been concerned with the safety issue of them. I think they will be fine as long as they are not near drapes or newspapers, etc. I want to especially thank this person who posted the url for the clarkpublicutilities site. That was the one that stopped me dead in my tracks to purchasing a edenpure spaceheater. Thanks.
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I have never signed up to a chatline before (I presume that's what this is). I found it by putting "edenpure" in google. I was looking for some info on the space heater after seeing an ad in my newspaper. I just had to sign up to thank you all for posting this good info on it. I have since decided to keep my small space heaters as they are doing a fine job. I have just been concerned with the safety issue of them. I think they will be fine as long as they are not near drapes or newspapers, etc. I want to especially thank this person who posted the url for the clarkpublicutilities site. That was the one that stopped me dead in my tracks to purchasing a edenpure spaceheater. Thanks.
Aggggg!!! THIS IS A COMMUNITY OK I will drop the capitals-now - We are a collection of like minded folk who love technology - Not just for it's own sake but for what we can do with it or how it works. Technically we are a forum.
See the FAQ for history -
But that aside, welcome to our band of technological heroes and thanks for the thanks!.
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Re: Heater [Re: Rep]
#286333 - 10/06/06 02:01 PM
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I saw the add from Paul Harvey and found a heater with the same specs at Menards for $88. It does a great job on a 14x27 sunroom all winter with very few days that it can not keep up. It has a thermostat and 2 heat setting. I have always heated with 2 cube ceramic heaters and they were just adequite. So far I am happy. It looks like a flat screen TV and it heats up a copper sheet which radiates the heat to the room. No fan but you can feel the heat coomming off the front of the unit. Ed
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Re: Heater [Re: mred]
#286354 - 10/06/06 10:10 PM
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Last year about this time I ordered a Suntwin heater, which is made by Edenpure and is the same heater but with a different cabinet.This heater is made in Vietnam.I was looking forward to getting it after hearing all the advertisements of how great a job it does.I had to wait a long time for it supposedly, because so many people were buying them,it caused a back order situation.I finally got the thing after waiting a couple of months.After all the waiting, I put it in our 9x12 family room which is only heated with one register and gets pretty chilly on cold winter days.I followed the directions on it and let it run for two days and I was totally disappointed in it.I packed it back up and sent it back.It took another couple of months to get my charge card credited for the full amount of the heater.I can't believe that they are still advertising these heaters that don't do what they claim they do.Please take it from me and don't waste your hard earned money on this overpriced scam.I am back to using my small ceramic heater in the room, which heats it a lot better than the Suntwin did.I hope this will help anyone who may be contemplating on getting one of these heaters.I learned the hard way. Gary
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Re: Heater [Re: mred]
#286762 - 10/14/06 01:33 AM
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Hey, Ed...what was the brand and model of the $88 heater from Menards? Can you tell a little more about it. What are you setting it at, and what are the outside temps, and the effect on your electric bill? I'd sure be willing to pay $88 for a heater like EdenPure advertises.
I am trying to heat a 250sq ft (25x10) sunporch to about 60 degrees this winter. I had a 1500 watt Holmes oil-filled heater, $40-something from Walmart that I bought last year (used in small bedroom last winter), but it was clearly struggling to keep up in the large space, but I thought it was safe to use because there is no flame. The porch was smoky this morning...heat and/or flame scorched the face plate...guess we're lucky the house didn't burn down.  The radio pugged into the same outlet was completely unaffected (electricity never flickered), and the outlet is working fine. It was just the heater that fried. I saw the ad for EdenPure in the paper this morning, and was pretty interested since it "cannot start a fire". I'm not seeing a bad review on the better business website...they are BBB members. It only lists 57 complaints in 36 months. I would think there would be more complaints if the heater didn't work as promised. Yeah, it is pricey, but it's not the only brand at those prices, and after last night, it seems like it might be worth it.
I work a lot, and can't always be home to baby-sit a heater, and I don't want to worry about propane or kerosene, etc, starting a fire or asphyxiating my pets.
I read that, on average, you should figure 10 watts per sq ft to heat, so I'd need 2500+ watts output to heat the space. That's hard to find in a standard 110 plug electrical unit. I really don't want to wire in another outlet, and I'd rather not put two units in, but I might have to.
I'm open to suggestions! 
Ed, hope to hear from you!
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Re: Heater [Re: Rep]
#286766 - 10/14/06 06:34 AM
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WOW! That's a lot of new members in one thread! They must be doing some serious advertising, if that many people are looking into it!
They do mention A BTU rating; 5000 and 2300. And it comes in 3 models...: the 1000 and the 500. And the list of features...! Wow! A genuine whopping 5.5 ft 14 gauge cord! And it contains Honeywell componenets (doesn't say it's made with them...). And a real plus; Made in factories throughout Asia! (it doesn't get better than that, does it?)
About the only thing missing is: "And if you order in the next 10 minutes you can get a second unit for only $1 more (plus shipping and handling). Operators are standing by"
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