Read Reviews Before Buying Hyped Up Fireplace Heaters
In yesterday’s Free Press was a giant one-page ad about the Heat Surge Fireless Flame unit. It supposedly looks like a real fireplace that gives off instant heat with no chimney, no vents, no wood, and no smoke and runs on pennies of electricity no more than a coffee maker. The ad was a call for the public to call within 48 and qualify for a home heating bill relief instant rebate.
It looks like the heaters cost $250.00, but add the Amish mantle and it’s $500.00. The rebate kicks the price back down to $250.00. I wondered if they work. My 48 hours is running out. I’ve already got my methods for cheap winter heating bills, but if I can do more I will. This looked like the perfect way to get away from expensive gas bills in the winter for pennies of electricity. And I would like what looks like a small fireplace in my living room, or roll it into the bedroom, or whatever room. I felt like the pledge to go electric might not be that far off with inventions like this, until I read a review on MacCompanion. It was pretty comprehensive and disheartening.
Not worth the money. Read the review for yourself: http://www.maccompanion.com/macc/archives/February2008/Greenware/Roll.htm.
There is another electric heater, the Eden Pure, that’s touted to be like warm sunlight. Non-drying like furnace heat, the radiant heat from an Eden Pure warms the air without removing a lot of moisture. Baloney. It’s a heater too. It got an exceptionally bad review and ended up at the bottom of the list out of 20 heaters. http://www.wcpo.com/content/news/localshows/dontwasteyourmoney/story.aspx?content_id=7527da3d-ad3f-423a-933a-e5dcde00b12f. Shoot, I was enticed by the ads for this too.
It looks like there is no new miracle for home heating yet. Thank goodness for reviews and the Internet because the hype on some of this stuff can be costly to consumers.