how well does the iHeater Mini500 work?
358242
not very good, save yourself a lot of money and just go to walmart and buy a forced fan heater with a tempature setting and it will do a lot better than this and usually you can pick them up for around $20 to $25 dollars. that's what I did and it works a lot better, that's really all these things are is the same thing just in a fancier box but they don't work as well as the cheap ones.
358243
It doesn't. I think it's all hype and a huge waste of money. A small electric heater worked better than this $400 unit and was quieter.
358244
Honestly I regret the purchase and actually donated it to a local nonprofit auction. It didn't heat the area as well as I expected and couldn't return it. My electric bill went up substantially and the overall cost of operating. Wasn't feasible for me. If you purchase one have the ability to return it if it doesn't work out for you. Any other questions please feel free to contact me.
358245
It is awesome. In fact I am setting in the living room enjoying it right now. The temperature this morning was 32 degrees
358246
This heater is OK for spot heat in one small area of the house. It does not replace central heating. The heat it produces does not rise to the upstairs level. I don't know why, but it doesn't. I put mine in the middle of the house, in the dining room at the foot of the stairs. It kept the dining room warm but did nothing for the rest of the house. After using it one winter, I sold it to a friend. For what I need, it is basically useless.
330944
I found it working pretty good. I have not used it intensively, may be 3-5 times, sound was same and teh connection did not break. I used it in 50 m2 room and I may say the 2x30 W was not giving high power as much as I expected. For smaller rooms, should not be an issue. I am very happy with NAD 3020 in general.
1889393
Thanks for the response. I received the unit yesterday and am anxious to try it.
1489776
i run a small swine wave for those . as you can pick up a 500 what cheap . then run big loads like pump , washer machine etc . with this inverter .
524193
My unit is a single burner, and I like it very much. It heats up well and it works well. I have used a regular stock pot on it, that was half to three quarters full, when cooking dried beans. It is built well,not flimsy.
1363647
I'm using it successfully in a Slimline S5000 series unit. Specifically S5706F.
643749
This is the only unit that I have tried. It works great, very quite. Heats the room and moves the air. I haven't tried doing both at the same time though. I would get another one.
1969698
we were given one and it worked so well we bought one for another part of the house.It does not get hot to the touch and the plug doesn't get hot at the wall like the smallers one's people complained about. We love them, good circulating heat and I live in a house up on blocks. Highly recommend it.
1466146
I dont have any experience with this cooker as I use mine on my mini wsm but have heard a lot of people getting about 8 hours. Depends on your setup though.
1501561
This little inverter works fine for charging small amperage users like iPADS and iPHONES but it will not charge or run high amp machines such as your vacume, driers, small heaters, etc. the initial amperage surge will be too much for this little jewel too. I really like mine for playing the radio or keeping my iPAD charged while camping in my teardrop trailer. I can't begin to runmytiny200 watt heater though. I also have a 400 watt inverter hooked up to a big marine battery but the start up surge blows it's fuse every time. I need a 600 watt inverter to control the surge, even though says 200 watts.
2121783
It works great for me...one push one spark or bunch of sparks, you have to push each time you want it to start, the first burner starts with a push and the rest of the burners start automatically from each other
942890
I have 1/2" supply line in the house from the meter to the stove. I put a T at the stove and ran a 48" 1/2" corrogated gas line to a 1/2" ball valuve and then to the burner. I have all the BTU's that I need, It roars like a mini jet. It is large enough for resteraunt wak cooking! (Chinese cooking)
1449259
The Niles unit is very handy and reliable. I've had one for several years. The only problem I had was it made my stereo run hot and fail rather quickly. I picked up the same model receiver off Ebay used and I have a small fan blowing on top of the receiver anytime it's on which dropped the temp dramatically and so far the second receiver has lasted well over a year.
905152
Actually I've only had it now for a month. I installed it myself - fairly easy and it came with everything I needed including a new regulator. As some reviewers noted, the grate does sit a bit high, but the flame is much hotter than my old standard GE cooktop, and the center 3-ring burner gets really hot - works well on my wok. The griddle is a nice touch and works as expected (the specialized burner control is handy), but it's a bit of a storage challenge. It's a good thing we have lots of storage in our kitchen. So far, so good.
2026461
I use 5000. It's fast and my kids have a blast with it. But the only thing u must get is the cooling fan. It won't over heat with it
1841882
This is a great lil heater for the price and it actually works for a small room.Wouldn't be that great in a large room,but it's versatile and doesn't over heat like so many do can't be beat and I've tried slot of them.
1686777
very happy with it. I think a smaller welder, probably a 110v with more taps/infinite settings would be better for the thin stuff