Does this get hot to the touch? Could I use around my 3 and 2 year olds?
1586423
It looks great but it's absolutely worthless. It might heat a small pup tent. Try a Holmes heater, they're great.
1586424
I don't have children, so I'm not the best person to ask about this, but my feeling is that if have only one of the heat switches turned on, it would be OK. There are two heat switches. One is low and one is medium heat. If you use both together, it's high heat. I think that high would definitely be too hot for young children (though I don't think hot enough to cause an actual burn), but that as long as you have only one of the heat switches on, it's ***probably*** ok for young children.
1586425
....put it this way ...if they suddenly decided to run up to it and hug it ...they would feel that it is not the best thing to do....and it would not physically burn their skin but it gets very warm...I hve walked into it in the dark ....it doesn't burn ur skin ...I have had this for 4 years and am using it right now in my bedroom ...I luv it it's the best thing and very worth the money...it has safety cut off switch ...if u don't like it after trying ...just return it ....but it's very sturdy and very safe and warms my whole bedroom up. I think it would be fine to be around the kids and u can just tell them over and over not to touch it though and if they do ...it will not hurt them at all but they will feel that it's something that prob they shouldn't play with :))
1789226
I used it on Level 3 and the sides were warm but not too hot to touch. That being said, I wouldn't let kids around it or put it close to anything.
184568
You don't have to worry. It does not get hot. The children and pet will be fine. Never had an issue of any kind. It's sturdy so it would just fall over. My 2 cats had no issue with it last winter. But I would keep the cord out of the way for safety reasons (don't want anyone falling over it) and place it were the children will not play with the control buttons on the front.
559684
Yes it gets hot. Sometimes I can Pu with bare hands and other times need a hot pot mitt.
1093705
I wish I could tell you that I doesn't get hot, but it does. For an average adult that's more aware, you can get away with leanin on the unit and just have a bit of scare with the warmth of the top. Nothing that will burn to damage severely. I would say if you had it around kids, just simply aware them and show them got hot it gets.... It is a great toaster and can be used in great amounts!
925269
I don't find this gets excessively hot to the touch at all. Yes, it does get toasty, but I can touch the heater and not feel burnt. Again, with small children go ahead and put it up on something so they can't get close to it if you are worried. My pets also have no problem with this, they lay in front, although they aren't laying right up against it.
2271667
Not in my experience. It does not make my kids any hotter than they would be sitting in their car seats without it in there, even in the summer. I've never noticed either of them being sweatier in the areas that are in contact with the piddle pad, and my oldest (who could actually tell me if he is uncomfortable) has never complained. (I live in Texas, where it is hot more often than not, so I definitely would have noticed if this was a problem.)
1468914
DO NOT USE ON TODDLERS unsupervised! and seniors with thin more fragile skin. If you are thinking about using them for a age group with thin or tender skin like a toddler or senior, put them in a Pot Holder pouch, this reduces chances of burning, check often, if the skin turns pink, remove as the product needs more padding. It's to hot for that person with out more padding. Each of the different products they make rise to a different heat level. The large 18 hr one reaches up to 140 degrees, and can blister unprotected skin. I use the small hand ones, but I still put them in a Pot Holder pouch. Which in turn I pin in place over the area of my lumbar that hurts, and I can't get fixed. It's like having a 24 hr heating pad. If I didn't use the Hot Hands I would not be mobile, as it reduces the pain level. The smaller hand size do not get as hot as the larger ones. Not tried the ones for feet or that stick to your skin. As a senior, my skin is fragile, so I steer clear of anything that adheres to my skin. Hope my experience with Hot Hands has helped answer your questions. They are safe to use, read the directions though. Be aware of the fragility of the skin of the person who is using them. I can handle the small ones with out padding for a short while with my hands, but to put it on the more tender skin of my back, I use the Pot Holder to mute the heat to a lower level, which makes it just like low on a heating pad that you plug in. The key is the person's skin fragility, because even on low a plug in heating pad can burn a person. Which is why the newer ones have a 2 hr timer in them.If they are going into mittens, you could wrap them in some thing like a wash cloth to mute the amount of heat. Keep checking at area, if it is pink it is going into the burn phase.
399395
yes it does get quite hot....i usually have to grab a potholder to hold onto it so it won't burn my hand
212503
Yes, mine gets fairly warm to the touch. It hasn't caused any issues yet but I have only had it about 6 months.
1367872
Well I don't how hot you mean but I was never worried about it even though I had a 1 year old when I bought it. It is a good product that I can tell.
2271668
Not in our experience. It's no hotter than the basic level of heat associated with a car seat (which, actually, is not inconsiderable. It's not like they are designed to allow airflow.). The piddle pad has a soft fabric on the top, so we've never had her get more sweaty on the piddle pad part than anywhere else in the carseat.
787718
It gets slightly warm to touch. I am not even worried about my child touching it.
753216
After about a month of using this heater we are satisfied with it's operation. It does get rather hot to the touch on the top of the unit (not skin burning hot, but similar to hot ceramic coffee cup hot...you don't get a blister, but holding it for long isn't pleasant!) The plastic sides are literally cold to the touch, and the front (warm) are not an issue. Having a 2 year old touch the top would not be an unpleasant experience for her, but it's hot enough to remind her not to touch it. Having 3 kids, we were extremely finicky about what they had in their rooms. This heater in my opinion is probably the safest type of heater to use in that environment given it's a "heater". Most portable fan heaters with metal grills are much hotter, and even the plastic grilled heaters with metal elements we use get hotter to the touch on the front. Hope this helps!
1484977
I wouldn't say "cool" to the touch no. The heating element does not glow red and is behind the grill so you can't come in contact with it anyway. But it puts out some heat so the plastic grill can get warm. Never enough to cause a burn of any kind though. It's very safe. I have no little kids anymore, but would not worry about them getting near it if I did.Hope that helps.AE
1562544
It does get pretty warm. I'd definitely put a towel or something over it or wire it to the outside so they don't burn their feet. It doesn't really get hot though until something is sitting on it. I think it's pressure activated.
1609967
If I recall, the surface gets pretty warm. Not blazing hot, but you wouldn't want a toddle walking around it unsupervised, for example.