Why do I see a lot of comments about it shutting off as soon it heats up? Is that a known issue?
1607959
I don't know what others might have said, but I assume the idea is not to let it over-heat. Honestly, I don't shut it off until I am done with my hair. Maybe about 20 minutes. I have not had any issues. I love this flat iron!
1607960
Not for me, this has not shut off on me at all in the two or more years ive had it. and i put it up to the highest heat of 490 degrees farenheit. so to answer your question, no it doesnt ever shut off on me
2062398
i have no problem. A little bit make a noisy. YES, about 20 minutes overheats, i do like this. main switch turns off and then on and use.
1069765
I would contact Heidi, the owner, about that. It does not sound like it is functioning properly. Is it fully heated up before you use it?
749629
I agree that the heat feature is either set too low or is not really working. Since we wouldn't use it very much, it isn't an issue for me. My wife hasn't complained either so-----
2056720
Hey Edward, without a little more info I can only guess at why your unit is shutting off. One possibility is if their is not enough airflow through the unit and it might be overheating. Is it located where there is enough airflow? I have had no issues with my unit.
673954
The fan on my unit comes on as soon as I plug it in. I assume it is malfunctioning! If you operate it without the fan running it will probably overheat and burn out the components.
316464
It shouldn't be over heating, but a cool down period is normal after a safety shutdown. I run mine for a solid hour, most times. Be sure you are grinding items recommended for the mill. If it is quickly overheating under normal operating conditions, you may have a defective unit.
1835551
I didn't keep my order of this item. Shut off may be a safety feature, perhaps it's overheating. That potential (when I read the instructions and warnings) is the reason I returned the two I had ordered without taking them out of the box.
836692
I think it's supposed to have an automatic shut off. Maybe yours is not working proper? Send it back.
1427183
Mine gets hot too but i have had it running for a year and never had any problems
981530
Mine has never overheated but to answer your? Yes it restarts on its own I bought 3 of these they are awesome.
1438387
I wish I knew, because this is a common problem. But I have a suggestion. When you are done using it, donot turn it off! Turn it on the coolest setting, zero I think, and let it cool down with air blowing through it. About 45 minutes. Otherwise you will burn up the heating element!
2005331
I have not had an issue with the heater stopping and starting like that. More often than not, due to the rooms it is used in, it does not shut off (hit the temperture) though that is the room and not the heater. On the rooms where it stopped, I did not have that issue.
1339931
I've had this problem. The safety shutoff engages when the cord gets too hot. I changed the setting from large room to medium room so that the heater draws less watts and this fixed the problem, cord no longer gets hot and heater no longer shuts off. For some reason, most heater manufacturers do not use a high enough gage cord for their products to be run at full power for more than a few minutes at a time.
796588
No, that is not normal. Send it back; once I hit the enter/ power botton, I can toggle to power off and it shuts off . Hope that information helps.
414928
I have two of these heaters because I like them that much and they seem to have the best safety ratings. When the room gets up to the temperature you pick it is supposed to turn both the fan and the element off. I have read a few amazon reviews where only the fan turns off and if that is the case that may be a malfunction and/or dangerous from what others have said. But our two work very well so far. The sides of both of the fans don't even get warm, so if yours does I would recommend exchanging it. Be warned, the more expensive model keeps the fan on even when the element goes off and ends up creating a very unpleasant cool breeze in addition to bing made of plastic instead of metal so I would not recommend that one.
1225253
This is a built in safety feature so it doesn't overheat, so just give it a few minutes to cool off then it will start up again.