Many of the comments were from over a year ago. Have the issues of early burn out and over heating been solved?
1616242
This lamp has been in place working nightly for a long time .it is in an out side location so heat is not an issue .. happy with it yes
422596
We have not had any problems with the unit and it does not get HOT on the outside, only warm to the touch. We however are not the manufactorers and they might have a differing opinion.
453571
I have had my unit for 6 months. I have never had an issue with the unit heating up. you need to have your unit checked.
2213297
I have it for about 10 or 11 months now and I use it a couple a times each day. Until now the base element is not causing any problems. It is also not heating up much. .
1642733
As I read through the comments and complaints I see that all the problems could be cured by an adequate pull down resistor. Perhaps the manufacturer could specify an appropriate resistor and installation?.
1042020
We've had ours for over a year and have had no problems. I don't know of too many appliances such as this that offer more than a full year, plus the fact that if it is not installed properly by the owner, it could cause malfunction. We love ours.
1126309
If you look at the comments from 2011 & 2012, you will see if there are problems with this product. On the other hand, if you look at the comments made in the past year or so, the product is perfect, suddenly. You have to wonder if these are true reviews or those manufactured by the manufacturer. Possibly, they changed the material of the product itself and improved it. I found another product that works well and has given me no problems. http://www.rangekleen.com/index.php?cPath=13_315
1965992
Hmmm, the primary "problems" (disconnection/reliability) with the v1 were almost certainly traced back to the overheating problems as far as I understand. So the real hope is that the v2 would address that design problem (aside from the cost-reduction angle, that is) with possible heat-sink or ventilation improvements. Or so I am hoping.Either ways, Dogma512 and Tusker, thanks for your note and would appreciate your comments on how you are finding the v1 units. How are they doing, especially on the reliability front ?
461415
We've had our heater for several winters in Wisconsin and have had no problems as of yet. Maybe because we have an older model.
1873316
No, unit has been trouble free for over one year. I had an overload or a transient spike problem which caused the GFI to trip out which required removal of all power and waiting several minutes for unit to reset itself after pushing "reset" on the GFI, then everything worked normally again.
1475766
We haven't had that issue. Not sure how long we've left it running. But it's never been an issue.
411736
Mine went bad after 1 year. Maybe install, maybe product. Tear up whole floor? So we have no heat in floor. Dave
1399640
Our purchase was several years ago. We have not had any problems. I'm sorry I can"t offer a solution.
2213295
I have two, they are both over a year old and I have never had a problem with them over heating. When they are boiling, I turn them off.
1436553
I too haven't had any issues. There are heat settings that you can adjust. If it doesn't heat up, you may have a defective unit.
835625
"No" on all concerns. I've been using mine regularly for at least a couple years, and no such concerns. Still works like new.
1859884
Has not been a problem with mine. I would suggest that the metal heating(expanding) and contracting((cooling) with these cycles could be the reason. Still works great for us after several years of consistent use.