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4.5
When we placed our order for this heater, arrival dates were given as 1/29/16 to 2/4/16. It arrived a week early, just 3 days after ordering. Yes, this heater lacks a thermostat which means you have to manually change the settings. An optional thermostat can be ordered. But all that aside, this heater WORKS. I am in absolute awe of how incredibly cheap it is to run. 2 nights ago it was 33 degrees outside (the low temp). We never took the thing off 3 plaques - the middle setting - and it's the ONLY heat source in our tiny 1,000 square foot house which was built in 1930 and has no insulation. Within 24 hours of turning it on, the heat has penetrated every nook and cranny that it's going to and you will find yourself using far less natural gas than you expected. Using the numbers off the manufacturer's web site, it's $105 per month to run 24/7 on 5 plaques, never shutting it off. On 3 plaques, again never shutting it off, it's $62 per month. And we do shut it off when it warms up during the day. This is with our current gas rate of 47.9 cents per therm. I am in awe of how warm this thing keeps our house on such low settings. We had chronic problems with our furnace for weeks in the dead of winter; the lows ranged from 27 to forty-something every night and we were constantly freezing. No longer. This heater is all we need. Our house was built in 1930 and has no insulation. Now we are comfortable all the time. Our heater is either on 1 plaque - as it is now when it's 52 outside - or 3, when it gets below 45 or so. With feet, connection adapters and pipes (purchased locally), tax, and all the little extras, it was just under $300 to get it up and running. Our next door neighbor is paying $350 a month to heat her house with electric space heaters. I've met three other people who have natural gas infrared heaters and they all rave about them just as I'm doing. This brand, another brand, that isn't nearly as important as how well natural gas (or liquid propane) infrared heaters work. The heat is not dry and nasty but VERY cozy and comfortable. I can't say enough good things about this model.
