Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsProduces an amazing amount of heat!
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2022
I RARELY leave reviews for products I buy on Amz. But I felt obligated to leave one for this heater.
Yes, it’s expensive, no I haven’t tried the cheaper models like Mr. Heater etc. I researched all of them, and the reviews and researching Rinnai on Google, I couldn’t find one bad thing written about them. These heaters frequently rate as the #1 heater on top ten lists.
After getting it hooked up and running, I see why! The heat output was instantly notable.
I live in a 1200 sq ft old farmhouse, drafty, but not too bad. We started this heater up the first evening, and ran it through the night. Our house went from sub 60F to 72F by the morning. The entire house! Not just the room where the heater is. It would have gone higher had I set the thermostat higher. WHich I should mention, the thermostat works perfectly and will ramp the unit up and down automatically (if you set it to do so). In fact, as I write this, the unit just shut itself down, and it’s in the low 30s out this morning.
I actually considered turning the unit down to like 66F, because it was making me too hot while sleeping and our bedroom is upstairs. This thing really heats up the whole house, I’m absolutley blown away honestly.
The install was pretty easy, i bought the Mr. Heter appliance hookup kit on Amazon and it cam with all the proper fittings. Rinnai includes one shutoff valve, and the kit comes with the other one you need. I went to home depot and bought their HomeFlex CSST yellow gas line and the appropriate fittings, basically just the hose and two termination fittings. Drilled a hole in the floor, ran the hose into the basement and out the sill board, then connsected that to a 125lbs propane tank. I have no idea how long the tank will last before I need to refill, but the technician that delivered the tank seems to thinkabout 2 months, we’ll see. It was only $235 to fill the tank, so compared to heating oil at over $5 per gallon and running my furnace with the electric, this is at least 300-400% cheaper per month. LGB!
I was thinking about buying another one of these heaters for the other end of my house, but honestly I don’t need it. This unit alone does the job!
If I could give 10 stars I would. I gave only 4 stars for install because while it’s easy, I would suggest most people have a pro install it for them because you have to be pretty confident in your ability to leak test the fittings and line properly, or you could die.
