[AT] Off Topic - EdenPure - Infrared Portable Heater

[Roy Morgan]

On Oct 2, 2008, at 4:05 PM, LeRoy Price III wrote:

>
> I was wondering if anyone on the list hs any experience with these  
> and if they have an opinion of them? Do they do what they say they  
> are suppose to do?

They would most likely do most of what the claims are, but don't be  
duped:

A thousand watts of heat are a thousand watts of heat. Whether it  
comes from a "sunny faced glow" thing (the glowing hot copper dish  
thing outlawed many decades ago) or ten hundred watt lamps, or wires  
in your floor, or one fancy four hundred dollar gadget.

Fast starting is likely useless (how fast to you NEED to begin to warm  
a room?)
Not able to start a fire it likely a great thing.
Being very quiet might be good.  (Those radiator like things don't  
make noise either.)
Not reducing humidity or oxygen is common to all such types of heat  
(*relative* humidity will go down if the air is warmed.  And the  
oxygen is used at the electric generating plant, not at your house.)
Saves more money is likely a fallacy, if it uses the same amount of  
electricity.  (Maybe they mean that the oil you don't use costs more  
now than before.)

Note: if you put an amount of heat into a room, it doesn't matter what  
form of heat the gadget uses to do  it: infrared, convection, radiated  
visible light, whatever.  The end result is pretty much the same.

Roy

Roy Morgan
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