Heat Mate Portable Convection Kerosene Heater 23,000 BTU, Beige #HMHC2230

Order came early and I’m so glad cause I live in Mississippi and we are having a sever cold storm staring the 26th. I was afraid of power outages and I’d freeze but Amazon & Fedx made sure I didn’t this Convection Kerosene Heater really puts out the heat I’m so happy….!!

Heater is very nicely made. Their company's technical support was very helpful. I would recommend this heater to my friends. I originally bought this unit for emergency power outage use but am now using it to heat a 750 square foot, uninsulated, 2 and a half car attached garage. I fire it up early and wait long enough (5 minutes) to make another flame hight adjustment, then go back in the house ... you've got to give it some time to heat up that much cold air. A half to 1 hour later it's already helping to take the edge off nicely. I would have given it 5 stars except that, I had to reinstall the wick to get the flame within the proper range of operation.

Great Quality

This heater is great for taking the chill off of cold workshops or garages. Very sturdy and easy to assemble and operation is straight forward. My shop is 40x60' (25' ceilings) and it does take a couple of hours to get the room up to temp. I could remedy this by getting a 2nd heater. Great / safe heater at a good price.

Good product

As others have stated the handle assembly is a bit flimsy but the heater works correctly. I haven't used it much yet so this winter will be the test. Update, I have run approximately 10 gallons per week through this this winter so far. I am very pleased, it has performed flawlessly. It produces a lot of heat with little odor from the kerosene and will run 7-9 hours on a filling (probably because it is not easy to completely fill it to the same level every time). I am still using the original wick that came with it and it will last through this winter without changing. Update #2 The wick gave up at the end of the winter. I have put about 400 gallons through it before the wick became so encrusted with carbon that it could not be adjusted anymore. I think with better attention to detail and better care I could have extended the life of the wick. A new wick and the heater is like new, now to store it for next winter.

I ordered this heater because it was voted as the best there is.. After it came I was very disappointed, it looks just like something you can get at wal mart.. We tried one of those,sent it back..JUNK.. I wanted to send it back,my wife talked me out of it .. From the first time I lite it , it is defective... Lord knows what to do next... IF this is the best, its going to be a long cold winter....

I never thought I would get the heat that I get out of this heater! I have a large office with four separate rooms, and this heater heats them ALL! It's unbelievable. So glad I bought it. And the price is right. I got more than my money's worth.