LF Bros 110V/12/24V 5KW Diesel Heater, All-in-One 5L Air Diesel Parking Space Heater with Stylish Design, Come with Remote Control and LCD Screen, Suitable for Home Shop Garage Camper

The update: After a year of use I needed a small item where the insulation had come undone. We are talking about typical tape insulation. I contacted the company and they dispatched a replacement to me.There are a lot of diesel heaters on the market but the difference is customer service. How many companies do you know that help you out a year later and not try to gouge you for money? I see that this specific model isn't available but having experienced the good quality and really good customer service I wouldn't hesitate to buy another LF Bros heater even if it's a different model.Original review.First, my reviews are for products I buy for myself or family and are paid for by me. I do not nor will I accept any free products in exchange for a review and the only time I will accept a product at no cost is if it's a replacement for something I already paid for and its part of warranty or repair.About the heater. I needed a heater for emergency situations where there a power outage and regular heating isn't available. While we use a generator for electricity and our heating is natural gas, after a certain time we turn the generator off for quiet time and the blowers for the gas furnace will not work. Also, the garage gets very chilly in winter and I wanted something that works better than most portable propane heaters.I got the heater and the first thing I noticed was the build quality. While the delivery service wasn't very careful that isn't the fault of LF BROS, despite some rough handling enroute the heater appeared to be fine. It was very easy to setup, put some fuel in it, connect the exhaust and outlet hose connect the 12 VDC adapter. I wanted to insure a good 12V source for the first run although I found it works just as well using a 12 VDC battery, just make sure it has a good charge.You just press "On" and wait a short time for the glow plug to ignite the fuel and the heat starts. You can hear a slight tic tic as the fuel pump works but I'd rather know the fuel pump is working than something silent and you are left wondering so that works just fine. In operation the heater is quiet. Naturally, any time air is pushed through a hose that sound can be heard but its about the same as comes from a floor register with gas heat. In other words, no big deal and again, you know it's working.While it's possible and safe to run the heater inside so long as you vent the exhaust outside, I decided to have the heater outside and run the heater hose to the inside. Rather than cut any holes in the wall I simply used a piece of acrylic to make a spacer for one window that slides open, cut a 3" hole and used the hose vent connector to secure the hose to that. This let me bring in heated air without any worry about anything. It worked like a charm and allowed me to simply add the spacer when needed. Since the space remains connected to the heated air outlet I can also move it to the garage and using the same setup, get heat inside the garage quickly, again, without cutting any holes.I tired the various fueling levels and settled on a mid range where the heated air coming out of the vent inside the house was about 170 degrees F. The amount of heated air produced by the LF Bros is amazing. Since it's heated air and not a radiant heater letting the heated air circulate provides warm in even large spaces. A small fan running off a battery moves the heated air around so that the entire lower floor of the home get nice and warm. I could use a higher fuel setting but for my application it just wasn't needed.The LF Bros heater is very efficient and given the cost of using portable electric heaters this heater is far more practical and cost equivalent. Electricity prices are skyrocketing and so as little fuel as this heater uses its not a hit to the budget. While electric heaters are efficient they also require longer to heat up larger areas and do require 120V utility power to function.The built-in handles make transporting this heater easy. Since it has a buil-in fuel tank using the handles insures you aren't tipping it during movement. The exterior is covered completely by a shroud for good looks as well as keeping the elements out.This heater gives me peace of mind knowing that with just a 5 gallon container of fuel I can have plenty of heat for about weeks. Our most recent power outage lasted 5 days and its still on the single filling of fuel since it isn't run constantly. The way I use it the heater could probably provide adequate heat for a month on that much fuel but your results may vary depending on temperatures.The heater hasn't ever failed to start, not even once. I just press "On" and know it will work.Now about customer service because that is often just as important as the product itself. I did have a minor question regarding operation and using the message to manufactiurer feature via Amazon, I sent LF Bros the query. My message was sent in the AM my time and by evening I had an answer. How is that for quick service? My question was about a slight smell coming out of the heated air vent, it wasn't CO because I have new CO monitors throughout the house and none alerted. I seems that perhaps a seal was moved during the shipping and subsequent heavy handed delivery (again, not the fault of LF Bros). LF Bros got back to me the same day and resolved the issue immediately. While each customer service request can be different, I can say that LF Bros came though with flying colors and that gives me the confidence so many other companies these days have trouble providing.I recommend LF Bros to anyone needing a portable heater. Their products and customer service are of the highest quality, they respond quickly and take good care of their customers. i would not hesitate to purchase products from LF Bros.

This nifty little heater does a great job considering it's size.My friend purchased one for his just completed shop.I noticed it when I was visiting. He really liked it, it's his only source of heat and it did a great job.On his recommendation I purchased one too.I'm heating an insulated cabin that is much larger.Nevertheless it takes the edge off. I'm confident when my cabin is insulated and sealed it will be a great addition as a heating source.I like that it's quiet and has various settings that allow a fuel consumption / heat output tradeoff.It's quiet, hardly noticeable.I've got an off grid cabin so I like the flexibility to power it with either 120VAC or 12/24VDC.It's easy to set up and install.I purchased an exhaust port.The exhaust pipe gets quite hot.I wasn't going to chance the exhaust pipe starting my cabin wall on fire.Even though the port is made of metal, it is designed to barely conduct the heat to the outer tube or mounting flange.I highly recommend it if you're planning to route the exhaust pipe through a wood wall.I included a photo of the port and the link to it's Amazon page.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09H2RY6BT?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_2

This heater is a great product, I was close to giving it 5 stars, the 2 things resulting in a 4 star review are, 1- the exhaust system is very light weight and poorly made compared to the unit itself, 2- the ticking of the fuel pump bothered some of the guys in camp, I personally did not have an issue with this.We ran this heater with the 110v system and got 30hrs of heat before we refilled it, which used 3/4th of a tank on the lowest setting, the heat is dry, so no condensation in the tent, with the temps ranging from 28-45Overall, this heater is very well made and recommended.

I have owned 3 different diesel heaters. This one Is the best. I own 2 now. I have had it running for 2 months solid in my main living area, vented out the windows. Just a gentle roar and no fuel pump thud thud thud.. Everyone forgets it's there. Build quality is Very good. BTW, play with the Vevor or others making them quiet and you finally get it quiet, with cheap build quality on everything you didn't upgrade and realize you spent all that time and cash and should have just bought this. Now I own two and gave the others away. They work fine but this one is what you want if reliability, build quality and a design that shoud last for years. Edit: One last thing. It's been 3 months still at 99% efficiency. Probably 25 gallons though it and temp is only 2 degrees cooler then when I bought it so that tells me coke is not building up inside. 70% of the time it's on low at 1.4 or medium at 2.5.

I would give no stars if I could. After one winter of use has already stopped working. I have contacted them 2 times and have heard absolutely nothing back from them.