Electra 3150SS SafeHete All-Purpose 5-1/2" x 11-1/2" Portable Electric Water Heater Insulated Handle

This Electra immersion water heater seems well designed and made, and works very well for me. Actually I bought a second one, and use the two together (plugged into separate electrical circuits of course) in the bathtub, just to get more and thus more rapid heating. I’d guess that if I went back to the instructions they’d advise against using two of these heaters together, but I’ve been doing it now for a while, and it’s working well for me, with no problems so far.I’m also using the two of these heaters with one of them plugged into a GFI-protected electrical outlet, mainly ‘cause that’s what I have available near the tub. I know they recommend against using a GFI’d outlet, but I presume that’s just ‘cause the heater operating in the water might tend to falsely trip the GFI off, causing a nuisance, not due to any safety risk. However, I’ve had no such GFI-tripping problem; and am pretty sure that the GFI, as long as it’s not falsely tripping, is actually providing me some safety protection. I now actually wish I had two GFI’d outlets nearby (on separate circuits) available for use for both these heaters, I’d feel safer that way.These heaters are advertised and labeled as 1150 watts (apiece) at 120 volts. I measure them at 1065 watts at 117 volts, a very close match to their spec.I’ve had the two of these heaters for a couple years now, giving them a moderate amount of use, and they both still look and work as good as new.Obviously there are a lot of ways to get badly hurt with heaters like these, so I try to be careful with them, and recommend you do the same.Meanwhile this Electra water heater performs very well for me. I rate ‘em 5 stars.

It works great I’m a tile guy I use it when I grout epoxy and makes my work easy when cleaning the epoxy of tile and toolsAnd it heats up the water quick 5 gallons buckets

I got this to heat 5 gallons of water. It works great. I have been using it periodically at least twice a week to create the hot water. It will heat 5 Gallons of water from 40F to 120F in about an hour. It is very effective. The handle is not quite long enough to extrude out of the top of the bucket without the black plastic part going under water. I just tied a piece of bailing wire to the top of the handle to hold the plastic part out of the water and still be able to fill the bucket up to the top. Overall well worth the money. I am so glad I have this tool now. :)

It is very disappointing though this product is proudly U.S. made (not china!!). It is very weak and took such a long long time to heat up water though I filled up a bathtub with warm water. I was shivering in the tub and added hot water eventually. This product is just for keep water warm, NOT FOR HEATING.

I'm asking this little heating unit to heat more water than it's designed for. I'm using it in a japanese-style bathtub. So naturally, it takes several hours (in winter) to heat up that volume of water. For a bucket or trough, I can well imagine it's fast and fabulous. I could not find a unit that is powerful enough to re-heat 60 gals. of water in 20 mins. or whatever. Such a thing likely does not exist. I make a note to myself to warm up my tub in mid-afternoon, and I've got warm/hot water when I'm ready in the evening. Note: hot water rises, must be physics. Water at bottom of tub is cool, at top, quite hot. So I mix and everything evens out beautifully.

This is a great way to heat a bath. It's slow for that volume of water, but it gets there, and is a godsend in this moment where we don't have hot water because of a gas leak, and can't go out because of the Coronavirus. We switch on the heater four hours before we want to take a bath and by the time bathtime comes around, it's nice and hot. The cord is short, so you'll need an extension cord. the heater stands up by itself in the bath. When it's ready, you unplug the extension cord, then lift the heater out of the bath water and I put it in the sink to cool down. If you want to heat a sink, bucket or smaller amount of water, it will do so in ten minutes. We're using it every day and it's holding up well. It's lightweight and would pack easily. Highly recommended.

I purchased this heater to use with a DorkFood DSV (also purchased on Amazon) and have been using both for several weeks now.The good:I'm very happy with the performance of this heater so far. It heats water quickly and is very strong. The highest temp I've tried was 181deg F. I like that the coil is in the base so it can work in lower levels of water.The bad:The base appears to be made of an inexpensive metal (not stainless) and has already begun to corrode. There is rust around the screw and nut. This may or may not be a concern to most, but since I'm cooking food with it I'd prefer a heater that uses non-corroding metals (preferably stainless).I've contacted the seller and will see what they think. At the moment I'm considering not using it until the corrosion issue can be resolved. Right now I can only give 3 stars because of this problem, although I might revise later.

I must say this is a great product for those who work outside in the winter/fall in construction. It keeps your water nice and hot for mixing plaster, water for your wet saw or evening having a bucket of warm water to clean up. I highly recommend it to anyone who works in the out doors. My husband works in construction and he loves it.