Customer Reviews:
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 Hot water fast November 20, 2009
Dwight Feryance (boca raton fl)
Got this due to long distance from water heater. Works great, easy to install. Note this is a small tank, not instant heater.
 works well except major design flaw October 6, 2009
P. Dunn III (Boise, ID)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
heater is easy to install and works well. I cant understand why the manufacturer/designer made it so difficult to access the thermostat, it is shielded behind 3 plastic plates guards held in by 3 screws. this does not make for easy access to the temp control. really if you are running out the door for the weekend or the day are you going to get the screwdriver out to get past the stupid security system in order to turn the temp down? I guess they just want you to turn it off when you r not using it, but still it would be nice. the bonus is is that it will be easy to drill through the plastic & add a knob to the outside.
 Point of Use water heater September 6, 2009
G. Whitesides (Vegas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Easy to install. Good instructions, good online info.
I had some warm water in about 15 minutes.
Just take note- one must hook up the relief valve pipe as well- easy to overlook.
Good unit, simple operation. I'm not paying the bill for the electricity, so have not paid attention to the cost.
Wondering how long it will last, but for the moment quite satisfied with the simplicity and clean design.
I'd read somewhere in a comment that the unit is made in USA-Wrong!
Made in China, like everytning else.
Works as designed August 11, 2009
Bill Delong
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The only problems I encountered were during installation and were of no fault to the manufacturer.
1) Make sure you have an outlet that can supply a dedicated 15 AMP draw to this appliance. I was fortunate to have a 20 AMP outlet servicing my dishwasher which only draws 7.5 AMP's and decided to share the circuit and have not tripped the breaker once in the past year with this setup.
2) At the time of installation, there was no drain pan small enough to fit under my kitchen sink so I had to fabricate my own out of a plastic storage bin. I have every confidence that the mini water heater will last a long time, but since these devices are too new on the market, there's no telling how long the tank will last before it deteriorates and springs a leak to which you need an external drain.
3) I had to make a trip to a specialty plumber's store in order to route the pressure relief valve into the garbage disposal inlet. These parts are not readily available at Home Depot or Lowe's. I chose to do this in order to protect my cabinets should the thermostat fail (and get stuck to the "on" position) within the unit.
4) The thermostat was set to the lowest setting by the manufacturer and I had to turn it up in order to achieve the desired temperature to which I now get near instant hot water at the tap. The best part is that by the time the 2.5 gal tank has drained all of it's hot water, I get fresh hot water from the main water heater in the garage filling the tank back up.
This is definitely the best alternative solution than buying a tankless system which requires 60AMP+ dedicated electrical that can substantially add the expense of the project. I've outlined the only additional costs above which were about $50 in parts and took about an hour to install.
Ariston 2.5 Gal. Point of Use Water Heater June 28, 2009
Bob in PGI (Punta Gorda, FL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My Ariston point of service water heater is working as expected. It is possible to run it out of hot water on heavy usage. I mounted the water heater in a very restricted space under my kitchen sink so as to not impact my wife's storage. I used flexable conection lines and an disposable aluminum roasting pan as a drip pan. I surface mounted my electrical connections feeding from up stream of the disposal switch.
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