would you recommend it for Arizona Summers? temperature&gt;110F. Would it heat water and make in uncomfortable?
1153310
Probably would make your water too hot in the Summer. I like it for spring and fall.
732248
good point. this will be my first summer using it. it did wonders for the winter. my bedroom and bathroom over the garage hit 80 degrees for the first time since I owned the house. I will definitely keep an eye on the temps this summer. Worst case I should delicately be able to remove the insulation for the summer. Shoot me a message in August. I will let you know if my house burned down. lol
63133
Not at all. It's actually very cool to the touch. We live in Arizona and we've used it in summer and cooler temps and it always is dry and cool to the touch. Perfect for beach or grass.
337719
Yes. I've been using it in a heated water bath. I'd guess about 48 hours of total use in average 140 degree Fahrenheit water without a problem.
171463
I've only used this in the very direct sun of the summer and it took about 2-3 hours to heat to a temp comfortable to shower with. I doubt even in the most direct sun of winter that it would heat up more than a couple of degrees. I'd suggest filling it partially with tap water and carefully adding some warm, not hot, water to it from a camp stove. While this is made of pretty durable materials, hot water would likely cause some damage. Using a funnel to add it in would help with this, but all of this might be more trouble than it's worth.
2097124
I bought this specifically for use with hot water around 180 degrees. Hot water may damage regular garden hoses (or maybe not) but I wanted to play it safe.
1153306
It would be great for winter months but not summers. I live in Florida; it heats the water up and keeps it very hot. I do not use it in the summer.
854013
No, I used the zip in Alaska for a year and while an adequate product it will not be instantaneously warm. If you can collect water in a bucket and cycle the water for about five minutes it will hot enough for a shower. Hope this helps.
769171
this unit gets very hot but it will kick off a 30 amp breaker if you leave it running for more than 10 minutes.it is intended hand washing and fast hot water in short terms. great for a bar or small sink, bathroom sink.i think you need a 6 gallon water heater for a tub. this unit does heat the water by 40 % of what the ambient water is.
453186
As Mr. Loria already commented, it does heat the water some, but I never took the temperature. It won't be hot enough to make a color run, if that's what you're thinking. I have not had any issues with the water being too hot to touch or accidentally burning myself, either.
278491
We have heated ours up to 104 degrees. Once the air bubbles are started, the temperature slowly decreases, but it will stay hot long enough for a normal recommended time period for a hot tub. It also is comfortable for the price.
1008682
I don't think the water needs to be hot. These types of devices are used in swimming pools as well. There was nothing in the directions that said the water had to be at a certain temperature.
808191
Depends on where you spend your summers. It's perfect for the desert, terrible for humid conditions. I would say if you expect the temperature to be around 60 or below it would be light enough.
1281578
We plugged in a fan and had it on low when we needed it which was seldom. We used it in 105+ weather throughout the midwest and never had a problem with it getting too hot. In Arizona, even though it was over 100+ every day, we never overheated. If anything at night it was very cold because of the design for venting heat through the top. We lived in this for 30 days with four kids and two adults...never had a problem. Hope this helps.
2199493
It was designed to fit a wide range of Spa's. It has a low power consumption and will not be good enough for large spas though. Another point is that it only maintains the temp where it is turned on at. It will not heat the water hotter. Put it in our jacuzzi bathtub and its great. Keeps the water temp just where we want it for an hour or more. For this it is perfect.
217113
I do not have a hard water problem here, but having loved in Arizona previously, from Experience with hard water there, I would not use this unit unless I had a water softener system installed and functioning prior to installation.
710316
Also, it has worked very well for me in 100+ weather. It had kept the water about 80-85°, like bath water.