Comfort Glow GCH480 Propane(LP) Cabinet Heater

I purchased this for the shop area of my new home. When I say "shop" I am not being literal. The house was built with a basic carport, but the former owner enclosed it, adding two barn-style swinging doors that can be opened to back a trailer into or park a four wheeler inside of it that open to the driveway. It also has another door that opens to the outside patio and has a storage room attached on the back. Obviously it is fully enclosed, drafty (the doors let in a lot of air) and where it's attached to the brick house has a quarter-inch gap that lets in a draft. I use it for my small home business. Size is about 12x22, or 264 square feet of floor space with an eight foot ceiling. Again, it is fairly drafty compared to an indoor room. A 120v space heater (5,100 BTU) was nowhere near enough. It warmed one small area, but the end of the shop got very cold. I have a propane catalytic camping heater that when used with the space heater really helped, but I was burning the most expensive propane (1 lb. canisters) and my electric bill was ridiculous. Enter this heater. As it stands, my need was for about 8,000 BTUs of heat (2,112 cubic feet times a multiple of 4 for a room with weak insulation/drafty = 9,000 BTUs rounding up). That makes this one more than adequate which means it would be a serviceable backup if my electric heat went out -- another reason for the purchase. And it is more than adequate.Pros:1) Way warm. I mean it's a flame thrower on its highest setting.2) I've been running it all day on low and it seems to be efficient. The tank level isn't moving rapidly.3) Has a piezo ignitor and a pilot that I plan to let run to "knock off the chill" as my grandmother used to say about her bathroom heater. These features make lighting it easy. Love that.4) Looks pretty good. It's a heater. It's not beautiful, but it's not hideous either.5) Seems to have good safety features. Front screen is on well. Instructions are good. Claims to have an oxygen sensor that will trigger shutoff if it doesn't like what it smells. I can't vouch for the quality of it, but it sounds good.6) Has wheels that make it portable, yet two of them lock, meaning it offers the best of both.7) Good price point. You get a lot of BTUs (18,000) for the cost of the unit.Cons:1) There is a nearly useless metal wrap that holds the propane tank in around the back of the heater. Mine was missing the bracket on one side upon delivery meaning the wrap wouldn't stay where it was intended. It hooks on one side of the back wraps edges the propane tank and hooks on the other side in the back. Well, it doesn't work because it was missing that hook bracket (I could see where it came off). No matter... there is a recessed area for the tank and it fits fine without the snug back support wrap.2) Upon lighting, it was pretty "gassy" meaning it gave off a lot of fumes. I tweaked down my tank knob to very, very low. It still offered up plenty of gas and the fumes were better. I now believe that it was some sort of residue or packing grease burning off. After the tweaks it seemed to go away, but it could have been burn time that burned off the smell.3) Hookup was sort of a pain. It does not have what I would call a standard grill style attachment. A male threaded eye inserts into the tank using a reverse turn of the handle... it doesn't go over the outside like most of these connectors do. Weird. Also the handle that you turn to insert the threads is not the most robust thing. It slides in place and doesn't stay there permanently. It also is thin and loose. I don't love it. I'll be watching this, too. I fear this will be the point of failure meaning I'd have to buy a new hose and install it. That said, it's one year in and it's still doing fine.

I got this heater because I often work on projects in my garage. Cold temperatures in winter sometimes make that not just uncomfortable, but impossible. I am not a person who has worked a lot with propane heaters and such. I have only once had to change the propane tank on my pop-up trailer, and that was sometime last year. So I took the tank off the trailer and hooked it up to this unit.WORD OF WARNING: I found that the plastic knob on the hose in the heater does NOT provide enough torque to sufficiently tighten the compression fitting. I tried several times to tighten it by hand, and every time it leaked gas when I checked the connection using a mixture of soap and water. However, as soon as I used a wrench and pulled it tight? No leaks, no problem. I left the valve open for 5 minutes, smelled near the floor and everything - no gas leaks.So I fired it up inside our breezeway, an enclosed, 3-season room that is about 16ft x 16ft. The initial smell of the unit was obvious, as it was basically outgassing the remaining volatile compounds from the paint. But aside from the that, it was very easy to use. Push the knob, turn to pilot, push the button, second try and the pilot light lit up. I waited a few seconds, turned it to low, and "Voila!" - the center section heated up.I turned it to high, just to see how much heat it would throw off. Now, mind you, I did this on a day when the temperature was 15F. Well, within 20 minutes, I could barely see any of my breath anymore, and within 30 minutes, my daughter came out and said, "Wow... it's warm out here!" And it was warm - probably 55F at that point ,I'd guess. Not bad for a 250 square foot space that is 12 feet tall. i'm definitely looking forward to using this in my garage.ONE OTHER THING: When I went to put the tank in the back of the heater, the instructions say to place the hose towards the front/left of the unit, while avoiding the hose touching the heat shield. I understand why the hose should not be sticking out the back - to avoid being cut or potential abrasions. But getting the hose to fit in the front/left without touching the heat shield was a challenge. Not impossible, but I felt like I was bending it in a pretty tight space.TL;DR - Nice unit, heats up a medium/large room in about 30 to 45 minutes. Just be sure to tighten the fitting to the tank with a wrench, as hand tightening is insufficient to avoid leaks.

Pros;Boxing: well packaged, as expectedAttaching castors: very easy, I located the locking castors on the right hand side. The “wrench” it comes with is complete junk, use your own.Operation: if you follow the simple start up instructions, it lights very easy.It’s 3 settings work fine, and warmed my garage at an acceptable rate.Cons;(Not many to list)Being new, it has that new heater smell and I had to open the door for a few minutes to get that “hot paint-like” smell outDoesn’t have a fan which there is plenty of room for and the only reason I gave it 4 stars.It heats above the unit very quick, but it would work significantly better if it had a small fan to push the heat out a bit.Overall:I’d recommend this heater for a single car garage no problem, it made my garage comfortable enough to turn it down to the middle setting after awhile. Quality seams to be there, and if you don’t have extra outlets, this thing would be perfect for you.Will add to review if needed after a couple more months of use.Note; I’ve used this once on a 35°F day, in an insulated 14’ by 20’ garage with insulated garage door.

Pour utilisation dans mon gazebo et C est parfait