GASLAND BE158 Propane Portable Hot Water Heater | 1.58 GPM, 41,000 BTU | Outdoor Tankless Water Heater For Camping, Off-Grid Living

Bought this item as a standby unit in November of last year. Have had wonderful usage of another unit from this company for over 5 years of daily use (X4) with no glitches. "D" batteries last almost 2 years! Old unit got damaged, so had to use this new one. Had a small glitch that GASLAND was quick to respond to! They stand behind their product!! Kudo's to them! Will definitely buy again. Great quality at a great price! Disclaimer: I have not been compensated for this review.

We like this product very, very much. We have a cottage on a northern lake and whether we use lake water or the well, the water is rarely above 70°F or about 21°C. It is also a nearly off-grid cottage and can be off-grid several times a year due to storms. Thus, the ability to use it with a regular propane tank is terrific. We have consistently hot water around 42°C (as shown on the indicator, which is an asset) or about 108°F. The temperature is easy to adjust as is the flow. As you can see from the set-up, we've used a bicycle hanger to hold the unit while in use. This keeps it clear from the side of the boathouse and the roof. The exhaust is surprisingly cool. The fittings were easy to attach and we've had no trouble using Gardena quick connects with it. All of the necessary adapters were in the box and 2 wrenches were included. These are a good thing because you definitely never want to over-tighten. The regulator always works and the starting sequence is easy enough. Just remember to follow the directions and listen for the click of the sparker unit. We have had one set of Energizer D-Cells last for 2 full seasons and I've used a AA-cell replacement adapter with no alteration in function. I use a 5 micron water filter (unseen) between the pump and the water heater. The unit is easy to drain and the handy drain plug is a nice touch. Now we can rinse off with virtually limitless hot water. We could not be happier. 5 stars all around. Highly recommend.

The product worked great for about three weeks...Then I saw that a freeze was coming to my area, I pulled the freeze plug, disconnected the water supply and then turned the shower handset to full "on"to ensure complete drainage.Two days later when things warmed up I reattached the last water supply, put the drain plug back in then turned the handset to off .When I turned the water on it started blowing out of the sides from the heating coils as though I'd not taken any precautions at all .I'm not impressed with the freeze protection design at all .Two units in two years, and I made every conceivable effort to avoid freezing the unit, short of storing it inside of a heated space.$185.00 including the state tax wasted.......Update .I was contacted by the seller shortly after posting my review.In their reply they included a notification that was supposedly sent to me, dated at or near the time that I made my LAST purchase from this seller.It basically went over all of the precautions that I'd related I had taken in my original review, adding that it should be stored in a heated environment in the event of a freeze.Not only did I not receive this notification from the seller on the date they've indicated it was sent...Choosing to parrot my review and then adding that their protocols to avoid the unit suffering from freezing included storing it in a warm environment, after the fact....Which is exactly what I wrote is the only thing that I hadn't done to protect the unit in my original review...Tells me that this seller should be avoided by Amazon customers.To the seller ...You'd have done yourselves a favor by simply not responding .

So let's get this out of the way for the people that are viewing this and have no idea if it may or may not work. It does work, and it works wonderfully.Specifically I went ahead and bought the model that comes with the LED temp reading which I need to emphasize is in Celsius not Fahrenheit. Not a big deal once you Google how to convert between C to F so whatever. Frankly the readout is necessary otherwise you'll be relying on feeling alone. The hot water this puts out is just jaw dropping, we set it on the "Winter" setting on the upper-middle Dial and with just halfway up the gas and the water pressure dial at full (all the way to the left) it will easily put out hot water at 44 Celsius (Roughly 111 Degrees Fahrenheit) which is my ideal temperature for taking a shower but a more consistent temperature of 42 celsius (107 Fahrenheit) seems to be the norm for this heater. It'll all depend on the temp of your incoming water and how high you have your gas dial set. Where I've set it up, I draw water from a standard Garden Hose faucet with water coming out at about 56-57 Degrees Fahrenheit and it will heat up that water immediately in about 10 seconds or so. I hang it up via the handle bar thing included on it and it seems stable so far, the mounting kit that's included is only for wood and in my case it's near a concrete wall but it'll work just fine if you use the included hardware kit. Speaking of the accessories, the hose included for the shower head is FLIMSY as all, I'm still using it but it'll break eventually especially if you move the hose around much. It's also rather short so careful where you mount the heater unit it since there isn't much length on that hose. I ordered a nice long one off of amazon here for 10 bucks or so that is much sturdier and will replace it with that once I get the chance but in my case I mounted everything close by so it works just fine for now. The shower head itself is fine, it's all plastic and the push button may be hard for some people but I have no real complaints, maybe I'll replace it with something better but I'll have to research what works with the heater. The brass adapters included seemed well made and I have no complaints on that end. And the gas line to hook up to a propane tank seems well built but the regulator itself feels plasticky. I'm using it right now since it works but I'll replace that with something sturdier down the line. The kit also comes with some wrenches and oh boy did they cheap out on that. They simply don't work, period. It seems like a 9 year old cut these out of sheet metal (and that might not be far from the truth) and they were useless. Luckily I had some adjustable wrenches otherwise I'd be out of luck.I should note that I set this up for a place in Tijuana, Mexico so if you are from there or plan to use it there it'll work just fine with some caveats so keep reading. If you are using this for USA applications everything is plug and play, sort of.So my setup:-Standard 5/8" hose from Home Depot. There's a bigger 1/2" hose adapter included but I have no idea why you would need a hose with such a huge diameter. Whatever.-Female to Female 5/8" adapter from Home Depot. This connects to the Garden Hose Faucet into the hose itself, you'll need it. It's about 3 bucks so just get it or order it from Amazon, your choice. You WILL NEED IT.-An adjustable wrench or some standard wrenches. So I'm not sure what the diameter is on the included adapters for the inlets and outlets, I just used two pairs of adjustable wrenches to tighten everything down. Use one wrench to hold on to the brass fittings itself and the other one to tighten everything down as not to damage anything. Common sense will take you a long way.-Teflon tape. The kit with the heater came with some already but An extra roll is cheap and never hurts. I ended up needing it since I suck at installing things like this. Note that teflon tape isn't sticky so you'll need a pair of steady hands.-D Cell batteries. Got these at home depot too, some standard Energizer ones for $8 bucks because I'm a genius and should have just ordered them here on Amazon. Oh well. I should note that the battery cover on the heater unit itself do in fact have the provided positive and negative indicators when you open the cover up but since they are part of the white plastic they are hard to see. I used a bright LED flashlight to take a good look, they are there.So Garden hose on the inlet with the provided 5/8" adapter for the unit itself, DO NOT FORGET TO INSTALL THE INCLUDED RUBBER GASKET or everything will leak. The gasket will go inside the adapter and that screws into the inlet on the unit itself, put teflon tape on every part that has threads, Teflon tape on the pipe on the unit itself, more Teflon tape on the threads on the adapter. Make sure whatever garden hose you use has a rubber gasket on the female ends as well to avoid leaks, if you don't have one, home depot sells a kit of gaskets for standard 5/8" hose for 5 bucks or so. The hose I bought already had one but just letting you guys know.The hose for the shower (the hot water outlet) is 1/2"? Whatever, it's small, so put Teflon tape on the threads on the unit itself and screw the included hose onto that, then take the other end with the bell cover and just gently screw it onto the shower head, I didn't use teflon tape on the plastic thread for the shower head itself and It doesn't seem to leak.The next important part is obviously the gas line and for the love of all make sure to put teflon tape on the threads for the gas line on the unit self, DO NOT FORGET this or you will leak propane everywhere. Properly tighten this down then connect the other end to the propane tank you will use. Put teflon tape on that as well because safety. Once everything is hooked up get some soapy water and put it on the gas line ends, turn on the propane and turn on your water source, and check for leaks. Google a youtube video of this if have no idea what I'm talking about or how it will look like. Or get a fancy gas leak detector just in case, up to you.Once everything is up and running just press down on the shower head and you should hear the click click sound of the heater igniter going off and it should light up the gas. There's a small grill on the side of the unit where you can inspect the flame but it's pretty obvious when it gets going.And that should be it.There are three dials on this unit, the leftmost one is for how high you want the gas to go, the middle one is a "winter" and "summer" setting, probably to adjust how much gas is introduced into the heater I just set mine to winter and call it a day since it's cold anyway. The one on the right (the blue one) is for how much water is circulating into the unit. I leave this on all the way but the way you adjust temp is to first turn up the gas and then lower the water pressure on the right if you want the water to get hotter. This will lower the pressure of the water coming from the shower head. Mess around with it until you get it to what you want.So far it's been working great, no issues, the accessories are iffy but it works. If you are thinking twice about buying it I can say this one works fine.Extra notes:-I installed this in Tijuana, Mexico and for anyone wanting to use this unit in Mexico you need to know that the gas line included with the kit only works for newer style propane tanks in the USA, Mexico is still using an older connector variant for their gas vessels and it simply will not fit. I was able to completely replace the connector on mine but I would highly recommend finding a compatible gas regulator line in a Mexican home depot if you can get one. I would suggest you take the unit with you and test out different gas hoses. Not the fault of the product since it's not being used for its intended country. IIRC, gas containers in mexico have internal threads while tanks in the USA have external threads and some safety valves and such and they aren't compatible.-We turn of the water and gas after every use because, well, safety but there is one thing you should watch out for. We had a family member who turned on the water faucet but forgot to turn on the gas line on the propane tank itself. With the water on coming out of the shower head they then went to turn on the gas on the propane tank itself and of course, the gas didn't ignite because I assume it relies on the initial burst of water pressure to turn on the gas. We caught this idiocy in time but make sure you turn on both the gast and your water source on before turning it on or you'll get a fireball. Nothing happened on our end but just something to watch out for. Not sure if it leaked propane at all but better safe than sorry.I'll include some pictures later but boy oh boy was this purchase worth it.