Dyna-Glo IR30PMDG-1 30,000 BTU Liquid Propane Infrared Vent Free Wall Heater White

So I finally decided to get some other type of heat. I live in NC and winters can get pretty chilly here. The reason I decided to get this is because last year we had over a month straight where the temperature stayed around 10 to 20 degrees. My power bill that month (thanks to my really inefficient heater) was about $380. I almost threw up when I saw it. I vowed that I would figure something out so that I didn't have to pay that ridiculous of a price in the winter. I looked at this and finally got it. Just finished installing the piping and got it all set up. Ready to call the propane company to bring in a tank.If you are curious about the price difference between propane and electric heat, I did some calculations (I teach electricity so I did these calculations myself).This is a 30,000BTU heater (British Thermal Unit/ The amount of heat required to raise the temp of one pound of water 1 degree F).One gallon of propane is roughly $2.69 (Keep in mind this fluctuates and it may be higher or lower for you)One gallon of propane will burn roughly 92,000 BTU's, so I will just say 90,000 BTU's for sake of argument.This means that running this heater on MAX (30,000BTU's) you will get about 3hrs of use for every gallon. Considering that I pay 2.69/gallon, I will pay about $0.89/hr when running this thing at full blast (please note, I will not always be doing this. That is a lot of heat and I don't like my house to be super hot. This is a worst case scenario).Therefore we concluded that in a worst case scenario, I will pay $0.89/hr of propane heat. Now let's see what that would cost in electric:There are about 3.412 BTU's in 1 Watt (electric power). This means that an electric heater producing the same amount of heat as this propane heater would use about 8,792 Watts of electric power, or 8.792 KW. Since we are charged per Kilowatt/hr, I would pay based on the KW number. I pay $0.16/KWhr so therefore I would pay about $1.40/hr for this amount of electric heat.Basically, for 30,000 BTU's of electric heat you are going to pay $0.89/hr in propane (at a rate of $2.69/gallon), and $1.40/hr in electric (this is only for the heat, it isn't even including the blower motor which would use even more power).Sorry for all of this, I just thought it would be pretty useful information. Overall, I think this heater will work very well. I have seen them before and they produce hot heat. Great investment!EDIT: I added the photo so that you can see just how hot it gets. This is a few seconds after it first turned on. My meter only reads up to around 1,100 degrees and it overloaded it after about a minute. Needless to say, this thing gets HOT. Awesome!Also, I took out the heat unit (electric) that I have and saw that it is actually a 41,000BTU heater. So that means it was costing me even more to run the stupid thing. 41,000BTUs= 12,016W= 12.016KW. 12.016KW at a rate of 16 cents per KW/hr= about $1.93/hr of heat plus the cost of the fan. Yes, propane is expensive, but for me it is cheaper than electric heat by a long shot. I mean less than half the cost? Can't beat it in my eyes.EDIT AGAIN: This thing heats my entire house (roughly 1000sq foot). This includes all bedrooms and everything. Absolutely awesome!

We have a 400 square foot cabin and this thing heats the entire house on the lowest setting with ceiling fans running, we also ordered the blower as an add on. It was easy to install although I did need to get a fitting from the hardware store for the inlet propane line. Most of the bad reviews about the pilot light blowing out is simply from not understanding how to get it started, the one review on the carbon monoxide coming from it was most likely due to an improper pilot light adjustment as I have a carbon monoxide alarm near it and it doesn’t go off, you can’t beat this unti for the money and I had a $1,500 Ranai that wasn’t nearly as good as this heater, I say buy it with confidence!!!

Love this heater! Works great and love the temperature setting feature.

Great heat source, friend from Montana recommended it, and got us first one. Ran without fail for three South Dakota winter, still going strong. Economy to run!, We have purchased 3 more! Highly recommend them.

It's a cheap propane heater that puts out plenty of heat. I like the fact that it doesn't have a thermostat. It's either on or off but you can choose between 1,3 or five burners to control the heat. The ignitor works well and has lasted two years since we purchased it.Pretty efficient too and warms this old wooden house pretty good. I don't recommend leaving it unattended as it's not the safest thing to do with any open flame heater.It ticks and groans while it's cooling down but most heaters do. It's the nature of metal to expand and contact and it's gonna make some noise doing so. I would recommend this heater for the price and the amount of warmth it provides

Easy install

Requires a 100lbs. propane tank to run - a fact that Amazon failed to put in the description. Amazon put it as a Amazon Choice and with a no return policy you are stuck with it.Funny other heaters have a return policy but this has a non-returnable because of transportation regulation, nice job Amazon withhold the facts, and make it a choice item.I guess it's a choice for Amazon just not the customer.

Tested and works fine .