Customer Reviews

Endless Summer EWTR890SP "Vacation Day" Electric Tabletop Heater

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

We have a second story patio overlooking the Sierra Nevada Mountains where we spend a great deal of time. Unfortunately, we have to bundle up and put our Chihuahuas in our coats. With this heater between us, our Chihuahuas are free and we only have to wear a light jacket if anything at all. It was easy to assemble, easy to operate, and it blends perfectly with our Tommy Bahama wicker furniture. I would highly recommend it.

It's true what they say about the automatic power-trip. I accidentally brushed against my heater a little too harshly, and it powered off. This is a great feature, since all of God's creatures like my backyard! I'd also add that, naturally, it adds light. So if you're like me and enjoy the evening air, expect to get a warm glow that will make your outdoor lighting unneeded. The only reason I didn't give it a 5-star rating, is because potential buyers need to be aware of the square-footage actually heated by this lamp. You need to be sitting relatively close to it (no more than 3 feet) to enjoy the full benefits of its warmth. What I haven't determined yet, is whether or not the heating distance is more impacted by the power of the heater, or the natural elements of just being outside in an open area. I imagine it's a combination of both. So to put it simply: If you use this heater in a somewhat enclosed patio space (like a four-seasons room made mostly of glass windows), you'll feel more heat. If you use it outdoors with no surrounding structural element to withold heat, the heating capacity is a bit lessened. My usage is the latter. It's still the best addition to my patio... well, second to the chiminea I added for a bit more heat and ambiance!

My husband has taken up cigar smoking and I will not let him smoke in the house. The cold weather was becoming a problem for him. After reading the reviews for this item, I decided to surprise him with the heater for his birthday. We both can attest that this item really does heat up the air for about three feet in every direction.

It's nice for sitting on the back porch in the evening, when it's 60 degrees out, and the heater is sitting on the table you're at. It does not generate a ton of heat. Heat comes from a circular, electric heating element that's in the shade portion of the "lamp." So it's a little space heater for outdoors. It takes the chill off of a cool evening, but won't heat an area like a propane-based heater will do - don't expect to be sitting outside in your underwear on a cool fall night with this lamp.

On another note, the heater does look very nice- it's not a cheap-looking piece of equipment.

This is just perfect for what I was looking for. Living in Hawaii, I wanted to sit out on my lanai in the "cool" evenings and this provides the right amt. of heat as well as light, so I can sit outside and read at night on the lanai.

Stylish looking, my friend said it looks like a fancy table lamp. It took my friend 5 min. to set it up.

This is the second one of these that I bought this summer. I put the first one together and it was kind of difficult to do alone. My husband did the second one without checking it out first. Once it was put together and sitting on the table, I noticed the same thing previous reviewers have said: the paint job was not good. It appeared to be cracked and with little or not effort, it would peel and reveal a totally white lamp. I love the lamp as a heater. It does just exactly want I want, but the finish is very disappointing. I'm still within my 30 days and could return it to Amazon, but then I'd have to take it apart and try to get it put back in the box. I wish they'd just send me a good one so I could swap the pieces. It's a dilemma. I tried to email Endless Summer, but once I filled out the form, I kept getting an error message that my message couldn't be sent. Perhaps the company has gone belly up due to the poor quality of the finish! I've now carefully checked out the first one I bought, and I can see there are cracks in the paint as well. It won't be long before it will begin to flake. Bummer!

If you buy one, don't put it together until you've made sure that the finish is good!

The first heater that arrived had a bad paint job that was blistering off right out of the box. Amazon sent me a replacement and that one was fine. It works great, I live in San Francisco and its the perfect heater to fight off the chill of the fog on my patio at night. Puts out a decent amount of heat and light so it was perfect for what I wanted which was to heat the two chairs and small table we sit at to drink wine or coffee.

I have two of these and they make the screened in porch far more useable! The heater part is very effective. But both arrived in pretty crummy condition with scraped off paint. Underneath the "antique" finish the lamp is bright white so it looks quite bad. I will spray paint this fall but for the money the quality is pretty inexcusable!

The finish on this lamp is coming off and while it looked fantastic when it was new, it now looks cheap and kind of gross. If you're going to buy it, definitely get a cover over it during the winter.

I purchased this product as a gift. She seems pleased with the heat that it puts out although she must sit close to it. She is also pleased that it coordinates with her brown wicker patio furniture and also looks like a table lamp. It took the two of us to put it together as one set of hands was not enough. As this is an electric appliance, I would not reccommend this product on an uncoverd patio area.