Customer Reviews

Mr. Heater MH125KT Forced Air Kerosene Heater

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Very good experience. Ordered this heater on 2/13/07 at night and UPS had it at my house on 2/15/07 in the morning. Works great. I did see it listed somewhere else for a few dollars less but that place didn't have any. This was my first purchase from Amazon and I was a little leary but it worked out great.

I use this heater to heat a 1500 shop. It works well, was easy to assemble and is not too loud. The electric ignition and thermostat shut off are great features.

Have owned this item for over 4 years. Just recently had the ignition module fail (ignition coil), so I replaced the module & while I was in there, replaced the hoses (which were all cracked/split & ready to leak at any moment),the igniter electrode & the air gauge, which was broken the day I received the unit. No surprise, as all parts stamped "made in China". But the unit works great after you play around with the air nozzle adjustment screw to get a good burn, but not so good as to trip the overheat switch, which shuts the unit off until you walk over there & press the reset button -- a PITA if your in the middle of a time-sensitive job. Once that was worked out, you'll only need to fine tune it for extreme cold (thicker air). Not worth the $300 I paid in March 2004.

FYI: Unit will NOT run on DIESEL -- KEROSENE ONLY. Been there, done that! Diesel is too thick & slows the motor down gradually until it eventually stops (if you let it run that long, you'll probably either burn the motor out or melt the pump vanes). Drain out diesel & refill with Kerosene & it works fine again.

...and the handles are poorly made & need to be welded back together since they broke off. I guess you have to shell out the big bucks for quality these days!

I bought this heater from my Ace store three years ago and I love it!! This is a great heater and performs flawlessly. Thermostat works great. I'm remodelling my old garage and I can work whenever I want as Mr. Heater is always there waiting to help me out. I use only kerosene for fuel as its basically odor free. If I do get a whiff of kerosene I know its getting low on fuel. Pick it up at Ace and put it to work today! Its cheaper there too. Amazon is great, but there are some items that I feel are better purchased locally and this is a case in point.

bought new at amazon 2/26/08 used it one day and hasn't worked since.couldn't ship it back cause it had fuel in it at one time,no mr heater repair shops in our area wouldn't fix it and told me to scrap it.it would cost more to fix than I paid

I ordered this heater on December 21, 2005. I am still waiting patientely for it to be shipped. Apparentely, the seller dosen't want to let this item go at the sale price. So they have chosen to grasp at the stall tactic, hoping I will cancel the order, therefore, being able to sell this heater at a higher price to an unsuspecting customer. I guess Amazon.com should screen their sales companies because with service like this I won't bother using them again!

I ordered this item on Dec 30th, Delay, Delay, Delay....Guess what? Still no heater! It's not a Good Deal if they don't actually SELL IT! Finally cancelled , will buy from a Local Merchant that acually has one to sell.