Xtreme Heaters Boat Engine Compartment Heater | Large 800w Bilge Heater - For Boats Up To 35 | Boat Heater, Well House Heater, Camper/RV Heater, & Marine Heater - Safe Self Regulating Bilge Heater

this was just what i needed... small but great quality for my boat

Had one in my boat for 10 years runs perfectly .Well worth the money not to winterize for that long .Do yourself a favor and dont by a cheaper brand trying to save a buck .By the best .

Great purchase. Plug and play. Winterization cost me $600.00The heater cost $480.00.Do the math. Very good.

1st impression when unboxing -- man, this thing is built tough! And that continues to be my impression after utilizing it through this mild winter. Now the hard part of reviewing its operation. I utilized it in my boats small cabin throughout the winter since I cant use it in my small bilge due to power cord routing problems (I would pinch the power cord after placing it in my bilge and closing the bilge hatch. SO using it in the cabin area? Well lo and behold we had a relatively mild winter and I noted that the water temperature (and thus the cabin for the most part) never really got below 43 degrees F that I know of. The heater did kick on the few times I was there long enough to observe. But it didnt seem to run for any length of time, and certainly didnt kick-on long enough to attempt to bring the temperature up to 55 degrees F. That part is a bit perplexing to me since I would think that even with testing (using a refrigerant spray) to bring the temperature down you would think it would continue to run until it brought the 43 degree surrounding temp up to 55 degrees. But it never did that, it would run for a short time (even with strong 43 degree air circulation in the area) and then shut off. Again, it may be because of the warm winter. Even though most of my bilge area is below the waterline, thus remaining at the seawater temperature for the most part, I do plan on mounting this permanently (with the quick latch) in the bilge area and running the wiring to a gunwale receptacle so that shore power can be plugged into it directly (no wires through hatches). That way I can set it and forget an only run the shore power to that receptacle in the winter. Ill also look at mounting it high in the bilge compartment since that is the area that will be most influenced by the above the waterline temperatures of the outside air vice the surrounding water temperature.

This is the second Xtreme heater Ive bought. Great engine room heater, still using the first one and after six years, havent had any issues. Would recommend if you need a dependable engine heater.

I recieved my order early, in good shape, solid packing. It came with a detailed user and setup manual.

Works great. I mounted it on a board to keep it from sliding around. Keeps temp in engine compartment at a safe level.

So far the heater is working properly. Very sturdy and easy to handle. The only downside I have experienced with this is the screws that came with the product were not very reliable. The heads broke off 3 out of the 4 that came with the unit, even with a pilot hole drilled.

So far it has worked very well. I graph the temperature and it’s been very reliable. Expensive but I sleep better with it’s reliability.

Been riding the danger wagon for a couple seasons with a traditional ceramic heater to keep the engine room ice free during our Alaskan winters (southeast Alaska) and finally decided to hit up Safetown,USA and spring for one of these. Long cord (20’) is super helpful to make it to a dedicated outlet and leave the surge protectors and y splitters for the birds and the bees. Didn’t seem to push a lot of air at first so I wasn’t sure what was up but after a couple days I saw the temp rise on up during a big freeze we just had. We monitor our boat remotely- 40’ Tri-cabin trawler- and had readings of 8° F outside and engine room read out at 32° F so I’m super excited to say this one gets full support from us! No frozen pipes here! Also: we get power outages from time to time in our remote Alaskan town and have made plenty of trips back to the boat to reset the older heater we ditched but this one just turns back on when power comes back. Bingo big time baby!