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

Kept my boat at 50 degrees on the coldest day

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!

First big dip down to the freezing mark of the season, purchased this heater to simply sit in the bilge for our 24 footer which lives outside on a lift at the marina. As I write this, just checked on the boat at the marina for the first time, it is 37° outside temperature, I have a big winter cover on the boat, went inside and pulled the bilge cover, and this mighty little heater was on and the entire bilge and engine block area was very comfortable and warm. first check of the new heater of the season so I’ll reserve judgment for durability, but at this moment it is doing exactly what it is supposed to do. Wonderfully happy and extra peace of mind.

Convenient and easy to use compartment heater that does the job right in protecting your boats engine during the cold off season.

Used this to help keep boat heated during the winter. Decided not to take off slip this year as friends told us to try this. Husband said it worked.

Perfect for my boat!!

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.

Plug and play operation. Just plug in and set the location and your set. Works great for well casting or 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 .

5 stars all of the way around!... Lost a pump due to freeze, and a failed pump box heater. There would be no other choice