I saw the ad with the german student Markus. His story was: - Invented revolutionary heater (bernoulli effect) - investors wanted to buy it - he refused investors and was kicked from school There was also a lot of generic stock clips in the ad. totally believable. The nasty thing is that those RUclips ads are neither downloadable, replayable or traceable. I tried, so I can get more information, but landed here instead. Clever.
What I do is install an app called AZ screen recorder and when I hear that computer voice, I pause, open AZ and record. Evidence of these illegal commercials is the best way to show what crap they are. So u can too, and repost it on RUclips, with captions over it saying it's a scam. Maybe a copyright issue but I don't think so bc they are stealing all their footage in The 1st place.
@@davestar4718 yeah for some reason, anytime someone invents something in these ads, they get kicked out of school, fired or discharged from the military. Like wtf? Crazy
In the UK the inventors a University student in Edinburgh called Martin, a big company offered him £3 million which he refused and was promptly expelled from University. I'd started to consider purchasing one of these turbo heaters but Martin crossed it off my list. RUclips or Google or whoever puts this rubbish online should be reprimanded for pushing it so hard or even at all.
"In the UK the inventors a University student in Edinburgh called Martin, a big company offered him £3 million which he refused and was promptly expelled from University. I'd started to consider purchasing one of these turbo heaters but Martin crossed it off my list." Yes - the advert is utter bollocks. He claims to have used the Joule-Thompson effect, which is completely irrelevant to a space heater. The advert is designed to suck in people with no scientific knowledge by blinding them with pseudo-science. Scam.
I got one to heat the cab of my truck if the heater doesn't work when I stop for the night. The warnings not to use while sleeping was enough for me. Pitched in the trash bin. 99% or more of these ads on RUclips are out and out scams. Shame on RUclips for allowing them.
Thank You Hugh!!! It’s Great to find an honest online review as so many are skewed and just affiliate referrals. These scam products commercials are all starting to look the same! The last one the commercial says a German Student invented it! Keep up Your Awesome reporting!!! 👍
Thanks man. I didn't realize the need until last year, and that's when I started but it just seems to be getting crazy lately. Appreciate u taking the time to leave that compliment!
The back story in the advert is compelling, and catches attention ASAP Glad you point out the scam. Surprised the regulators either side of the pond haven't smashed this into the Stone Age. Massive claims will eventually meet the regulations and close down the social media mouthpiece
Yeah be careful with all space heaters, run them on low, check for safety features like anti tip and check the actual usage with a 15$ power meter. They are super handy. Thanks for the comment!
I use one of the oil filled radiator varieties on low with a power meter (and zwave switch set to turn on at night when it’s needed) to record how much it’s costing, you can set the price of electricity so the total dollar amount displays. In my old place I used to use some free obsolete crypto mining equipment to heat my place and the intent was to see if there was much difference between the continuous ~750 watts miners vs. the variable and intermittent 5000 watt baseboard heater, which there didn’t seem to be, but the main issue being the noise from all the fans which is rather unpleasant in a small space... if you could do liquid cooling with a large radiator and a slower quiet fan it might have been more sustainable but that would have meant spending money on something for no good reason, it was not bitcoin or anything particularly good, so extra not worth the effort and expense.
@@SchwaAlien My friend likes those oil filled radiators. They work pretty good for sure. I like the smaller ceramic variety as space is usually at a premium for me. Appreciate the comment, its funny what puts off waste heat. I try to 3d print in cold months bc all the waste heat just heats up my house so it's not wasted, and I get parts. Thanks for the comment.
Thank you for your vid. I was close to buying a couple of them but something just didn’t feel right to me & I always trust my instinct so I did a little digging online & came across your vid & I’m glad I did. I ended up just buying a generator instead. You’ve got a new subscriber from across the pond in Northern Ireland. Keep up the good work exposing these scams 👍
The inventor is now supposedly George Williams, a jet engineer born in minniapolis... Although it was also an English school boy who invented it but turned down millions from investors which enraged his 'professor', a term we don't even use here... leading the school to expell him, which wouldn't be legal here either!! The only good thing about these ads is there hilarious insane gibberish they write as scripts.
Wow, you posted this just in time to save me some $$. I was considering getting a little low watt heater for a generator just in case but I'll pass. Thanks so much!
If u want a reliable low cost heater during power outages, Mr buddy little heaters pump put like 8 or 12k btu and are vent free. U can buy an adapter to run most of them off a 20lb propane tank. My buddy lives in a tiny house of grid and uses one for heat most of the winter. Tank lasts him like 4 or 5 days with it on high heating his place. Prob not the safest but it'll work in an emergency
@@tanyawieczorek6603 www.lowes.com/pd/Mr-Heater-9000-BTU-Portable-Radiant-Propane-Heater/3353726 They run off the camp size propane but can run off the bug tanks too. There are lots of models im not sure if this a vent free one but most of them are
If you have a big enough generator, get a small heat pump, and use it all the time, just switch to generator, as needed.... BTW, if your generator is outdoors, and is 'portable', place it beside the heat pump, so that the heat from the generator is 'reused' as input to the heat pump.
ALL electric heaters are, by definition, 100 % "efficient." I put that word in quotes, because, in this case, it means they're 100 % lossy. ALL of the energy they consume is dissipated as heat, in accordance with Ohm's Law, ie, P = (I^2)*R or P = V*I. The only difference between heaters, is that some may distribute the hot air more effectively. The principle applies to IR radiant heaters, as well. In every case, all of the energy goes into the air in the room.
Great work - yeah, there is no "free lunch", and in the USA (lowest voltage in the world at only 110!!), running this heater would be hot in the walls. When I lived in Canada for 2 years, they have 120V, so you get more "volt amps". And in the rest of the world (where they have 220V), it's *far* more efficient. But, this product is *not* "revolutionary, and "convection" is not "bernolli's principle". I am a pilot, and it's a hugely different thing. Don't buy this heater! Your central heat is more efficient, and safer!
Ceramic heaters with PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient) elements are inherently safe, since they "automatically" reduce their current/power as their temperature increases... That said, they have been around since the 70's (yep, *50 years*), not at all new, maybe have better fans, but that's about all. In areas where president Sputum of the wannabe CCCP have driven gas prices through the roof, and electrical power has not increased as quickly, electric heat *might* make some sense.
Came here, because this product is advertised on youtube. While they start fighting against harmful misinformation spreaded by some of their user accounts, they don't seem to care too much when it comes to paid advertising ;-)
Thanks buddy, I always look at reviews these days before I buy something that could either save me a "fortune" or claims to be revolutionary, simply because I can't trust anyone anymore, I've seen too many horror stories & I'm not going to be the next person "accidentally" burnt to death, through "my own negligence". You deserve a medal for helps us not become the next casualty wether that be financial or medical.. Cheers 👍✌️ may the Lord watch over you as you continue your work 🙏
Thanks, appreciate the comment. All these scam products make legit products seem like scams too, so its hard to tell sometimes these days. Have a good one
I suspected something was up when I saw two separate commercials for this thing with two different names. One said it was made by a German engineering student. The other said it was an Alaskan high school student. There was a song and dance about rising energy costs or budget cuts. The wonder kid invented this device, it worked, and he was expelled from school for refusing to sell the rights to Big Heating and telling them to shove it because of course he was.
yep, i've gotten it about 3 times now... which is one of many reasons why i use ad-blockers. unfortunately, i'm on the laptop due to the desktop not working and mom doesn't want "something broken" by disabling parts of websites... [not helpful that some complain loudly when blocked, or are themselves flagged by the blockers] amazing how many scams, viruses, and absolutely fraudulent advertisements [aka every mobile game ad] get away with being produced/released, and how the large platforms get away with providing them a means to do so despite the real damage they can cause.
also, i suspected it upon seeing the makeshift contraption footage in like the first few seconds... the "reverse-engineering" bit, also... just... XD... it's not exactly a secret how heaters, as well as A/C units work these days. and most of the actually relevant patents either are long-expired or are simply invalid to claim. i watched it through just to see how absurd it would be. awfully bad... unfortunately, i think their target demographics would also be this gullible. then i told myself i'd search for " + busted", but forgot by the end of the video i actually intended to watch. figured i'd find a thunderf00t video since these kinds of products are right up his alley. well, i found this video. the url also is changing, not just the product name. noticed that with the one i just got. yep, telltale signs of an absolutely legitimate business entity. /s
Thanks for making this video. Great to see scammers exposers. Frustrating that the ad that appeared at the end of your clip, was for one of these heaters!
At least we know they are wasting their ad money! Scam ads tend to play a lot on small channels like mine. I guess ad space is cheaper there, idk the algorithm.
This is just what I thought. I have some pretty good appreciation of how energy works and every time I see one of these heaters promoted I think well the law of physics can’t allow this to heat a room in a few minutes. As you say a Watt is a Watt is a Watt. Well done for confirming my thoughts.
Thanks for the comment. Appreciate the confirmation and Anyone who took a physics class in high school would understand. The laws of thermodynamics and pretty straight forward in electric Heater appliancations. I don't know how the scammers are not fined or prosecuted by making these clearly illegal ads. Truth in advertising is not a moral stance, it is the law. Or at least it is here in the US
I wouldn’t mind but the ads I saw on THIS video were money making get rich scams! You tube has a nerve hassling content creators when they put out such ads. And there is no way to report these scams
You can report them in a general way. Click the "i" in the corner, then "why this ad?" "Report ad" and report it for "violating Google terns and policy." Yes it's not the best or easiest way to report them, but it's all we have for now. Thanks for the comment
In the UK it was Martin a school kid from Edinburgh that invented it. He got expelled from school 3 days after he refused millions from a heating company for the patent. Lol, guess they were on the school board too.
Thank you for exposing this product as a scam. I was interested in it, but suspicious about it, so I'm glad that I found this video. Thanks to this video, I won't be wasting my money on this scam.
Anytime I hear that same background music and the same computer generated voice, and the same story about a brilliant young student or defiant engineer, I roll my eyes and move on. These creeps bring out new and wondrous products that defy natural laws regularly. Disgusting.
Fire kills more people in the US every year than every other natural disaster combined. Or at least that's what they use to make me say when I taught fire safety. It's a real thing most people don't realize. Just checked. 770 a year natural disasters in the US over 3550 fire deaths so yeah 4.5x as many people die. Crazy
they advertised it here i new zealand as invented by a new zealander. problem is they mentioned auckland and snow together. it never ever snows that far north! its a BS product and advertising to match
I’ve just seen two different adverts for this. I live in the UK and the first advert claimed the guy was from “the north” which I assume to mean the north of England but the advert claimed the temperature rarely went above 0•C. So I know that’s not true. The second advert claimed the jet engine engineer was from the Netherlands. I hope people can spot it is a scam!
I got two adds for the alpha heater, in a row on this video, the best part is that they each used a different "physics" principle and a different "engineer"
Heatpal was invented by Martin from Edinburgh who lives in 2011 and uses American plug sockets, he was expelled for not agreeing to millions of dollars from a company that had no authority over his education.... it was later invented by two Germans working with nasa tech and named it heatfiniti
Ya but the guys voice in the infomercial sounded like the "real deal" lol. Thanks for making this video. Im looking for a back up heat source for my poleshed. I have a navien boiler heating the floor which obviously keeps the shop warm. If you watch "mikey pipes" on youtube he talks how they are junk so if i can come up with a back up source that would be awesome
"Capitalism works best when left alone". there aren't enough regulations nor enforcement mechanisms for those regulations. youtube/google makes money, and that's all that matters. [well, ignoring youtube specifically is actually running in the red] nothing holds them accountable for when advertisements get people injured/killed or their devices/accounts hacked. it needs to be made so that it costs these platforms money when these ads get through. this incentivizes vetting ads. it'd probably also burden advertisers to begin with if done correctly. and that's a genuine win for society. naturally, if someone tried this, "oh, anti-business" , "damn liberal!", "oh, just like russia/china/etc..." [honestly, if i didn't actually have a moral compass, i'd LOVE to do business in one of these countries, especially china.] , so on... alternatively, the big business interests do their lobbying spiel and suddenly, *only* a million/billion[ugh...]/trillion[GROSS] dollar business entity can possibly advertise or legally comply with the rules. or whatever other trick. and then it will be used as more fuel for the fire of why regulation is bad and we should abolish all of it, including the FDA... i prefer having zero rats in my canned food, thank you every much!
Nice to see somebody blow the whistle on scams. As he says, a watt is a watt is a watt. And 1,000 watts through any resistive heater (ceramic, nichrome wire, halogen, etc.) generates 3412 BTUs; no more, no less. (Heat pumps are a different story, but not in the price range of portable heaters.) So, your handy dandy 1,500 watt portable heater cranks out maybe a bit over 5,000 BTUs per hour. Compare that to your central furnace, rated at 100,000 BTU/hr or more. Do the math. You will need to buy 20 portable heaters to replace your furnace.
The ironic thing about watching this video.. (which thank you by the way.. I had a feeling this was a huge scam) but I got ANOTHER ad for something EVEN MORE Goofy. It was how to fix sleep apnea about a "world renown sleep doctor" whos father suffered a stroke because of his snoring and sleep apnea and "death would have been kinder" and don't want you to suffer the same heartattack/stroke/health issues from sleep apnea.. using the same robotic voice, and after "years of research they came up with the perfect device that stops snoring" - trying to sell you a mouth guard that moves your jaw and telling you not to waste your time on cpap machines.. and it was essentially a 2 minute long ad that was literally a 1 minute ad that repeated itself a second time.
Yeah ads like that are even scarier bc someone who may not know better, could potentially die from listening to stupid scam product commercials. I've heard similar claims about curing diabetes overnight. Again someone could be seriously hurt or killed from this crap. Wayyyyy to far in my opinion. Scamming is one thing but putting people's lives at risk to sell a product is despicable!
@@HughsScamProducts and the best part about it is absolutely no one is being held accountable. including the major platforms which should be subject to negligence charges for not vetting their ads. it's bad enough the "reputable" companies all frequently lie and pull scams, but evidently anyone can do this through the ad services. i wonder if anyone's actually experimented with that? love to see the blog post or tweet: "i bought 100 ads just to prove that absolutely no one and nothing is verifying them".
That's what mine is for 15 min in the shower, then it's unplugged. Good for a quick supplemental heat source but should not be the main one, or used for long. Im not allowed to actually, but I just hide mine when they Check. Lol
As others here have alluded to, @Clare Ravenwood said "Shame on RUclips for allowing it" and that's what it all boils down to. I would love to see someone do a video on a list of scam adds on RUclips and/or also cover how to recognize such scams. Some of us recognize these scams after just a few seconds of play, but others do not, bless their hearts, and that is made obvious by the fact that they run the videos to begin with. If they didn't fool some into a purchase, they wouldn't run the ads. So, yeah, shame on RUclips for allowing it. I guess it would be too much to ask for youtube go against the normal thoughts on such ads, as in "It's just business" and be an example for doing the right thing and not allow their users to be subjected to these clear scams. Your doing a great job, Hugh, keep up the good works.
I'm going to make my next video with a list of like all the current scam products. I found this one article that was like" 97 perfect holiday gifts" and the vast majority were scam products. I have made videos about some and others I haven't gotten 2. Ill luk when I post it. But stay away from hussk knives, anything that claims to be free just pay shipping, established titles, and anything claiming to be taking over the industry but still giving you a 50 to 70 percent discount
@@HughsScamProductsSound like a great plan, Hugh,I'll be looking forward to it. Maybe RUclips will eventually get the memo, but it will take a lot to tear them away from the almighty dollar they get from these scammers. And RUclips, if you allow it on your platform, then you condone it, no way around that, please take care of your viewers and stop being a party to scammers.
As of 12/23/23 There's new ads out for this now. Calling it "Vista Heat" and it's now 'invented' by some blond haired child genius who was expelled from college.
Before even watching and letting the ad playout. I'm gonna guess About a 80 watt heater maybe. Better off to use one of those new garage LEDs. Their 80 watts and throw amazing light and probably more heat lol
I found your vid after searching the legitimacy of one of these products, though it was a new plot / character than you mentioned. The one I saw was a German High School kid…. After watching your vid w/the thermal imaging AND not having previously taken into consideration what might be going on w/the wiring in my walls I’ll now try to calculate how much Central would cost. I have a pretty decent size house, have all of the vents closed & towels over them (they’re floor vents), close doors to rooms I’m not using, but still didn’t want to run the central if I could get away w/heating only 1 room w/a space heater. While you calculated usage by wattage for a full 24 hr day, I only run my heater at night full blast for 30 min or so before retiring to my room then I turn it to low & set the temp knob to the middle or so. Basically, It’s not running constantly all night. I am still interested in the average kw calculations that it seemed like you were going to dive into. I’ll do more digging, but thanks to your vid I’ll save my $20+ on one of these.
I only heat 2 out of the 4 rooms in my house except on super cold nights like below zero I have to let heat in there so pipes don't freeze. If your other parts of the house are above 50 Fahrenheit, then the pipes should be okay. My heating bill is usually under 100 for my 4 bedroom apt. Check Temps under the sink and in crawl spaces to make sure your pipes aren't in danger, or shutoff water and drain pipes in Bathrooms u don't use. Cam save a lot while not endangering the Infrastructure of your house
Also a 14 dollar watt meter can help u see what your heaters are really pulling to see if your wiring is okay. Where I live almost all the houses are over 100 years old so I'm leary recommending people use then unless it's new, proper guage wiring
@@HughsScamProducts My entire home is over a crawl space. my house was built in the early 90’s but there are definitely some questionable outlets. there are more than A couple that aren’t even sat flush into the wall. I’m afraid to use some of them because trying to remove the plug from the outlet is very sketchy. It pulls the entire outlet away from the wall. I don’t do electricity so I’m not about to mess with that. I did have an inspection so I would hope that the inspector checked all of the wiring in the walls. IIRC he did mention the loose outlets. i’ll do some more research on the cost of running central for my home if I’m only really needing heat in the bedroom. I have a gas fireplace that will heat the living room, dining room, and kitchen. I just started keeping the other doors closed. I’ll look into getting a want meter at Harbor freight if central proved to be too costly. Thanks for the information! I just subscribed to your channel and I’m watching some of your other scam videos now. I also shared with family!
When first saw the ad for this thing I had to laugh. Like the guy here says, a watt is a watt is a watt. Nobody can make 1 watt of heat do more. I can't even think of a analogy that sounds as stupid as the Ad for this thing does. Maybe...." I can make trump smart?"
Hello! You are absolutely wrong! It's not the device's fault but the sellers who, in order to sell it, promise the device features that the device cannot fulfill!
There's like three sites where the guy works for the airline industry and the father was freezing his nuts off in some far away land it's just a regular space heater folks 1500 watts Max go buy them at Walmart
Thank goodness for people like YOU ! Who do the home work for people before these sleaze balls can get away with lying to the elderly , and cheating them out of money they can’t afford to waist ! And who can’t afford to be lied to ! May God Bless You richly ! For the time You took to investigate This Piece of junk That’s they are being sold as the heater to replace their central heating system !
Thank you so much for you positivity. It's a lot of work on top of my other jobs but when people Like you appreciate what I do, it makes it worth it. Thanks again for the comment
@@HughsScamProducts You are quite welcome , and again Thank You , because of what You do , I took your information and placed a warning right after the ad , I will continue to warn peoples every time I see their advertisements
Thanks for this video! It was great to see a breakdown of the details covered in the scam commercial and to see some scientific data from real life too.
Kind of wondering why you used a different heater when you plugged it in. The Alpha or Amber whatever heater plugs straight into the socket. You didn't try to heat a room with the correct heater or anything. I totally believe it is a scam, but not sure how you proved it.
I ordered the heater and just received it. I will do another video with the item. The purpose of my channel is to warn people about scams. I have to wait 1 to 2 weeks for that product, and then another week or so for me to find time to film, edit between my other jobs. I make videos asap to warn people. So the 5 thousand or so people who have watched this video so far have the info. If I waited till next week, then those people are potential scam victims. So I get what your saying, but everything I said is true about electric heater, they are all the same. And I will show that soon. Have a great day
It's just a space heater, which are very energy intensive. It would require very large solar panel array to power it and that's just when the sun is shining. So in short, no it cannot
You're probably right. I know I have at least one 1800w heater, and never use it on high. May not be ceramic but its a small electric space heater.. thanks for the info
@@garyharrison4915 holy smokes. That would blow out regular 15amp breakers instantly. I always thought over the pond wiring was jenky. I guess it 2x as powerful as ours. Unless your talking about 220 volt 30 amp
@@HughsScamProducts ahhh I should have looked before replying. 220 standard man that would be nice. Full on kick ass welding right thru your regular everyday plug? Seems nuts
by FB ? That's outrageous. I succeeded exposing some FB adds on couch slip covers that never arrive but they kept coming under different names. It's a tiring "job".
@@sachadee.6104 No I think it was the poster of the ad. I could view the ad and comments but was not able to recomment or reply to what others had posted
A new engineer has now invented a new mini projectors using military grade lenses. In fact his bosses were fuming he let joe public in on this tech. They shouted at him. He was determined to succeed.
You can cancel your order or return it once it get there with their money back guarantee. They offer you like 50% back, then like 75% back if u try to get your money back probably. If they don't take it back report it as fraud
before this russia crap these heaters were on sale for £15 in the uk at a super store,,this new price £59,99 is a total rip off con,,i bought 1 when they were only £15
I saw the ad with the german student Markus. His story was:
- Invented revolutionary heater (bernoulli effect)
- investors wanted to buy it
- he refused investors and was kicked from school
There was also a lot of generic stock clips in the ad.
totally believable. The nasty thing is that those RUclips ads are neither downloadable, replayable or traceable. I tried, so I can get more information, but landed here instead.
Clever.
That's the one I saw too. Had a picture of JoeBAMA in there somewhere LOL
What I do is install an app called AZ screen recorder and when I hear that computer voice, I pause, open AZ and record. Evidence of these illegal commercials is the best way to show what crap they are. So u can too, and repost it on RUclips, with captions over it saying it's a scam. Maybe a copyright issue but I don't think so bc they are stealing all their footage in The 1st place.
The getting kicked out of school was the red flag for me.
Why would he get kicked out??
@@davestar4718 yeah for some reason, anytime someone invents something in these ads, they get kicked out of school, fired or discharged from the military. Like wtf? Crazy
In the UK the inventors a University student in Edinburgh called Martin, a big company offered him £3 million which he refused and was promptly expelled from University.
I'd started to consider purchasing one of these turbo heaters but Martin crossed it off my list.
RUclips or Google or whoever puts this rubbish online should be reprimanded for pushing it so hard or even at all.
"In the UK the inventors a University student in Edinburgh called Martin, a big company offered him £3 million which he refused and was promptly expelled from University.
I'd started to consider purchasing one of these turbo heaters but Martin crossed it off my list."
Yes - the advert is utter bollocks. He claims to have used the Joule-Thompson effect, which is completely irrelevant to a space heater.
The advert is designed to suck in people with no scientific knowledge by blinding them with pseudo-science.
Scam.
I got one to heat the cab of my truck if the heater doesn't work when I stop for the night. The warnings not to use while sleeping was enough for me. Pitched in the trash bin. 99% or more of these ads on RUclips are out and out scams. Shame on RUclips for allowing them.
I agree Clare - they (youtube) remove conservative _truth_ , yet allow scams. What hypocrisy!! Have a great day, Clare!
Crooks never stopped, 90% are. Buy from legitimate big stores. Too good to be true
@@AA-ph9fe Don't buy from Wal-Mart, though - they are evil monopolists, and big supporters of child slave labor. But then, so are electric cars.
RUclips doesn't gaf, they made ad money 💰💰
Thank You Hugh!!!
It’s Great to find an honest online review as so many are skewed and just affiliate referrals. These scam products commercials are all starting to look the same! The last one the commercial says a German Student invented it!
Keep up Your Awesome reporting!!!
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Keep doing this you’ll blow up no one does content like this and it’s needed !! They say find a niche and the views will come
Thanks man. I didn't realize the need until last year, and that's when I started but it just seems to be getting crazy lately. Appreciate u taking the time to leave that compliment!
Anyone who did physics at school remembers, there no such thing as "getting something for nothing"! ! !
Tell that to the useless eaters...
Welfare....
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Physics ... you mean like the purgative?
The back story in the advert is compelling, and catches attention ASAP
Glad you point out the scam. Surprised the regulators either side of the pond haven't smashed this into the Stone Age.
Massive claims will eventually meet the regulations and close down the social media mouthpiece
I was considering buying one of these, but after watching your video here and reading the reviews on Amazon, all I can say is thank you Hugh!
Thanks! Not only is it a scam ,but a potential dangerous fire Hazard
Yeah be careful with all space heaters, run them on low, check for safety features like anti tip and check the actual usage with a 15$ power meter. They are super handy. Thanks for the comment!
I use one of the oil filled radiator varieties on low with a power meter (and zwave switch set to turn on at night when it’s needed) to record how much it’s costing, you can set the price of electricity so the total dollar amount displays.
In my old place I used to use some free obsolete crypto mining equipment to heat my place and the intent was to see if there was much difference between the continuous ~750 watts miners vs. the variable and intermittent 5000 watt baseboard heater, which there didn’t seem to be, but the main issue being the noise from all the fans which is rather unpleasant in a small space... if you could do liquid cooling with a large radiator and a slower quiet fan it might have been more sustainable but that would have meant spending money on something for no good reason, it was not bitcoin or anything particularly good, so extra not worth the effort and expense.
@@SchwaAlien My friend likes those oil filled radiators. They work pretty good for sure. I like the smaller ceramic variety as space is usually at a premium for me. Appreciate the comment, its funny what puts off waste heat. I try to 3d print in cold months bc all the waste heat just heats up my house so it's not wasted, and I get parts. Thanks for the comment.
Thank you for your vid. I was close to buying a couple of them but something just didn’t feel right to me & I always trust my instinct so I did a little digging online & came across your vid & I’m glad I did. I ended up just buying a generator instead. You’ve got a new subscriber from across the pond in Northern Ireland. Keep up the good work exposing these scams 👍
I was going to buy a couple too but after watching the video I ended up just buying an Espresso maker instead. 😉
The inventor is now supposedly George Williams, a jet engineer born in minniapolis...
Although it was also an English school boy who invented it but turned down millions from investors which enraged his 'professor', a term we don't even use here... leading the school to expell him, which wouldn't be legal here either!!
The only good thing about these ads is there hilarious insane gibberish they write as scripts.
that's funny to read. They invent an English inventor and then get the terminology wrong,😄
Wow, you posted this just in time to save me some $$. I was considering getting a little low watt heater for a generator just in case but I'll pass. Thanks so much!
If u want a reliable low cost heater during power outages, Mr buddy little heaters pump put like 8 or 12k btu and are vent free. U can buy an adapter to run most of them off a 20lb propane tank. My buddy lives in a tiny house of grid and uses one for heat most of the winter. Tank lasts him like 4 or 5 days with it on high heating his place. Prob not the safest but it'll work in an emergency
@@HughsScamProducts its called Mr Buddy?
@@tanyawieczorek6603 www.lowes.com/pd/Mr-Heater-9000-BTU-Portable-Radiant-Propane-Heater/3353726
They run off the camp size propane but can run off the bug tanks too. There are lots of models im not sure if this a vent free one but most of them are
If you have a big enough generator, get a small heat pump, and use it all the time, just switch to generator, as needed.... BTW, if your generator is outdoors, and is 'portable', place it beside the heat pump, so that the heat from the generator is 'reused' as input to the heat pump.
ALL electric heaters are, by definition, 100 % "efficient." I put that word in quotes, because, in this case, it means they're 100 % lossy. ALL of the energy they consume is dissipated as heat, in accordance with Ohm's Law, ie, P = (I^2)*R or P = V*I. The only difference between heaters, is that some may distribute the hot air more effectively. The principle applies to IR radiant heaters, as well. In every case, all of the energy goes into the air in the room.
Thank you. Makes you wonder why You Tube runs ads for this product. No concept of consumer welfare as ever.
Great work - yeah, there is no "free lunch", and in the USA (lowest voltage in the world at only 110!!), running this heater would be hot in the walls. When I lived in Canada for 2 years, they have 120V, so you get more "volt amps". And in the rest of the world (where they have 220V), it's *far* more efficient. But, this product is *not* "revolutionary, and "convection" is not "bernolli's principle". I am a pilot, and it's a hugely different thing. Don't buy this heater! Your central heat is more efficient, and safer!
Ceramic heaters with PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient) elements are inherently safe, since they "automatically" reduce their current/power as their temperature increases... That said, they have been around since the 70's (yep, *50 years*), not at all new, maybe have better fans, but that's about all. In areas where president Sputum of the wannabe CCCP have driven gas prices through the roof, and electrical power has not increased as quickly, electric heat *might* make some sense.
Came here, because this product is advertised on youtube. While they start fighting against harmful misinformation spreaded by some of their user accounts, they don't seem to care too much when it comes to paid advertising ;-)
that's exactly hitting the nail on it's head 👍👏
Thanks buddy, I always look at reviews these days before I buy something that could either save me a "fortune" or claims to be revolutionary, simply because I can't trust anyone anymore, I've seen too many horror stories & I'm not going to be the next person "accidentally" burnt to death, through "my own negligence". You deserve a medal for helps us not become the next casualty wether that be financial or medical..
Cheers 👍✌️ may the Lord watch over you as you continue your work 🙏
Thanks, appreciate the comment. All these scam products make legit products seem like scams too, so its hard to tell sometimes these days. Have a good one
I suspected something was up when I saw two separate commercials for this thing with two different names. One said it was made by a German engineering student. The other said it was an Alaskan high school student. There was a song and dance about rising energy costs or budget cuts. The wonder kid invented this device, it worked, and he was expelled from school for refusing to sell the rights to Big Heating and telling them to shove it because of course he was.
yep, i've gotten it about 3 times now... which is one of many reasons why i use ad-blockers. unfortunately, i'm on the laptop due to the desktop not working and mom doesn't want "something broken" by disabling parts of websites... [not helpful that some complain loudly when blocked, or are themselves flagged by the blockers]
amazing how many scams, viruses, and absolutely fraudulent advertisements [aka every mobile game ad] get away with being produced/released, and how the large platforms get away with providing them a means to do so despite the real damage they can cause.
also, i suspected it upon seeing the makeshift contraption footage in like the first few seconds...
the "reverse-engineering" bit, also... just... XD... it's not exactly a secret how heaters, as well as A/C units work these days. and most of the actually relevant patents either are long-expired or are simply invalid to claim.
i watched it through just to see how absurd it would be. awfully bad... unfortunately, i think their target demographics would also be this gullible. then i told myself i'd search for " + busted", but forgot by the end of the video i actually intended to watch. figured i'd find a thunderf00t video since these kinds of products are right up his alley. well, i found this video.
the url also is changing, not just the product name. noticed that with the one i just got.
yep, telltale signs of an absolutely legitimate business entity. /s
Also a 1500 watt quality name brand like g e at Walmart I pick em up for 19.99 all the time and that's Canadian pesos
Thanks for making this video. Great to see scammers exposers. Frustrating that the ad that appeared at the end of your clip, was for one of these heaters!
At least we know they are wasting their ad money! Scam ads tend to play a lot on small channels like mine. I guess ad space is cheaper there, idk the algorithm.
Thanks for this Hugh! I just searched the heater name and your video came up. I’m glad I didn’t waste my money! You also have a new subscriber!
This is just what I thought. I have some pretty good appreciation of how energy works and every time I see one of these heaters promoted I think well the law of physics can’t allow this to heat a room in a few minutes. As you say a Watt is a Watt is a Watt. Well done for confirming my thoughts.
Thanks for the comment. Appreciate the confirmation and Anyone who took a physics class in high school would understand. The laws of thermodynamics and pretty straight forward in electric Heater appliancations. I don't know how the scammers are not fined or prosecuted by making these clearly illegal ads. Truth in advertising is not a moral stance, it is the law. Or at least it is here in the US
I wouldn’t mind but the ads I saw on THIS video were money making get rich scams! You tube has a nerve hassling content creators when they put out such ads. And there is no way to report these scams
You can report them in a general way. Click the "i" in the corner, then "why this ad?" "Report ad" and report it for "violating Google terns and policy." Yes it's not the best or easiest way to report them, but it's all we have for now. Thanks for the comment
A watt is a watt. The package doesn't produce the heat. So I buy the cheapest 1,500 watt heater I can find that is built well.
In the UK it was Martin a school kid from Edinburgh that invented it. He got expelled from school 3 days after he refused millions from a heating company for the patent. Lol, guess they were on the school board too.
Was he the same guy from my fuel save pro video. Taylor wilson? Someone said they saw a new ad with him and this scam heater
Thanks Hugh, that was good splanening. You deserve a sub for that. Cheers from Vancouver Island Bro. :)
Thank you for exposing this product as a scam. I was interested in it, but suspicious about it, so I'm glad that I found this video. Thanks to this video, I won't be wasting my money on this scam.
Anytime I hear that same background music and the same computer generated voice, and the same story about a brilliant young student or defiant engineer, I roll my eyes and move on.
These creeps bring out new and wondrous products that defy natural laws regularly. Disgusting.
Thank you for 1) keeping me from getting screwed and 2) keeping me from becoming a crook by selling this as an affiliate.
If you want to get more heat per kilowatt, you can use a heat pump, though it costs a lot more and has it's own issues.
For sure. They are great! Big fan but yeah all these space heaters are the same
Thks. I assumed the heater ads were scams, now i know. I have wired a couple of houses. It is incredible we dont have more electrical fires
Fire kills more people in the US every year than every other natural disaster combined. Or at least that's what they use to make me say when I taught fire safety. It's a real thing most people don't realize. Just checked. 770 a year natural disasters in the US over 3550 fire deaths so yeah 4.5x as many people die. Crazy
they advertised it here i new zealand as invented by a new zealander. problem is they mentioned auckland and snow together. it never ever snows that far north!
its a BS product and advertising to match
I’ve just seen two different adverts for this. I live in the UK and the first advert claimed the guy was from “the north” which I assume to mean the north of England but the advert claimed the temperature rarely went above 0•C. So I know that’s not true. The second advert claimed the jet engine engineer was from the Netherlands.
I hope people can spot it is a scam!
I got two adds for the alpha heater, in a row on this video, the best part is that they each used a different "physics" principle and a different "engineer"
Heatpal was invented by Martin from Edinburgh who lives in 2011 and uses American plug sockets, he was expelled for not agreeing to millions of dollars from a company that had no authority over his education.... it was later invented by two Germans working with nasa tech and named it heatfiniti
im shocked, the device being advertised by text to speech with stock video clips is a scam? impossible.
I got an ad at the end of this video about christian who created fuelsafe pro done in the exact same style as vistaheat this is just sad
Thanks for saving me 50 bucks,I found your channel searching Google for reviews on this ,again thanks.
I think you are missing the point.. that the cable is heating the room as well as the heater unit. Genius.
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Yes you are absolutely correct. No watts wasted here!
I bought one and it has cut the cycle of my home furnace from 2 times a hour to once every 4 hrs
Why don’t these people sue Hugh? Because he’s telling the truth that’s why!
Yeah, u can't sue me for liable or slander if it's the truth! Have a great day thanks for the comment!
Just in time for winter
Yeah its the crappy swamp coolers in summer and crappy space heaters in the winter
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Like clockwork
I saw an add with a young Germain student - Markus. I am glad I checked it out.
I just saw that commercial last night. They changed the commercial but still the same scam. Thanks for the comment
Ya but the guys voice in the infomercial sounded like the "real deal" lol. Thanks for making this video. Im looking for a back up heat source for my poleshed. I have a navien boiler heating the floor which obviously keeps the shop warm. If you watch "mikey pipes" on youtube he talks how they are junk so if i can come up with a back up source that would be awesome
Why are advertisements for these scams allowed on youtube!!!!!
"Capitalism works best when left alone".
there aren't enough regulations nor enforcement mechanisms for those regulations. youtube/google makes money, and that's all that matters. [well, ignoring youtube specifically is actually running in the red] nothing holds them accountable for when advertisements get people injured/killed or their devices/accounts hacked. it needs to be made so that it costs these platforms money when these ads get through. this incentivizes vetting ads. it'd probably also burden advertisers to begin with if done correctly. and that's a genuine win for society. naturally, if someone tried this, "oh, anti-business" , "damn liberal!", "oh, just like russia/china/etc..." [honestly, if i didn't actually have a moral compass, i'd LOVE to do business in one of these countries, especially china.] , so on... alternatively, the big business interests do their lobbying spiel and suddenly, *only* a million/billion[ugh...]/trillion[GROSS] dollar business entity can possibly advertise or legally comply with the rules. or whatever other trick. and then it will be used as more fuel for the fire of why regulation is bad and we should abolish all of it, including the FDA... i prefer having zero rats in my canned food, thank you every much!
Nice to see somebody blow the whistle on scams. As he says, a watt is a watt is a watt. And 1,000 watts through any resistive heater (ceramic, nichrome wire, halogen, etc.) generates 3412 BTUs; no more, no less. (Heat pumps are a different story, but not in the price range of portable heaters.)
So, your handy dandy 1,500 watt portable heater cranks out maybe a bit over 5,000 BTUs per hour. Compare that to your central furnace, rated at 100,000 BTU/hr or more. Do the math. You will need to buy 20 portable heaters to replace your furnace.
Exactly. Electric heaters are all pretty much 100% percent efficient. You only get above that with heat pumps. Thanks for the info and the comment
Thanks. The ad seemed like a scam. Glad I checked it out first
I just reported one of their ad to youtube.
The ironic thing about watching this video.. (which thank you by the way.. I had a feeling this was a huge scam) but I got ANOTHER ad for something EVEN MORE Goofy. It was how to fix sleep apnea about a "world renown sleep doctor" whos father suffered a stroke because of his snoring and sleep apnea and "death would have been kinder" and don't want you to suffer the same heartattack/stroke/health issues from sleep apnea.. using the same robotic voice, and after "years of research they came up with the perfect device that stops snoring" - trying to sell you a mouth guard that moves your jaw and telling you not to waste your time on cpap machines.. and it was essentially a 2 minute long ad that was literally a 1 minute ad that repeated itself a second time.
Yeah ads like that are even scarier bc someone who may not know better, could potentially die from listening to stupid scam product commercials. I've heard similar claims about curing diabetes overnight. Again someone could be seriously hurt or killed from this crap. Wayyyyy to far in my opinion. Scamming is one thing but putting people's lives at risk to sell a product is despicable!
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and the best part about it is absolutely no one is being held accountable. including the major platforms which should be subject to negligence charges for not vetting their ads. it's bad enough the "reputable" companies all frequently lie and pull scams, but evidently anyone can do this through the ad services. i wonder if anyone's actually experimented with that? love to see the blog post or tweet: "i bought 100 ads just to prove that absolutely no one and nothing is verifying them".
I like mine plug bath room wall heat up for shower or bath ! No cord if falls out of wall shuts off! No I wouldn’t use for heat all day
That's what mine is for 15 min in the shower, then it's unplugged. Good for a quick supplemental heat source but should not be the main one, or used for long. Im not allowed to actually, but I just hide mine when they Check. Lol
Also, thank you for the honest review.
I'd never buy a heater made by that Bastian Mantis guy. He looks untrustworthy.
The new advertisement says some school kid invented it.
Yeah they will change the scam story every month or 2, trying to fool new people. Just a scam, cheap generic heater.
As others here have alluded to, @Clare Ravenwood said "Shame on RUclips for allowing it" and that's what it all boils down to. I would love to see someone do a video on a list of scam adds on RUclips and/or also cover how to recognize such scams.
Some of us recognize these scams after just a few seconds of play, but others do not, bless their hearts, and that is made obvious by the fact that they run the videos to begin with. If they didn't fool some into a purchase, they wouldn't run the ads.
So, yeah, shame on RUclips for allowing it. I guess it would be too much to ask for youtube go against the normal thoughts on such ads, as in "It's just business" and be an example for doing the right thing and not allow their users to be subjected to these clear scams.
Your doing a great job, Hugh, keep up the good works.
I'm going to make my next video with a list of like all the current scam products. I found this one article that was like" 97 perfect holiday gifts" and the vast majority were scam products. I have made videos about some and others I haven't gotten 2. Ill luk when I post it. But stay away from hussk knives, anything that claims to be free just pay shipping, established titles, and anything claiming to be taking over the industry but still giving you a 50 to 70 percent discount
@@HughsScamProductsSound like a great plan, Hugh,I'll be looking forward to it. Maybe RUclips will eventually get the memo, but it will take a lot to tear them away from the almighty dollar they get from these scammers. And RUclips, if you allow it on your platform, then you condone it, no way around that, please take care of your viewers and stop being a party to scammers.
Thank you!
They are calling it "elite heat " now.
I recieved the bullshit scam promotion video from YT. How??!!
Thank you for this video. I will save my money 🤗
Your flir camera in your video is awesome
It's an old cat s60 phone. Like 170, not bad for a flir
Thanks a heap! Almost bought it!!
Thank you, the video is very informative and straight to the point!
As of 12/23/23 There's new ads out for this now. Calling it "Vista Heat" and it's now 'invented' by some blond haired child genius who was expelled from college.
update: They're called Toasty Heaters now too lol. So the ad wasn't even calling them by the most current name.
Thanks, they have so many named for this scam, hard to keep track of. I put toasty in the title. Appreciate the time taken to comment!
Before even watching and letting the ad playout. I'm gonna guess About a 80 watt heater maybe. Better off to use one of those new garage LEDs. Their 80 watts and throw amazing light and probably more heat lol
I just watched this video and guess what ad played after it was done! 😂
Prob toasty heater! I think that's the current name of the scam
I found your vid after searching the legitimacy of one of these products, though it was a new plot / character than you mentioned. The one I saw was a German High School kid…. After watching your vid w/the thermal imaging AND not having previously taken into consideration what might be going on w/the wiring in my walls I’ll now try to calculate how much Central would cost. I have a pretty decent size house, have all of the vents closed & towels over them (they’re floor vents), close doors to rooms I’m not using, but still didn’t want to run the central if I could get away w/heating only 1 room w/a space heater. While you calculated usage by wattage for a full 24 hr day, I only run my heater at night full blast for 30 min or so before retiring to my room then I turn it to low & set the temp knob to the middle or so. Basically, It’s not running constantly all night. I am still interested in the average kw calculations that it seemed like you were going to dive into. I’ll do more digging, but thanks to your vid I’ll save my $20+ on one of these.
I only heat 2 out of the 4 rooms in my house except on super cold nights like below zero I have to let heat in there so pipes don't freeze. If your other parts of the house are above 50 Fahrenheit, then the pipes should be okay. My heating bill is usually under 100 for my 4 bedroom apt. Check Temps under the sink and in crawl spaces to make sure your pipes aren't in danger, or shutoff water and drain pipes in Bathrooms u don't use. Cam save a lot while not endangering the Infrastructure of your house
Also a 14 dollar watt meter can help u see what your heaters are really pulling to see if your wiring is okay. Where I live almost all the houses are over 100 years old so I'm leary recommending people use then unless it's new, proper guage wiring
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My entire home is over a crawl space. my house was built in the early 90’s but there are definitely some questionable outlets. there are more than A couple that aren’t even sat flush into the wall. I’m afraid to use some of them because trying to remove the plug from the outlet is very sketchy. It pulls the entire outlet away from the wall. I don’t do electricity so I’m not about to mess with that. I did have an inspection so I would hope that the inspector checked all of the wiring in the walls. IIRC he did mention the loose outlets.
i’ll do some more research on the cost of running central for my home if I’m only really needing heat in the bedroom. I have a gas fireplace that will heat the living room, dining room, and kitchen. I just started keeping the other doors closed.
I’ll look into getting a want meter at Harbor freight if central proved to be too costly.
Thanks for the information! I just subscribed to your channel and I’m watching some of your other scam videos now. I also shared with family!
When first saw the ad for this thing I had to laugh. Like the guy here says, a watt is a watt is a watt.
Nobody can make 1 watt of heat do more. I can't even think of a analogy that sounds as stupid as the Ad for this thing does. Maybe...." I can make trump smart?"
Bravo, thank you !!!
Thank you for valuable information
Hello! You are absolutely wrong! It's not the device's fault but the sellers who, in order to sell it, promise the device features that the device cannot fulfill!
Bro you crack me up I seriously love you bro lol thank you for all this truth .keep it up
Appreciate the positive comments. Means a lot. Have a Great night Shane!
Glad i dug into it. The landing page definitely looks like a scam page.
There's like three sites where the guy works for the airline industry and the father was freezing his nuts off in some far away land it's just a regular space heater folks 1500 watts Max go buy them at Walmart
Thank goodness for people like YOU ! Who do the home work for people before these sleaze balls can get away with lying to the elderly , and cheating them out of money they can’t afford to waist ! And who can’t afford to be lied to ! May God Bless You richly ! For the time You took to investigate This Piece of junk That’s they are being sold as the heater to replace their central heating system !
Thank you so much for you positivity. It's a lot of work on top of my other jobs but when people Like you appreciate what I do, it makes it worth it. Thanks again for the comment
@@HughsScamProducts You are quite welcome , and again Thank You , because of what You do , I took your information and placed a warning right after the ad , I will continue to warn peoples every time I see their advertisements
I agree with your finding.
George Williams a NASA engineer invented it
Thanks for this video! It was great to see a breakdown of the details covered in the scam commercial and to see some scientific data from real life too.
Thanks for lmk that you liked it! Have a great day!
Kind of wondering why you used a different heater when you plugged it in. The Alpha or Amber whatever heater plugs straight into the socket. You didn't try to heat a room with the correct heater or anything. I totally believe it is a scam, but not sure how you proved it.
I ordered the heater and just received it. I will do another video with the item. The purpose of my channel is to warn people about scams. I have to wait 1 to 2 weeks for that product, and then another week or so for me to find time to film, edit between my other jobs. I make videos asap to warn people. So the 5 thousand or so people who have watched this video so far have the info. If I waited till next week, then those people are potential scam victims. So I get what your saying, but everything I said is true about electric heater, they are all the same. And I will show that soon. Have a great day
Thank you sir.
THANK YOU 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Can this gadget be solar powered?
It's just a space heater, which are very energy intensive. It would require very large solar panel array to power it and that's just when the sun is shining. So in short, no it cannot
don't give them any ideas... then again, thunderf00t could never have too many "busted" videos...
If it sounds too good to be true. IT IS
Thank you
They're also calling them "Heatpal" as well
Thank you so much! I'll add that to the title if I can fit it. Lol have a great day Nf thanks for thr info
Ive seen these all over the place,adds everywhere! The sad thing is...muppets really buy them 😂
Actually Hugh most ceramic and portable heaters are 750w on low and 1500 max. Never seen one over 1500
You're probably right. I know I have at least one 1800w heater, and never use it on high. May not be ceramic but its a small electric space heater.. thanks for the info
Here in the UK ive got a 3000w heater.
@@garyharrison4915 yeah you 220v people are lucky
@@garyharrison4915 holy smokes. That would blow out regular 15amp breakers instantly. I always thought over the pond wiring was jenky. I guess it 2x as powerful as ours. Unless your talking about 220 volt 30 amp
@@HughsScamProducts ahhh I should have looked before replying. 220 standard man that would be nice. Full on kick ass welding right thru your regular everyday plug? Seems nuts
I tried exposing the Facebook scam ones but I got blacklisted...
by FB ? That's outrageous. I succeeded exposing some FB adds on couch slip covers that never arrive but they kept coming under different names. It's a tiring "job".
@@sachadee.6104 No I think it was the poster of the ad. I could view the ad and comments but was not able to recomment or reply to what others had posted
appearing as vistaheat; they're back again
Do not buy very low heat
Tylor wilson was shown as invented for Vista heat I was it's got to be good if that kid made it of corse they show his pic don't say his name
He's invented so many crap products in the past year. Poor guy getting associated with all this crap and I'm sure they are not paying him.
another ad for it is about a little german boy invented it
A new engineer has now invented a new mini projectors using military grade lenses. In fact his bosses were fuming he let joe public in on this tech. They shouted at him. He was determined to succeed.
Do u remember the name they gave it?
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There’s one with a young man Marcus also
Thanks for lmk
130 euro a year to heat a room... thats cheap.
Damn and I just bought one of them little Vista joints
You can cancel your order or return it once it get there with their money back guarantee. They offer you like 50% back, then like 75% back if u try to get your money back probably. If they don't take it back report it as fraud
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I new it was a SCAM T Y.
i liked it alot
No Bernoulli... ?
No just cheap 20 heater that works like all the rest
Thanks for the info.
Thanks for taking the time to comment!
before this russia crap these heaters were on sale for £15 in the uk at a super store,,this new price £59,99 is a total rip off con,,i bought 1 when they were only £15