It is basically a version of the flower pot heater, but I like it. First off it's better looking. As for heat, would be a big help in a bath room when the poser is out. Living where we get ice storms, we can be without power for days. It may not sound like much, but when you don't have heat, a warm bathroom becomes a popular hang out. 😁
These things are just as ineffective and just as dangerous as the flowerpot trick. Candles put out very little heat. It's under 100 BTUs over the entire burn. They don't add relative humidity to the air. That's because the capacity for holding water goes up with the temperature. Plus, these things don't put out much water to begin with. Maybe a few grams for the entire thing. Finally, candle wax is a lousy fuel. Get a kerosene heater. These things put out 12-15k BTUs an hour and will run close to 20 hours on a single tank and about a gallon of water into the air.
Not saying you're wrong by any means, but there are pros/cons to everything. Clay pot heaters are very much so a more sustainable and eco-friendly way of warming up than kerosene heaters, and while they may not be as efficient as giving out heat, that efficiency is heavily impacted by the room you're in and how well insulated it is. If the room is well insulated, over time the clay pot heater will work efficiently they can even improve the overall environment if using beeswax given that it releases negative ions when burned which can help purify the air.
@@MrSmith_ Candle wax IS kerosene. In the UK they go by the same name paraffin. Most candles sold at retail today are made from oil. They are not made from natural sources. Clay pot heaters are dangerous. They are a major fire hazard. There is a video on youtube of a guy burning his boat down with one. The problem is the wax liquifies within a few minutes. It evaporates into the air as a inflammable gas. It is also subject to spilling. There is no auto shutoff mechanism nor is one possible like a kerosene heater has. For this danger, you get almost no heat. The only advantage of clay pot heaters over just burning the candle is the clay pot is some thermal mass to slow down the heat going into the room. It is probably more economical to run a kerosene heater than a clay pot heater. I have 3 of them. All 3 at 12k BTU units that burn a gallon of kerosene about 18-20 hours. The downside is they can only run at their rated BTU, no slower and no faster. So you really need to size them correctly.
@@MrSmith_ No they are not. You meant effective not efficiency. Effective = higher BTU output over time. Efficiency = BTUs per dollar. Kerosene is a better fuel than candle wax because it burns completely, leaving no residue and produces more BTU per lb and costs less per lb. Kerosene is about $1.50/lb. Bulk wax starts at about $2.80/lb. Plus wicks and time to make. Premade tea light candles are nearly double that.
FYI, per law of thermodynamics, that housing for the candles does nothing to amplify heat - it can only alter the direction of heat. But the actual quantity of heat is 100% determined by the energy source.. i.e. the candles. The room will warm up exactly the same whether you put the candles in that housing or just leave them out without it. Same thing with electric portable heaters - the wattage is the only thing that matters. A 800 watt oil heater will warm a room up to the same temperature as a 800 watt fan heater. The only difference is speed of the heating, direction of the heating and whether the air gets dried out or not.
To me, the big reason to use something like this is that it's safer to use candles for heat when you're sleeping if you have the candle flame contained by the terracotta; kitties can't get their whiskers/fur into it and light the house on fire.
@@dawn-marieoliver2393 No way, don't use candles when sleeping. An extra blanket is going to trap a lot more warmth than what 3 candles can generate anyway.
@@dawn-marieoliver2393 That practically never happens though, all mammals excluding humans are instinctually born with fear of fire. No cat or dog is going to get more than a couple feet within range of an open flame. That said, it's still not a bad thing to use by any means, just be aware it's not doing anything to improve heat. It's a suitable protection for the flame though against the odd / rare contact with the flame with an animal or something else that might knock it over.
This is an artistic version of an old emergency heater, using terracotta pots and some bolts and washers. The limitation is the heat produced by candles...its not much. These devices dont amplify heat. But they *do* concentrate and conserve the heat energy produced by the candles, making for a very nice handwarmer. Perhaps it would increase humidity if the large outer shell were saturated with water? I think if one were madenin such a way that a small pot (like a 12 or 16 oz metal camp cup) it would be more useful, able to heat water for coffee/tea/dehydrated food.
I'd kill for 20% humidity lol. I'm from the other side of the world. Current time is 7 in the morning and the humidity is currently at 96%. Not a typo. I've been to dry places similar to Vegas and it was a lot nicer.
The average candle produces about 75 watts of heat (about 250btu). The average human just by living gives of about 120 watts (408btu) So the heat produced is small. There are 3 wicks, so about 225 watts. But the smallest electric heaters are about 800-1000 watts, and most 2000+ watts. So really really a small amount of heat. The ceramic pot just helps radiate instead of just convect the heat away. Candle heaters are a very expensive way of heating... And dangerous.
I think you're missing the point. What if you said, "Its far more nutritious for you to eat fresh food! Eating nothing but MRE's is very expensive... and dangerous." See the problem now? It's an EMERGENCY heater that you can shove into a closet for a decade, and pull out and still work, because wax candles are way more shelf stable than batteries or liquids are. Just like how emergency rations are more shelf stable than fresh food (and nearly not as good for you). In long term emergencies, like power outages in very cold climates, you want multiple layers of redundancy, with each backup being more robust and simpler. No one whose eating an MRE next to a hobo heater in the cold dark because your generator shit the bed is thinking "oh gee I wonder if this heat is efficient" dude
looks very nice, but you can do same thing with flower pots and some clay spacers, was a big craze a couple years ago on youtube on how to build it. I did it and it worked ok but like yours here did not really heat a room just right up near it. Thank you keep up the great vids I watch all you make.
I've seen this done with larger stuff, and it heated up a small room. The candle, being larger, also lasted longer. There was less possibility of a fire because the big candle pretty much sat in the water. I think the whole humidity is just a side benefit of a fire safety feature.
This is based on the Cornish room heater. There is a DIY version here on yt with two saucers, a flowerpot and some coins. I tried it and it made the room noticeably warmer. Needless to say, it gets hot, so you can't touch it, like you can this one.
I think Hot air can hold more humidity. So by the Temp going up the Humidity might be going up as well , but it might not be as obvious since it's a % and hot air being able to hold more humidity. The reading might just be going down a little or staying stagnent which also indicates higher humidity. The exact ratios and % can be looked up online. I only know the basics.
Candles put off about 100w of heat each. So this thing would produce about 300ish watts. A space heater is ususally 900w for a small room and 1500w for a big room. So this product is 1/3 of the smallest space heater you can find. It will produce some heat as shown, but definitely can't expect it to stop you from freezing and a few candles will do the same thing.
My opinion is that it's overcomplicated. I agree with what you did at the end. Just put some tealight candles in. More trouble than it's worth... unless... it could be useful when camping. Indoors, I'd just get a space heater (for emergencies), and light incense for aroma. 😄
Kerosene lanterns will do the same thing but provide a lot more light and are adjustable. They usually burn at around 10 candle power. You can buy lanterns that have a small rack on top so you can set a small pan and boil water.
Yep I run 2 oil lamps to heat my bedroom all winter it’s like burning 15 candles worth of heat works well and provides a decent amount of light as well
If you use tee lights they need to be spaced out a bit. If they touch each other the melted wax surface can catch fire completely. In combination with the water this can cause an explosion.
I wish you had talked more about the scent. How long did the scent last? Did it make the whole room smell like it or could you only smell it if you were standing by it? Did the tealight candles also help with the scent in the same way (I'm assuming it's the flame heating up the water that disperses the scent)?
Its really important to note some material holding heat does not amplify that heat You are still getting 3 candles worth of heat. Most claims around these things are bogus and manipulations of peoples understanding of things
This! Too bad he didn't burn an equal amount of that wax with the 3 wicks without the terracotta domes on it to show the candle alone would provide the same amount of heat.
A bit pricey for a flowerpot heater, but to be fair it looks nicer. To get the small t-light candles to last longer, just remove them from there small metal cups and place directly in the main tray, and add in the wax beads around them. They'll work just the same as the original wicks, and last the same as well.
Candle heaters are only useful if you're going to huddle around them. Otherwise, they only produce as much heat into the room as the candle can produce. Using a clay pot on top does not magically cause the candle to make more heat. It does look nice as a wax melt and scent defuser though.
Humidity will naturally go down (even with the same exact amount of moisture in the air) as temperature goes up, because warmer air can hold more moisture and relative humidity is measured relative to the saturation point. So it might actually be helping even with the readings you were getting, you'd have to do some extra calculations to be sure
It may be the water is helping to maintain the humidity instead of dropping it more than it did. Heat is typically drying, so maybe that little bit of water helps to lessen the humidity loss. That could be something else you could try, how the humidity changes with and without the water ring.
Using regular candles would definitely save you money, and it does the same thing as the powder. But why use this when you can use your heater and you can just buy an Air Wick air freshener.
You can do the math on the heating aspect. Energy required is energy capacity x mass x temp difference. For air thats 1.006 x 1.24 (per cubic meter) x 1 (if you want to heat up by one celsius) Candlewax has ~770 J/g of stored energy and the average candle is 10-12 grams ->7.7 KJ of energy per candle. Put all of this together for an average 50 m3 room -> 1.006*1.24*50*1= 62.3 KJ of energy required. So you need 62.3/7.7= 8 tea candles to raise the temperature by 1 Celsius assuming there is no heatloss or other heat source. This is align with what we see, there is a slight increase of temperature in the immediate vicinity, but it cant meaningfully heat the room. Also to raise the humidity of the room that~ 1 cup of water is nothing. You would need to evaporate at least 2-3 liters of water assuming again there is no ventillation. technically they are not lying you are adding heat and water vapour to the air, but its negligible.
@@SnowRaver-p2vI dunno, I think that's regional bull. I lived in the desert, and spent the entire time only up early in the morning or at night. The dry heat gave me constant heat stroke, and put me in the hospital repeatedly. You have no idea you're overheated until you stop sweating. It was awful. And the locals were convinced that snow was dangerous, and humidity makes everyone sick all the time... So....
Nothing sounds as cozy as making a candle more dangerous for a good smell. Candles don't put out much heat doesn't matter what weird convoluted crap you put them in.
🤣 $!00+ omg!!! i made kinda the same thing using a clay flower pot and a "Crisco"candle that burns for almost 3 days! all for around $8 the essential oil shouldn't cost anywhere near $90 lmao
If i had to guess i would say it isn't called egloo because it looks like an egg. Mostly because it doesn't. What it does look like is an igloo and is "environmentally friendly" so egloo?
lots of flower pot heaters have been tested and they don't really work all that well. This is the basically the same thing just purpose made for it. I think if the larger top didn't have a hole in it this might work better, I think that is what was found with the flower pot heaters. Basically 99.9% of the heat escapes out of the top and goes right to the ceiling, if you put something over that hole that would capture the heat and spread it out it would work better. I saw someone try to use a computer CPU cooler and that helped a little but adding up the cost of tea lights to just the cost of running a space heater it's cheaper just running a heater. Unless you live in a place where electricity is really really high these are kinda pointless.
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It does look somewhat interesting from the side, but it kinda seems like you're mostly just paying for the scent, so $100 is quite steep, and it looks like it's a bit of a hassle with so many parts.
This is good in a small places like a reading room that you sit and read a book or something like that and Everyone talks about flower pot. Well this is about nice decoration with some reason. But if i need heater then i get heater and i don't need flower pots.
You should not let an open flame run unattended,and the candle wax combustion products are not a good thing to breath for extended periods. I sure as well would not run thing in my home.
It’s a valid question… The candle wax is made from hydrogen and carbon bonded together. When the candle burns, the hydrogen and carbon combine with oxygen in the air and turn into carbon dioxide and water vapor. The candle basically burns and evaporates. In the long run, if you burn a lot of candles, yes you will get some residue on the walls, tables, etc. Burning a small candle like this once in a while shouldn’t be noticeable. Edit: OP’s comment was originally phrased as a question
I think you are placing the metal grill upside down, those ball feets seems like are going to tip any minute and it seems the large piece on top would be secured using those same balls. Fire could even last longer with a diminished air flow
Safe enough. The levels of harmful pollutants in candle wax are so small as to be negligable to health, even if you burn candles constantly for your entire life. However, someone with particularly bad asthma or lung/heart conditions might feel some negative effects from burning candles. And of course, scented candles can trigger allergies, so take care when choosing scented candles. Overall, it's not much worse than typical oil based air freshners, which also provide similar concerns (Due to simply spraying a fine mist of oil into your room)
'Humidify' part is a total scam! To actually humidify even a small zone (e.g. your desk) you'd need to evaporate 100+ml of water per hour. It has to be 250+ for a small room, and no less than 400ml for a bigger space. This thing works similar to hand-made flower pot heater, and it does work like that. Tea candles can last up to 4-6 hours, and clay is good at taking and giving away the heat. You can use scented candles or oils of your choice too. So, it looks pretty, it can warm up some small space, it smells good, and there are cheaper alternatives.
This would be great in a northern state/ area like where I live, if you lose electricity over the winter. I have a kerosene lamp for the same reason, but this seems a bit safer than kerosene.
It is basically a version of the flower pot heater, but I like it. First off it's better looking. As for heat, would be a big help in a bath room when the poser is out. Living where we get ice storms, we can be without power for days. It may not sound like much, but when you don't have heat, a warm bathroom becomes a popular hang out. 😁
You can do the same basic thing with a pie pan, a candle and a couple of clay flower pots.
Was JUST about to mention this. Will be a lot cheaper too.😂
These things are just as ineffective and just as dangerous as the flowerpot trick.
Candles put out very little heat. It's under 100 BTUs over the entire burn. They don't add relative humidity to the air. That's because the capacity for holding water goes up with the temperature. Plus, these things don't put out much water to begin with. Maybe a few grams for the entire thing.
Finally, candle wax is a lousy fuel. Get a kerosene heater. These things put out 12-15k BTUs an hour and will run close to 20 hours on a single tank and about a gallon of water into the air.
Not saying you're wrong by any means, but there are pros/cons to everything. Clay pot heaters are very much so a more sustainable and eco-friendly way of warming up than kerosene heaters, and while they may not be as efficient as giving out heat, that efficiency is heavily impacted by the room you're in and how well insulated it is. If the room is well insulated, over time the clay pot heater will work efficiently they can even improve the overall environment if using beeswax given that it releases negative ions when burned which can help purify the air.
@@MrSmith_ Candle wax IS kerosene. In the UK they go by the same name paraffin. Most candles sold at retail today are made from oil. They are not made from natural sources.
Clay pot heaters are dangerous. They are a major fire hazard. There is a video on youtube of a guy burning his boat down with one. The problem is the wax liquifies within a few minutes. It evaporates into the air as a inflammable gas. It is also subject to spilling. There is no auto shutoff mechanism nor is one possible like a kerosene heater has.
For this danger, you get almost no heat. The only advantage of clay pot heaters over just burning the candle is the clay pot is some thermal mass to slow down the heat going into the room.
It is probably more economical to run a kerosene heater than a clay pot heater. I have 3 of them. All 3 at 12k BTU units that burn a gallon of kerosene about 18-20 hours. The downside is they can only run at their rated BTU, no slower and no faster. So you really need to size them correctly.
@@MrSmith_ No they are not.
You meant effective not efficiency. Effective = higher BTU output over time. Efficiency = BTUs per dollar.
Kerosene is a better fuel than candle wax because it burns completely, leaving no residue and produces more BTU per lb and costs less per lb. Kerosene is about $1.50/lb. Bulk wax starts at about $2.80/lb. Plus wicks and time to make. Premade tea light candles are nearly double that.
The thermometer is measuring relative humidity, and relative humidity tends to drop as temperature increases since warmer air can now hold more water.
Just what I was going to say. You can't really judge it by this.
Also if the thermometer had been a bit further away.
FYI, per law of thermodynamics, that housing for the candles does nothing to amplify heat - it can only alter the direction of heat. But the actual quantity of heat is 100% determined by the energy source.. i.e. the candles. The room will warm up exactly the same whether you put the candles in that housing or just leave them out without it. Same thing with electric portable heaters - the wattage is the only thing that matters. A 800 watt oil heater will warm a room up to the same temperature as a 800 watt fan heater. The only difference is speed of the heating, direction of the heating and whether the air gets dried out or not.
To me, the big reason to use something like this is that it's safer to use candles for heat when you're sleeping if you have the candle flame contained by the terracotta; kitties can't get their whiskers/fur into it and light the house on fire.
@@dawn-marieoliver2393 No way, don't use candles when sleeping. An extra blanket is going to trap a lot more warmth than what 3 candles can generate anyway.
@@dawn-marieoliver2393 That practically never happens though, all mammals excluding humans are instinctually born with fear of fire. No cat or dog is going to get more than a couple feet within range of an open flame. That said, it's still not a bad thing to use by any means, just be aware it's not doing anything to improve heat. It's a suitable protection for the flame though against the odd / rare contact with the flame with an animal or something else that might knock it over.
This is an artistic version of an old emergency heater, using terracotta pots and some bolts and washers. The limitation is the heat produced by candles...its not much. These devices dont amplify heat. But they *do* concentrate and conserve the heat energy produced by the candles, making for a very nice handwarmer.
Perhaps it would increase humidity if the large outer shell were saturated with water?
I think if one were madenin such a way that a small pot (like a 12 or 16 oz metal camp cup) it would be more useful, able to heat water for coffee/tea/dehydrated food.
I'd kill for 20% humidity lol. I'm from the other side of the world. Current time is 7 in the morning and the humidity is currently at 96%. Not a typo. I've been to dry places similar to Vegas and it was a lot nicer.
I don't think my shower gets up to 96% humidity.
And then there's people from Florida, who somehow enjoy 100° 100% weather. Boggles the mind.
Yup. I despise super high humidity & unfortunately experience it a lot. RN is dry tho which is a treat.
The average candle produces about 75 watts of heat (about 250btu). The average human just by living gives of about 120 watts (408btu)
So the heat produced is small. There are 3 wicks, so about 225 watts. But the smallest electric heaters are about 800-1000 watts, and most 2000+ watts. So really really a small amount of heat.
The ceramic pot just helps radiate instead of just convect the heat away. Candle heaters are a very expensive way of heating... And dangerous.
This!!
I think you're missing the point. What if you said, "Its far more nutritious for you to eat fresh food! Eating nothing but MRE's is very expensive... and dangerous." See the problem now?
It's an EMERGENCY heater that you can shove into a closet for a decade, and pull out and still work, because wax candles are way more shelf stable than batteries or liquids are. Just like how emergency rations are more shelf stable than fresh food (and nearly not as good for you). In long term emergencies, like power outages in very cold climates, you want multiple layers of redundancy, with each backup being more robust and simpler. No one whose eating an MRE next to a hobo heater in the cold dark because your generator shit the bed is thinking "oh gee I wonder if this heat is efficient" dude
looks very nice, but you can do same thing with flower pots and some clay spacers, was a big craze a couple years ago on youtube on how to build it. I did it and it worked ok but like yours here did not really heat a room just right up near it. Thank you keep up the great vids I watch all you make.
I've seen this done with larger stuff, and it heated up a small room. The candle, being larger, also lasted longer. There was less possibility of a fire because the big candle pretty much sat in the water. I think the whole humidity is just a side benefit of a fire safety feature.
This is based on the Cornish room heater. There is a DIY version here on yt with two saucers, a flowerpot and some coins. I tried it and it made the room noticeably warmer. Needless to say, it gets hot, so you can't touch it, like you can this one.
I think Hot air can hold more humidity. So by the Temp going up the Humidity might be going up as well , but it might not be as obvious since it's a % and hot air being able to hold more humidity. The reading might just be going down a little or staying stagnent which also indicates higher humidity. The exact ratios and % can be looked up online. I only know the basics.
People pay $100 for that? You could feed 50 homeless people a meal for that money.
Candles put off about 100w of heat each. So this thing would produce about 300ish watts.
A space heater is ususally 900w for a small room and 1500w for a big room.
So this product is 1/3 of the smallest space heater you can find.
It will produce some heat as shown, but definitely can't expect it to stop you from freezing and a few candles will do the same thing.
Saucer and an upside down flower pot of terracotta works the same, modify as needed
My opinion is that it's overcomplicated. I agree with what you did at the end. Just put some tealight candles in.
More trouble than it's worth... unless... it could be useful when camping.
Indoors, I'd just get a space heater (for emergencies), and light incense for aroma. 😄
Kerosene lanterns will do the same thing but provide a lot more light and are adjustable. They usually burn at around 10 candle power. You can buy lanterns that have a small rack on top so you can set a small pan and boil water.
Yep I run 2 oil lamps to heat my bedroom all winter it’s like burning 15 candles worth of heat works well and provides a decent amount of light as well
If you use tee lights they need to be spaced out a bit. If they touch each other the melted wax surface can catch fire completely. In combination with the water this can cause an explosion.
I wish you had talked more about the scent. How long did the scent last? Did it make the whole room smell like it or could you only smell it if you were standing by it? Did the tealight candles also help with the scent in the same way (I'm assuming it's the flame heating up the water that disperses the scent)?
Its really important to note some material holding heat does not amplify that heat
You are still getting 3 candles worth of heat. Most claims around these things are bogus and manipulations of peoples understanding of things
This! Too bad he didn't burn an equal amount of that wax with the 3 wicks without the terracotta domes on it to show the candle alone would provide the same amount of heat.
A bit pricey for a flowerpot heater, but to be fair it looks nicer. To get the small t-light candles to last longer, just remove them from there small metal cups and place directly in the main tray, and add in the wax beads around them. They'll work just the same as the original wicks, and last the same as well.
I don't know how much refills are but using the tea candles is a good option. And for a dollar or two get some flavored oils.
100 bucks for THAT?! A sucker is born every minute. But at least it makes for good content for YTers.
You'll be surprised there's an expensive version of everything you can see at any given moment
I use the clay pot version of this every winter in Canada. Three tea lights and it will warm the living room nicely. The radiant heat is awesome.
Three tea lights warm your living room by what, half a degree? One degree?
Why not get a wide , short candle and center in the pots?
I'd like to see how long it burns and the results.
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Clay pot, Crisco, candle and your good to go
Candle heaters are only useful if you're going to huddle around them. Otherwise, they only produce as much heat into the room as the candle can produce. Using a clay pot on top does not magically cause the candle to make more heat.
It does look nice as a wax melt and scent defuser though.
Looks nice. I'm betting in a small room this would be very helpful during power outage. Not a lot of heat but a slow build up.
yes, buy it. Buy four and use it instead of your home's heat. Save money!! smgdh
I only knew of this as a hobo heater. Or a flower pot heater.
Neat, i wonder if it would work well in a semi truck sleeper cab, its a more confined space 🤔 i wonder if i would have to wrry about tht though.
You would need a carbon monoxide detector, and a cracked window.
@GoGoGadgetDoom really, for a couple small candles? Your joking right?
i don't think its safe to use candles in a car
@@lostgrunt7833 In a closed cab? I jest not.
I would never put something like that in my truck.
Humidity will naturally go down (even with the same exact amount of moisture in the air) as temperature goes up, because warmer air can hold more moisture and relative humidity is measured relative to the saturation point. So it might actually be helping even with the readings you were getting, you'd have to do some extra calculations to be sure
It’s a really pretty unit. But the price is in the “YIKES” area.
It may be the water is helping to maintain the humidity instead of dropping it more than it did. Heat is typically drying, so maybe that little bit of water helps to lessen the humidity loss. That could be something else you could try, how the humidity changes with and without the water ring.
the best part for me… i’m nearsighted
so i take my glasses off to see up close vs putting them on 🤓
Using regular candles would definitely save you money, and it does the same thing as the powder.
But why use this when you can use your heater and you can just buy an Air Wick air freshener.
But you didn't really comment on the scent. did it not hold up? did if fill the room? did it expand into the rest of your house?
Deconstructed candle then. More packaging so you can ‘assemble’ it yourself. Flowerpot and tea light works the the same.
You can do the math on the heating aspect. Energy required is energy capacity x mass x temp difference. For air thats 1.006 x 1.24 (per cubic meter) x 1 (if you want to heat up by one celsius)
Candlewax has ~770 J/g of stored energy and the average candle is 10-12 grams ->7.7 KJ of energy per candle.
Put all of this together for an average 50 m3 room ->
1.006*1.24*50*1= 62.3 KJ of energy required. So you need 62.3/7.7= 8 tea candles to raise the temperature by 1 Celsius assuming there is no heatloss or other heat source.
This is align with what we see, there is a slight increase of temperature in the immediate vicinity, but it cant meaningfully heat the room.
Also to raise the humidity of the room that~ 1 cup of water is nothing. You would need to evaporate at least 2-3 liters of water assuming again there is no ventillation.
technically they are not lying you are adding heat and water vapour to the air, but its negligible.
Can you imagine someone or a kid bumping into it?? That flimsy setup will collapse in a second
You can probably make your own setup that’s bigger with some flower pots from Lowe’s or Home Depot.
Thanks for the video
Curious if the Sterno safe heat cans would work
I was wondering if you added water with the tea light candles
20% humidity?! I would die
Las Vegas desert😂
The dry desert heat is so much nicer than humidity.
I'd take the 120° Nevada summer over the 80° mid west 90% humidity any day!
Here in FL, mine is set to 56%
@@SnowRaver-p2vI dunno, I think that's regional bull. I lived in the desert, and spent the entire time only up early in the morning or at night. The dry heat gave me constant heat stroke, and put me in the hospital repeatedly. You have no idea you're overheated until you stop sweating. It was awful.
And the locals were convinced that snow was dangerous, and humidity makes everyone sick all the time... So....
@@JohnnyK60 I'm in Britain, we can get that high too, but without the warmth
Nothing sounds as cozy as making a candle more dangerous for a good smell. Candles don't put out much heat doesn't matter what weird convoluted crap you put them in.
🤣 $!00+ omg!!! i made kinda the same thing using a clay flower pot and a "Crisco"candle that burns for almost 3 days! all for around $8 the essential oil shouldn't cost anywhere near $90 lmao
Someone decided to make some money 🙄
I just watched a ad for kitchen gadgets. I started going Nope, nope, .
I made a similar heater using 2 clay pots and some hardware.
Anyone else see the thumbnail and think it was about the 3D Printer company Elegoo?
The same amount of heat is going into the room regardless of whether you put something over the candle lol
I think it's supposed to look like an Eskimo's igloo to me. They light fires in them with a top vent and they don't melt.
Saw the thumbnail and thought it was the demon core iykyk
If i had to guess i would say it isn't called egloo because it looks like an egg. Mostly because it doesn't. What it does look like is an igloo and is "environmentally friendly" so egloo?
lots of flower pot heaters have been tested and they don't really work all that well. This is the basically the same thing just purpose made for it. I think if the larger top didn't have a hole in it this might work better, I think that is what was found with the flower pot heaters. Basically 99.9% of the heat escapes out of the top and goes right to the ceiling, if you put something over that hole that would capture the heat and spread it out it would work better. I saw someone try to use a computer CPU cooler and that helped a little but adding up the cost of tea lights to just the cost of running a space heater it's cheaper just running a heater. Unless you live in a place where electricity is really really high these are kinda pointless.
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this is just a flower pot green house heater, only a much nicer looking one
I know this is expensive for what it is, but I want one
Calling this a humidifier is like calling a street puddle an olympic pool.
Where I live we aren't allowed to have candles in our apartment
Humidity changed 4 degrees started at 20 degrees
Thanks
It does look somewhat interesting from the side, but it kinda seems like you're mostly just paying for the scent, so $100 is quite steep, and it looks like it's a bit of a hassle with so many parts.
Missed opportunity for an egg boiled scent.
This is good in a small places like a reading room that you sit and read a book or something like that and Everyone talks about flower pot. Well this is about nice decoration with some reason. But if i need heater then i get heater and i don't need flower pots.
Right on time again!! Grabbing my popcorn for this
When are you going to post a longer videos James
Love your videos, thank you for all the hard work you put in
Would love more pet products❤❤
2 clay pots - 4 dollar store Tealights -= exact same results
What if it gets knocked over? I wouldn`t leave unattended.
You should not let an open flame run unattended,and the candle wax combustion products are not a good thing to breath for extended periods. I sure as well would not run thing in my home.
I wonder if it's meant to be pronounced like "E Glue" as in Igloo only with an E rather than "Egg Loo"
6:34 There is nothing there because it's all on your walls, tables and so on...
Have you never owned a candle before?
It’s a valid question…
The candle wax is made from hydrogen and carbon bonded together. When the candle burns, the hydrogen and carbon combine with oxygen in the air and turn into carbon dioxide and water vapor. The candle basically burns and evaporates. In the long run, if you burn a lot of candles, yes you will get some residue on the walls, tables, etc. Burning a small candle like this once in a while shouldn’t be noticeable.
Edit: OP’s comment was originally phrased as a question
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Did i miss it.... shouldn't you soak one of the terra cotta pieces to provide humidity?
It's a clay pot heater designed to be as expensive and proprietary as possible. 🤣
Burning candles leaves soot on walls and ceilings.
Not if you keep the wicks trimmed.
@@kayhenry6293 exactly
Do they say what type of wax is used? Could just buy your own wax instead.
I think you are placing the metal grill upside down, those ball feets seems like are going to tip any minute and it seems the large piece on top would be secured using those same balls.
Fire could even last longer with a diminished air flow
The humidity started at 20 percent
GOOD VID
But is it pet safe?
Not in my house. They'd knock it over and burn the house down.
As far as heating goes this is wildly inefficient and expensive
When you use Egloo, close the door.
Not sure how safe it is around cats and little kids.
I know the comments below will be full of just use a clay pot from your garden to do the same thing. Watch a youtube video on how to do it.
Egg-shaped igloo? :-)
Its probably pronounced igloo as in otalian e sounds i and i sounds e
Very expensive way to add a little bit of heat to a room. Ignore physics at your expense.
And no thanks to the pollution burning candle wax puts into the air.
So... The wax just burns off and goes into the air? Is that safe?
Safe enough. The levels of harmful pollutants in candle wax are so small as to be negligable to health, even if you burn candles constantly for your entire life.
However, someone with particularly bad asthma or lung/heart conditions might feel some negative effects from burning candles.
And of course, scented candles can trigger allergies, so take care when choosing scented candles.
Overall, it's not much worse than typical oil based air freshners, which also provide similar concerns (Due to simply spraying a fine mist of oil into your room)
it's a candle Boo. They have been in use for centuries.
You should cook an egg with it.
'Humidify' part is a total scam! To actually humidify even a small zone (e.g. your desk) you'd need to evaporate 100+ml of water per hour. It has to be 250+ for a small room, and no less than 400ml for a bigger space. This thing works similar to hand-made flower pot heater, and it does work like that. Tea candles can last up to 4-6 hours, and clay is good at taking and giving away the heat. You can use scented candles or oils of your choice too. So, it looks pretty, it can warm up some small space, it smells good, and there are cheaper alternatives.
Great idea with the tealight candles.
😂😂😂 so much for the crackling fire didn't you hear that
U never said how long the smell lasted for…
What is that noise at 2:41
doesn't matter
@@AlexParkerEmceewe need to get the bottom of this
His mic
No, I stopped using candles
100 bucks for 5 hours.. That's 20 bucks an hour.... DUD
igloo. its kinda looks like one.
Beard is looking epic!
HAMBURGER! 🍔🤤
ngl, was fully expecting another egg gadget xD
Noo, not another eggy doohicky.
@3:24 - Yeah, that's usually how it goes!
This would be great in a northern state/ area like where I live, if you lose electricity over the winter. I have a kerosene lamp for the same reason, but this seems a bit safer than kerosene.