Have You Seen The New Electrothermic Flat Panel Space Heater?

While researching this year's crop of spacegraphite with a crystalline content of more than
heaters I discovered numerous complaints relating67%.
to micathermic flat panel heaters. These weren'tThis coating is extremely versatile and is used in a
your garden variety complaints aboutnumber of household appliances like toasters, pop
performance or customer service, but rathercorn poppers and hair dryers. You can actually
accounts given by consumers relating to instancespaint this coating on just about any surface,
of glowing orange spots or sparks shooting fromattach electrodes, and have a ready made heat
the heating panel.source.
What made matters worse was the complaintsThe new electrothermic heaters resemble
encompassed models from two differentmicathermic heaters in design, size (about 28"W x
manufacturers which indicated to me a design22"H), portability, and features including two heat
flaw rather than just a chance occurrence.settings: 1000 watts or 1500 watts, and a
This was very disappointing news in light of thethermostat that cycles the heat on and off to
fact that micathermic technology, at the time,maintain a comfortable room temperature.
solved two major problems that consumersSafety features include automatic shut-off
encountered with other types of space heaters:overheat protection and automatic shut-off if the
slow heat up and noise.unit accidentally gets tipped over.
But while doing my research, I also stumbled ontoAccording to the manufacturer, electrothemic
a new type of flat panel heater that incorporatestechnology is up to 20% more efficient than the
an electrothermic coating instead of mica.micathermic models on the market. This would
The electrothermic coating is a combinationmean average savings of $8 - $10 a month if
acetylene based carbon black particles andyou run the heater 6 hours per day.