Braemar Ecostar Gas Wall Furnaces

Worst heater I’ve ever used. It’s the only heater in my rental and I don’t use it. If it works, it’s useless anyway. Had it checked and repaired countless times. Blows out warm air at best, doesn’t work at all when it’s really freezing, shuts off every few minutes at random, is so noisy, rattles, limited controls with no instructions. Waste of time. Doesn’t heat the lounge in our 2 bedroom house. Show details

Quality reliability – Heats well low noise . Reliable hard working has econony setting. Great with large lounge and family room. Thermo stat is functional and correct. Show details ·  1

Nice and cosy – Heater installed yesterday, followed by running instructions. Red lights are usual, indicating temperature selection whilst green light indicates economic mode. I’m cozy with the replacement heater. Instructions are on the side panel of unit. I didn’t get a booklet as indicated that I should read before use which is how I got here….but it’s very automatic. Show details ·  1

Never buy this brand of heater – Had the unit installed after 40 years of using Vulcan gas wall furnaces (4 different homes). Will never go with this brand again. Approximately 6 months old, heater would not start, all red lights on, no green or orange. Called the approved repairer who told me the problem was the flue was full of spider webs. This is not covered under… Read more

warranty so I had to pay $255 for 15 minutes of work and call out fee. This was after paying $3600 for heater install. Was told I need to run the heater every week, this includes over summer months to keep the flue clear. It is now winter and I am running the heater every day, and guess what, heater again does not want to start on first go. I now have to go up on the roof of my house to check the flue. Also told to get a pet exterminator to help keep the flue clean. This is a total scam. Terrible design of the flue (if that is in fact the real problem). I feel very sorry for anyone who lives in a double story house, an older person, or a disabled person as this unit is going to be costly just to run normally. I wish I had read the reviews of this unit before telling the plumber to ahead with it. I have also told my plumber about these reviews so they can talk people out of buying this brand.

Absolute rubbish – Replaced our old heater with theWF2000, it's noisy, hard to light when it goes out and the indicator never worked. The thermostat has gone again. That's one every 3 years. At $300 a time I'm not happy. Never needed to replace last one in 13 years. Wouldn't buy or recommend to anyone. Show details

Lemon – From the day it was installed we’ve had nothing but trouble. It has been serviced and repaired that many times but it cannot be fixed leaving my elderly parents freezing during winter months. Red lights flashing and energy light too. Squealing fan. Absolutely fed up with this faulty unit. Show details

Failed just days after installation – We replaced my elderly mother in law’s old Vulcan wall furnace with the Braemar PWF30. On installation it was noticeably noisier than the old heater, and within days of installation the fan motor failed. We are currently waiting for Braemar to send a replacement motor for a repair under warranty but there doesn’t seem to be any sense of urgency. Feeling disappointed that an Australian company’s quality control has failed so badly. Show details

Don’t buy Braemar pwf30 – We have had the Braemar PWF30 since the 13/7/22 after replacing the old model, we are very disappointed with the performance of this heater, it doesn’t do what it’s supposed to, that is heat our very small house, it is noisy and the amount of heat it puts out is minimal, we paid $3862 for the change over. Please think twice and then think again… Read more

before you purchase the Braemar PWF30 unless you want noisy cold rooms and end up as disappointed as we are, we have definitely been left out in the cold.

Follow up to my review – After not believing the company that installed my heater I went to a couple of different places to find out why the heater didn’t work properly. One company sent out their tech to look at it after hearing what I was saying about it not heating, they found the reason why there was a panel missing inside the heater from when it was made. I was told… Read more

the heater was working as it should by the people who installed it and made feel it was just me. When the new tech came to look at it and found the problem he contacted Braemar and spent an hour and a half here sorting it out for me. The parts have arrived today and will be fitted Thursday morning. When the problem was detected Braemar couldn’t have been more helpful and are fixing it under warranty for me.

Don’t buy this heater I had one installed last Wednesday at the cost of just under $2500, noisy and doesn’t heat room – Don’t buy this heater I had one installed last Wednesday at a cost of just under $2500, it only heats (if you could call it heat) to 20C in a small lounge room with door closed to other rooms and blinds down on the highest setting of 8. It’s noisy and exceptionally noisy in my bedroom with the rear outlet opened or closed. The installer came out… Read more

yesterday to check it, he stared at it for a while pressed some buttons and said he adjusted the pressure and if that didn’t help it might need a tech . Today I received a phone call from the place I bought it telling me he said it’s working as it should and the heaters now are not like the old one it’s a different heat and they could send a tec out but if it’s working how it should then they will bill me for the visit. Iv had a Braemar wall heater for over 10 years with no problem I only changed it as it was getting old and gas bill was high. This one I was told was more efficient and would warm up the living areas of my small home but having to run it on the highest setting and still be cold in one small room and I don’t think my gas bill will go down at this rate I am totally disgusted. I will never by from this place again and stay away from Braemar. Worst heater I have ever had.

Don't install this equipment – For the last two years, this equipment failed three times. The design is bad, the equipment is very unreliable. Plumbers can come in and fix things but the price we pay for such fixes does not make sense, noting how much the equipment costs.

Horrible – DHS installed this heater about 9 months ago, I was having to restart the heater every half an hour to an hour and it was driving me nuts and yes it is loud, I like my tv volume on 15 when I watch it, with the heater on we need it on 30 just to hear it over the heater. I now use a $20 heater from Kmart, quieter and I don't have to keep restarting it... Show details

I hear water dripping in my heater – I have the WF25N heater and it heats well. My concern is sometimes (not always) I can hear the sound of water dripping inside the heater. Is this normal. I was told it had some kind of carbon monoxide safety feature, and I was wondering if it had something to do with that. The heater is about a year old. Show details

Very disappointed – Room is not warm enough without having the heater running flat out. Noisy. Metal makes clicking noise when thermostat turns on/off. Our 24 year old wall furnace did a much better job. Very disappointed as Braemar has such a good name. Price included installation.  Show details

WHY??? – Why install a known faulty heater DHHS?? Less than a year old with probably only two weeks actual running as installed just after winter last year and when we turned on for the cold snap it is the 3 red lights and one green light. Numerous calls and plumber attendance and here we are with no heating and a piece of crap. Supposedly a faulty gas… Read more

valve (which is readily purchased ) but we are still waiting 4 weeks later. Would not recommend anyone to purchase this model as it has a history of similar problems - reviews written since 2018- same issue so that says a lot about Braemer rectifying known issues and DHHS purchasing substandard essential items.

Can't live without heating – Our new Breamer wall heater was installed 2 years ago after the one before nearly killed us because of emitting carbon dioxide. We live in DHHS and now this new Breamer just stopped working. My husband and I have medical issues and we need heating. Three times someone came and now been told that it needs a negative switch but still waiting.… Read more

Really upsetting and Breamer should not have sold defective heaters to the housing department. Really upset because we are goin to freeze.

Give me back my old Vulcan – This heater has recently been installed in the home I rent. If I could I would trade this unit for my old Vulcan any day. Like many other reviews have stated, this heater is loud and clunky. At setting 4 and above the fan is overwhelmingly loud and uncomfortable in the space, especially when it kicks in to the higher speed. There is no way to… Read more

control this since turning the dial down a little to 3 or below basically makes the heater cut out altogether. Along with the absence of directional fins for air flow this has to be one of the most user UN-friendly appliances I have ever come across. With an energy rating of 2.2 I wonder how any manufacturer would be proud of this product. Avoid if you can.

Keeps flashing fault indicator – It’s works for a while then shuts off, three red and one green . It’s constantly shutting off and on. I’m hoping to get our money back! Last night it was constant. Show details

Not what should be expected – a noisy relay to control ignition and fans instead of a silent FET or IGBT common place in most white goods. fan speed via a resistor. using the above is almost a noise free start and with the correct part selection will be far far more reliable often at a lesser cost.Hint : surface mount IGBT's rated at 600 volts at 8 amps are more cost effective… Read more

AND fully silent. Using a simple cheap opto coupler and a minor firmware change smoother start of the blower can be achieved. I did see a large fixed capacitor if its purpose is a starter that might have a baring on why you might not have elected to move to this technology. just as simple to have a multi would induction motor with three FETS or IGBTs and why no insulation over a motor winding do you really want to trade winding heat in favour of corrosion and possibly an open circuit motor. I makes me wonder as a tenant, if one should trust your firmware in the key roles of protection for over temperature and carbon monoxide sensing ! especially when a look at the above factors admittedly I only see your retail price but even so in 2020 the build is total risk at this price and I DO agree that with the cost of gas to the consumer there is a high emphasis on efficiency and it can be hard to meet the above in that context. I opten wonder if it might fare better as a fan forced solely hydronically fan forced arrangement having no carbon monoxide problems to content with only a small heat exchanger with temperature sensing,

Four years of nothing – We loved our Vulcan heater which served us well for 25 years. But this Braemar piece of garbage didn't last us four! I have to give it credit though, it's definitely energy efficient - to the point that it would heat for five lukewarm minutes before shutting down. I wish I'd read these reviews before I sunk my money into that black hole. Vote with your wallet - never buy a Braemar product! Show details