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Dux Ecosmart Heat Pump

Dux Ecosmart Heat Pump

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Dux Ecosmart Heat Pump
2.1

6 reviews

Positive vs Negative
17%16%67%
Build Quality
4.5
Value for Money
3.5
Cleaning & Maintenance
5.0
Noise Level
5.0
Temperature Consistency
2.5
Heating Speed
2.0
grot
grot 16 posts
 Published  · Edited   200DHA20P

This heat pump does not allow you to adjust WHEN the unit starts to heat water again. after the washing up and 2 showers at night, the water temp is around 50 . So next day when sun is shining and solar panels are on , the water heater will not work . when the sun goes down and the water temp is 45 degrees the heater starts to work, using… Read more

electricity from the grid. NOT very ecosmart!! What is the purpose of the timer??? If you set the timer to come on when the sun is up , the machine does not work!

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Dux    

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Fiona F.
Fiona F. SA
   200DHA20

Awful product and service. Two 5 minute showers drops the temp from 60° to 25° even with the "boost" mode enabled. As a family of 5 we have to break who has showers when and make sure theres a minimum 30minute break in-between or an hour if we have two showers back to back. Wouldn't recommend and would much rather our old clunker or gas than this… Read more

garbage. Trying to get help is useless too and then you have the smallest model being put in by the big builders in the big homes which means they have already sold the product and got your money so just dont care. I expect a hot water service to actually be hot when needed, not having to go back to boiling kettles and pots just to bathe!

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Dux    

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Daniel
Daniel SA 2 posts
   200DHA20P

Dux sell undersized 200L heaps pumps to Statesman Homes (AKA Hickinbotham Homes, SA Housing Centre, Construction Services Australia & Liberty Homes) without checking if they are fit for purpose. We have been told to use Boost mode which needs to be manually set by us on the app each day, then wait for it to heat enough hot water to allow everyone to have a shower or bath & wash dishes. Not good enough! Show details

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Ray
Ray NSW 9 posts
   300DHA20
Build Quality
Cleaning & Maintenance
Noise Level
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We had this dux heat pump installed on 16 th Sept 2023 . In our previous house we had a solar water heater from Solarhart and it was far superior to this heat pump . No noise , used less power and the water temperature was much more constant. The… Read more

Dux android app has no control of the heater ( or it appears not to have any control ) and is very basic. Try and set the temp and the heater ignores it , try to set hours of operation ( so the noise doesnt wake everyone late at night) and the heater ignores it . I am all for buying Australian made product but it needs to function properly. Looking back we will def go back to solar hot water

 Follow-up  · Follow up . The noise level has not improved . Someone asked what do we consider acceptable noise levels. I think something in the order of 40 decibels during the day is acceptable but at night that sort of noise is very unacceptable when all else is silent. The heater does make unacceptable noise at night and a noticeable noise during the day.… Read more

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Dux    

Hi Ray, We apologise for the inconvenience this may have… Read more (+1 reply)

Bigalbaby
Bigalbaby NSW 8 posts
   300DHA20P

We purchased a Dux 300DHA20P heat pump in July of 2024 to replace an existing system. We have waited to see how good it was before leaving a review on it, hopefully this will help others that may be in the market for one, we replaced a overseas Bosch heat pump that threw in the towel. We were well aware at the time of the cheap Chinese models… Read more ·  1

available when we purchased the Dux but we wanted to buy an Australian made system . It wasn't cheap but it should be in the long run, is a great system, you only get what you pay for so we shouldn't have to replace it any time soon and we can get reliable local service if required, the Dux performs very well as we are in an area that experiences quite a lot of frosts and it should outlast any cheap import as it is built for Australian conditions, it also has a boost system that can be controlled by my mobile phone so I don't even have to go outside in the cold to engage it. We are a family of 4 adults with a 5 year old as well and our washing machine washes with hot water, this Dux system works beautifully and we have never been without hot water. We highly recommend Dux hot water systems.

AChristo
AChristo 2 posts
   300DHA20

New model teething issues/running out of hot water but now resolved... mostly by us – We had a lot of issues with this system initially. We bought the biggest size (4 adult household) and we were running out of hot water. (New model, not much support from manufacturer due to lack of experience with model) We called installer who called his rep. Rep came over a couple of times. Rep got us on the system's app which was a bit of a… Read more

waste of effort. Even that didn't go smoothly. Every issue to get access to information on what the system was doing (minimal info for the effort) they tried to push back on us ... our internet isn't strong enough, need a booster JUST for the hot water system (wrong) our phones were problematic (!) ... that's what you get when IT support = 'the girls in the office'. No one at the manufacturers knew the system well enough nor how to troubleshoot. Eventually we (customers) figured out it was just a random space in login info that was the culprit to the app issue. Very low quality software app.

In order not to run out of hot water in winter, the system needs to be overriden to increase the temp it heats to (particularly in winter months) in order for the Max size to service 4 adults. Just 2 degrees will probably do it. This is another thing we were told was not possible initially. Lots of back and forth, and mainly trial and error by us (and the 4th person missing out on a warm shower in winter several times)! By the second month post installation, it's been working well. We are now 6 months in and happy with the purchase. Unless they haven't learnt from our frustrating first 2 months of teething problems with their new air pump hot water system you should have no issues. If they haven't taken on board these issues by now, be prepared for problems in the 1st 2 months. Solutions are here if you need them.

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Dux    

Hi AChristo, We apologise for any inconvenience this may… Read more

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