Kogan Glass Portable Electric Panel Heaters
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Absolutely useless – Power thirsty, and only slowly heats a small room. would not recommend it. Look for alternate products. I have no idea why they request thirty words minimum for a review. Show details
Controls totally confusing – I was lent this by my landlord while waiting for repairs to my gas wall furnace. It slowly heats a small area. Left on long enough it heats a small room with the door closed. As others have said, the controls are on a remote control or the touch panel on the heater and the instructions are very confusing. I have had it a week so far and every time I turn it on I battle to get it to start heating. Show details
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Stylish, functional heater overall – The heater works fine, it quickly heats my 20 square metre room within 20 minutes or less, starting at 15 degrees and going to 20. It looks stylish and modern. The only problem is that the thermostat is useless. It's totally uncalibrated, so within minutes as the heater warms up it'll show 30 degrees when it's really only 18 or 19. I find it… Read more
easier just to check my indoor weather station and turn it off manually when I feel warm. The controls at first take a bit of working out: the manual is for a totally different remote than the one I actually got, but it's basically on/off, low/high heat, thermostat, and a timer function. It would be nice if you could turn off the loud, annoying "beep" that sounds after every push of the remote as well. Oh, and most of the heat actually convects upwards out of a grill behind the panel, although the panel itself does get pretty warm too, but not so hot as to burn instantly obviously. For $100 it's good value though.
Didn't meet my expectations – The heat come from the back of the product, which isn't a great help when wanting to sit it front of it and heat up fast. Sometimes the functions on the glass panel don't respond when first pressed. I personally don't believe the temperature goes up very high. I bought two of these and I hardly ever use them. Waste of money and a waste of space. Show details
Look elsewhere for a heater – In June 2018 i purchased the following heater from KOGAN - Kogan 1500W Portable Electric Panel Heater, $89.00, Product No. 6MAMQHUR. It works very well and i'm very happy with it. I went looking this year to buy another but KOGAN no longer stock this model so i opted for the model i am now reporting on. Its a classy looking white glass panel… Read more
heater - no fan, no noise, just what i wanted. The model concerned is KAHTP15WHTA and when i received it there were 2 problems. 1: Excessive off-gassing (really toxic smell) so much so i took it outside for 90 mins at full heat to burn-off. That helped but it still hasn't completely gone. 2. The LED display panel wasn't centrally located in the white glass panel and i couldn't read clearly the VERY strange icons to tell you what the unit was doing. I'm 'handy' so i removed the glass panel and relocated it to be located over the internal LED display. Its all working as it should now but i did report back into KOGAN. To their credit they responded quickly apologising and offered me a replacement heater at no cost. That's great customer service. I asked if the earlier model still available ... alas it isn't so i took KOGAN up on the offer. The replacement unit arrive 4 days later but i'm afraid i have to report further issues with this new replacement. Toxic smell still there (although appeared to be no-where as bad as the first) The other fault was that all functions on the glass touch panel on the heater didn't work. 2 were unresponsive. The remote control worked perfectly. I (handy boy) dismantled this unit and found the 2 spring loaded glass sensors just need a bit more length so i slightly stretched the springs,. Now working as it should.
I cannot, after the examples above, recommend this heater to you readers. Look elsewhere.
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Positive reviews
Fantastic – Make sure your home is suited to these heaters. If it's a big home or not well insulated they won't heat it up. But if you have a well insulated and not so big rooms they are awesome. I clip mine to the wall. One under our towels in the bathroom. One in my studio and one in the lounge. My first two I bought three years ago and still run perfectly.… Read more
The new one has wifi and is totally worth it. So easy to use. Set times etc.i thinking about replacing the others with that model. If I want the room to heat quickly I arc up the air con in heat mode, then turn on Kogan. Turn off the air con. And it stays warm without all the air blowing in your face. I'm writing this review when it's 8 outside and it's cosy as inside
Heats well – I don't understand all the negative reviews. I live in a one bedroom apartment, closed the bedroom door and turn on the heater at 24 degrees in the living room, after an hour I had to turn it off because the room was so hot. It's not the kind of heater where you sit in front of to keep warm. I leave mine against the wall and it heats up the whole room nicely. Show details
A very good little heater – I like the style of these heaters, I now have 3, they are black with glass so they tend to blend in to my decor. They look like a TV so people tend to get confused as to why I have them on my floor. The ambient heat that comes out of them is very pleasant unlike blow heaters which I find tend to dry out the air. It is a very simple set up… Read more
with the timer, I can use the remote or the unit buttons to make them come on before I wake up which is handy.
Negative reviews
do not buy this heater! – the heater does not heat up and despite sending several emails and finally after much frustration when requesting a refund, I was offered a replacement. When I replied that I do not want a replacement, I want my money back, I have not heard from Kogan since. Now I am faced with going through different channels to get my money back. Show details
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It doesn’t heat up above 22 degrees -Disappointing – Never crossed 22 degrees in spite of setting the temperature levels to 35 , this might work only for small rooms and not suitable for living rooms. Just think before you go for it. Show details
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Crap don't purchase. Stopped working one month after purchase – Very disappointed and cold. Heated the small space fine for a month. When I turned on teh LED indicated it was working however there is no heat being omitted. There is no reset switch. No response from Kogan. The noise is very loud when adjusting. Very annoyed. Go to a reputable retailer and buy another heater. Show details
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Recent reviews
Don’t use it on carpet & off the ground – please keep an eye on this! Bought it second hand and didn’t realise it came with feet as the seller didn’t include them. Used it in a carpeted bedroom, and it melted all the way to the concrete while sleeping. Shocked it didn’t start a fire as it was on the whole night
Pounding sounds when on! – We got the heater for a week, love the size and the design. It’s easy to use and heat up the space just right at the beginning. BUT, after few days, it started to have the pounding sounds and it’s a bit annoying esp during the night time when we have it on. We wonder why it will have the pounding sound as it is electric not gas or water heater pipe.... Show details
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Great heater but one problem – Great heater it warms up the whole room which is amazing. But it randomly stopped heating. We put the settings normally and now it won’t heat at all which is a disappointment Show details
Simply does not heat anything – I didn't read reviews before I bought this and am so angry at myself. Doesn't heat more than 5cm away from the unit. Absolutely waste of electricity and money. A Show details
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Does not heat more than 2 cm away. Currently in dispute with Kogan – This heater is useless and barely heats up a few cm away. I complained to Kogan and they offered to give me a credit without having to return the product (twice-in writing!). I agreed and put another heater into my Cart to buy the minute the credit came through. They now, after twice telling me I do not have to return it, are saying I have to… Read more
return it and if it is found 'faulty', I will get a credit. At no time did I say it was faulty. Like many others on this review sight, I complained it is not fit for purpose (eg. DOES NOT HEAT UP A ROOM).
Each back and forth with Kogan takes 2-3 days (I reply right away and it takes them 2-3 days to get back to me). My next step is formal complaint to ACCC and a credit card dispute.
Shame on Kogan. This product clearly should not be on their website.
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Kogan 2000W Black Glass Portable Electric Panel Heater KAHTP20BLKA is a dud! – The heater is designed for temperatures of up to 50 but it never gets beyond 22 degrees no matter how cold it is. So it is using electricity and not performing! Do not invest in this 'heater' you can do much better Show details
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Complete false advertising.. Good luck on the return! – woorrst experience of purchase.. the "heater" spent hour and half to heat up to 22 degrees and never goes up any more in the following 5 hours. I've followed instruction and tried everything, and now just found everyone having the same problem. It is a complete false ad on the kogan website, THIS IS NOT A HEATER BUT A BLOCK OF METAL JUNK. wish me luck returning process! Show details
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Terrible. Don’t get sucked in by fake reviews – I bought this heater with the intention of heating a room to the desired temperature overnight for a newborn baby on the way. The heater thermostat is completely useless and a sticker on the unit once you open the box even suggest this. It advises setting the temperature to 35 degrees and adjusting! Not something you want to be doing throughout… Read more
the night. We have tried setting the unit to temperature ranges in the 20 degree ranges but the heat only trickles out. We set the unit to 30 degrees and managed to heat the room to 17 degrees! Another major downside is when you adjust the unit using the buttons, the sound is so loud it wakes my son in the next room! The instructions are confusing and there’s no mention inside them of what the snowflake on screen symbol means! I’ve asked Kogan for a refund and they have asked me to supply photographic evidence using a room thermostat! I crawled around in the dark last night and took photos to send them. I don’t think Kogan understand the concept of customer lifetime value. After my issues I tried to leave a review on their site but couldn’t figure out how. I’d love to know if anyone has had success leaving a review. If not, I do question if the reviews on their website are legitimate.
I have since found many negative review on Product Review.com on the black model of this heater. I wish I had found this sooner. I will never be shopping at Kogan again and I plan to investigate whether the reviews on their site are left by genuine customers.
The black model of the heater: https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/kogan-2000w-black-glass-portable-panel
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Absolutely useless! More landfill - disgraceful in this day & age – As many have said - the opening at the top sends hot air straight up, not at you or around the room. If you sat right in front of it you'd still be cold. The only way you'd get warm is to straddle the darn thing - how convenient!! Avoid like the plague. Show details
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This heater does not work – Doesn’t heat even a small area. There is no way this would heat a large area. How do I return this heater. I was sold this with false information on your site Show details
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Very dissatisfying – Went to the Kogan website, saw this product and it seemed to be up for a very reasonable price. The girlfriend had been begging me to buy a decent gas heater for the lounge room but being the scrouge i am this is where i ended up. I notice now after buying it you cant actually write reviews on the kogan website, which leads me to believe the good… Read more
reviews it had were not placed by other customers like myself and probably more likely by kogan them selves to try and pump up the sales.
Iv been through the little booklet, iv worked out how to get it going to the best of its abilities but what i will say is after 5 hours in a small bedroom the ambient temperature has only gained by 3 degrees and if i walk out of the room and come back in i dont even notice a change at all. I should have just bought that gas heater she wanted.
Knowing the cost of returning this large useless piece of glass i dare say it will stay in cupboard unused. I do not recommend and I am very disappointed in kogan for not having open reviewing on their website, very tricky. No wonder theyre being investigated at the moment.
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Kogan glass panel heater – Firstly I need to say the instruction manual is really basic and you end up having to work it out yourself also the loud beeping when you need to set it at night could do with volume control however once you work out how to use it does a good job at heating med size areas don't know how efficient it is yet. Show details
Not Efficient, false advertising – The heater is useless, only heats up a little area. The heater is bulky and the instructions are not very clear as well. The room temperature only goes up to 22 degrees. Not advisable to buy Show details
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Absolutely useless – Heater arrived today, have had it on for 5 hours at the hottest setting. Still has not taken any chill out of the room. Looks good, but a waste of money Show details
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Doesn't work sometimes – Bought it in 2018 August. The good thing is you can use remote to control it, however, it doesn't work sometimes and shows an error message. Then, you need to wait a few minutes. Show details
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Rubbish – wont heat over 23 degrees left it on at 5am came home at 5pm house was still cold,main bed room is tiny wont even heat that room bathroom is maybe 5x5 cant even notice it is on,have thermo set at 50 makes no difference Show details
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Heats well and looks good, loud and bright though – Bought it for the Melbourne winter, it heats my bedroom well and looks great. 2 downsides though 1 - I don't need a nightlight, the display is always on and is very bright, it should not stay on after say 10 mins, or at least get more dim 2 - really loud, pushing any button on it is accompanied by a really loud beeping sound Other that those… Read more
two facts it is a great heater for $60
I hope the engineers see this and fix those two problems in future models, but yeah, be warned, loud and bright
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Doesn't Heat Up – I purchased one of these recently and got free delivery from Kogan. It is a great looking heater, but that's where the pros end. We set it up and after looking at the very unhelpful manual that was supplied with it, ( had to go online to look at one with more info) I turned it on and set it at 23o. According to the heater the ambient temp in… Read more
our fairly small lounge was 15o when I turned it on. After 5 hrs of being on it never got any warmer than 18o. You had to stand over the top of it to feel any heat at all. The next day, I reread the instructions to make sure I was setting it correctly ( I was) and gave it another go, again it got no warmer than 18o. After 3 days we gave up and put it back in the box. We spent $119 and got free delivery and was probably going to cost almost that much to send it back, so we still have it. I do not recommend this heater.
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Useless heater that does not serve the purpose as advertised by Kogan – It is advertised by Kogan as 'warm your home quickly and efficiently' and 'perfect for large room', which are advertising tricks as this heater does not serve as described. It takes 2-3 hours before you noticing the 'warm' effect, and it does not reach the maximum heat of 35 degree celsius as indicated on the machine, and it hardly warms up a… Read more
small apartment bedroom. You literally have to stand next to the heater to feel the heat.
Initially i thought my first unit was broken on arrival so I went through the trouble of getting a replacement unit, and needless to say the second unit is just as useless.
If you read back all the reviews on Kogan website, the reviews in the last one year were all great (I wonder why), but there were a few bad ones back in 2016 or so (which I totally agree to).
I never wrote review of products, but I am so angry at this product as I feel like this is a flaw product and Kogan should stop selling it, and my voice needs to be heard.
I wrote back to Kogan about my dissatisfaction, and they did not offer a refund and will not let me write a review on their Kogan website, but said will pass on the message to the relevant department (which of course we all know that it means just simply ignore your complaint, what else can it be?).
If you thinking of buying this, don't let the advertising from Kogan get you, because this is a product to AVOID 100%. I would be happy to go to Big W or Target or K Mart to buy a more effective heater anytime.
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Looks good, does the job – I really like this heater because it's not garish or ugly, it kind of just blends into its surrounds. It heats a large-ish room really effectively, plus it has a bunch of different modes for energy efficiency, etc. My main complaint would be that it's quite heavy to move and the settings aren't entirely easy to understand. Show details
Worked better than I thought – We are currently renting in a older, poorly insulated townhouse with temperatures getting as low as 8 degrees inside. As this living situation is only temporary, we didn't want to spend too much on a heater as once our house is built we would have no use for it. We decided to purchase this heater during one of the Kogan sales hoping that it… Read more
would at least just take the edge of the cold but it actually worked much, much better than we could have imagined.
We have it set up in our lounge area which is quite large and open but this little heater certainly manages to battle the elements and keep us very cosy.
Great product – The heater has a remote control and works well. It is a very attractive unit and does not look out of place in an upmarket setting. The remote allows you to set the timer and temperature control from your armchair! It also comes complete with wall mounting brackets. The heat permeates from the top of the unit so the risk of an accidental burn is minimised. Overall I would recommend this product Show details
Good – Easy setup and easy controls,very neat and nice looking,you can setup hours then sleep without thinking ,if it's can setup when can start again for morning will be excellent,I like the white one but why the white more expensive,don't understand this,anyway it's still good to have it on winter,so will buy another one soon for study. Show details
First one came smashed, new one is intact – A large well priced heater for winter (using it in the bathroom). Shipping took forever as the first one arrived rattling and I didn't know why until opening it saw shards of glass. Looks sleek, but takes up quite a lot of space for the bathroom. Functions well. I did overpay as later saw it cheaper on Kogan ebay. Show details
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