Reco Heat unboxing and fitting

This is our first impressions and unboxing of the RecoHeat, an ingenious invention that promises free additional heat from your stove. We'll hopefully find that out over the next few episodes, but in the mean time I hope you enjoy the video, and if you would like to buy one just click on the link below:

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Thanks a a lot!

[GavinGoodman]

We fitted one to the stove in our lounge. Have to leave the lounge door open now as the room gets too warm. Certainly keeps the chill off the rest of the house as a result.

[pooroldfred]

Got one. Absolutely brilliant. Hot air pumping out even on the dying embers

[MegaSweep]

I tried one of these around 6 years ago and then again last winter on a few different stoves, as a pro sweep it will not be a problem for a sweep to clean through the unit, I found it produced loads of heat I even pumped it into the next room but it lost too much heat when you extend the outlet, all in all if the noise does not bother you it's great

[Lord-Brett-Sinclair]

We have had a Recoheat for 3 months, it really helps keep the heat evenly distributed around the room, before we used to get to volcano heat and keep fiddling with the fire. Our pump is in the loft (bungalow) and is 10 meters away mounted on a base on cushioning. Not much noise at all especially if your sat to one side of the airflow. Our log burner is 32 years old and we can’t decide if there is any point if fiddling around changing it . We can also now use the conservatory in winter without the heating on as the Recoheat is pointing directly into the conservatory. We think we are only using around 50% of logs that we would normally to heat the same space 😊. Any questions please ask.

[kevinhaworth]

Fantastic video. Thank you, can't wait for your future reviews and hope you love it. Can I just say that when people put their hands in front of it for a feel that you warn them to start from a foot out and go in. I've had people try to feel at the outlet and it can be over 300 degrees. Also I have mine pointed towards the door and not directly where you sit. The hot air is annoying and it sends noise. Great for drying your washing as well..

[stevechelt]

I'm having a stove installed in the next few weeks, to replace an open fire, and already have a Recoheat ready to be fitted!

[marcusd]

Thanks for your play to a previous comment on a video. Thinking of putting one of the in but I have a gas pipe from a plant room to the fire place. Going to fit the fan in the plant room and then pipe to the stove. Thinking here is that it will pressurise the room a little and push more warm air around the house. Having the pump in side the room will recirculate a bit. Might be an interesting test for you.

[dd-ygcx]

interesting . look forward to your findings.

[andrewadam]

id like to know the wall thickness of the piping, if you forgot to turn the pump on is that metal coil going to burn out? and as the owner of a fish pond, that pump is nothing more than a pond pump with a diaphragm inside which will split within a year or two at most, does it come with spares ?

[trikator]

My gas furnace and gas water heater use the same flu so I was going to install one in and pump water trough it and heat my garage

[victoryfirst]

What is the amount of heat the RECO heater put out and how much is the cost ????

[victorimmature]

That looks good, will watch to see how you get on with it, i Love the bit when you were unboxing 2:59 in, There is the wife with the wise suggestion, 😂, what is it with us men where we just digard the instruction manual then swear a lot when it takes longer than if we had just read the dam thing, my ex wife was allways pointing things out to me like "thats upside Down " or "thats round the wrong way " i bet there are Recoheats out there sucking heat out of the room, installed by single men of corse 😄.

[Zerobob]

I wonder if there's a way you could redesign it to somehow utilise the heat of the stove itself to drive it, to push the air around the coil.

I don't like the fact you need an electric pump, which itself will cost a bit of electric to run, so not particularly economical.

[ricardopelc-wesoly]

Can you incorporate a recoheat kit that will will fit within a 45 degree bend, in theory it can actually be done, it's just a way of modifying the coil with a bend!

[ricardopelc-wesoly]

No on/off switch on the pump is annoying plus if you want to install the pump outside and want to connect to power inside you have to cut the sealed plug off and put a standard one on, not a problem though for some!

[MrJamieking]

You are a legend! This video is more helpful than all the Recoheat videos combined! How have you been getting on with it? May I ask what type of log burner you have? I have the new 'eco' log burners and wondering whether it would work just as well as an older log burner? Thanks again!

[TheSoupdragon]

Seems like a good idea, but there must be a way of having a stove top fan producing the electric for the fan to blow air no electricity to worry about. Free to run

[allanpelan]

Very helpful video thanks. Could I put the pump in a soundproof box?

[amoryblaine]

Coukdnt increasing the outlet diameter help with the noise?

[nickb]

My concerns with this are if the coil was ever in any way damaged you could be blowing dangerous fumes into the house or worse. And or would or could the extra air as a result of a potentially damaged or defective coil increase the risk of or cause a chimney fire? I understand the importance of a clean flu but my thoughts on this come from the after burn that takes place in modern stoves where its the actual gases that are on fire and not necessarily the wood. I do wonder on what the impact of this leaking compressed air would be. It would be nieve to think that these coils would never become damaged given the new age of the product, the environment they are in and also the sheer force it takes for the brush to go through it. Brush heads coming off also give me concerns as well as the noise and the fact that it does use electricity albeit not much. Putting pumps in cuboards is also another concern in terms of potential electrical failures and you would always have to remember to switch the thing off.

I think its a good idea otherwise!

I myself put 600mm of rockwool (made from rocks not glass) above my register plate to stop any heat escaping from there and placed 3 large stove fans. Heats my entire detached house without issues if doors are left open. Most installers wont insulate above the register plate some how thinking a waffer thin peace of metal will do lol! Admitted its not the same as capturing the heat from within the flue but thats my 2 cents.