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| Kero World KW-11F 10,000-BTU Indoor Portable Radiant Kerosene Heater | 
| Brand: Kero World
Category: Kitchen
List Price: $149.95
Buy New: $121.56
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Seller: ProMax Commerce
Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 234,211
Color: White
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 22
Dimensions (in): 23.1 x 12.8 x 20.5
MPN: KW-11E
Model: KW-11F
UPC: 013204201005
EAN: 0013204201005
ASIN: B000050I7W
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 10,000-BTU portable kerosene heater for up to 420 square feet | | • | Includes 2 D batteries for matchless ignition; steel protective cage | | • | Delivers clean, efficient radiant heat; ideal for additional or emergency backup heating | | • | Some assembly required; 1-gallon drop-in tank required; kerosene pump included | | • | Measures approximately 12 by 22 by 19 inches; 2-year limited warranty |
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Amazon.com Review
With a 1-gallon drop-in tank, this portable kerosene heater will generate 10,000 Btu's--enough to heat over 400 square feet--for about 12 hours. Two D batteries (included) run a matchless ignition; the front of the heater tower has a steel protective cage. The all-metal construction gives this heater a utilitarian look, but it's an excellent choice for additional or emergency backup heating in the home, office, shop, or warehouse. The KW-11C weighs in at 20 pounds when empty. World Marketing recommends that you use clean kerosene only--a kerosene pump is included. Some assembly is required. --Richard Farr
Product Description
10K BTU Indoor Portable Radiant Kerosene Heater
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| Customer Reviews:
 perfect combination of high- and low-tech. March 6, 2007
Michael Goulish (Ann Arbor)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I've used one of these for about 3 fill-ups now: about 36 hours of use. (I don't think it will ever be 16 hours on 1 gallon, but 12 is fine by me.)
It's flawless. It smells a very little bit at start-up and shut-down, but while it's running it's essentially odorless. And perfectly quiet (a very soft gurgle once every ten minutes or so when it needs to sip some fuel into some internal tank) -- and it puts out a lot of heat.
I have a room that's maybe 300 square feet with 5 big windows. On a cold night (close to 0 degrees F.) this thing can warm up that room by 2 or 3 degrees in 10 minutes, and maybe by 8 or 9 degrees in an hour. If you sit across the room and it's pointed straight at you, you can feel it right away.
It easy to fill up. There's a cannister that you carry outside (garage) and fill from your kerosene container with a hand-powered siphon. Worked the first time. This may not work if your outdoor kerosene container is too low, but then you can just use a funnel. The cannister stands up nicely by itself for filling, on a level surface (like a garage floor).
There's a little window on the cannister that lets you see when it's almost empty during use -- and when it's almost full during fill-up.
When you want to turn it off, you press the "extinguish" button -- the big knob in the middle winds rapidly counterclockwise -- makes a loud noise -- and the flame usually goes out immediately. Sometimes it may gutter for 30 secs or so before completely going out.
At start-up time the flame gutters a little for maybe 60 secs before the combustor starts to glow red, then the flame stabilizes and becomes perfectly quiet. You can't really see a flame except a little bit of blue -- maybe a quarter inch at the very top of the combustor.
It's very easy to start up using the little battery starter device -- you just push a red button, hold it for a second, then slowly release. I've done maybe 20 starts so far on one pair of batteries. You can start it with a match instead if you want to (or have to.) But the battery-powered starter is nice.
The back and the top and sides of the unit stay COOL TO THE TOUCH after an hour of use. Probably indefinitely.
This gadget is an example of a perfect combination of high-tech (the way the combustion works) and low-tech (it's .... kerosene, after all.)
There aren't many things this good. Cast iron pans, maybe? And ... um ... windmills that really work ? I don't know.
I don't see how I could ask this thing to be any better.
Good Heater! November 7, 2009
Kenneth Burritt (New Hartford, NY)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've been using kerosene heaters for about 25 years now and really like them. I picked this unit up at a local Tru-Value because my old Kero Sun was malfunctioning. My first impression of this product is it's well put together. It looks well designed and feels solid. I prefer the square units over the round ones as the square units have removable fuel tanks and thus are more convenient to refuel. This unit also has a few nice touches like a little lip on the fuel tank handle which makes it a bit easier to remove. Another nice touch is a cover for the batteries. This is the first time I've seen this on a kerosene heater. This helps resist battery corrosion.
I've used kerosene heaters for two purposes; to lower my heating bills and to have a backup source of heat during power outages. I use my main furnace to heat the house up to my desired temperature. I start the kerosene heater up at the same time and position it below a ceiling fan turning clockwise. Once the house is warmed up, the furnace cuts out and the kerosene heater keeps the house warm for the rest of the day. If your house is reasonably insulated, this should work for you as well. If it's really cold, like in the single digits or below, your furnace will kick on but a lot less frequently. I figure for every dollar I spend on kerosene I save three on my heating bill. I haven't had an energy bill over $200 and I have a 1700 square foot house. At this writing, kerosene is about $3.00 per gallon. Even leaving the unit on 16 hours a day, I spend about $60.00 per month on kerosene in the coldest months.
Kerosene heaters do require regular maintenance. If you don't clean the wick, you could be harmed by fumes emitted by a dirty wick causing the fuel to not completely burn. It's very simple. It's called dry burning. Place the unit in a well ventilated place, preferably outside. Remove the tank and put the wick in the ignite position. Light the unit and let it run dry. Once the flame is out, take an old toothbrush and brush the burned carbon off the wick then thoroughly vacuum the unit. Then put a new tank of fuel in and you're done. If you perform this maintenance for every five gallons of kerosene used, which should be once a week, you'll be fine. The unit should be fully cleaned and serviced once a year by a professional or by you if you know what you're doing.
For a little effort and common sense, you will save hundreds of dollars every heating season. The unit will pay for itself in just a few months.
Fine heater October 29, 2008
Tim (Balimore, MD)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I am going on my third season with this heater and it is serving me well. My parents always used a kerosene heater and now I use one myself. They are really great...don't let propaganists try to tell you they are "death traps." I have a 1200 sq ft row house built in 1949 and frequently use my kerosene heater all winter long to take some stress off my heating bill.
It sounds like some of the other reviewers were not using the correct fuel. You should use UNDYED, clear 1-K Kerosene. Do not use kerosene that is dyed red (the IRS requires kerosene sold for certain purposes to be dyed). I tried this dyed kero once and it wreaked havok on my wick...the wick gets all gummed up with residue so it will no longer raise and retract after just a few gallons. This is just another way that the government screws up our lives.
With the correct fuel, this heater produces beautiful, radiant heat. It is very cosy, and like having a little fireplace in the room. Cats and dogs love to sleep in front of it. You do have to be a little bit of a "hands on" person to manage a kerosene heater, but it is well worth the little amount of work.
 Okay Heater November 13, 2009
Charlene G. Shaffer (New York United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this heater to suppliment our oil furnace so I didn't have to heat the whole house. It works good as far as heat out put goes, easily heating 400 square feet of space. There isn't any kind of heat adjustment on it, other than to keep the wick burning at an optimum flame. There were times I wished I could turn it down a notch. I liked the fact you could remove the tank for filling, but the directions say to shut the heater off before doing so, so you can't expect to keep it running for extended periods of time. On one such fill up, I apparently didn't get the tank seated correctly, even though the top door did close correctly. The wick started going out and really stunk the place up. The heater does need to be lit and extinguished outside, which means carrying it very carefully so as to not trip the automatic shut off. In doing so, the wall guard which I still haven't figured out the reason for, tends to get in the way. The weight is also off centered with the tank being on one end. The heater isn't real heavy. You just have to compensate for most of the weight being on one end so you carry it level. The heater does need to be elevated at least a foot off the floor if you are using it on anything other than bare concrete, because it does tend to get very warm for about two feet in front of it. Fortunately, the bottom, sides, and top stay cool, so it can be set on most anything that is stable. If it were not for the having to light it, extinguish it, and let it burn outside for at least 5 minutes until the odor dissipates, I would give it more stars. It is probably just the nature of the beast and not a fault of the heater. I didn't have any other trouble with it, and it worked as advertised. I would say that it is a good heater to use in an emergency, but not one for ongoing suplimental heat.
 Broken After Two Weeks of Use November 29, 2007
Thomas W. Dunn (Central Square, NY)
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I purchased a KW-11 kerosene heater to supplement my home furnace as winter approached. I have had several radiant heaters in the past, which eventually developed a burned-out wick after one to two seasons. This heater worked perfectly for a few weeks, then gradually produced less and less heat. The wick is soft and without carbon hard spots, but simply won't rise high enough to generate meaningful flame and heat. Possibly the gear for raising the wick has malfunctioned. I ended up buying a second heater locally - which works well- and setting aside the KW-11F until I have time to take it apart and fix it (if possible). For the brief time it worked, it produced good heat. Too bad it's not robust enough to last more than two weeks before malfunctioning.
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