Point-of-Use Electric Water Heater - 3.85 Gallons - GL4  Product Reviews

"The installation of this mini-water heater was relatively simple for this novice. I would break the instructions out into smaller steps for those of us who can handle one small step at a time. As far as functionality it is great."

"I installed this in the basement about 18 feet under a second floor bathroom where hot water previously had to travel 60 feet. I rigged it so the old hot water line goes into the Ariston. My wife is now happy. She gets hot water in a minute instead of five. Installation was not bad if you have some plumbing skills. I got this model because of the 120v plug in. I do a lot of DIY but I'm not into running 220 lines. Hope I get many many years out of this."

"I am very pleased with the 2 units I purchased. They were very easy to install and are producing point-of-use hot water for me without the need to run hot water lines throughout the building. Not suited to a medium or high flow location but works just fine for supplying hot water to our clean-up sinks in the school."

"If your living in a place like mine where your hot water heater is a long way from the kitchen sink, then you are probably going crazy like I was waiting and waiting for the hot water to finally get to the faucet. There are technical ways to remedy this, but they involve a lot of plumbing, auxiliary pumps, and ripping half your house apart. Since I rent, I was thinking that the landlord wouldn't take to kindly to this idea. So I started casting about for a better solution. That's when I came up with the idea of putting a little water heater as close to the kitchen faucet as possible. With this, the hot water is right there where you need it. No waiting and wasting a lot of water while running the faucet so that a half mile of plumbing warms up. 'Only problem is a tiny tank has very limited capacity. If you're only washing a dish or two like me, then no problem. But if you wash a sink full of dishes, it will quickly run out. But the trick is to hook this little heater right in line with the hot water supplied from the big tank. As you draw hot water, cold water will go into the small heater, but only for a gallon or two. Then as you continue to draw hot water, the small heater now has hot water being supplied to it, so the hot water just keeps on coming. I checked around with local suppliers and found small hot water heaters, but most were kinda short and stubby and wouldn't fit under the sink well at all. But I stumbled upon this neat deal from Ariston. It's a nice clean design, well insulated, and fits under the sink extremely well. I also felt that the price was very reasonable considering how nice it is. The funny thing is, it seems to be specifically designed for exactly the idea I had in mind. It was a snap to install. So you may be thinking: Yeah. This all looks good in theory, but does it really work? I have to admit I was skeptical at first, but I have to tell you that this is one of those rare times when an idea I have actually works better than imagined. I've done small loads and big. The hot water is right there (immediately!) when you need it. And for all practical purposes it appears to be an infinite supply. I've had it in now for about 3 weeks and marvel each time I go to wash out a dish or two. Incredible! Don."