Water Heaters: Reviews

Sears.com: This budget electric water heater gets top ratings here, but has been reviewed by only a very few owners so far. It's important ...

Epinions.com: Several owners give some heavy criticism of the 50-gallon Kenmore water heater that's in the series one step up from the ...

J.D. Power & Associates: A.O. Smith, the company that manufactures water heaters sold under the Kenmore brand, receives below-average ratings in this ...

AssociatedContent.com: This single-product review covers a 40-gallon water heater in the same PowerMiser 9 series that owners review at Epinions.com, ...

Sears.com: The Kenmore 33453 gas water heater gets rave reviews from the handful of owners reviewing it here, but most of the reviews are ...

Sears.com: More than a dozen owners give this similar Kenmore gas water heater mostly positive reviews, but several report problems with the ...

Sears.com: A handful of owners review the 40-gallon version of the Kenmore HydroSense gas water heaters. Most are extremely happy with it, ...

ConsumerReports.org: Consumer Reports doesn't test the Kenmore 33453 gas water heater, or any other water heater for that matter, but this buyers' ...

AssociatedContent.com: This single-product review covers a 40-gallon gas water heater that's a step or two down from the Kenmore 33453, since the water ...

J.D. Power & Associates: A.O. Smith, the company that manufactures water heaters sold under the Kenmore brand, earns below-average ratings in this ...

CompareTheBrands.com: This brief review compares less expensive, less efficient water heaters from Bradford & White, Kenmore and Whirlpool, based on ...

DoItYourself.com: Homeowners weigh in on a comparison between two gas water heaters, focusing on differences in the warranty specifications. One ...

Complaints.com: This brief complaint provides some details about repair delays and costs for a high-end Kenmore PowerMiser 12 water heater. This ...

Sensible Home: Jim Dulley is a mechanical engineer/home improvement specialist who writes a nationally syndicated column about energy use. He ...

J.D. Power & Associates: Rheem/Ruud ranks second only to Bradford White in this brand-comparison survey of almost 900 contractors and subcontractors. ...

ConsumersPower.org: This review published by an electrical utility company is typical of the many similar Marathon water heater reviews published at ...

Database of State Incentives for Renewals and Efficiency: This state by state database can tell you the incentives available in your area for buying a more energy-efficient water heater.

Sensible Home: Jim Dulley is a mechanical engineer and home-improvement specialist who writes a nationally syndicated column about energy use. ...

Fine Homebuilding: This brief review, in a publication aimed at professional home builders, includes a video showing how the AirTap heat pump draws ...

Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute: The AirTap heat pump add-on is the only electric water heater included in this list of water heaters that are eligible for the ...

ExtraRealty (blog): This posting at a Tennessee real estate blog -- a reprint of a press release -- describes how a professional builder is using the ...

Fine Homebuilding: This review is the one of several recent articles on hot water heaters in FineHomebuilding.com, a print and online publication ...

Sensible Home: This review of tankless water heaters recommends several brands, including Takagi. The review includes the flow rate at ...

PMEngineer.com: This long article describes how a Florida vacation community uses Takagi Flash T-K1S tankless water heaters for supplying hot ...

Database of State Incentives for Renewals and Efficiency: This state by state database can tell you the incentives available in your area for buying a more energy-efficient water heater.

U.S. Department of Energy: This online interactive tool calculates the lifetime energy savings for specific water heaters, but doesn't take into account the ...

PMEngineer.com: This excellent comparison review shows that soft water is an important factor in the energy effectiveness of tankless water ...

Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute: All the Takagi tankless water heaters are eligible for the 2008 income tax credit for installation in new homes constructed by ...

Nexus Market Research: A survey of over a hundred households finds that installing gas tankless water heaters close to the points of use makes a huge ...

Berkeley Parents Network: Residents of Berkeley, Calif., comment on their experiences with tankless water heaters, including the older Takagi T-K2, giving ...

Greenerbuilding.org: Two owners disagree here about the merits of a smaller Takagi tankless water heater, one praising its performance, the other ...

Amazon.com: More than a dozen owners rate and review the Ariston GL4 at this online retail site, giving it mostly positive reviews. A couple ...

HomeDepot.com: A handful of owners give the Ariston GL4 mostly positive reviews here, but note occasional quality-control problems. One ...

Ace Hardware.com: Two owners give the smaller but similar Ariston GL2.5 water heater mixed reviews. One gives it a perfect five-star rating, while ...

TreeHugger.com: This brief review notes that although there are more efficient water heaters available, the Bosch Ariston point-of-use water ...