ready to buy Hot Dawg...

[car-nut]

Trying to find a good deal on the HDS75. Can anyone tell me where a good place to get this? I haven't been able to find it locally yet, still looking though.

 

[Junkman]

The best time to get a good deal on any heater is after the heating season, not before. I suggest that you just start calling around to local dealers to see if any of them are hungry enough to sell at a deep discount. The other side to the coin is who is going to be doing the installation. If you are not doing the installation yourself, then it will be hard to get a rock bottom price, because they are all busy doing heating installations before the weather gets cold. Possibly if you can wait till the middle of winter when they start to slow down then they might be willing to deal. If you are using propane, then your choices will be less, since there are not a lot of propane dealers in any one geographical area. Seems that the lack of competition keeps the prices high.

 

[mulepackin]

I watched several sites pretty closely before I actually bought my Hot Dawg:
www.alpinehomeair.com
www.djsonline.com
www.qcsupply.com
www.littlegreenhouse.com
www.gas-space-heater.com

Little greenhouse consistently had the best deals and overall price with shipping factored in. However, GasSpaceHeater had some scratch and dent deals and I ended up getting an HD75 for less than the HD60 I had been planning on. Can't say I mind the extra BTUs. The damage was purely cosmetic.

 

[Sack]

I've been waiting to buy a HDS45. Been watching for the slow down from middle of winter etc and to be candid while the regular hot dawgs go on sale the HDS versions never dipped in price. I'm ordering mine soon from one of the above 5 places.

 

[mulepackin]

I've been waiting to buy a HDS45. Been watching for the slow down from middle of winter etc and to be candid while the regular hot dawgs go on sale the HDS versions never dipped in price. I'm ordering mine soon from one of the above 5 places.

I never felt I needed the HDS, so never followed pricing on them. I'm not surprised that they don't go on sale. They certainly seem like more of a specialty unit and I would guess far less of them sell in general.

 

[johnnywhale]

I bought mine from littlegreenhouse last year, now they have commercial Modines on sale for less than Hot Dawgs. I had space issues or thats the route I would have gone. 2 day Fedex shipping, no extra charge.
Johnny

 

[Franz©]

punch it into www.froogle.com and see what comes up

 

[pavementpolisher]

Looking into these heaters myself. Trying to figure out if I really need the HS series or not. I don't plan on doing a lot of painting in the garage but don't also want to risk it if I am spray painting something.

On the regular HD series can you turn the pilot light off if you are doing something which you feel is flamable? Or is the pilot always on?

With the seperated system on the HDS can you paint without having to worry?

Also I don't see anywhere about venting, can you vent straight back out the wall or does it have to go up through the roof? Just not crazy about cutting through the roof.

Thanks in advance for your comments.

Aaron

 

[paul29]

The hot dawg has electronic ignition , no pilot .

 

[mulepackin]

The regular HD and the HDS heaters can be vented vertically or horizontally.

 

[john56h]

I notice the Reznor brand hanging furnaces are more expensive, but they claim higher efficiency and longer warranty. Think it is worth it?

"82-83% thermal efficient ~ TOP in its class!"

"Heat Exchanger Warranty
10 years"



"All Other Parts Warranty
5 years "