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Heaters Buying Guide

Our buying guide will explain which type of heater would suit you most, how much you can expect to pay for one, and which features are worth looking out for.

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  • Value for Money
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  • Noise Level
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  • Heating Speed5/5 (2)
  • Temperature Consistency
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  • Safety
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  • Smells of GasYes (0) · No (3)
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Cricket

CricketGreater Melbourne (Outer), VIC

What a waste of money

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Purchased in May 2021 for A$4,185.00.



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Room Type Whole House
Smells of GasNo
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Jtrain

JtrainAdelaide

  • 5 reviews

THMX632 Gas Heater with Addon Cooling - Needs a tech out every Summer and Winter

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Purchased in June 2021 at Rite Price Heating and Cooling for A$12,700.00.



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Smells of GasNo
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Everard E.

Everard E.Metropolitan Adelaide, SA

Worked well for years

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We've had this heater installed in 2010. At the time of writing (almost ten years later) we've only had one problem, when the flame sensor failed due to not having been cleaned for seven years. The part cost $24 and we had a service done at the same time, which was under $200. Would strongly recommend.

Purchased in April 2021.

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Maka

MakaGreater Melbourne (Outer), VIC

Braema heater is disaster

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Braema heater is disaster it cost us more in repairing it than the original price.
Please don’t waste your money on a piece of junk you will regret it the rest of your life.

Purchased in March 2021.

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Braemar
Seeley I.Braemar
Zika P.

Zika P.Greater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

Failed in less than 6 weeks

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Heater system failed in less than 6 week of installation. Have been waiting for over two week now for them to come and fix it. I have literally spent thousands of dollars for system that does not work and to be freezing in my home. If you want system that works STAY AWAY from Braemar.

Purchased in June 2021.

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Room Type Whole House
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Braemar
Seeley I.Braemar
Zika P.
Zika P.
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Seeley I.Braemar

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Meme

MemeWyndham vale

  • 11 reviews
  • 1 like

noisy heating since 1st installed

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we installed this back in 2014 and it has been very noisy which sounded like helicopter landing on our ceiling. It still exists even speed reduced to a lower degree! called the braemar but was told that how they knew noise existed from 1st day?! serious? if we know this will be a noisy product, we wont even buy it. what waste of more than 3K! I did google online and apparently some people got similar experience as well! NOT HAPPY!

Purchased in April 2021.

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Braemar
Seeley I.Braemar
LemonTree

LemonTree

  • 2 reviews
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Worst ever heating system ever.

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After spending my hard earnt money to finally get a heating system in just does not heat up the house properly. My old Rinnai cheap wall heater provides more heat in 30 mins compared to 3 hrs of use of this terrible heater. Installer from calls numerous times, only created to cut off zones to heat have heat travel to bedrooms. He wouldn't replace unit after numerous complaints and arguments. In fact in the end wanted to charge me $2500 more to get a new heater for his error in choosing the wrong one. Couldn't afford to take action against parties. Pathetic.

Date PurchasedSep 2011
Bear

BearCanberra Central 2602, ACT

5 year comprehensive warranty. Meaningless.

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The 5 year comprehensive warranty is meaningless. Within the first year of operation a snail got into the unit and completely disabled it. The installation manual makes no mention of completely sealing all entry points. Plus the unit does not come with suitable grommets to seal all entry points. Despite this a Braemer service agent advised that the unit is not covered (apparently, company policy). Electrical appliances that sit outside need to come with a certain amount of Ingress Protection.
Ants, snails and other small creatures can disable your appliance and wait for it. Braemer will slug you upto $500 and the 5 year COMPREHENSIVE warranty is meaningless. Do Not Buy.

Date PurchasedApr 2016
RickyM

RickyMAdelaide

  • 8 reviews
  • 18 likes

Braemar excellence

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Another winter and still an excellent purchase not to expensive to run on a high energy star rated device the newer products I guess are gonna be much better but still extremely happy with purchase can definitely crank the heat and the magic iq touch pad is amazing a must

Date PurchasedAug 2016
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peter

peterPadstow Heights

Best purchse ever heats the whole house perfectly

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Bought as a kit and installed myself. As an electrical contractor took care how the ducting runs straight as possible i see many installations where ducting is restricted or squashed it is simple to use.The only issue i had was that the drain on the outside unit became blocked and the unit stopped.As soon as i cleared the drain it ran perfectly something to look out for.

Date PurchasedJul 2015

Really nice while its working

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Moved in almost exactly 3years ago, and have just booked my third repair / service for the electronic controller which appears non functioning again. When it was working, it usually maintains the temperature well and seems to be relatively efficient, but the annual "service fee" is crippling. Would struggle to recommend.

Date PurchasedJan 2011

Braemar horrendous

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Had one unit installed two years ago, the control panel literally blew up. Service guy came out and charged $95 for the call out and gave the $390 quote for the control panel to be replaced. Got it fixed and now within months the controller might power up if it feels like it.....or not. Just a terrible heating unit, so unreliable it's not funny.

Date PurchasedMay 2014
KenC

KenCMelb

Avoid it

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The worst heater ever. Had it broken down twice in the last 2 years. Was told its a faulty motherboard. Breamar should compensate us for all the callout fees we have to pay to get it fixed under warranty. It may be 6 star energy rating but its 0 star for reliability

Date PurchasedMar 2013
Victoria

Victoria

  • 2 reviews
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Avoid like the plague…no rating!

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Two units purchased when the homes were built 5 years ago. Were up to our third repair in that time and close to being out of pocket $1000.00. To make matters worse the install notes that the unit needed shifting by 300m. Which was never done! (I'm the second owner of the house). Having no heat living in Melbourne is just frustrating. On each occasion I've attempted to get assistance with Braemer they're not interested. There is no after sale repercussions. They don't care!

Date PurchasedSep 2011
annoyed

annoyedhobart

Poor service

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Just need a diagram of circuit board for controller, Braemar refuse to. Near 3 hundred dollars to replace a new one instead of 4 soldering points needed. Ït's not repairable"Yes its is I just need the diagram or photo of the circuit board. The power of the fan is pretty useless over all.

Date PurchasedDec 2011
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Trust me, this is not a product you'd want to buy

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Date PurchasedJun 2001

Simply Shocking

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Total waste!
We moved in to our new house less then two years ago and from the start we are having problems with heating.
Their technicians came in summer as cooling was giving problems and now in this extreme cold, heater function is still trowing out cold air and nothing being done.
Thinking of going to consumer affairs if Braemer does not take action in installing a better one or getting this properly fixed.

never buy braemar again

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Our house was 3y/old when we moved in and this heating unit has been useless from the start.
We've had it serviced and checked out to no avail. 8 times out of 10 it wont turn on - and when it does it runs for a bit and stops when the place is warm but won't kick in again regardless of temp dropping. Thank god we have a split system to back up. We're renovating a home to move into but won't install this brand of heating ever again!!

Jim s

Jim sGreater Melbourne (Inner), VIC

Disgracefull and disapointing.

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This unit has been installed for three years now and has broken down every winter I am a pensioner and saved hard to buy this unit I also have a sick wife at home who suffers from the cold so my review is that this unit is a dud and fails completely to live up to the standards expected from a ducted heater.

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Jim s
Jim s

I have reinstalled a different unit which works a as an expensive air conditioning unit is expected to perform.

Mick

MickMelbourne

  • 3 reviews
  • 4 likes

By a buffalo

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Braemar.... Spend the extra 200 bucks and get a brivis. It will end up saving you 300 a year. Every year since new it broke down, conveniently over winter. We had a buffalo in our old home and that unit is now nearly 20 years old and it's still going.

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Questions & Answers

Niro J.

Niro J.asked

Ecostar Ducted Gas TH Series

Breamar 5 star heater error code -07 how to fix

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Niro J.

Niro J.asked

Ecostar Ducted Gas TH Series

Error code -07 how to fix this

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Davinder R.

Davinder R.asked

Ecostar TH420

I have a Braemar TH420NG that is about 9 years old. About two years ago it started defaulting and showing a 07 fault code on the display panel. The unit would need to be reset once every 6 to 8 weeks. As time progressed the same code would appear and the unit was requiring to reset every day, then several times a day. Until recently the heartier was being reset through each heating cycle.

A neighbour who is a plumber replaced the gas sensor and igniter. The heather worked a dream for about 3 weeks. It then started defaulting with a 07 code (ignition failure). Then the electronic igniter was replaced. Again the heater worked a dream for 3 weeks.

I asked the question as to where we go from here. My neighbour suggested it could be either the PCB (prided circuit board) or the gas valve that could be faulty.

This is all costing money replacing bits and pieces.

Has anyone else had similar issues as mine. You assistance would be appreciated.

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