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REI Immersion Heater 120/240

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Item # 781694

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No matter where you are in the world you will always be able to enjoy a hot cup of tea or coffee with this handy REI immersion heater.

Automatically compensates for worldwide voltages
Includes European adapter plug, burn guard and travel pouch

Imported.

Item 781694

with coupon code ANNV13
May 17-27 Details

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REI Immersion Heater 120/240 Customer Reviews

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REI Immersion Heater 120/240

2.6

(based on 5 reviews)

60%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

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Aug

2011

(4 of 5 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Not suitable at 120V, shorts easily

By ktana

from Port Angeles WA

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Comments about REI Immersion Heater 120/240:

Given that this is designed to work at 120 and 240 V, it is so slow at 120 as to be almost useless. It shorts immediately if one pulls the coil out of water before unplugging it-a mistake easily made. A good design should have prevented this. I would not recommend it for travels in 120 V areas. For countries with 220-240 V I would recommend buying one in Europe and using it with an adapter, if necessary, for travels outside the US. (I have used one made in Germany for about 20 years and it still serves me well after oft very extensive use.)

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May

2011

(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

Great product and great value

By gyred

from San Francisco, CA

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High Quality

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Comments about REI Immersion Heater 120/240:

Excellent build quality and performance, with two plug adaptors and carry bag. Used it on European vacation every day to heat water for coffee in hotel rooms. Worked like a champ. Fast, too. Kudos to REI for designing a complete product. Great example of the REI brand.

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Apr

2011

(1 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

Cup clip broke hours after I bought it

By Resilientmonkey

from San Francisco, CA

About Me Career, Comfort-Oriented, Modern, Practical

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Comments about REI Immersion Heater 120/240:

Day one when I bought it and tested it out, the clip that is supposed to support the coil in a cup, broke off very easily and I did not force it. I will be returning this and looking elsewhere for an immersion heater.

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Oct

2010

(8 of 9 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

Read Directions!

By Thrive

from San Rafael, CA

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Easy To Carry

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Burns Out Easily

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Family Trips
Long Vacations
Weekend Trips

Comments about REI Immersion Heater 120/240:

Pay special attention to the directions that inform you to have the unit already immersed into the liquid being heated before you plug it in and unplug it before you remove it from the liquid. If you do not, the unit shorts out quickly. I need to buy a new one before every long trip because at some point toward the end I forget and pull the unit out of the liquid before unplugging and it shorts out. If used correctly, it did a good job of quickly heating small amounts of liquid. Large amounts will take much longer.

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Feb

2010

(11 of 11 customers found this review helpful)

3.0

Good for world travel but not the USA!

By Louis the Biker

from Boston

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Easy To Carry
High Quality

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Long Vacations

Comments about REI Immersion Heater 120/240:

Well made but it took over 18 minutes to bring a cup of water to the boil (some steam and bubbles). The problem is that it provides only 125 Watts at 110 Volts. The good news for the global traveler is that it is rated as 500 Watts at 240 Volts so it should boil the same amount of water in about 5 minutes in the rest of the world!