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Sengoku's Heat Mate unique Indoor/Outdoor portable omni-radiant kerosene heater is safe to use;economical to operate. No electricity needed;uses 1K clear kerosene to provide excellent outdoor/indoor heat source. Ideal for a small room;patio;deck;gazebo;cabins. Equipped with easy push button start and automatic safety shut off.

User Reviews about Sengoku OR-77 HeatMate Omni-Radiant 10 - 000-BTU Portable Kerosene Heater

I bought this heater for emergency use due to the awful snows and severe cold winter weather we experienced this winter. Like the shape/size. Tested it out and it heats up a large area pretty quickly. Only drawback is the kerosene fumes, which are present even with 1K clear kerosene at the beginning. I think if we had been forced to rely on the heater for our heat in an emergency, however, the fumes would have subsided. It does a good job of providing comfortable heat quickly. Recommended. -- Terrific backup indoor heater for emergencies

WOW THIS IS REALLY A GREAT HEATER. VERY QUICK TO WARM THE AREA AND AT A GOOD PRICE.I THINK YOU WILL BE HAPPY WITH THIS PRODUCT. -- ROOM HEATER

I've had this heater for just less than four weeks now. In the interest of disclosure, I'm certainly not an expert, and this is my second kerosene heater - I also have a dyna-glo 23k BTU that I've been using happily for about a year and a half.

I was very excited to get this smaller 10k heater since the worst of the winter is about over in my area, and the Dyna-Glo is too much when the outside temp reaches forty or so. The item came double boxed and intact - great shipping and packing from Amazon as usual.

I put it together (it was easy and the instructions were simple) and then went to carry it downstairs and nearly dropped it from the top steps because the handle fell out - this is definitely my fault, and luckily I hadn't filled it yet and had fast enough reflex to grab it before it tumbled down. Since then I've bent the handle inwards so that it fits a bit tighter and hopefully that won't happen again. However, the handle bends considerably when the unit is picked up, especially with a full tank, and needs to occasionally be bent back into place so that it can swing freely. I think it needs a heavier gauge handle to be moved around safely. It probably goes without saying for any kero heater, but definitely don't try carrying this while it's lit.

After lighting it the first time, I noticed no visible smoke, but it had a sooty odor - not the normal mild kerosene odor I noticed with my other heater from time to time. I looked at the book which said an initial odor was normal until the first dry burn. So I lived with it, using it on and off for about a week until I felt it was ready to burn dry. After (double) burning it dry the real problems began. The burner assembly would no longer burn red to the top, the blue flames were obviously way too low while the adjustment was as high as it would go, the sooty odor got worse, and most times after lighting it, the flame would just flicker in a small (two-inches or so) part of the wick. Frustrated I'd put it out and try to relight it - again and again. After a few days of this, I got a flame going, and tried to dry burn it again, then again. After dry burning it, the wick was soft on the top, and stiff everywhere else. I tried pinching it with pliers, flexing it around with my fingers, and dry burning it again. The result was no better. The more I tried the worse it got.

Today I put in a new wick, and everything is back to normal ... and NO SMELL at all and the heat output is considerably better than even the first time I fired it up. I'll edit this later if the problem returns (and bump it up one star if it doesn't), but I believe that the manufacturer put a poor quality wick, trying to save a few pennies, so the unit was not getting hot enough to burn clean and odorless. A wick should last about a year for most people, not less than a month (assuming it was ever good at all). But hopefully this solves the problem and saves someone else the same frustration that I had.

Normal burn time on a tank is probably around fourteen hours as others have mentioned. The wall guards do not add any stability and are an annoyance if you don't actually put it near a wall, so I took them off since I keep it in the middle of the room I'm trying to heat. The manufacturer needs to add a small wire door to the front grill to facilitate easier match lighting - I had to buy the long eleven inch matches to reach down in there (break of the charred end and relight them with a lighter to make them last longer).

In summary, I've not been happy with the heater for the short time I've had it. If the whole problem actually was the wick and not some design problem, I'm sure I'll be content with this unit for many years.

Edit 03/29/09: After using this an additional two weeks I can confirm that the new wick made all the difference. So if you bought this and are having smell or heat output problems, try a new wick. I'm using a Kero World 91009. I've also decided not to bump this up one star as promised. After comparing the two wicks I can see difference in construction and I feel that Sengoku's QA could and should have seen the difference as well. -* for bad QA and -* for all the time I had to spend troubleshooting because of it. -- Poor quality factory wick

Bought this heater to substitute for central heating during power cuts & in case the furnace broke. Furnace broke this past week, and at 35-45 external temperature we were able to maintain comfortable heat inside (around 65) with this heater and an old electrical heater. Approximately 1,500Sqf, so no complaints. Generates even & pleasant heat with slight kerosene smell at light-up and shut-off but not during run. Would definitely buy again, more effective and cheaper to run than an electrical heater. -- buy this heater

This heater is really easy to use and puts out a great deal of heat. We use it as supplemental heat to cut our gas bills.
The only "problem" we experienced was that the wick was not installed correctly when we received the new heater. Being a first-time kerosene heater user, I was baffled that I couldn't see a wick underneath the "chimney" at all. Well, it turns out the manufacturer had installed the wick about an inch too low, which I found out after disassembling the whole thing. Not too much fun if you are a newbie. Especially since the instructions aren't entirely correct, either.
Even after correctly installing the wick, the "chimney" won't glow red all the way to the top. I contacted the manufacturer regarding this issue to figure out if this is normal. Have not heard back yet. -- Great heater, but wick was not installed correctly