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What about pets? What about Cats? What about kids??

erm, fire hazard much? =/

I would assume that the aformentioned children and pets would avoid (or not avoid, for that matter), it the way they would avoid a regular radiator.

what about them? i suspect this is not precisely cotton fiber ;-)

cool! or should it be hot? but very expensive. definitely not as ugly as most other radiators.

it's as much of a fire hazard as a faucet.

Safety concerns about it on the floor, because it appears to be a tripping hazard in that configuration, but I love the concept of being able to 'sculpt' the radiator so it appears to be artwork instead of something purely functional. Kudos to the designer on this one!

Quite hot.

Being the only one in my house who freezes at the slightest breeze even at 68 degrees... I could see myself coiled up in this. Mmmm warmth! Is that a dangerous thing??!! Yeah, thought so.

"What about pets? What about Cats? What about kids??"

What about them?
Last time I checked, pets and children are rather inefficient heat sources...

I suppose in the right environment, it looks good, like the minimalist trappings shown above, but in a less austere place, it would just look like a garden hose clusterf**k.

And I love "industrial chic", too.....

Actually bepsef... my dog makes a pretty good heater at night! heh.

No. Can you imagine trying to dust that?!

On the "would I want this in my livingroom?" question - thats probably a no. But, it totally wins in the "would I prefer this to a regular radiator in my living room?" column it totally wins.

excellent idea, but i thinks it's just a conceptual design. seems to be stainless braided mesh over a rubber hose... which would not make for very good heat-transfer... and at the sustained high-heats needed for the radiator, likely not durable long-term.

Hi, as a owner of this heater, I had to comment. We bought this in January and absoultely love it! We have it coiled as in the first photo and placed 2 additional hooks next to it for our towels. Granted it doesnt heat as much as other traditional ladder heaters, but it works for our small bathroom and I like that you can actually hold the coils without getting burned (for the kid/pet safty concern). And it is no doubt a great conversation piece!

I like the cosiness of an old cast iron radiator, in the same way that I like those big ol' cast iron claw foot bathtubs.

The coiled, garden hose kind of feel makes me want to precede it with an assortment of potted plants; or maybe even with a low-lying "puddle" rock garden the length of the wall.

Glad to hear from radiatorlover that it's working out for their needs.

It was fun to look at, in a ICA kind of way.

Thanks, Kyle.

why is it so expensive? there has to be more to it, but it looks like it's just a shielded hose hooked up to two taps.

Hate this a lot!