Pros and Cons of Tankless Point of Use Water Heaters

If you’ve ever researched tankless water heaters, you may have seen advertisements for tankless point of use water heaters and wondered what they are and if they can benefit you. Below, you’ll find a little information about tankless point of use water heaters including their pros and cons.

First of all, tankless point of use water heaters are compact heaters that can be installed to supply endless hot water instantly to a sink, tub or shower faucet. While whole house tankless water heaters supply unlimited hot water to your entire home, point of use water heaters only supply hot water to one, sometimes two, faucets.

There are actually many benefits to using point of use water heaters. One of the benefits is that they take up less physical space since they are so compact. This makes them very easy to hide underneath a kitchen or bathroom sink out of sight.

Also, since they are installed directly to the water faucet, point of use water heaters are much more energy efficient than whole house heaters, as the water doesn’t have to travel down a long pipe to get to the faucet. This stops the water from cooling off before it gets to the faucet.

While this means that you will truly get instant hot water, it can also be a problem. Tankless point of use water heaters can provide very hot water instantly. If you have children in your home, you should be concerned about them getting scalded. Some point of use water heaters allow you to set a maximum temperature, which you may want to take advantage of if you have small children in your home.

Besides the obvious fact that point of use water heaters can only supply hot water to one faucet, this is the only downside to installing this type of tankless water heater. There are many more pros than cons for point of use water heaters. One of the pros being that these heaters usually cost under $200, making them a very affordable option.

There are several different brands of tankless point of use water heaters available. You can find them online or in stores. You might consider reading user reviews that have been written about brands you’re interested in to make sure you find a reputable company that sells quality heaters.