Quote Originally Posted by Toolmaker51 View Post
It's a trusted brand name certainly; that apply to where it was made? Down the road I'll be looking at point of use or larger that handle three full bath of shower and lavatory, without a convenient heater location.
It's Panasonic out of Japan. Siemens is also reliable if you can find them. This may be more detail than you want, but the one on the wall is about 30 years old. As far as I know it's only had the water valve o-rings replaced. The one in the box was bought at a clearance sale about 7 or 8 years ago as a backup, and it had been sitting on a shelf for probably 10 years before that. Since the one in the video was released this type of heater has gone through a phase where they tried to make them , thin, tall and super-stylish, but that failed because they would not fit in the same footprint as existing ones. Now they are back to this design again. It's just my opinion, but I think the copper heater tank is better. It is more prone to mineralization, but I just can't trust a plastic heater tank. I could be absolutely wrong on that, but it just feels wrong.