Garden Sun GS4400SS Floor Standing 44,000 BTU Propane Powered Patio Heater With Push Button Ignition, Stainless Steel

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I bought this heater for around $200 on Amazon. Build quality is good but not excellent. It has all the features of units that cost twice as much. The packaging and instructions were very good. It works well in zero to light wind on our deck, but when the wind picks up forget about and go back inside. I have yet to burn an entire 20 lb. bottle of LPG, having used the heater several times, so it appears to be pretty easy on the wallet to operate. Make sure you anchor the unit to the deck or ground. Ours blew over and bent the “top-hat” in a “L” shape. It bent back pretty good but now has a crease in it. Not much else to say. Good luck.

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We live in Minnesota where cool evenings are a regular occurence. I bought this heater before an outdoor poker game on my deck. It worked great. I didn’t win the game, but I sold several heaters. It was easy to assemble, lights very easily, the wheels make it very portable, and it looks good too. This heater is allowing many more comfortable nights outside in the fresh air. I also appreciated the follow-up from Jack’s Tool Shed. Your customer service was outstanding. My biggest regret was not ordering one sooner.

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I’d recommend going into the assembly process in a good mood, so you can get a laugh out of the somewhat chaotic and sketchy assembly instructions. If you go in short tempered you’ll probably be miserable. I’m pretty sure the parts in the box didn’t match up with the list of parts I was supposed to have, which in turn didn’t match up with the parts referenced in the instruction steps. But the parts I had did all go together properly with nothing left over (expect the third foot mentioned below). It seemed like perhaps the engineering of the heater was an evolving process and the instructions hadn’t kept pace.

A couple of examples… The heater came with three little feet (presumably to make it more tip resistant) and a set of roller wheels. Neither was mentioned in the instructions. The holes where the roller wheels bolt on overlap where one of the three feet bolt on, so I guess you have to choose between three feet or two feet and wheels. I went with the wheels, which do make moving the heater fairly easy as long as you have the room to tilt it over. Also, the main instruction sheet just showed a single piece top reflector. But the reflector actually came in four pieces with its own separate assembly card.

Anyway, it wasn’t all that hard to figure out where the parts went and get the thing together.

I wheeled it outside, hooked up a propane bottle and it fired right up. Mine lights in just a few seconds (one of the other reviewers mentioned theirs takes 45 seconds or so). It doesn’t bake you with heat (which I suppose is good for the propane bill), but does provide a nice gentle warming to take the edge off on a cool night.

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Similar to other reviewers, I found this heater to be a pretty good value, easy to assemble, etc. The stainless steel propoane tank cover (bottom part of the heater) is pretty thin metal, but it’s not bad. Worked well right out of the box – carefully follow the lighting instructions and you should have no problems. I plan to order 2 more now that I know what I am getting. It’s a good looking unit and a lot less expensive than others. I figure it’ll last about 6 or 7 seasons with reasonable care, maybe longer if I am lucky.

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This gas patio heater is fantastic. It was easy to assemble and works like a charm!

I live in western PA and this is great on cool nights. We use it to warm us up when getting out of the hot tub. It will be ideal for winter time use in this area.

The price was more than reasonable and it is much bigger than I expected. It is very sturdy ( you put sand in the base) and stands up to the wind. In the green color it fits in with the outside patio.

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They shipped this item faster than they predicted.

I purchased this garden heater after reading many positive reviews about this, and the price was also reasonable.

It required a bit of patience to assemble the parts, but it looked sleek and very good looking with it’s staninless steel exterior. We have been using it as often as possible on our patio when it gets chilly in the early evening.

My family is very happy with this heater because it looks nice and spread the warmth evenly around our table.

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Bought two of these heaters for the patio. One came with a damaged deflector and other one was missing a regulator. After spending 3 hours putting them together, I’m not going to take them apart to return. Once assembled, they’re decent heaters. There are four bolts holding the top half to the main pole, which are a joke. They came stripped and the top is not on completely secure. I’ll have to figure out another way to improve their current state. The cover that comes with the heaters is also a joke–it looks like a white trash bag over the top half of the heater. I will have to purchase additional covers that look better and do a better job of keeping the elements out. Overall, an ok heater with a decent price. Unit comes with the typical chinese tool kit and cheap nuts and bolts that come with nearly everything these days.

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The first one I received I could not get the pilot to light. The replacement works fine. Maybe I did something wrong on the first. Relatively easy to assemble. The one thing I am curious about is that no where in the manual (or anywhere else) can I find out who manufactured it or anything about a warranty. When I was having problems with the first one Amazon.com gave me what was purported to be the manufacturer for me to contact. I sent them a fax and they called me back immediately to tell me they did not manufacture it. Apparently Amazon.com doesn’t even know who made it. Weird, yes????

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Found this heater on [...], bought it with free 2-day Amazon Prime shipping, and put it together yesterday. Easy as pie! Another reviewer said that despite the sand in the base that his GardenSun blew over and dented the reflector, so I bought 4 long bolts to replace the ones that shipped with it, and put the bolts all the way through the wooden deck and secured it underneath. Now it’s solid like a rock, who wants to move theirs around anyway? Starting the pilot light the first time can be a bit tricky, read the included instructions & you’ll be fine.

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I’ve had the heater for <6 months, now very, incredibly, amazingly rust covered. It looks pretty seriously unattractive. Discussed with neighbors and is apparently due to low quality stainless steel and exposure to salt coastal air. Push button igniter dead, but pilot lights easily with long-stem lighter from BBQ. Does not use a lot of gas