Stiebel Eltron 233219 2.5 gallon, 1300W, 120V SHC 2.5 Mini-Tank Electric Water Heater, White

This was the perfect solution for our kitchen sink. It normally took over a minute for the hot water to start getting warm (and used 2 1/4 gallons of water doing it).I smile every time I turn on the hot water now. It literately takes 1 second to come out hot.Here's a few things to help you out that I didn't know at first:1) The 2 water nipples on top are 1/2" MIP, not 3/4", like standard water heaters have, and me and the guy at Home Depot thought. We went through many variations of fittings before we were satisfied, only for me to find out when I got home only one would work. To be fair he was super helpful, it was my fault for not measuring the connections in the first place. That being said, a standard 1/2" braided faucet hose fits these. I did use a 1/2" to 3/8" adapter for the hose going back to my faucet, because that's what it was.2) If you can fit the 4 gallon unit under your sink, get it. I could only fit the 2.5 and it does start to get luke warm after about a minute, but I hooked up my house hot water to the intake side, and it starts getting hot a little while later. I figured that would happen given my time and flow experiment earlier, but oh well, concessions.3) I found a cheap cake sheet pan to set the unit in, just in case, and I'm glad I did. A week after install I had a small water leak (my poor plumbing skills) and my cabinet bottom was dry because the water dripped into the pan.Time will now tell how long it lasts and how often I need to look at the anode rod, but for now, I very happy with this heater!

1 Year reviewWe purchased this 2.5 gallons WH for our kitchen sink and dishwasher as our home was plumbed in a way that the kitchen sink is a farthest point from our 50 gallon WH. To run a kitchen sink or dishwasher, it requires significant amount of wasted water to be flushed down the drain, not to mention heat loss in pipes (this is why a recirculating pump is a no go for this fixture). We choose 2.5G simply because its the biggest one could fit in an under sink cabinet. We also connected it to a 15AMP outlet with wireless switch rated at 1850Watt consumption. I tapped into a COLD water instead of hot, as I don’t want to draw all that water from a big one and waste water I can use for a shower or laundry. You definitely can connect it to a hot side, but it works flawlessly on cold one too. Beware that there will be a recharge of about 15-18 minutes if you depleted whole WH, but recovery gets you a nice warm water even after couple of minutes. It’ll not happen on a hot side, since water will get up to a temperature before your little tank was depleted. But again, you most probably will experience what called “a temperature sandwich”. When choosing the right size tank, be aware that there’s pressure relief valve sticking 2-3” on top. Make sure you install a drain for this valve and route it outside. We set the tank at very high setting to keep as much hot water possible to mix with cold water at the sink. We also run it only for when we need it, before turning dishwasher or cooking, which saves huge amount of wasted energy and money. Overall we are very happy with this one, no more waiting for hot water, wasting energy and water. I suggest to install them at any fixture that far from your whole house WH. I also recommend to get a under sink pan and water leak detector (ring is the best I could find so far) in case you have a leak.

Love everything about it! We have a small kitchen at work, and it fit our needs very well.

Needed for instant hot water at kitchen sink. Works perfectly. Should have installed this years ago. Had space behind pull-out garbage can drawer. Fit like it was made for it.

I purchased this for our motorhome. It works really good. It’s a decent capacity for showering. We haven’t had any leakage or anything like that so it seems to be very durable.

We just installed it 4 days ago, and so far we like it very much. The deciding facture was that it has a stainless steel tank. Most people that did not like their water heater said that it rusted. So, I decided that the one I bought would have to have a stainless steel tank. And, though I am almost sure the thermostat is 20 degrees off, we still like it. It is set at 125 degrees and the temperature is fine. We bought this water heater because it is about 50 feet from our water heater to our bathroom and we were wasting a lot of water to get warm water to our bathroom. (We have a well and I don't like washing my hands or face in 55 degree water.) You might also note that we put the water heater in our crawl space and connected it to a GFI plug. There is a lot of debate whether or not we needed to, but to be on the safe side we installed a 20 amp GFI next to the water heater.2 years and 3 months later----The thermostat is hardly working at all. I am going to replace it and see if the water heater works more consistantly. If I had it to do all over again I would probably opt for a cheap water heater and then if it dosen't work well I would just chaulk it up to a cheap water heater. But since this is rather on the high side of cost I am a little disappointed.

This hot water heater was used to provide hot water to a bathroom restoration at my church . The church members were surprised when they had hot water in the restrooms. The heater fit nicely in the cabinet. It is a nice unit with a good warranty.