What is the difference between “fake” and “far” infrared heaters:

When purchasing a far-infrared heater there are many things to consider. With hundreds of companies claiming to sell far-infrared or infrared heaters, few actually are far-infrared heaters, most are scams.

The market is flooded with “non-infrared heaters” yet many people are fooled into believing they purchased an energy saving (far) infrared heating device, while in reality they purchased a $2 Halogen/quartz light bulb that runs so hot that it produces “near-infrared”. Near-infrared is able to “excite” the air molecules which creates “heat” (hot air) around it; next, a $3 fan blows the heated air it into the space. The hot air rises just like with any convection heater and if the room has high ceilings the “heater” won’t contribute anything. To dress it up, manufacturers add a fancy cabinet.

In reality, these people who believe to have purchased a state of the art infrared heater just have been scammed into purchasing $5 in parts and a fancy cabinet for a simple if not useless convection heater.

Scientific exploration and testing over the past century has provided us with the evidence of what a far- infrared heater is and how the far-infrared energy “light” passes through the air. Because of its wavelength far-infrared waves travel around the air molecule; it has virtually no ability to collide with and excite the air molecules. Because it is able to travel through the air, the far-infrared waves will collide with the surfaces it encounters and this in turn is able to warm up these surfaces, people, and/or animals within the space (Boltzmann, Planck and others). Far-infrared heating is the most efficient way of “heating”.