Wed. Nov 26, 2008
Is That Really Amish?
I’m guessing you’ve seen the ads on TV. They are for a product that is an odd jumble of words, the “Amish made heat surge.” During the commercial, we see a lot of men wearing Amish hats, indoors, assembling these electrical devices, which they market as some kind of Amish made fireplace.
Hilarious example one, hilarious example two. They look so real, don’t they? (you can also teach your infant that things which look very hot are actually OK to touch!)
It’s the hats that bother me.
I don’t think wearing them indoors while at work qualifies you as Amish, polite, or even OSHA compliant.
Then at the end of the commercial, we see Amish people departing in a horse drawn carriage laden with two of these electronic devices. As if they are taking them to their home. Which, if they are truly Amish, will have no place to plug them in.
If I’m going to buy an electronic device, I’d like for it to be made by someone who actually uses electricity. However, the website suggests that the Amish only make the wooden casing (which they euphemistic call a “mantle,” as if you are buying an actual fireplace), and that “The HEAT SURGE miracle heater is a work of engineering genius from the China coast.”
And it appears that, despite the hats, they’re crap. Which seems distinctly non-Amish to me.
Of course, I guess they wouldn’t sell as many if they marketed them as “overpriced Chinese made electric heaters wrapped in wood in Ohio.”
Published 04:18PM, Wed, Nov 26 2008
Category: Advertising TV
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Did anyone else notice one of the “Amish” workers in the commercial appears to be a black man?
How does heat surge save energy? It does
put out would be no more than roughly 5000 BTU due to
the fact 1 watt equals 3.41 BTUs @ 1500 watt for 120 volt circuit. Electric is more expensive in most states than natural gas, oil, or heat pump. Eventually you are going to heat those other rooms you have to occupy which also have to heat.
This is over glorified
electric space heater in Amish made? particle board cabinet with a veneer cabinet. Was solid wood mention in the AD. Save your $370.00 if you want to use a space heater to heat a zone purchase go to Delonghi web site for a safe oil filled electric radiator for under $ 100.00
Or any other manufacturer which sell this type of heater.
These individuals are not amish. We own a small tack shop (horse halters, bridles, etc.) and have amish harness makers make custom items for us. The hats are not amish hats, they have buttons on thier clothes (amish do not wear buttons, cabinet joints are cut with powertools (electric)
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