Candle heater captures the hearts of funders on Indiegogo

By Stan Schroeder2014-12-19 11:52:27 UTC

Candles are often used for decoration, or to make a room smell like lilacs, but can you use them for heating?

According to an IndieGogo project called Egloo, you can with the addition of terracotta pots.

Candles in the base of Egloo heat a small, inner terracotta dome to about 300 F. The inner dome warms up the outer dome, as well as the air in the space between the two domes.

The project claims its heating system can raise the temperature of the environment surrounding the Egloo by two to three degrees.

And people seem certain it will do just that. In just five days, the project has surpassed its goal of $30,000.

Egloos touting its creation as a means of heating your room for 10 cents a day.

No further explanation is given for this estimation, but it probably means you need to find some very cheap candles for example, we've found 125 candles for $15 on Amazon, making them 12 cents a piece and Egloo needs four candles to work optimally for five hours, per the project's description.

Furthermore, the project seems to be based on an idea of a do-it-yourself candle heater that's been floating around the Internet for years. Many have tried to prove or debunk it, with the consensus being that while such a heater does work, it's probably insufficient to heat anything but a very small room, with the additional hazard of combustion by-products polluting the air in your living space.

If youd like to snag an Egloo of your own, head over to Indiegogo. You can pick up the base model for $60.

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Candle heater captures the hearts of funders on Indiegogo