Care to share your experience with a tankless hot water heater?

[MADem]

9. I had one when I lived in the middle east, many years ago, and it was wonderful.

It ran on propane, the water went through a little snake of coils that were heated by the gas flame, and b the time the water came out the other end it was nice and hot. Of course, it didn't get super cold over there, so I don't know how they'd work in a New England environment, where I live now.

I've used them in the Carribbean too, but we never had need for very hot water there. I thought the ones in the Middle East were better quality than the Carribean ones, which, I think, were electric.

I had an "electric shower" in UK, that worked good, too--made me nervous, frankly, which sped up my showers--I just didn't like the idea of the water and the electricity so close together!

Of all methods, I liked the propane/gas one the best. The flame came on when you turned the hot water on, and went off when the water stopped flowing through the pipe.