Bon Home Culinary Heat Lamp

I purchased two of the lamps for a holiday party where I had carving stations set-up. We had problems getting them to work (directions are a great thing, when you choose to read them!), but they worked out great!They are a quality lamp and not too heavy. They sat on table cloths decorated with material, but I never worried about the heat of the lamps burning anything.One tip- the lower arm of the lamp must be at its most vertical position to work. It's a safety feature. My lamps turned off once, but they had been moved back. Once corrected, they turned on immediately. They are also cool to the touch within minutes.Similar lamps I looked at cost three times as much and they were too heavy to move around. The Bon Home lamps are professional looking and the price can't be beat.

The heat lamp is great for keeping a cage warm, my lizards actually enjoyed the heat from this lamp better than the heat from the standard reptile bulbs. But the thing is too heavy to stand up and unless you have it in the exact perfect condition it does not stand up! I think the position in the photo, it would fall from that position!

First of all - it burned out after about 3 weeks.Secondary... it's so heavy that for a none athletic woman would be a problem to move it (about 20lb).I was laughing to tears when I start using it - it's such a great idea, and such an idiotic execution of it. What a shame.But the most interesting part is that takes about 15 min to warm up the element itself, then + about 30 min to warm your food (don't forget its 300watt). It will dry inside out your pizza or what have you "cooking";))) Well, can they at list put instead of hitting coiled wires some hitting lamp? Halogen or Quartz lamp of this power would warm up food in seconds ...Plus what they were thinking = there is no timer ,no temp. adjustment control...OK, maybe in the next Century we gonna see this idea will be realized.

WHEN I GOT THIS HEAT LAMP I THOUGHT IT LOOKED LIKE ITWAS MADE WELL. HEAVY, ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION. THE MAINPROBLEM IS THAT WHAT IS NOT METAL IS THE SCREW DRIVERSLOT TO TIGHTEN THE ARM ADJUSTMENT. I COULD NOT TIGHTENTHIS THING ENOUGH TO KEEP THE ARM FROM FALLING DOWN.I ACTUALLY HAD TO EPOXY THE ELBOW OF THE ARM TO KEEPIT IN PLACE. WHICH MEANS I CAN'T ADJUST THE HEIGHT ATALL NOW. THE HEAT OUTPUT IS MARGINAL AT BEST, SO I CANNOT RECOMMEND THIS HEAT LAMP.Update 1/11/13: I have gotten this heat lamp to workpretty good now. I had to buy a wide blade screwdriverto tighten the arm adjustment enough to hold it in place. I've not really used it too much yet, but Ibelieve it will be fine for what I will be using itfor.

I actually like this thing. My wife hates cold plates at dinner time and this seemed a good way to warm them. And, if you plan ahead a few minutes, it does a nice job. The lamp even has very good safety features, including a tilt switch which turns off the power if the unit falls over. My only gripe is that adjustment of the head could be better to permit the heat lamp to be parallel to the plate or food your warming at it's closest position. The heat from the lamp is not overwhelming and the head of the lamp needs to be fairly close to whatever is being warmed. While you can get the arms in a good position to do the job, the head remains tilted slightly up and away. Just a slight adjustment to the stop on the head position would bring it level with the target and give better results. Nevertheless, it is otherwise well made with safety as a key consideration and does the job (if not perfectly).

The unit is horrible, but the vendor was very accommodating. I followed the instructions on the bright green card, but the unit actually would not work, and even after tightening the arm with a coin, the lamp head would not stay up.Don't buy it.

This food warmer is good at the beginning; however, the hinges are not tight enough no matter how much you try to re-tightened the screw. It has a good safety feature when the lamp starts to slouch down, but would rather keep it on. It had to be at the right angle for it to heat food on the low side without slouching. After years of storage, the handle broke and is no longer useful for operational use.

Like other reviews, it arrived with the middle joint not tight enough to support the lamp. Since a number of reviews mentioned that it was just a matter of following the instructions and tightening the joint, I ordered it. Well, it arrived and the head wouldn't stay up. The directions say use a coin or screw driver to tighten it. It was already too tight for the coin (a quarter) to make any difference. So based on the slot size, I got a very large screw driver. But in stead of tightening, the screw just broke off. I'd guess, it was already cracked which is why the joint wasn't tight out of the box.1/7/18: Just got notified of the refund credit and the notice that it doesn't need to be returned. Nothing more says the vendor knows this is a quality problem than not wanting the unit back for defect analysis.1/12/18: Since I got a no return refund, the choice was to dispose of the unit in a eco friendly way or try to fix it. Fix it I did ... I drilled out the broken off screw and then tapped the hole for a 1/4-20 bolt. Pulled a 3/4" bolt and washer out of my inventory and bolted it together. I looked for the web site on the instructions and found that it no longer exists (web request redirects to gelpro.com). I'd guess the seller bought going out of business inventory and find it cost effective to sell the units and just refund the broken units.