False advertising? Defender & West Marine describe this tank as having an aluminum inner tank. I think these guys are lying or oblivious. It's a lot cheaper than the Seaward and Isotemp brands that are stainless steel so it can't be the same thing. West marine recommends the use of magnesium anode to extend the life of the tank.I am looking to replace with a Kuuma 11811 6 Gallon 120v Front Exchanger Stainless Steel Water Heater - any thoughts?View attachment 222663
Either a BS counter-claim or a misunderstanding. The jacket is ss for both brands, all of them have AL tanks. A ss jacket is a waste of $$ and not necessary. I've had three on my boat in 25 years, so I know. The tank goes first well before any jacket would.False advertising? Defender & West Marine describe this tank as having an aluminum inner tank. I think these guys are lying or oblivious.
I'm talking about Kuuma and the Parts Pac (false advertising) ad displayed in the opening of the thread. West and Defender clearly state that the jacket and inner tank of the Kuuma model is aluminum. This ad in the post implies it is stainless steel.Either a BS counter-claim or a misunderstanding. The jacket is ss for both brands, all of them have AL tanks. A ss jacket is a waste of $$ and not necessary. I've had three on my boat in 25 years, so I know. The tank goes first well before any jacket would.
Scotty, Scotty Scotty...In an effort to begin to understand your post, I went back to the opening post in this thread. All it was was a photograph of the Kuuma heater. It did not link to any associative advertising.I'm talking about Kuuma and the Parts Pac (false advertising) ad displayed in the opening of the thread. West and Defender clearly state that the jacket and inner tank of the Kuuma model is aluminum. This ad in the post implies it is stainless steel.
Stu, I'm afraid you must have missed this since it was the opening post .... Do you see where it says: Kuuma 11811 6 Gallon 120v Front Exchanger Stainless Steel Water Heater - any thoughts? Just to be sure, I did google "Kuuma 11811 and came up with this identical ad from Parts Pac. Or you could have simply clicked on the provided link. It shows up in Amazon with the exact same description. To be sure, it is an aluminum tank, not stainless steel as implied in the opening post.I am looking to replace with a Kuuma 11811 6 Gallon 120v Front Exchanger Stainless Steel Water Heater - any thoughts?View attachment 222663
Argument? Was I not courteous enough in my request for clarification?Stu, I'm afraid you must have missed this since it was the opening post .... Do you see where it says: Kuuma 11811 6 Gallon 120v Front Exchanger Stainless Steel Water Heater - any thoughts? Just to be sure, I did google "Kuuma 11811 and came up with this identical ad from Parts Pac. Or you could have simply clicked on the provided link. It shows up in Amazon with the exact same description. To be sure, it is an aluminum tank, not stainless steel as implied in the opening post.
Are you ok? I don't know why you are seeking an argument ... I'm just discussing facts that are easily discovered by reading the documents provided with the advertisements for this product.
To be sure, I'm not blaming @Stephen Dale for the implication ... he just pasted the verbiage and the picture from the amazon advertisement from Parts Pac.
Fisheries Supply, a reputable marine retailer also lists the Kuuma HW tanks as being aluminum. Defender also lists Kuuma tanks as being aluminum.Kuuma Premium Water Heaters are constructed of corrosion-resistant, marine-quality aluminum and heat using electrical power or integrated heat exchanger. Features include ignition protected controls, mounting tabs and manual reset. Available in 120V and 240V in 6 gallon, 11 gallon, and 20 gallon sizes, Kuuma Water Heaters are the choice of many OEMs.
That's funny ... I don't think that I said to look under Kuuma "stainless steel heater". It makes much more sense to search for Kuuma 11811 6 Gallon as a reference. The Amazon sources popped right up and an exact copy of Stephen's reference photo popped right out front and center when I looked - caption referencing stainless steel and all. (It still does). Being curious, I looked under the other sources, such as West Marine and Defender. Both had accurate descriptions of the water heater, specifying that the inner tank and casing is aluminum. So there you see where my comment came from. I was wondering if Stephen was mislead by misleading information from "Parts Pak", which was the obvious source of his reference.I have had difficulty finding a Kuuma stainless steel heater on the web, using a Google search. All I've found are aluminum cases, even though I Googled "Kuuma ss water heaters".
If you can provide a link from ANY advertisement for a stainless steel Kuuma heater that says its tank is ss I will publicly eat my hat and apologize to you. If not, I can only repeat my statement in my reply #10. Kuuma has done nothing wrong and it is not false advertising.
1. See there right in the advertisement? Yes, I clicked on your link, thanks. Here's what it sqays:See there right in the advertisement? It is shown exactly as Stephen posted it. It is long past the time that Stephen asked about this model and I suppose he may have already obtained it. I was only wondering if he bought this model under the false impression that it is a stainless steel tank. To be sure, I used a question mark (perhaps you are familiar with punctuations) so I wasn't really accusing anybody of anything. I was simply questioning. I certainly wasn't accusing Kuuma since the advertisement was NOT from a Kuuma source.
But I'm glad this came up. I was always under the impression that a Seaward tank had a stainless steel inner tank. Now that I have found out otherwise, I will hopefully exchange my water heater for an Isotemp .... now sooner than later.
The link in the post was indeed a link to a low quality image and the source of that image was quite easily found (the watermark "Parts Pak" was an obvious clue). I'm not sure why a question would be considered incendiary when there are obvious discrepancies. If you go to the source of the post's link, there is an actual advertisement (Amazon/ Parts Pak) and within the advertisement where it says "About this item" the description says that the product is "welded aluminum tank with an aluminum cover" even though the heading of the ad says "Stainless Steel Water Heater". Perhaps the "Front Exchanger" is stainless steel? I don't know. Perhaps that is what they mean. Misleading? Am I too unknowledgeable to dicipher the wording from an advertisement? Could be. I raised a question ... that's all.The link in Post #1 is a link to a low quality image of the Kuuma water heater, it is not a link to any description of the tank.
If I recall correctly, Kuuma did make SS tanks, so any advertisement for such by a retailer suggests that they are selling old stock, especially if the price is lower than found in reputable retailers.
The internet is rife with conflicting information, given the preponderance of the conflicts, it seems prudent, to me, to determine why the conflict is there before making accusations that some one or some business is engaging in fraudulent practices. Too often incendiary remarks are made that are simply unwarranted. In this situation there are conflicting statements about a product, it seems to me that rather than accusing a company of poor business practices, pointing out the conflicting ads and suggesting the OP confirm with the seller the tank is indeed SS or call Kuuma about the discrepancy before besmirching a business is a better course of action.