Hotpoint-Ariston PRO1 ECO 80V DRY HE

A new look at familiar things

Although it is difficult to come up with something new in the design of storage boilers (which are, roughly speaking, a steel tank with an electric heating element), there is some progress even in this area. The Hotpoint-Ariston PRO1 ECO 80V DRY HE boiler, for example, boasts a clever system for distributing cold water along the bottom of an 80-liter tank. It reduces the mixing of liquid layers with different temperatures and, according to the manufacturer, increases the amount of hot water available to the user by 16%. The "proprietary" titanium enamel on the walls of the storage tank belongs to the same original innovations. Ariston claims that it protects the metal better, and scale adheres to it less than to a conventional enamel coating.

More heating elements, more magnesium!

But the main "trick" of this boiler is that it is equipped with two "dry" heating elements (each of the two has a power of 900 W). The reliability of “dry” heating elements is higher than that of “wet” ones, and the service life is longer. In addition, they significantly reduce the destructive effect of electrochemical corrosion on the tank. Yes, and scale in a water heater with a “dry” heating element forms much less. In addition, larger magnesium anodes are installed in this series of boilers (compared to other Hotpoint-Ariston water heaters). They can be changed every two years (that is, half as often as usual). "Dry" heating elements, an enlarged anode and high-quality enamel together provide such good protection that the manufacturer gives a fairly large warranty on the Hotpoint-Ariston PRO1 ECO 80V DRY HE - 7 years for the tank and 2 years for other parts.

Modes and functions

At the bottom of the housing is an electronic control panel with touch buttons and LEDs indicating different operating modes. In addition to manually controlling the heating temperature (setting a value from 40 ° C to 80 ° C), the user can activate the “smart” mode, which Hotpoint-Ariston calls ECO EVO. It lies in the fact that the technique for some time studies your habits (schedule for using hot water and its consumption), analyzes and remembers them, and subsequently uses the accumulated information to heat water only when it is needed, and not waste extra electricity . The manufacturer claims that electricity consumption in "smart" mode is reduced by an average of 14%. One of the buttons on the control panel (a thermometer icon is drawn next to it) is designed to activate the T-MAX function. It heats the water once to 65 ° C, and then the boiler returns to the previous mode. This function is used if at any time you need a little more hot water than usual. And the LED with an icon next to which a man is drawn under the shower head means that there is enough heated water in the device tank so that at least one person can take a shower.

Other options

It should be mentioned that the touch buttons do not have a tactile "response" - it will be very unusual for conservative users. It is also important to know that the boiler has a lot of settings, and it is difficult to understand them. For example, the "anti-legionella" function, which is "sewn" into electronic "brains", can be turned off, but without an instruction manual you will never guess which key combination and for how many seconds you need to press to do it. Therefore, this boiler is highly not recommended for people who are not friends with technology. This category of users is better suited for Hotpoint-Ariston PRO1 R 80 V 1.5 K PL DRY, which also has a “dry” heating element, but more traditional mechanical control.

It is also interesting to note that the water heater in question has an almost complete "twin" - Hotpoint-Ariston BLU1 ECO 80V 1.8K PL DRY. They are completely identical in device, "stuffing" and characteristics and differ only in the color of the control panel (one boiler has it black, the other has dark blue). A small difference in cost between them is explained only by different pricing policies of online stores.