waxkissDigital Hair Removal Warmer with See-Through Lid and 14oz Pot

Great wax pot. I like the clear lid so you can tell how quickly it’s heating up (and it’s digital) I would say it takes about a solid 20-25 minutes with a FULL pot of wax beads to fully heat up, which isn’t bad. Once you find your right temperature for waxing, you’re gonna be good to go. The digital display makes that easy to do.

I bought this not for cosmetic wax, but to melt hide glue for use in woodworking projects; specifically, for veneering surfaces. The temperature range seemed ideal - hide glue works best around 145-150 degrees F - and the description and reviews seemed favorable.The unit was reasonably well packed and apparently unopened (not a returned item), but there was inexplicably a small dent in the inner pot. This wouldn't affect the functionality at all, so I ignored it, but it was curious... The size was perfect for my application, and the removable inner pot meant that it would be easy to clean. The inner pot is aluminum, but it appears to have a hard anodizing or coating of some sort that makes it nearly non-stick in nature. I'm using it to melt glue, and the hardened glue just slides off without any need for scrubbing.The build quality of the unit seemed very good for the price. Obviously this isn't a laboratory device; it fits solidly in the lower consumer-grade segment. I probably wouldn't get this for a full-time professional gig (or I'd have a spare ready on the shelf), but for hobby purposes it's more than fine. The ergonomic design is good, it feels solid enough and has no tendency to slide or tilt during use, and in general seems like a well-designed product. I haven't taken it apart to check out the internals.Operation couldn't be easier: just plug it in and set the knob to the desired temperature. After a couple of seconds, it reverts to showing the current temperature rather than the setpoint; moving the knob displays the setpoint again while changing it. There's also an LED that glows red while the pot is seeking to the new temperature setpoint, then green when it has achieved the final temperature. This happens quite quickly - within a couple of minutes.As others have noted, this is a bit deceptive, because the outer aluminum pot - not the inner one in which the glue/wax is placed - is not well coupled thermally to the inner pot. This means that although the heating area has reached setpoint, it may be quite some time before the actual contents reach this temperature. In fact, if the lid isn't in place, the substance being heated may never reach the setpoint. This is because of the poor thermal coupling between the outer heating vessel and the inner pot containing the product to be warmed.It turns out that there's an easy way to make this *much* better - just put a small amount - only about 1/8" of water in the outer pot. This is blatantly against the instructions, but I examined the unit carefully, and the outer pot is completely water tight, so there's no danger of water spilling into the guts unless the whole unit is up-ended. This small layer of water provides much better thermal coupling into the inner pot, and it then warms much more quickly and maintains temperature far better. I can now add more glue to an already melted pot, and it will bring the new product up to temperature in just a couple of minutes.So, with the exception of what amounts in my mind to a design flaw of inadequate thermal coupling to the inner wax pot, this product does everything it's intended to, is very easy to use and clean, and seems well-constructed. For less than 25 bucks, it seems like a great deal to me.

I do not remove hair with this. I'm beyond that kind of help. I do however, use this melt blocks of wax that I use to lubricate my bike chain. Hot wax is the best chain lube you can buy. Don't make me fight you on this. You can spend $100 bucks on a bike specific kit which does have some nice features but uses the same pot, or you can buy the pot and mess around with dowels and wire to get nearly the same results. I can say the pot melts wax as advertised and is way safer than doing it on a burner.

I am just delving into at home waxing and this warmer has been great. If heads my hard wax beads quickly and maintains their temp well. It also holds a lot of wax too, which is nice, and there is a wide range of temps to choose from.

I am happy. Good price and small but fits 14 oz can. Only issue is turning the dial fully to the hottest setting works best to melt the wax but it’s too hot and when you minimize the heat it’s a guessing game and takes a while to melt. Wish it was a low/medium and hot option. A dial controlling temperature is hard to get right. Overall I’m figuring it out so all good!

Works great

I've had this product for over a year now, and it still works well and is easy to use. It just has one dial with a digital temperature reading. There is a metal housing inside that contains a slightly smaller metal basket with a handle in which you place your wax container. The handle on the inner metal basket is plastic and makes the basket easily removable.

Purchased for waxing bicycle chains. Slow to heat up, but the job for a reasonable price.