Egloo - Candle Powered Compact Room Heater
A fine arts student Marco Zagaria launched his new innovation called Egloo, which is a room heater that runs on candles. Egloo is available for a $60 pledge; $80 if you want to choose between the available colors (red, blue, black and beige) or glazed versions for $90-110.
Zagaria explained the working of the product in the campaign's' 'How It Works' by telling readers that the composition of Egloo accounts for a base, grill and 2 domes as it's four basic components. The candle is positioned on the base and once the candle is lit, it heats the domes up. A metallic grill has been incorporated into the base that provides support to the domes. The grill also lets the air in, which is quite important for candles to undergo combustion. To achieve best efficiency, 4 candles should be used at a time and in 5 hours, (the average duration) this will allow the assembly to warm up a 20mq environment.
Zagaria further said, "The thinner dome, placed centrally on the base, stores a high rate of heat, that is conveyed to the external dome; the dome's air intake facilitate the outgoing of the warm air stored between the covers, allowing thermal exchange with the environment."
