I'm impressed with this product, I'm a relatively new DIY home owner, I completely redid my bathroom just based on YouTube videos. I was intimidated by a floor heat install but pulled the trigger and so glad I did. With a couple YouTube videos and the instructions you get with this product, it's much easier than I had built up in my mind.

Simple things like floor heat really added to the finished product, a warm floor is quite the feeling. I wish I did adhered more closely to the instructions, it suggested a skim coat of mortar over the heating cable, let it cure, then tile over that. I saw guys on YouTube who just used thinset over the cable without securing it first, but I'm a very average tile installer so it became stressful when my hot glued heating cable broke from the hot glue I used and came up as I was tiling. There is also a beeper device you can install and it will detect if you cut the heating cable, I didn't realize it till after I was done that the beeper is supposed to be hooked up until install is complete. One thing the instructions did not mention was not turning on the heat till after the tile has cured for a month, I saw some YouTuber guys mention it, I turned on my heat after 5 weeks and it's just marvelous.

My only critique with this product is that the heating cable doesn't seem as tough as other products I saw installed on YouTube, but those other products were 4 times the price, which is why I still gave this product 5 stars. But as long as you skim coat thinset over the heating cable or at least be gentle with your tiling trowel you should be fine. I was initially discouraged after install, sure I had cut the heating cable, but I didn't and it works great.

install was a breeze. Their is a physical setting in the back of the thermostat to select floor sensor rather then air sensor. I bought this for a bathroom that measures 5 by 8 and my corner shower is a 38" which we did not run this under. If I could go back I would go to a 30 Sq foot system and run tighter lines...maybe 2 inch rather then 3.5... the wires are not hot to the point that if you had to curl a bunch of extra up in one spot it would be hazardous. you can easily hold this bare in your hands while its running. it can take 8 hours to heat up but I live in Canada and the temp is -35 this morning. I leave mine running all the time and set it at 27. I figured the electrical cost of this to run 24/7 is about 50 to 60 cents a day. well worth it if you could feel this floor where the cables are not running...COLD!....Don't hesitate on this product. With shipping it was under 200 us. ...Canada Home Depot sells a similar package with only 15 Sq feet for 309.99 plus tax.

Note... If you are putting this in self leveling cement as I did I will give you a major heads up.... prep the floor. ...prep the floor.....prep the floor....I wish someone had drilled that into my head. One spot about 18 inches around sounded hollow... we managed to fix it by drilling many 1 inch holes down into the concrete (making sure not to hit the wires of coarse) and filling them with a concrete epoxy which seems to have bonded it all together..... prep your concrete floor first so the self level adheres..... you don't really get a second chance once the wires are embedded in the floor.

Hope this helps....Happy Heating!

Overall, a great product but I ran into a few difficulties during install. First, make sure you don't purchase more feet than you need since the wire cannot be cut, better to have less than more. Second, they don't supply enough cable guides for the installation and they dont work that well anyway, The wires would pop up during the thinset embedding process and it was very difficult to keep them down. Third, be prepared to spend an additional $135 for a GFCI thermostat which is required by code. The one they supply with your purchase is not GFCI. As I said a great product, but the application process should improve to make it easier. I'm sure in 5 years, they will come up with something better to keep the wires in place.

When I got this cable i wasn't sure how well it would work because I expected it to be a little thicker. I thought it would not snap in and stay in the ditra heat sheets that i installed. Well it stayed in pretty well because every loop (turn) would hold it tight. The directions are fairly straightforward and the cable was not flimsy and of good quality.
A word of caution, when estimating how much you need to order: either measure precisely, or if you think you will guesstimate and deal with it later (haha) guesstimate on the lesser side. They're generous and they give you a lot (exactly what you order!). They probably don't want to get complaints for not sending out enough. I even drew on a scaled drawing to see how much I needed and still ended up with more than enough which I had to spend hours to figure out how to incorporate in my application. The heating part of cable can not be cut . The cold lead (non heating) part can be cut, as well as any excess of the temperature sensor wire. So take off your vanity cabinet and toilet from your square footage. My extra had to go to a shower bench seat. The specs on all or most heat wires call for 3 studs at time or alternating 3 then 2. They (Warming Systems) do give you an out by saying that if you have way too much it can be 2 studs apart. All this was on me and not on anything negative of this heating cable.
Also, it would be helpful to offer to sell as part of this package (either by Amazon or by the seller) the recommended 2nd temperature sensor on the same web page and not having to search and for and have to make a separate purchase for it.
The digital thermostat appears sturdy and of good quality and design.
Once the layout was worked out the laying of the cable and the routing to the electrical box went like a breeze.
I performed the resistance checks (you'll need a digital multi-meter) when I opened the box, after I laid it down and after the mortar went on top, all good. Haven't laid the tile down yet so I don't know how well it works yet.

We had to replace our master bathroom floor due to a crappy job by our contractors who installed the original floor 4 years ago (boo hiss). Since it was all coming up why not put in a floor heater? Best. Decision. Ever!

We had a contractor install but I did install a little bit of these. Very easy. You screw down the orange spacer thingy and then weave back and forth. Very easy. I think the hardest part is making sure you space correctly - the orange spacer thing has different loops so you can make your wires closer or further apart. Our contractor wired to an existing outlet and mounted the thermostat. I had some initial concerns but the outlet this is wired to (gfi outlet) is where I dry my hair and so far so good. No tripped fuses.

Hardest thing is trying to figure out how to program the thermostat. Still working on that. We followed the advice of a prior heated floor reviewer and hooked up two different sensors in case one blows. Insurance but hey, would rather have two than a broken heated floor system!

The best thing about this for us is our master is at the end of HVAC line so we tend to not get a lot of heat. With this the ambient temperature because of the heated floors makes the whole bathroom toasty. And this is a big bathroom - around 300 sq feet. The only bad...my husband is mad that we didn't tear out the shower floor to put this under there as well because stepping into the shower with non-heated floors is a little chilly. Umm, no.