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

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.

When they tell you to buy one where you control and see temperature, yes dooo it especially if you’re a beginner self waxer! I haven’t had chance to wax anything besides my face. I was able to change it to right temp to get wax right texture and successfully wax myself. Highly recommend this product.

Works great! I love it! Nice size and quality.

Works great and I have absolutely zero complaints. It melts the wax fairly quickly and is easy to work.

So far so good only used about 10 times holding up greatheat up wax evenly, temperature controls is good. Get hot enough to apply the wax great recommended

First time using this warmer I previously just use the microwave cup! So is a step up! Here is my take: i plug it in safe spot toss in beads, max out the temp then brought down to 135 my preferred temp for my face, but i had to gradually go up because since the A/C runs cold inside always! (SouthFlorida) it did not stay warm.. so at 205 it work best i put up 3 sections the put the cover on while i was pulling off the wax from my face!! And so on, that worked just fine! Also the initial warm time was 16minutes for about 2oz of beads!! Is way better that the microwave cup thing and i don't have to go back and fwd to the kitchen.. so overall is a fine lil thing for what it costs, now i be back in between a year to update this notes to see how far the lil thing will go on!! Am needed to do my face at least once a week sometimes i skip a week!! And i look like a lion 🦁 But it depends on my hormones! (PCOS) 🤦‍♀️ anywho i hope this helps anyone!!

I can’t believe it took me so long to buy a wax warmer. This one is perfect for what I need it for! It heats up quickly and the temperature dial/screen makes it so easy to determine the desired temp. For $20, it was a great purchase!

The instructions read. Don't put in water. Great tip thanks. "Function Description: 1. Indicator: The wax warmer start heating while the colorful light flashing, when the temperature reached the setted temperature, the colorful light stop flashing and light off. 2. Knob button: Turn the knob to the right to turn on the wax warmer, continue to rotate to the right to adjust the temperature of the wax warmer. 3. The range of heating temperature is: 30 deg C- 125 deg C /86-257 deg F." I thought i got one that worked but my light never flashed. I tried with a GIGI can of hard wax after looking at the videos I realized it was missing the silicone sleeve that was supposed to be in before the wax can. I used my old wax warm which only melts the sides to heat the wax enough to transfer to the metal pot. Thinking there was just too much space between the walls and the can. I tried at first 110 degrees as I'm using it on my face, I didn't want it body wax hot. The wax never got hot enough to melt the middle of the wax. This is what my old one would do and why I decided to replace it. I went into explore mode and started raising the temperature by 2-10 degs at a time. Nothing seemed to melt the wax properly at 210deg I gave up. As an avid amateur chef, I have a meat thermometer. I turned off the warmer and let it sit a few mins. I wrapped the thermometer in foil restarted to the heat to 190 degs. Once I set the temp the display told me the temp it was achieving on the display all the time climbing the light was solid red. Once the warmer reached 190 i left it sit for 10 mins then used the thermometer to see how hot the wax was at the side. It was 144.7 at the side and the center of the wax has not yet melted. Basically the "temperature" isn't the temperature of the wax its the temperature of the heater. There are no instructions to correlate how hot the warmer is to how hot the wax is. The temp gauge is purely useless. You can't be sure what the temp of the wax is. I specifically chose this one so i could control my wax temp and now I know...

Me encantó, control de la temperatura. muy bonita , muy pocas de las que realmente cumple con lo que dice. práctica y super linda.

This wax warmer works amazing for my at home waxing use. I’m very happy with this product. The wax heated up within 30 min and stayed consistently warm for my entire waxing session. I have used it for both hard and soft wax. The temperature reading shows you how hot the warmer is which is a really great feature to prevent the risk of burning your skin and keeping the wax at a consistent temperature. I recommend to anyone, 5 stars!!

Love this little electric Wax warmer. It has a digital dial for precise heat regulation. The warmer works quickly and has a great foot print. Fits perfectly on my roller cart. I love the cover/lid, keeps my Wax clean between uses! Fits a 14oz pot like a glove!

Muy buen producto, cumple muy bien su función, y bien protegida

Excelente calidad. Fácil de limpiar. Buen sistema de temperatura. Recomendable