Tankless Water Heaters VS Traditional Tank Water Heaters

As the increasing focus of energy efficiency, anything saving the energy springs up in our daily life. So do water heaters. 

Traditional tank water heaters have an obvious disadvantage, wasting much energy on holding the heat. People are urgent to find a way to avoid the energy on maintaining the heat. 

Under the background, tankless water heaters step on the stage of water heaters for its high energy efficiency.

The following is the advantages and disadvantages between tankless water heaters and traditional tank water heaters from some aspects.

First, Price

Generally speaking, traditional tank water heaters are cheaper than tankless water heaters.

There is no much new technology in the former. On the contrary, new technology is not a fresh thing as to tankless water heaters. To supply unlimited hot water instantly with low energy consumption is always the top aim of tankless water heaters. Therefore, tankless water heaters are more expensive.

Rinnai Natural Gas Tankless Water Heater

Second, Installation Cost

As to the tankless water heaters, there are two types, electric tankless water heaters and gas tankless water heaters. Usually, the installation cost of electric tankless water heaters is far less than gas tankless water heaters. As to the traditional tank water heaters, the installation cost is not high, either. 

Stiebel Eltron Electric Tankless Water Heater

Third, Operation Cost

It could not be more obvious that tankless water heaters have an immensely advantage in the operation cost than the traditional tank water heaters. There are mainly two parts that traditional tank water heaters consume the energy on----heating the cold water and maintaining the hot water. However, tankless water heaters only heat the cold water. 

Therefore, it’s obvious that the later saves the energy to maintain the hot water. 

Usually, it takes about 20 hours to keep the hot water warm----it’s extremely an energy waste, not economical at all. 

In full view of the whole cost, tanklesswater heaters beat traditional tank water heaters overwhelmingly.