Immersion water heater for indoor use

Homebrewers,

Just curious if any one has used one of these gadgets for heating water indoors:

http://www.amazon.com/Allied-Precision- ... ter+heater

And if so, what the good, bad, and ugly is.

Could use this in addition to my electric range to get water up to a boil in a reasonable amount of time? I currently do 3-5 gallon BIAB, but 10 d F temps and gusty winds of 35 + don’t lend well to enjoyable brew days as of late.

that would probably work to held speed up to boil, but its probably not a low watt density (LWD) element so you could scorch the wort. there are articles on how to build a heat stick and you could use a (LWD) water heater element.