Called and they said since I had no receipt and the manufacturing date on the plug said the unit was over 5 years in age they could do nothing to help me. After looking at all these reviews I wonder if most customers are treated the same. One more expense, but, they would have replaced 2 of the 4 bad units…. One lady said that she could see that things had likely fallen out during shipping… They do not answer their phone supposedly “due to Coronavirus”… Online Chat has been attempted numerous times, all to no avail…
We personally don’t leave any space heater in a room or closet within reach of young kids, even if it’s unplugged. Since a heater is a 12- to 15-amp appliance drawing considerable current, the heater’s plug and cord, combined with intuitive on/off switches, pose a major electrical hazard to any curious toddler. Most kids back away from heat, but very few would anticipate an electric shock. The neat part about the Honeywell VersaHeat HHF260 bathroom heater is that you can position it horizontally or vertically depending on how you want the heat to spread. Its haptic controls aren’t as user-friendly as those on our other bathroom heater picks, either, and the controls are particularly difficult to use when the heater is lying on its horizontal side.
This particular De’Longhi model looks nice, and it heated our room well enough, but we don’t think it would be a good substitute for a Vornado heater or a Rinnai-style installation. In addition, the controls are confusing—they look like toggle switches, but they’re not, so you might find yourself instinctually trying to flip the switch instead of tapping the button to make anything happen, every single time. Our former upgrade pick, the Dyson Hot+Cool Jet Focus AM09, was one of the most quickest and most consistent space heaters we tested and also doubled as a cooling fan, so it was a great option for year-round climate control. The FH500 comes with a large remote control that you can store in an attached pocket on the back of the tower. The buttons are clearly marked, matching the controls on the tower itself, including the digital temperature display, the timer, and the Auto Eco setting.
Sitting still in my home office, I get chilled on cooler days, even if the rest of the house doesn’t feel cold. It worked so well that I soon moved it out into the hallway and let the warm air blow into the office, without the oscillating function. If you want to be able to set your heater to turn off automatically, choose one with a timer. This year alone, we bought 8 lasko space heaters and 6 Lasko fans…. I buy in quantity to have extra items in case we need them…
If the filters do get blocked, or if anything else goes wrong, the Solaris Slim H3 has a built-in automatic shutoff system, so the hot air and dust won’t combust into bigger problems. In addition, it comes with a one-year warranty—which is nice, though not as good as the five-year protection that covers all of Vornado’s heaters. If you need to heat a large room, the Dr. Infrared Heater Original Portable Space Heater is a real powerhouse.
In the earliest versions of this guide, we relied on the testing expertise of physicist Jim Shapiro, who tested heaters at his home in the high desert of Colorado and also served as an expert source during our research. Since 2017, we’ve focused more on real-world testing, running the heaters under controlled conditions in cramped apartments in Boston and New York. I just had to unpack it and add two AAA batteries to the remote control. It has an automatic thermostat, which means the heater will turn off once the room reaches the desired set temperature. The unit also displays the current temperature, so you can easily increase or decrease the emitted amount of heat. The adjustable temperature ranges are from 70 to 85 degrees.
While this little heater didn’t stack up as well as the Lasko , it did all right, raising the temperature a foot away to 74°F. During testing, we liked how the handle on the back made it easy to move this Lasko from room to room. However, its performance is lackluster compared to other heaters on this list.
I feel I can recommend these heaters to my readers without reservation. Using lasko tower heaters to spot heat bedrooms at night, or the kitchen or living room during family time, or a home office or den during work hours, is a great way to cut your overall heating costs. If you want something that looks like a cheap Dyson knockoff but still costs about the same amount of money as a Dyson, you could get the Westinghouse 2-in-1 Digital Bladeless Fan with Heater WSFBLA018BK. But that’s about the only circumstance where it would make sense for anyone to buy this heater. In our tests, it was quiet enough, and it did a decent job raising the temperature in the room, although the onboard thermometer was about 8 to 10 degrees off from what our sensors were reading at any given time. But the most frustrating feature (other than the price) is that you can’t change the settings without the included remote control.