Looks hot ! But left me cold.
I loved the design of this heater. All the elements are there to deliver a well designed Smart Space heater and it looks good. The unit is fully programmable allowing you to set the temperature independently for four separate periods of the day.
But all of this is wasted since the heater never heats the room to the set temperature. The heater obviously has enough wattage to do the job, but it appears that the integrated thermostat is sensing the higher temperature of the unit and not the temperature of the air in the room causing the unit to shut down prematurely. This could be easily corrected by the manufacturer if they programmed the blower to run longer to purge the excess heat from the unit allowing it to reach room temp. Called the company they suggested that my unit was defective and that I should return it for an new one, I did that and got the same results. I kept the unit to avoid having to fix a big hole in my wall !
Really want to love this, but it doesn't produce enough heat.
I purchased this heater to replace two baseboard electric units in a room about 15 by 20. Theoretically, this should produce enough BTUs to heat a room that size with no problem. I also liked the fact that it's programmable. In practice, however, the heater never seems to produce enough heat, struggling on even moderately cold days. We get much more heat from a stand-up space heater. The all-in-one design may be a part of the problem, as the thermostat consistently registers a much a higher temperature than thermometers placed around the room. My guess is that as the air near the heater warms up, the unit turns itself down. On the plus side, it is quiet and much more design-friendly than other wall heating units.
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