mkdr
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I bought this a couple woots ago (and it is cheaper now- so an even better deal) and I love it. At my stepdaughter's house there are several unheated rooms. I originally bought it for my bedroom there, to replace the Lasko heater we had (which worked well) which caught on fire (due to misuse I assume by her in another room when I wasn't there). We still had another Lasko, which is still in that room. She stole the Vornado for her daughter's unheated playroom since it is quieter, cooler to the touch and heats up the room so nicely and quickly. She also uses it as supplemental heat in her daughter's bedroom, but it almost gets too hot in there even on the lower settings.
All in all, we love it, and it is also very easy for kids to operate, but light enough and cool enough to place high enough for them to not be able to reach.
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radi0j0hn
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When needed, we use one of those oil filled radiator looking things. Doesn't blow dust and cat dander around.
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ckeilah
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All blow, no glow.
I get much better heat out of the 2for$20 I picked up at a big box a few years back.
Ah ha! Here is the exact model:
http://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-Twin-Ceramic-Heater-Packs/dp/B00ACPZJAO/ref=sr_1_fed0_7?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1356798871&sr=1-7&keywords=2+packs
Honeywell has always made damn fine stuff. These little guys will keep me warm from toe to head, even in sub-freezing temperatures. Just point the thing at you, put it on level II, and be comfortable. They also don't trip the circuit breaker like these tornado cold blowjobs do.
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ckeilah
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I don't understand these people who claim these Vornados will heat anything beyond a lukewarm increase in heat. I have one on my feet right now, and it just barely takes the chill off, and the room is already heated to 66ºF. The ONLY way to actually get WARM from the Vornado is to make a "tent" over yourself and the Vornado. After a few minutes, it actually does get warm in there. Not hot, but definitely comfortably warm. So, yeah, if you only need to heat 100'cu. of sealed, insulated space, then these are great. They don't get hot, so you won't get burned, and in <100'cu. you can stay warm. In a regular house, you can JUST keep your toes from freezing off, but you'll likely be cursing your Vornado and wishing you'd spent 1/3 the money for two Honeywells.
PS: I cannot run the vacuum cleaner and the Vornado without tripping the 15amp breaker.
PPS: visualize 100'cu. 5'x5'x4', i.e. a small, one-man, tent size space.
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ckeilah
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Well, judging from some of the above, maybe this makes sense for a 100% sealed, R85 insulated, small room. That could be the explanation why I can never get any reasonable warmth from this piece of crap. I found one reference that indicates that this puts out 770 BTU/hr. I probably lose 10x that through air in/egress. That would explain why it does a fine job in a "tent" but is worthless as anything else beyond a cat warmer. :-)
The one thing I really like about it is the BIG fan, which makes it relatively quiet. It's a low pitched noise too, so the ~45dB is very unobtrusive, and the fan angles down, so it's good for warming just my feet--or a cat.
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