Honeywell HZ-315 Quick Heat Ceramic Heater
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Honeywell HZ-315 Quick Heat Ceramic Heater
Customer Review: 5 years and going stong!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was just looking to buy a 2nd oned and was shocked to see all the bad reviews. I guess some are good and some bad. I've had mine for 5 years and have had no problems with it at all. It's a little champ! I guess i'm warned that the 2nd may not be so great (:(Customer Review: A Ceramic Heater that Actually WORKS! (see review, though)
Summary: 4 Stars
I have 3 of the Honeywell HZ-315 heaters; one has been used daily for 3 fall/winter/spring seasons, and the other 2 for one fall/winter (so far) in Colorado. All have performed perfectly.
*** UPDATE (March 2009): One of these heaters that I bought in early fall 2008 lasted through fall and almost all of winter, but crapped-out in early March. It must have a defective component because it now shuts down after only a few seconds running - and at any setting. So, my 4 star rating is now only 3 (but Amazon won't let me change it!). Assuming I just happened to get one defective unit I will replace it with another HZ-315. Yes, I like this heater enough to take a chance on another one! ***
Pros: Inexpensive, efficient, reliable, compact, simple design, 1500 watts of heat.
Cons (minor): No handle to grab to move it around, and heat control dial is on the lower front of the unit - an inconvenient location.
The BEST thing about this model ceramic heater is that it has a serious ~5-inch fan in the back that draws air through the heating element and literally PUSHES it out the front, which makes it VERY efficient! It heats a small bedroom pretty fast and it's just perfect for a home office.
Customer Review: A Gamble - Maybe Great, Maybe Junk
Summary: 3 Stars
The first one of these that I bought was absolutely wonderful... Just like the great reviews listed. When it stopped working (after about 2 winters), of course I bought another just like it. Second one I bought put out more heat, but stopped working after about 2 minutes and wouldn't come back on except after unplugging and cooling. I thought it was a fluke, so I bought two more (great price, small, safe and cute). One sort of works, but barely puts out any heat. The other one is like the second... Works for a few minutes and then shuts off. The three that I have now just don't do it for me (sadly). I'm going to purchase another space heater for this winter, but not this Model. :-( My summary:
Appearance: 5 star
Compactness: 5 star
Safety Rate: 4 star (Front can get a little hot, but pretty safe)
Economical: 5 star (Low price to buy & low cost to operate)
Reliablity: 1 star (They lost me here. I am so sad. Wish they all worked
like the first one I bought...sigh.)
Customer Review: AWESOME small heater!
Summary: 4 Stars
This heater is great! I use it to heat the area by my computer so I don't have to turn on the whole heating system for my loft, and it works great! It makes very little noise, has a handy temperature gauge, and doesn't blow a breaker with it and my computer on the same outlet! In fact I like it so much i'm buying a second one for my bathroom, which i'll put on a timer plug so the bathroom is warm when I wake up in the morning! The one downside to this product (why 4 stars instead of 5) is that for some reason, the designers forgot to include an on/off switch! it needs to be unplugged after every use!Customer Review: Awesome little heater! Works like a charm!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the perfect little heater and I know space heaters as I own about 3 of them already. I use this one at work. We aren't supposted to have space heaters but it is soooo cold at work that I would be absolutely miserable without it. Because of the size, it's easy for me to keep this one out of sight. I keep it plugged in to its own surge protecting power strip so it doesn't ever disturb the other computers in the area. When I leave for the day, I can lock it up in one of my filing cabinets. I can't say enough good things about it. I love the thermostat feature, if I get too warm, it's easy to turn down. I just ordered a second one for my bathroom. If you need a tiny space heater that really warms you up, then this is the one!