Lasko 5365 30-Inch Digital Space-Saving Ceramic Pedestal Heater with Remote Control
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Lasko 5365 30-Inch Digital Space-Saving Ceramic Pedestal Heater with Remote Control
Customer Review: Nice affordable space heater
Summary: 4 Stars
Ordered this through Amazon as the local Home Depot didn't have it in stock. Assembly was simple, only a few pieces and about 10 screws. Comes with a remote and batteries. Set to high and 75 degrees, and warm air comes out in less than 20 seconds. I'd say this is perfect for a small room, maybe about 100 sq feet. My only complaint would be that the fan on high setting is audible, but with a TV or stereo on you will not notice it. On low setting, it's much quieter. Overall, it's a nice value, looks sleek in your living room, and does what it's meant to do. I would recommend.Customer Review: Nice but doesn't put out much heat
Summary: 3 Stars
Very easy to put together and move around the room. The heat is hot, but the blower doesn't go very far. I've going to keep it, but put in a small guest room.Customer Review: Nice heater, but fan does not blow heat far enough.
Summary: 3 Stars
This is a nice heater, with very nice features. I will say that it will heat a small to midsized room well. But for the larger room I bought it for, I expected the fan and oscillation to blow heat a little farther than it does. You will not feel heat coming directly from this heater when more than a couple feet away. Don't get me wrong it will eventually heat the room, but if you are looking for something that will blow the heat on you when sitting on the couch... buy another heater. We purchased several of the: Lasko tower heaters with MUCH better success. Lasko 751320 Ceramic Tower Heater with Remote Control . These thing s blow out much better heat and even though they are not off the ground like this heater, they do more than enough heating from about 4 feet away to warm the couch where we sit on cold nights and relax.Customer Review: Nice heater, check the features to see if it's for you
Summary: 4 Stars
This could be a very good heater option for some people, if the features fit what you need.
It takes up relatively little floor space, and the pedestal design puts the heater up a little higher, if that suits your needs. (A regular tower heater might be fine for lots of people, though.)
It's 30 tall" and the base is a 12" circle. The top part is about 7.5" wide at the top (the widest part).
Pros:
- High 1500W (5118 BTU) and low 900W (3070 BTU) settings. And two fan speeds to go with that - the fans runs more slowly and quieter on low - which is a feature that's missing on many heaters for some inexplicable reason.
- Quiet for a heater with a fan, especially on the low setting. (But that can't be used with the auto thermostat setting, see below!)
- Well built, and well packed.
- The light weight and convenient handle, at the top of the back, make it easy to carry and move around.
- The controls are well placed, easy to read, and make sense - they do the things you'd think they should.
- The LCD shows the room temperature and the thermostat setting, exactly - no guessing on a dial with marks around it! Both seem very accurate - it matches a digital thermometer I have in the room.
Cons:
- The biggest one by far for me - the auto setting (to maintain the temperature you set) only uses high heat. Low auto isn't an option.
- No automatic shutoff if it tips over. Maybe the overheat protection would take care of it, and it doesn't really get that hot - but I'd think they'd want to have that in a heater with this design.
- The base looks a little big - 12" across - but I suppose it has to be to make the pedestal work.
There's no auto low setting - which was the main reason I wanted this heater, to have something quiet that could maintain the temperature in a bedroom at night. That would also mean it would switch on and off fewer times, and draw less peak electric current. Big oversight on the manufacturer's part.
Though otherwise, it's about as quiet as fan heater could be, I imagine. If you need something quieter, look at something like the DeLonghi HHP1500 Mica Panel Radiator - very quiet, but the heat circulates only by convection (hot air rising), which might not work for all situations.
This heater requires some assembly of the pedestal and base. Just tightening some screws, really, but it's a little cumbersome since the top piece can't rest anywhere given the shape. Just plan on it taking ten minutes or so.
The manufacturers website, laskoproducts.com, has more info and you can download the owners' manuals in pdf form.
There are multiple model number versions of this heater - 5355, 5365, and 5350 - and as far as I can tell they vary only in the colors and what stores sell them. You can read lots more comments on a similar version of this heater at the HomeDepot website.
Customer Review: Pretty good heater
Summary: 4 Stars
I have purchased two Lasko 6350 heaters.
Overall I really like this heater.
The Pros:
- Relatively quiet. Some people mentioned that there is a difference in noise level between the high & low settings. In the model I purchased there was no difference in noise. i.e. the fan level was the same. It is just that in low heat - the amount of heat dispensed is lowed.
- Very nice remote
- Temperature control
- Overall nice performance
The Cons.
- The unit has an option to Oscillate. In one of the units I purchased the Oscillation caused an annoying tapping noise which made me have to replace the heater with another. Since the unit has to be disassembled & reassembled again - that was a little more trouble.