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 Great October 26, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
i love this unit , so quit and powerfull, i turn it on and it worms up the room quickely. i use it in my bed room and dont notice any noise. got great safty features . have it for 3 years and no complains
room for improvement
its great if we can have a remote control
also a times would be great to set the unit for 8 hours while sleeping and not to worry about turning it off next day
super little Heater January 12, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
this unit does a very nice job in heating a room approx 14 x 14, unit is very quiet. filter on the back side does a good job in filtering out the dust .
Best little heater I've used! March 30, 2008
I've had this unit for 2 years and it is the best little heater I've ever owned. It's very, very quiet, and on low setting it heats up the room very quickly. All in all, I'm sold on Holmes products. I've had a Holmes window fan that, at over 10 years old, has outlasted and outperformed 3 others from different makers (Conair and Windemere).
The temperature setting mechanism is a little annoying - if you miss the temperature you want, you have to cycle through all of the settings to get back to where you want, but that's a small thing to me.
 Hotness.... January 19, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Great little heater - very compact and efficient. oscillation feature is nice. Just make sure that your electrical system is strong enough to handle this bad boy- 1500 watts killed the power in my old apartment a couple of times... Make sure its on at least a 40A breaker otherwise you may not be able to use this guy...
Works well, but overly complicated November 26, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
With so many choices for electric heaters, how to choose? Well, none of them can produce more heating power than can be obtained from the outlet they're plugged into, which is generally about 1500 watts. Given that, it pretty much comes down to heat requirements and quality. Is it needed to heat a room, or just a person? Does it matter whether it takes a while to produce heat, or is it needed right away? How long is the manufacturer willing to warranty the product?
The Holmes HCH4954 is a fan-forced mini-tower ceramic heater which will heat nearby objects and small rooms relatively quickly, As advertised, it is very quiet. This is the primary reason I bought it, as most other designs would have sufficed. It uses a single button to allow for choosing a constant low or high setting, or thermostatic control at either setting. The unit is warranted for 5 years, which is another reason I chose it.
While a single button would seem to make heat control a simple matter, it actually makes it more complicated. Depending on what choices are desired, it may take many presses of the button to get what you want. If you leave the unit plugged in, it remembers your last choice, which may or may not be what you want for the next run.
It seems to have been lost on the designers (this applies equally to other brands) that a single dial control is all that's necessary for any electric heater. The unit would run at maximum power and cycle according to the setting chosen on the dial. Turning the dial all the way would cause the unit to stay on continuously. Perhaps the next generation of heaters will work this way.
It is for the reason above that I gave the unit four stars instead of five. Other than that, I'd recommend it for its quietness and five year warranty.
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