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I bought this heater for our basement, which is perpetually colder than the rest of the house and near freezing during the winter. I was considering wall-mounted heating panels, but would have to install three in order to adequately heat our ~1000 sq ft baseement. This heater has proved to be a good choice overall. Here are the pros and cons:

Pros:

-Adequately heats large area (1000 sq ft basement kept at 66 F at 30% power)

-Lower power consumption (haven't noticed any jump in my power bill from using this)

-Cool to the touch even after hours of operating--the only part that gets somewhat hot is the vent itself on the front of the unit (totally safe for our young children and cats)

-No odors like kerosene or other space heaters produce

-Small size takes up very little space and easy to position anywhere in the room

-Portable--unlike wall-mounted heaters, this will easily move wherever you want it (this even has wheels)

-Simple operation--just three buttons total (included remote nice, but not needed)

Cons:

-No digital thermostat--although it was easy to figure out what setting keeps our basement at the right temperature

-Slow heating, requring about an hour to heat up a large space (I just leave it on continuously during winter)

-Circulation fans inside the unit make a mild noise, though not severe (can easily hear TV over the heater)

-While not bad-looking, its appearance is better suited for the basement or family room than next to fancy furniture (they have heaters of this type with wooden veneer that would probably work)

Despite some definite cons, such as no digital temperature reading, this is the best heater available based on its capacity (does the job of three smaller heaters) and low power consumption. If having a digital temperature control is a must, you could get an outlet thermostat (such as Lux WIN100 Heating & Cooling Programmable Outlet Thermostat), but I just leave the heater at a setting of 2 or 3 out of 8 and it does just fine through varying outdoor temperatures. Our basement is now a nice, warm play area for our pet and children thanks to this heater.

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My husband and i bought this heater to heat our kitchen/dining area because we only have one source of heat, and that is a coal stove that is all the way at the other end of the house. The coal stove is plenty when the temp doesn't go below the 30's. But when it gets down into the 20's, teens or negatives, the coal stove just isn't enough! We had tried one heater before this and it just didn't work well enough so we sent it back. We live in a large log cabin so we needed something that was going to heat a large area. This duraflame heater works! The staircase to the second story of our house is also in the kitchen/dining area and this little heater also keeps our upstairs comfortable. I love the fact that we don't wake up freezing anymore when we have to get my 5 year old daughter off to school. The first thing she does when she wakes up is plop down in front of it. She loves it! I also like that it's cool to the touch so i don't have to worry about our dogs burning their coats if they get too close to it. Thinking about getting another one to heat the other half of the house and get rid of the coal stove. lol I would definitely recommend this little heater to a friend or family member. :)

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I ordered this product to heat a block garage that is approx. 600 square feet. We use the space for band practice. It works so well I now use it inside of my house. I was told by several people that a portable heater would not be enough but this one is. It is cheaper to use than the kerosene heater that we were using, and helps out with the home heating bill. I highly recommend this product.

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I live in a large early 1800s farmhouse in PA and I bought this unit in late December to supplement oil heat (as well as two existing small electric, oscillating tower heaters Lasko brand).

The house has three sections and we mainly stay in one section (living room and bathroom downstairs, bedroom upstairs), so that's where we put this heater. During the day, we section off the upstairs to keep the heat in the main room.

Here's the set-up:

I keep the furnace thermostat set to 55 degrees;

this heater sits in the center of the room;

and one of the oscillating tower heaters in the corner.

Overall, it's probably around 800 to 900 square feet.

We have plastic sheeting insulation over all of the nine windows in the room.

COST TO RUN: Since buying this unit, we have had it running continuously (turning it off only during the day when we are away, which is infrequent since I work from home), along with the tower heater. Regardless of the temps outside, the temp inside remains in the mid-60s. I haven't used a drop of oil heat for the entire month of January. So, the real test was what our electric bill would be for January. I just got it yesterday (I was waiting to write a review on this until I saw that cost) and it's only about 20% to 25% higher than normal. Compared to oil heat, we saved roughly $300 for January.

Of the other two sections of the house, one is closed off for the winter (no plumbing, so freezing temps don't matter) and the other is our dining room and kitchen. That's where we run the other oscillating tower heater (which is on almost all the time). Since the thermostat for the furnace is in the warmer living room, this section is much colder (normally fed by four heating vents from the furnace and now getting none of that heat). It's usually around 45 to 50 degrees in there. Based on my experience with the Duraflame unit, I'm thinking of buying another to use in this section which would run only when we're using the kitchen/dining room for cooking/entertaining.

So, pros and cons overview:

PROS

shipped quickly and in perfect condition

cheap to run (which, of course, depends on the cost of electric for your area)

cool to the touch (three cats and one dog and no singed hair, burnt tails :) )

we've had this thing running almost non-stop for a month and have had zero problems

CONS

probably wouldn't adequately heat 1000 square feet as advertised. Without the electric tower heater running, we probably would not have been able to maintain the 65 degree temp inside

it is a little noisy, but not to the point where it's distracting. Because we run it all the time, whatever humming/rattling it makes is ambient noise at this point. There does seem to be some slight rattling from time to time, but it doesn't seem to affect performance.

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This heater works pretty well. I have both the Duraflame 8HM1500 and the EdenPURE Gen4. My findings are below.

Build quality: EdenPURE. The Duraflame noise is not so much the fan, but the whole unit. Put a heavy book on top of it and the

Noise level drops. Put carpet under the casters and it gets a bit more quiet. The unit just has more rattles.

Noise Level: EdenPURE, because of the above.

Heat/Funtionality: They both work well, both housings stay cool to the touch, so this is even.

Looks: EdenPURE looks a bit better once you see them in person. On the web I thought the Duraflame looked better.

Warrenty: EdenPURE.

The Duraflame works well at half the price, and they really are meant to supplement the whole house heating system, not work by themselves, and in that regard they work well. If the temp stays above 45 or so they can more or less handle the floor space they advertise all by themselves.