I have been using the same space heater for years to take the chill out of rooms which have poor heat supply during the winter. The old unit I've used wasn't great but it did the job, (till last week when it failed). I bought this "fan", the Vornado yesterday and gave it a test. It doesn't get hot, seriously. It gently warms the air at best, but not enough to consider it a heater. You can honestly hold your face right up to the unit and never feel more than warm breeze on your cheeks. And as for the fan, it's not even good at that. I am still looking for a quality unit but this is not it. I hate returning things, but this units going back. Save yourself the hassle...

Bought this $100 unit in Sept 2010. It was great while it lasted BUT after 2 weeks of operation on its 2nd Winter the fan quit blowing. I noticed the fan output getting weaker and weaker for a week and then finally it just quit. I would expect much better quality for the money. It only made 1 full winter season. WEAK!!!!!

I bought two of these two years ago - Nov of 2008. When they work, they do a great job without using a lot of electricity.The first one stopped working after the first year. Just pulled out the remaining one and plugged it in, it does not work. So we got two years from it.Since this is basically a $100.00 heating unit, think it should last longer than this.We used these to supplement central heat, not in place of. As we are in GA, only gets cold about 4 months of the year. It is a big disappointment that the units will not hold up to even this moderate use.

I purchased this item in March 2010 and it worked very well from March through May. Once it was may, it was warm out, and the heater went into storage for a few months. I just took the heater back out this winter in October 2010 and turned it on. Upon doing so, I started noticing a very burnt smell. At first I figured this was normal from being in storage a couple months, but then it got worse and worse smelling. After a couple minutes I inspected the unit and noticed the fan was barely spinning. It was turning, but nowhere near the speed it should be; this lack of airflow was causing the heat coils to get very very hot to probably a dangerous level. I have now stopped using the unit.I contacted live text support online and was given a phone number to call. So far the phone number has been busy and no answer... I will continue to try...

This product produces enough heat to keep me warm and toasty. In fact, the manual says for the user to start the heater on "6" (highest setting) and then gradually lower it to a cooler temperature later. This cured my problem when I thought it just wasn't producing any heat. Unfortunately for me, the thermostat seems to be poorly programmed and the heater and fan will constantly flicker on and off as if it detects the heat as too high for one second, then too low the next. This causes a lot of noise and aggravation, especially when you're trying to sleep at night. Is this product worth it? I don't think so. It never should have made it to market without this simple problem being corrected. According to the reviews here, Vornado seems to put out a lot of faulty (even dangerous) products and I would not recommend purchasing any of them.

I have bipolar feelings about this heater. On the one hand, it is a fantastic heater that effectively warms a room, and has an automatic thermostat that really works. In terms of heating, it's great.On the other hand the design is almost ridiculously flimsy. The first one we had broke entirely within a week of use (thank goodness for Amazon.com's easy return policy). The second one has given us a lot of good heat, but the on-off switch broke after about six weeks. I can make it work through this strange gerrymandered solution, but now it sparks, in a frightening way.If it weren't so scary, it would be a joke. Like the type of heater you'd use to warm a haunted house.In all I can not recommend this product. Its a great heater, but its unreliable, and well, actually sort of terrifying.