Lasko 42" DUO Comfort Tower Fan Space Heater - Remote - Gray - FH515

Update: It still works as advertised, but now that winter in here I'm finding out that unless you heat the whole room up, it's not going to be very comfortable just having hot air blowing along the floor. As a fan for cooling it works great, but as a heater, for the amount of power it draws, it's just not enough heat. I just ordered an oil filled design that is supposed to heat a room, not just throw out some spot heat. They seem to be more efficient because you can leave them on all the time 24/7 (they cycle on/off.) On a side note, I noticed that when I make pancakes on my cheapo but large griddle, the whole kitchen quickly gets pretty warm. I set it up in my living room and it doesn't take long to raise the room temp a few degrees. This is pretty much the same principle as those wall mounted heaters. Right off the bat, tower fans/heaters and small kids don’t mix. While it’s pretty stable, some kid is going to want to play with it, followed by yelling parents if it breaks in pieces on the floor, (it is only plastic, not metal.) I like towers over floor models because I don’t sit on the floor. I want to feel it while I’m on a couch or chair. First, the Fan mode. It’s pretty great and moves a narrow vertical beam of air right at you. 4-speeds; the 4th speed is almost too much from 5’ away, which is a good thing on a hot day. You’ll soon want to turn it down. It has an oscillating option, which I never like on fans; a steady flow of air is much better. Now the heater. I didn’t fully test this too much as it’s 82 degrees out. I just wanted to make sure it works. The heat comes out from the lower part, from 5” up to 15” from the floor. While this opposes why I wanted a tower model, it will keep your feet and legs warm. I guess they had to compromise separating the fan and heater, but it does let you run both at the same time. I used to have a smaller tower heater, and always put it in a stand so that the heat was at eye/body level when sitting. I can always put this on a stand too, (no kids). Power draw. At highest heat setting, about 13.6 amps, 1470 watts. Most homes have 15 amp breakers so you’ll probably want this on a separate circuit not shared with other gadgets. Of course, you have lower less power hungry settings, but you know how it is when you’re cold. All electric heaters are going to use a fair amount of power; there’s no “efficiency ratings” for them. All you can do is choose direct radient heat on your skin, or try to heat a whole room (obviously takes more power and a longer run time.) Radiant heat is good for sitting in one spot, watching a movie or reading, and you’re trying to keep your heating bill down. For just the fan, 44 watts to 32 Watts, high to low setting. My ceiling fan uses over twice as much power. Funny how they show a whole family gathered around it. The reality is this is more of a 1 or 2 person fan/heater, at least when it’s really cold (excuse to snuggle up) or really hot (quit hogging the fan.)

I love this tower fan. I live on the top floor of high-rise condo building, and it's difficult to maintain cool temps. This product more than solved my issue as it helps keep my condo's living room cool. I would recommend it any day! It's also super easy to assemble and quiet.

Overall, this heater does a great job at heating a decent sized room, quickly. So 4 stars for doing what it should do, at a great price, very well. Minus 1 star for all the overall minor annoyances below. I primarily use it in my office which is ~10 x 15 feet and on the highest setting (out of 3), fills the room with heat very quickly. To the point where I have to turn it down because it's just too much. Feels pretty sturdy and doesn't feel like it would knock over with a small bump. The oscillation has a mediocre range if you even care about that. Didn't really matter for me since it just literally fills the entire room with heat so quickly. The remote is where this is lacking - the images on the button are difficult to see on the dark grey/blackish controller. And the buttons are not very distinct tactile-wise so good luck using this thing in the middle of the night, and good luck if you're an older person - they're gonna have a helluva time with it. The LED light display is SUPER ANNOYINGLY bright. Good luck going to sleep with this one in the room. I literally have to use a piece of cloth and wrapped it around the unit to block the LED display. Lastly, wish it had a better carrying handle, as i like to bring it from room to room as needed. Luckily the unit isn't super heavy, but it's cumbersome and would pose problems for weaker people. Overall, would still recommend because it does a quality job, but they could have made certain things better for sure.

One of the rooms in my house is either a sauna or freezer. This works amazing in both environments. The heat coming off this thing is crazy and the fan keeps you cool. I Recommend. Noise is quiet, speed is adjustable only downside is the bright light showing it’s on but I put some tape over it and sharpied the light out. I have the remote so I still know what it’s doing or adjust it from the bed 10/10 great fan

This was a great purchase. Our house has absolutely terrible ductwork, where one room will be the right temp but none of the others will be. In addition, turning up the heat or AC just turns up the electric and gas bill, too. So we bought this fan, hoping that we could offload some of the HVAC work onto it. Boy does it work!! This one fan can heat or cool any of our rooms. Since we really only sit in one room anyway, we ended up turning off the HVAC altogether and just using this guy. In the winter it's especially nice, because we don't have to pay for using gas which is super expensive. We just turn the heater on on this guy and stay comfortable. I also love that it has a remote. The remote can control the fan speed and the temperature, so you don't have to get up and walk across the room to change it. The temperature is clearly written right on the front of the fan, so you don't have to guess if it's set right. All around a great year-round fan. it can swap from heater to cooler in seconds. Highly Recommend!

Bought in 2020, and the performance is top-notch. It has been working since day one with no issues. The noise level is relatively similar to others. The weight is good, and the flow is pretty consistent. Cooling is effective, although it depends on where it is placed for maximum cooling or airflow performance.

Let's start with - if you care about remote control, look elsewhere. I wanted smart but settled for remote control. This remote is terrible. The display on the remote will lead you to believe that it is doing the thing, but then nothing changes on the tower. I have to get within 2-3ft for the fan to actually register what I'm pressing on the remote. 2-3ft is within arms reach, and not what I would at all consider "remote." Unfortunately, the buttons on the tower are also not super. They work, but I'm a little worried that at some point they will be the buttons you really need to dig your nail into to get to work. The fan itself is OK. It's a little louder and has less settings than a DiffeREnt(O) tower fan, but it has enough power to feel like a nice breeze after a run, which is what I need. The heater is only the bottom couple of feet of the tower. This theoretically should be ok for spot heating since heat rises, just know the element is not very large. I haven't used it extensively yet since it's not that time of year. Overall - This is probably somewhere between 2-3 stars for me. I'd likely pony up the couple $20s extra next time to go with a another brand

Let me just get to the Pros and Cons of this heater: Pro: 1. Awesome heater and fan 2. Whisper, whisper quiet and that's a biggy for me 3. The height directs the temperature when you can feel it while in bed or in a chair 4. Come with a remote 5 Ultra thin and heater and fan in one unit. Cons: (and these are MAJOR FLAWS with the design) 1. The unit and the remote have no lighted controls so you can't see how to operate in the dark 2. The unit has a line of blue lights across the top that is lite when the fan is on, as well as the function mode being lite. At night, it "literally" lights up the entire room. I have to keep a baseball cap over the top of the unit to dull the lights but they are so sharp that they still show thru the cap. Many people have a major issue with blue and red lights on electronics and they can't sleep with just one....DO NOT BUY if you are one of them. This will drive you insane. 3. The design of the controls is insane. Both the unit and the remote have totally flat controls, so in the dark, you can't see the controls and you can't feel the control, so you have to turn on a light to turn the unit on, off, or just to change the mode. Major flaw. No one obviously tested this unit in the dark....insanely stupid design. 4. You can't use the remote at night while you sleep because of this design and on top of that, they put the controls on the remote in an entirely different order than they used on the unit, so you can't even try to remember where the controls might be to try pushing controls in the dark. Because I use this unit more at night when I sleep I had to try to find a work-around for the remote. To at least know where the on/off switch is on the remote, I taped a small piece of a toothpick on top of the remote so I could at least feel for it in the dark. However, there is a power button for both the heater and the fan, and because the controls are reversed from where they are on the unit, I keep pushing the wrong button at night and trying to find the right mode is so impossible, I invariably have to get up and turn on a light to find what I need. So, although I love the results of this fan/heater, I'm frustrated with it almost everytime I use it. What idiot didn't test it in the dark. Regular buttons like on a normal remote would have at least helped it they weren't going to backlite it somehow. The remote works good in the daytime..even across the room, so at least that part helps. Again...if you are sensitive to light at night, DO NOT BUY THIS UNIT....as it literally will light up your room! For the design flaws, I could only give it a 3 star. It could have been a GREAT unit, if not for these reasons.