Lakewood 792/JR 750/1500, Not enough heat

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Not enough heat

I picked this heater up at Wal-Mart for $15. It’s intended use was for our office/spare bedroom. This particular room is freezing, it’s as if there is no insulation! The room is about 10′x12′.
Well, after letting this new heater run for a couple hours, I was kind of disappointed with the heat output. I ran it on the high setting, and had it cranked all the way up, but it was only warm within 2 feet in front of it.
My father has an old little space heater about half the size of this, and his kicks the heat!
*Update* After using this for several weeks, I would change the rating to 3 stars. The first day I used it, it was particularly cold out, and this heater was having a hard time taking the chill off the room.
But most of the time is does a decent job of warming the room.
Only other problem is that it is a bit loud when it’s running.

Update (2/6/2012):

The featured review for this product, Lakewood 792/JR 750/1500 Watt Fan Forced Utility Heater Kitchen, was written by Jon1.

The average rating for this item is 2.7 out of 5 stars, according to 3 reviews.

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Reviews (3)

Jon1

May 8th, 2010 at 2:36 am    


Overall Rating22222

Not enough heat
Rated 2 stars.


W. Mallick

May 9th, 2010 at 8:23 pm    


Overall Rating11111

It was OK, while it lasted…
I’m proud to say i DIDN’T buy this at W*lM*rt! They are evil. But this isn’t a review about making workers work for free, this is a review about poorly manufactured Chinese crap that doesn’t hold up.

The design of the heater is pleasant enough. I dig the industrial minimalist approach. The heat output was OK. This heater would not heat up a room as the only source of heat-no small heater like this can do that. I did occasionally use it in the garage in the winter, and with the garage door closed, it actually helped keep my from freezing. Probably got the inside temp up to 40deg on a 25deg day.

My problems are two-fold:
1. There isn’t a tilt-sensor inside this heater. In spite of the box and the item description.
2. The heater quit working after 6 months-I’m not even through one winter yet.

I found the problem and discovered that heater quit working because of the thermal cutoff fuse which is probably way too sensitive. I believe these little fuses are supposed to reset after a while, but it hasn’t.

To be fair, I have some pros:
1. Front air input: there are extra air vents on the front in case the back of the heater becomes blocked-nice safe design.
2. “Pilot” light is always on. At a glance, you can tell if it is plugged in.
3. Grounded plug. The metal body of the heater is grounded, a nice safety feature. Additionally-ground plugs stay tighter in receptacles, preventing a partial plugged in cord from overheating an outlet.

I would rate this item four(4) stars if it was still working.


Paul T. Marks

May 23rd, 2010 at 10:25 am    


Overall Rating55555

Great little heater
I bought this heater a few years ago for my RV and it has performed excellent. On one trip it to Alaska it was on full power for over 2 months and no problem. A very vell made little compact unit. A+++


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