Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

We have been using two of these to heat our master and kid's bedroom during cold Chicago nights. We recently moved to a house, which is of course more difficult to keep warm compared to our previous 2 bedroom condo. That's where these heaters come in. We drop the furnace thermostat to low setting so it only kicks in at most once during the night. One of these heaters is powerful enough to keep a large bedroom pretty cozy at only Min power setting (700W; max is 1500W) and the thermostat fixed at 3 (goes all the way up to 6). In the morning raise the furnace thermostat up and turn the Delonghi heaters off and we are ready to start the day. Pros: * Allows me to control the temperature of the bedrooms pretty accurately. Learning the correct settings for my house took only a few tries. * Cheap to use compared to heating an entire house, while occupying only two rooms during cold nights. Even if it runs at 1500W non-stop one of these would only use about $4 of electricity a day and that amount of heat would turn your bedroom into a Turkish bath. * really lightweight. If I need to carry the heaters downstairs, say. I can carry two of them at once. Cons: * Impossible to see the thermostat in dim light. * the wheels are somewhat flimsy in my opinion. Tips: * Heating a space from a really cold state would take a long time with these. These devices are best if they are used to maintain the temperature. * Bring the space you want to heat to the temperature you like. Lower the thermostat on the heater until it clicks (turns off) and leave it there. That is probably the setting you want. Adjust as you like. To conserve energy set it to the Min setting. Power at min, thermostat at 3 is what I use for our large bedroom. * I didn't "temper" the heater before using. I didn't have the smell issue in first use that others claim. * I don't understand why forced air is a thing for heating houses. Radiators should definitely be the way to go. Think of the heat retention properties of cast iron vs. aluminum pans. same logic. heating air vs. heating solid mass.