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sgfrye
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Oct 31, 2017

Lasko ceramic electric heater review

For anyone interested i thought i would post a review on this electric heater i bought last week. Wife and i were camping in Virginia with night time temps down to a reasonable 45 degrees so i thought i would buy this unit to try out instead of firing up the gas furnace. without a heat source the camper would have been about 55 degrees based on my experience checking temps in the camper at home. We have a 33 foot wildwood with bedroom in nose of camper. The heater has an adjustable digital thermostat and it can be set to oscillate in different angles. Wife and I both rather sleep on the cooler not warmer temps so I set it on 68 degrees. i had a digital thermometers placed in the living room and bedroom. During the night the heater kept the entire camper between 66 and 68 degrees. In the morning i cranked up the gas furnace to warm the camper up more when we took showers. I would not depend on it for an only heat source but for temps down to 45 degrees i was happy with the way it worked and i saved my propane and used the campground electricity. Its also very light weight and doesn't take up much space.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Lasko-5118-BTU-Ceramic-Tower-Electric-Space-Heater-with-Thermostat/1000107797
  • oldcat1 wrote:
    I have been looking for a heater with a quiet fan. How is the noise level on this unit?

    Safe travels.

    We have been using a Vornado electric heater for the past several years. It circulates the heat very well with a large, quiet fan, and has a thermostat and adjustable heat output. We have been very pleased with its' performance during temps down to as low as the high 30's in our 30ft trailer. You can barely hear the fan running when it is on high position.
    Barney

  • oldcat1 wrote:
    I have been looking for a heater with a quiet fan. How is the noise level on this unit?

    Safe travels.


    it is not loud. quiet enough that we watched some tv and wasn't that noticeable
  • When I had my 30' trailer with slide outs, I used three electric heaters to exclusively heat my trailer. The coldest temperatures was high teens, but I was warm. There was enough heat loss through the floor to the insulted under belly that I had no problem with freezing pipes. I had 50 amp electric.
  • I have been looking for a heater with a quiet fan. How is the noise level on this unit?

    Safe travels.
  • Unusual for a manufacturer or retailer to actually post a BTU rating for an electric heater when the vast majority of so-called "1500 watt" electric heaters are anything but. :M I've got several and only one is even remotely close to drawing a full 1500 watts, our favorite (which is also supremely quiet) draws just 900 watts on high - I know because I've measured it with my Kill-a-Watt energy meter. It would be interesting if you too could measure the actual draw of this particular heater to confirm it actually does meet it's rated draw and therefore it's rated heat output. If so, no wonder it worked well for you.