Very poor!!! A new electric heater always smells a little for about 10 minutes or so when you first run it that's normal burning off some dust and such but this on stinks! I ran it twice in my garage for 30 minutes at least and it smelled up the whole room a really pungent awful smell. I've had lasko heaters purchased quite a while ago and they were fine, still operating . I dont know whats going on with this one or possibly the company's manufacturing techniques but I'm returning it and I won't buy any more lasko heaters in the future !

Unit was easy to assembly and seemed well made. The package had obviously been opened and returned because all the plastic bags various pieces were in were opened. Heat did not project into room adequately. It needs a fan or if it had a fan it was faulty. Returned item.

Other reviews said this item had a horrible smell (like burning plastic). That did go away after using it a bit. I'd recommend turning it on outside or in a garage for the first use to get the smell out of it before using it inside the house. It heated very well, but the base should be bigger to make it more stable. It hasn't tipped over but is very unstable if you bump into it. The one thing I was disappointed with was it didn't have a fan only setting. It wouldn't have been hard to make a switch that turned the heat on and off so you could use it as a regular fan in the summer. Every other tower heater I have, has a fan only setting so I never bothered to check for that.

This little heater looks classy, takes up very little space, and blasts out the heat. After getting one for my son, I liked it so much, I got two for myself. One for my sitting area in the living room and one for the bath area. Lasko is just the best!

My heating system went out during the recent winter snow storm and while waiting for it to be repaired, I purchased two of these heaters. I used one in a fairly large bedroom and it worked very well. I love that I am able to move them from room to room with ease. I ordered three for my sister in the same predicament who lives out of state and they were able to pick them up at the local Sam's Club. Wonderful product!

The first one only worked about 10 times max. The second one we are 99.9999% positive was an old defective unit that was wrapped back up and put back in the box and someone did not quality check before selling it again. The screws on it were rusted in places, stripped, there was mud caked in cracks. I didnt even notice that at first, just some off red dust . We wipped it off and turned it on to let the new burn off. Well.. it did not. it just kept getting worse. That electrical fire burnt plastic smell. we took it in a large open room with the door open and a fan pointed at it so the chemicals would blow outside and the heater would stay cool enough to stay running at high heat to finish burning the new off. keeping an eye on it anf having to open all windows and doors, 2 and a half hours later with it running at max heat... it had not gotten the new smell off. It was only getting stronger. I went ahead and called lasko at this point. I would have taken it right back to sams at that point but we desperatly needed a heater and they were out of stock. Lasko looked it up for us and said they would replace it this one time with in 7 to 10 days. here we are 20 days later... no word, no heater. its now reaching mid 80s outside and there isnt much use for the thing for the rest of this season. We ended up getting kinda desperate and decided to do a serious clean on the unit to see if maybe it was just tons of factory dust sitting inside the heater. Thats when i noticed we were given someones defective old heater. I was able to get the screws outand pop the cover off so the heater could be properly cleaned. it was gently dusted with microfiber and light suction. Then we used a plug in air compressor the kind used to clean out small electronics like heaters and computers. no signs of dust or dirt in it at all after that. we did notice that a few of the heaters metal coils were actually smashed together at this point. very strange as there is no way for that to happen unless someone had taken it all apart and had that part actually detached from its casing. Not wanting to mess with anything that could make it work worse we put the clean cover back on the now dusted unit. turned it back on and crossed fingers. There was no indications of melting plastic, or burning wires at all. Thought it was perfect for about 3 minutes. It was pushing more heat, but very quickly begane to emmit the same chemical gross smell as before and the longer it was on, even with ventalation, the worse it got. never had a lasko smell like this. All new heaters or dirty heaters have a burn off smell at first or when taken out of storage. This went way beyond. Absolutley not safe to use even when its with in line of site because if it doesnt catch fire, youll choke on the chemical smell . We were very cold for the next 15 days. Its now all the sudden decided in our neck of the woods that it is going to go straight from freezing temps, to 85 in the day time. and again, we now have no use for the replacement we should have gotten over a week again. no word from lasko. very disapointing. Now that its no longer a sought after item since its pretty much summer, ill take it back up to sams as at least sams if very awesome about standing behind products they distribute. If you bought it there, they will exchange that puppy if the one that came from them isnt doing right. Too bad the manufacture left us hanging though. Dont get this model Lasko in particular. they all seem to have issues. i forgot to mention that my mother also had issues with this model as well. Over all 3 units. One worked maybe 10 times of being plugged in and turned on . The second started a fire in the wall socket! (yes it was the correct socket for it) and now this used and abused defective unit producing a noxious smell that is not dirt or wires. -2/10 doo doo

I own 3 of these Lasko heaters, one is an old design but similar enough to use the same remote control. They are not very powerful but good enough to take the chill out of the bathroom and my office. The oldest one is about 4 years old, and it runs as good as ever (no strange noises or squeaks)

After reading instructions that came in the box with the heater I found out you can't use any kind of extension cord with the heater. The cord that comes with the heater is only 6'. It does'nt leave many options. I think a warning should be placed on the outside of the box to warn people you only have 6' to work with.

We initially thought this tower would be more effective and than its shorter models. It was disappointing that it is just a taller version and weaker heater. The heating range is pretty bad that only reaches 1-2 feet to feel the heat. Basically its just a big plastic with weak heating and lack of air flow towards the front. It sure still sucks a good amount of energy to your energy bill even though it wasn't what we were expecting. What can you expect from the price I guess... it is better to find a better heater with more efficiency.

Didn’t expect much from this heater but was pleasantly surprised. They heat up a room fairly quickly and are easy to operate. Haven’t noticed much of an increase in the energy I’ll either. My only complaint is that the buttons make a rather loud beep