AmazonBasics 500 Watt Ceramic Personal Heater Reviews Summary

Design & Size

Pros:

• "It is small enough to sit in between my computer screens and not bother the view or having to adjust."
• "Well designed steel shell with clean lines."
• "Love the size because it is discreet and cannot be seen."
• "This heater is the perfect size for my work bag, but also fits in my drawer."
• "Very small and perfect for a desk."
• "Small compact size, makes it easy to set on a desk or a shelf."
• "The small size is perfect for the limited space in my RV."

Cons:

• "This is a very small and weak heater."
• "It's way smaller than I thought it would be, and the fan behind the heating coils barely pushes any air."
• "This will not heat an area larger than maybe 2x2."
• "It's way smaller than I thought it would be."
• "The heater itself is so small that heat is only disbursed at whatever its directly pointed at."
• "This little heater is about 6” x 6”. It’s perfect for keeping my feet toasty warm."
• "It's small and cute."

Performance & Efficiency

Pros:

• "It does a great job at warming me up throughout the day."
• "Worked fine on first use inside small tent when camping."
• "For the confined space I'm using it in - it works fantastic!"
• "It's instantly hot when you turn it on."
• "This little heater has made all of us happy."
• "This little heater works perfectly on my desk."
• "I have this under my desk at work and it puts out a good amount of heat!"

Cons:

• "Will not heat even a small room well."
• "This space heater is small and quiet. I bought this heater for my basement bathroom but this heater is too small and weak to heat up 20 ~ 30 sf."
• "You have to be pretty close to it to feel the warmth."
• "Wouldn't trust it for anything bigger than a bathroom or closet."
• "There is no temperature control so it only puts off one temperature."
• "It's about as quiet as my box fan on the lowest setting... The heat output is rather limited as it's only really heating up where it's pointed at, but it does that very well."
• "It's not very hot - it kind of pushes warm air out the front while blowing cold air out the back."

Safety & Reliability

Pros:

• "It has a great tilt feature so if the item is tilted and not on the level surface it shuts off automatically."
• "This is a nice little heater. Great for small areas and safe- if it gets knocked over a tilts switch shuts it off so good for the peace of mind."
• "It has a safety switch so it it tips over it will shut off."
• "I love that there is a safety button the bottom that turns the unit off if it topples over so it can't catch fire."
• "It feels safe to use, provided you don't have anything directly in front."
• "The shutoff feature is no joke either."
• "It has a safety function in the form of a little button that gets depressed on the bottom whenever it's on a flat surface."

Cons:

• "Please don’t buy it... I tried to reset it but when I hold the reset button it turns on but it doesn’t stay on."
• "I’ve only had this product for two months but it just stopped working properly suddenly."
• "I can't recommend this heater under any circumstances."
• "Unfortunately 2 months to the day after I received it, it shut off immediately after turning on one day and now wont come back on."
• "There's warnings you can get burned because front of heater gets hot."
• "It was working fine until the smoke started about half an hour later."
• "Last night it sparked on my counter and smoked so we had to throw it away."

Value & Cost-Efficiency

Pros:

• "This is handy as it’s fewer than 500 watts."
• "For the money - you can't go wrong."
• "It's definitely worth the price, great value!"
• "Another great thing about this product is that it only uses 500 watts compared to others which use up to 1200 to 1500 watts."
• "500 watts. You wouldn't think that is much, but it really does push out some heat."
• "Another plus, is that at 500 watts, it is efficient and won't trip breakers."
• "500W can't be much draw on electric bills either."

Cons:

• "It will last for a month or two at best, before it breaks and needs replacement."
• "I guess you get what you pay for as this was definitely a cheaper space heater option."
• "You get what you pay for, I guess."
• "But it was definitely worth the price."
• "You get what you pay for, cheap is cheap!"
• "I’m returning them soon don’t understand why Amazon sells such bad products."
• "I had this for two days and it would no longer work."