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HomeHome & GardenHome ImprovementHeating & CoolingHeatersBionaire BH3955-U Silent Micathermic Heater with Digital Thermostat |
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 recommended Jul 06, 2009
Works just fine. we heat a medium-size room and couldn't ask for a better product!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Caution Jun 09, 2009
Be very careful with this product and do not leave it unattended. We purchased our Bionaire last December and, suddenly in the middle of February, it started smoking. It also made a terrible smell, which we luckily noticed right away and unplugged it.
Also, please be aware that although this product comes with a 5 Year limited warranty, the shipping and handling costs exceed the price of the heater - i.e. it costs the same amount to send the item to the manufacturer for repair or replacement as it does to re-purchase the item. Because there is no guarantee Bionaire will honor the claim and make the repairs/replacements, the warrary is rendered effectively useless.
Silent heater with digital thermostat Jun 01, 2009
I needed a heater for our son's room which can get pretty cold in early hours in the morning (central heat is uneven). I have a BH3950-U that uses the dial controls, which is not precise enough to set temperature. So I bought this one which has down to 1 F degree temperature control and actually much cheaper ($40 vs $89 is of writing)
Besides the digital controls, it looks exactly like the 3950. I also needed to leave it in the backyard on HI setting for a couple hours to dissipate the initial plastic/whatever smell/vapor. The big plus for us is that it heats completely silently and effectively by convection. The switch click sound (when it's in auto mode) also seems quieter than my previous one. The red digital temperature display is fairly large and not harsh to look at during the night (similar to those alarm radios.) The auto temperature mode has a range of about 2-3 F degrees, i.e., even if the displayed temperature is below the number you set, it will not turn on until it's about 2-3 F degrees below the set level. It seems to turn off immediately once it reaches the set temperature though.
Now I can set the central heat lower to avoid wasting too much heat on living/family/play rooms and kitchen during the night.
Anyway, I found it to be much better than the loud (with fans) ceramic heaters I've owned before.
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Useless Plastic garbage Apr 23, 2009
I was sent this device as a replacement when a Holmes heater I actually liked, the now-deleted HQH 306, began to malfunction on its low setting.
This heater, in a cheesy plastic shell, is a useless little disaster. At the highest setting, a tiny amount of heat is radiated upwards for a functional distance of about five inches from the unit's surface.
It's a darn good thing I didn't pay for this unit. It's so bad I will continue to use the Holmes heater on the high setting, turn the thermostat as low as possible, and move it physically further away.
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 Decent/Good thermostat heater Oct 14, 2008
We use this heater in our son's room, and it's on with the door shot. The digital thermostat and current temperature reading is helpful, but there seems to be a loose tolerance between what the temperature you set and what the actual temperature in the room becomes--I've noticed a variance of two-to-three degrees.
I've noticed if I set the temp on the heater to 77, it gets to about 75 in the room.
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