Customer Reviews

Honeywell HZ-617 Low Profile Silent Comfort Heater

5 star:		(14)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(8)
1 star:		(16)

 

 

Nice compact, quiet, and safe heater. Puts out plenty of heat controlled by a thermostat. Auto turn-off if tipped but very stable. Fan can be turned on as well, but doesn't really make much difference, so it can be left off for silent operation. Can't imagine any other heater this size could be a better choice. It's about 3 feet wide, 6 inches thick, and 10 inches high. I haven't gone thru a winter with it yet, but it's obvious the heat it puts out will do the job.

Opened the box, plugged it into a kitchen outlet and waited, waited, waited for the thing to warm up my small kitchen. After two hours, I could touch the unit to warm my hands, but that was about it. Called KAS, only to be told I would be responsible for the shipping costs to return it to them, and it would take 4-6 weeks for them to send another. God Bless Amazon - they paid the full return postage for a full refund on the unit.

My experience with this item was wonderful. It was silent and distributed a decent amount of heat. I used it to heat a room that was about 9 x 12. I kept the door closed and the room was toasty.

The only down side is that it died in stages. But for the price I paid and for 4 years of use I would encourage others to get this item.

Honeywell HZ-617 Low Profile Silent Comfort Heater is one of the best heaters I have ever bought. Heats the room very well and there no noise. A good buy for the prices. I think Honeywell HZ-617 is better than oil filled heaters.

Its silent alright, you can plug it in and forget its even there. Tried to use in my living room left running overnight and came down stairs to a frigid room, couldn't even tell it was running unless you stand over it and feel a slight warm breeze. Its fine in a 8 x 9 room constantly running with the door shut but not in a room any larger.

This unit stopped working the first day of use. It has a shut off mechanism that cannot be reset by the user - it needs to be sent back to the factory to be reset, which is more money and time than it is worth. Garbage!

The only reason I am giving this product 2 stars is that while it worked it was a very effective heater. Ours broke after 1 month of very light use. Of course, this happened after the return window expired from Amazon. When I called Honeywell they instructed me to return the item AT MY OWN COST and wait 4-6 weeks for a return. If only Honeywell's customer care were better I would be able to have more positive feedback. SUCKY COMPANY!!!!!!!!!!
Sincerely,
Pissed in Bucks Co. PA

Worked well, especially in closed off or semi-closed small to medium rooms. Unfortunately, one cold nite it powered on but would not produce any heat. Tried turning it off, leaving it sit, plugging into other outlets in the house, etc. but same result: powered on but no heat. Now I need to incur the manufacturer return shipping costs as well as finding an odd shaped box to utilze, etc. They tell me it remains under warranty and will be replaced.

I bought two of these heaters because of the Consumer's Reports high rating. One of the two did not work out of the box. I returned the non-functioning heater and Amazon made it right and sent me another at no cost.

Now one of the two heaters has burned out its element. That's 2 out of 3 heaters failing with no or little use. I have never had such poor luck with any product. With shipping charges, the 3 year warranty is like throwing good money after bad.

Don't buy this product! I have also started to wonder about Consumer's Reports.

Honeywell HZ-617 Low Profile Silent Comfort HeaterWe have been seduced by all of the adds in papers, throwaways etc about the "Amish Heater" and others, so made the mistake of buying one of the Amish heaters. In looking to see whether to buy another or the other highly advertise one, I looked at Consumer Reports that had rated them very poorly. Having rated the Honeywell highly and it cost about 1/5th of the others I looked on Amazon and found it. We are very happy with it. My wife who is always cold uses it to allow us to keep our thermostat at a lower level and thereby same money in the long run. It is quiet and puts out a nice stream of heat.