Customer Reviews

Lakewood 792/JR 750/1500 Watt Fan Forced Utility Heater

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I bought this heater a few years ago for my RV and it has performed excellent. On one trip it to Alaska it was on full power for over 2 months and no problem. A very vell made little compact unit. A+++

I picked this heater up at Wal-Mart for $15. It's intended use was for our office/spare bedroom. This particular room is freezing, it's as if there is no insulation! The room is about 10'x12'.
Well, after letting this new heater run for a couple hours, I was kind of disappointed with the heat output. I ran it on the high setting, and had it cranked all the way up, but it was only warm within 2 feet in front of it.
My father has an old little space heater about half the size of this, and his kicks the heat!
*Update* After using this for several weeks, I would change the rating to 3 stars. The first day I used it, it was particularly cold out, and this heater was having a hard time taking the chill off the room.
But most of the time is does a decent job of warming the room.
Only other problem is that it is a bit loud when it's running.

I like mine when its running. I have only had to fix it about 15 times. I do like it because it was cheap, 17 bucks at Walmart, and puts out plenty of heat. These will cut off sometimes if they have to much dust in them, may be a safety feature. I had one little wire in it that kept coming loose or arcing. Had to fix that about 10 times or so. The last time must have been the trick. Someone at Walmart told me she had about 20 in the back that people had brought back. In other words, nothing but problems. But if you can fix stuff its not that bad. The case is actually very durable. Simple basic design. I may have just got a bad one. Kinda reminds me of an old car I had that ate a starter every 80,000 miles. Got so use to fixing it that it became no big deal, and only took a few minutes. I know.... strange review.

After 2 months of use, the fan stopped turning in this heater. This caused the heater coils to turn bright red and overheat. It started smoking profusely. My circuit breaker did NOT trip, nor did any fuses within the heater unit cut off. Luckily, I just happened to be nearby and smell the smoke. Another few minutes and my house would have likely burnt down. I will be filing a complaint with the BBB for this Lakewood product.

I recently purchased this product--this being our 4th Lakewood utility heater. We still have our first one--the larger utility heater---it is probably 12 years old and still works fine! We use it in our garage. I bought 2 small utility heaters 2 1/2 years ago and they work great!! We use them in our bathrooms. I like that you can set your temperature and it will go on and off as needed. I have tried a ceramic heater and took it back because it didn't have this feature. Great little heaters and love they they are so small and compact, but can put out lots of heat!

I bought this last year. It lasted 3 months. It worked well while it worked. The store no longer carried it when I went for an exchange. I figure I paid $6/mo. for heat. That's fair enough.

I'm proud to say i DIDN'T buy this at W*lM*rt! They are evil. But this isn't a review about making workers work for free, this is a review about poorly manufactured Chinese crap that doesn't hold up.

The design of the heater is pleasant enough. I dig the industrial minimalist approach. The heat output was OK. This heater would not heat up a room as the only source of heat-no small heater like this can do that. I did occasionally use it in the garage in the winter, and with the garage door closed, it actually helped keep my from freezing. Probably got the inside temp up to 40deg on a 25deg day.

My problems are two-fold:
1. There isn't a tilt-sensor inside this heater. In spite of the box and the item description.
2. The heater quit working after 6 months-I'm not even through one winter yet.

I found the problem and discovered that heater quit working because of the thermal cutoff fuse which is probably way too sensitive. I believe these little fuses are supposed to reset after a while, but it hasn't.

To be fair, I have some pros:
1. Front air input: there are extra air vents on the front in case the back of the heater becomes blocked-nice safe design.
2. "Pilot" light is always on. At a glance, you can tell if it is plugged in.
3. Grounded plug. The metal body of the heater is grounded, a nice safety feature. Additionally-ground plugs stay tighter in receptacles, preventing a partial plugged in cord from overheating an outlet.

I would rate this item four(4) stars if it was still working.

Excellent little heater with big heat and good temperature control. Too bad the manufacturer went out of business.

I bought this heater at Walmart for 12.99 pluged it in grabed it at the top to hold it while i turned it on and got a nice long jolt..... Needless to say its back at the store. The Lady behind the counter didn't beleave me dispite my plea and well now she does. Not a good buy..