Customer Reviews

Lasko 758000 Cyclonic Ceramic Heater

5 star:		(67)
4 star:		(25)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(7)

 

 

The unit is very nice looking but perhaps the size is a little overkill. I like being able to place it against the wall and out of the way. Does a decent job of heating a poorly insulated room that is about 300 sq. feet with no other heat source. I was able to maintain the room at 60 degrees when the outside temperature dipped to freezing recently. My main gripe is that the heat comes out near the top of the unit (about 2' above the floor). You can't direct the airflow any lower than horizontal so it stays pretty cold on the floor. Just being about to blow the warm air downward would make me change this rating to a 5 star.

If you are looking for a cost-effective way to heat small rooms, the Lasko 758000 Cyclonic Ceramic Heater is a great buy. In order to be succinct, please find the "pros" and "cons" below.

Pros:
* Effective and easy-to-understand controls that allow for automatic settings governed by temperature objectives or heating by high or low output
* An illuminated display (easily viewable from 5-10 yards) that indicates the surrounding room temperature
* Directional control for heat output
* Nice form factor that allows for flexible floor placement in terms of space needed and general aesthetics

Cons:
* At higher temperature settings, the unit generates a little noise. To be fair, however, the sound is similar to and no more imposing that a PC or Printer

All in all, this is a good unit for rooms that central heating does not reach effectively. I would definitely buy another unit should the occasion arise.

I bought this unit to heat a finished basement. Like everybody, I did the research, read the reviews and weeded through the hundreds of makes, models and different type space heaters. For the money this is a good unit. It does exactly what it advertises and I am a happy camper.

bought one of those advertised amish made fireplace that were suppose to be so great.we were running that just during the day and shutting it off at night to save electricity.we got our electric bill and it had doubled what it was.bought this lasko heater at walmart and we run this one 24/7 and we got our electric bil it dropped over $100.00.plus the room in the basement where we use this heater is warmer than with the amish fireplace heater.we love this heater.

YES IHAVE 3 OF THEM NOW AND IT IS OVER A YEAR NOW AND ALL ARE WORKING GREAT AS OF 3/31/2010. I have just purchased the 3rd heater of this model. The temp works just like they say, and is right on target. Set it at 72 and it kicks off at 74 and starts up at 71. The fan is quiet. As a safty they use and over heat sensor that works to cut the heater off if the air flow is blocked. I would still like to have a tip over switch. I did place my unit on it's face to see what would happen, and it did sut down within 15 sec. Other than the tip over switch that I would like as a back up. I have hunted the internet for hours and not found a better unit. Hope this helps you. If it will last more than a year, that would be very good.

Good luck Jerry

I am truly disappointed in Lasko for this particular heater. We have had great service and satisfaction from Lasko products for years and thought they were invincible. This heater really let us down. It looks nice and heats well but has shortcomings and safety problems we just could not live with.

1. Although the direction of the airflow was variable, it sent the heat in the wrong directions and this could not be overcome. Straight forward to straight up was all it offers. Heated air needs to be directed in a downward path (heat rises, you know) to truly be efficient. My wife likes to put the heat near her feet to be comfortable and this was impossible. Nothing below the maximum downward flow (straight ahead) of this heater became appreciably warm.
2. This heater has an extremely small depth footprint. Although relatively unstable and easy to tip over accidentally on hard floors, it tips itself over forward (with NO effort on our part) on carpeting due to most of the weight of the internals being slung forward. To use it at all in the family room, we had to put a relatively wide board under it.
3. After a very little while on high heat, the power cord gets almost too hot to handle. Compared to other heaters we have (All Laskos), the cord on this model is very lightweight. We also noted that on other Laskos in this power range, they had 3 prong plugs and this one only has 2 prongs. VERY CHEAP and we never felt safe with it.

Thanks to Amazon's great return policy, we were able to send this back for a full refund. We then replaced it with another, better designed Lasko (from Amazon) that we are extremely happy with.

Thanks Amazon!

We have used this heater for two years now we bought it at walmart. we went one day and they were fully stocked, went back the next day to buy one and we ended up with the floor model. I wish someone with a drafty house would review this so I would know whether it works well in that situation as well. we only have to heat three or four hundred square foot and this is our only heater (Kentucky) it works well even with our vaulted ceilings as long as we use the ceiling fans. I like the features it offers and the thermostat, plus you can direct the blower for the heat so you can point it at your body if you are personally cold at the moment. I liked the design it doesn't look like a scarry heater and none of us have ever been able to get burned by it even though the air that comes out is very warm. It does make noise, but is not annoying or loud. Overall it was a great buy for our purposes.

This is a great heater and works every bit as well as the model it replaced. I am using it to heat an open area including the living room, kitchen, and hallway and it has worked fine when the indoor temperature was at 58 degrees. It takes a while for it to start bring up the temp (30 to 60 minutes) We have not gotten the evere cold yet but I'm guessing that this heater will need to be supplemented by our central heat but should reduce how much of that will be needed. definitely worth the money. Note: I now live outside of Elko, NV where the winter temps can get to -20.

It does the job, but when I use it on high setting longer than 30 mins or so, the cable starts to get warm on several spots. The cable looks cheap and nondurable, I wonder if it would melt or cause fire hazard if I leave it on longer. Lasko's several previous models were recalled for a similar reason, that's why I am worried. I am thinking about returning the unit.

I've been using this heater for a few weeks now & it has paid for itself already in utility savings.

My house is old (built in the 1940s) not insulated that greatly, and the natural gas furnace is not all to efficient.

I put this heater in my living room / dining room area & it sufficiently has kept that area along with the nearby kitchen & top floor toasty warm through 30--50 degree temps.

I set this heater at about 70 during the day, 65 at night. The thermostat function is great.

I keep this heater set about 3-4 degrees above the thermostat for my furnace, so if it gets too cold then the furnace will kick in.. but trust me this heater is sooo much more efficient than my older gas furnace.

I may pick up another one once it gets colder...