Because I am fond of being warm, and Donna not as much, I like a nice little space heater for when I’m in the “computer room” watching YouTube or writing these sparkling blog posts. A couple of years ago I replaced a heater because it has gotten too noisy. Admittingly the fan is the biggest contributor noise, but I am also fond of feeling the direct heat, so I searched for the quietest room-sized space heater. I ended up with a Lasko 5307 for around $50 and it was noticeably quiet.
Fast forward to today and that quiet heater is no longer nearly as quiet. When it is first turned on it is fine, but after about 10 minutes the sound is quite louder. When that happens I can hear it running even in my over-the-ear headphones. Squeezing or pressing down on the heater will reduce the noise, but that leaves no hands for typing or mousing. I tried adding a foam cushion on the bottom, but that really didn’t help any. I couldn’t stand the noise any longer, so it was time to buy a new one.
Once again I searched for quietest room-sized space heater. The first hit on google was a Consumer Reports article from 5 months ago. Tied at the top was a Vornado VH10 for $90 and that very same $50 Lasko 5307 that I’m trying to replace! Let’s just try that next Google result shall we. The next two hits were called LearnMetrics and Zen Soundproof where the heaters were all over $100 or had no fans.
Google result #4 was you guessed it – Amazon. Even with my search term of quiet spacer heater the total result number was so high that the counter at the top of the results just gave up and said 1-48 of over 1,000 results. I started narrowing the results, must be Prime, higher than 4 stars, coverage size, wattage, his brought it down to 6 to choose from (photo on left.) The prices ranged from $19 to $42. What was entertaining about this is that last item, Eggbert Hopperton Figurine. How did that get in there?
Unwinding my search filters so as to give me more than six to choose from I found a happy medium and started looking at looking a few of the results. One that looked promising was a small Lasko model, but because of my now soured relationship with that brand I hesitated pulling the trigger. While scrolling down on this page I found the Amazon “Compare with similar items” section and there was an Amazon Basics model for around the same price, so I thought, “Okay, how bad can it be?” It looks amazingly similar to the Lasko, so much so that it was probably made by them and just rebranded. Oh well, it will definitely put out more heat than the Eggbert Hopperton figurine, so I ordered the Amazon one.