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DeLonghi DFH132 SafeHeat Ceramic Compact Heater Product dfh132 Key FeaturesType CompactPower Source ElectricHeating Element Cerami...

Delonghi DFH132: A Great Small Room Heater? - DeLonghi DFH132 SafeHeat Ceramic Compact Heater I have never been one who is able to sleep in a warm room. My wife, on the other hand, likes it to be about 110 d...

I bought this heater in January 2007. I do not recommend it. It is quiet, but that reflects a weak fan resulting in poor airflow. Furthermore, it does not work as advertised — you CAN’T SWITCH IT OFF !! The user manual says that you turn the left knob to zero to turn off the heater. But there is no zero on the knob — and you CANNOT turn power off without unplugging the heater (or switching off current to the socket, if it’s a switch-controlled socket). Pretty annoying to have to crawl around behind furniture every morning & night. Why not just leave it on? At least two reasons. First, if the power remains on, the red light at the front is lit, and it is VERY bright in a dark room - if you want a nightlight, buy this fire! Second, the fire will turn on the heat if the temperature falls low enough: I don’t much like the idea of leaving my house with a 1500 watt fire ready to turn itself on at any moment !!!

The user manual has many errors in addition to the one I mention above. For example, it states that the left knob has 4 settings; fan, 2, 1 and zero. In reality, it has 3 settings; 2, 1 and a little “dot”. I exchanged several emails with DeLonghi “Customer Care”. They insisted that the user manual was correct. So I sent them photos of the two knobs, and a pdf file of their user manual, to prove to them that the manual contained multiple mistakes. After all that, they STILL denied that the manual had any errors !!! USELESS — they should call the department CUSTOMER DON’T CARE !!!. I went to Target, bought a small “Warm Fusion” ceramic heater for $9.99 (on sale) - it is FAR superior - much more effective, and hey, you can turn the darn thing OFF !!

UPDATE, Dec 2007: I checked back to see if they had rectified the user manual yet. Oddly enough, a correct manual can be found on the Amazon.com web site as of Dec 2007, but the DeLonghi web site still provides the incorrect manual, a full year later. CUSTOMER CARE-LESS !! Cut & paste this link, if you want all the wrong instructions…

http://www.delonghi.com/delonghi/data/int/usa/libretti.nsf/d43b2a60086dfe93c1256a47004ad1f5/139e1511602fa3be85256e16006f1a3a/$FILE/DFH132.pdf

By the way, the warm fusion heater is in stock at Target again, and is far superior. Go to the Target web site (www.Target.com) and search for B000TAFIBC — and NO, I do not work for Target or Warm Fusion :-))

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