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The Holmes HCH6150-U Ceramic Compact Heater is a great unit to heat up any part of your home or office when you need a modern unit that will supply heat in a hurry.

I bought this heater at the Ace Hardware Store to heat a small unheated, relatively uninsulated building I sometimes use as an office and it works like a charm.

Aside from its high heat efficiency, the striking thing about this space heater is its modern array of safety and convenience features. The last time I bought a space heater was 20 years ago, and it is amazing how far these units have come in the last few years.

In checking on the company, Holmes Products make several dozen types of similar heaters, and this is but one of their offerings, so I know I have probably purchased a product from a safe and reliable company or they wouldn’t be marketing all these different types of units. Holmes claims to have over 20 years experience developing, engineering, and testing these heaters. I was also swayed to buy the unit from Ace because the majority of products I have purchased from their stores are top-of-the-line, so that added to the credibility of the heater.

This is a “tower” unit that stands about two-and-a-half feet tall. It runs on 1500 Watts and it uses standard USA 120 Volts AC current.

It comes with a small handheld remote control with which you can turn the heater on and off, you can adjust the temperature, and you can set it to shut off automatically on a timer which is adjustable to from one to four hours. There is also a set of controls on the top of the unit as well, with a glowing green LCD screen which provides you with a variety of information about heating modes, current room temperature in relation to desired temperature, etc. A thermostat shuts it off once the desired temperature is reached and it comes back on again when the room starts to cool down.

Inside the tower are three ceramic heating elements. These three heat the room quite efficiently by venting warm air through all these elements. It also has wide-angled motorized oscillation in order to warm large areas efficiently.

The housing, surprisingly, is made of plastic, and I was a bit concerned about it melting, but this type of plastic must be made to take the high heat without that sort of problem. The plastic is called “Flame Resistant V-2 Rated.” One of the main advantages of this housing is that it is cool to the touch and will not burn you if you rub up against it or move the heater with the convenient cool-touch handle slot built into the top.

Naturally, I was concerned about safety, and there are several safety features. It automatically turns itself off after a specified length of time, which is great; my old space heater had to be manually turned off and that could be a fire hazard if you forgot it was on and left or went to sleep. If the tower should tip over it automatically shuts off. It will also automatically shut off if it is in an overheat situation, and the user must manually reset it before it will come on again. This prevents unintentional operation after the auto-shutoff procedure.

So how well does it work in operation? The building I use with it is about 16 X 7 X 7 feet, with thin metal walls. On a night when it is 28 degrees outside, with the heater set to 72 degrees, the actual inside temperature comes up to 65 degrees for hours, which is quite comfortable for what I am doing, wearing a light sweater. Inside an insulated house, of course, the results would be far better.

I like the fact that with the remote control If it gets too hot or I want to adjust the heater I can simply turn in my chair and adjust it from across the room. It’s a nice plus for a nice little unit.

If you need a big space heater that is safe and reliable and really puts out the heat, this is a good choice.

Five Stars/*****

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