Honeywell HZ515C Low Profile Silent Comfort Heater
From Honeywell
Silent Comfort baseboard heater with adjustable thermostat
Amazon Sales Rank: #14450 in Kitchen & Housewares Color: White Brand: Honeywell Model: HZ-515 Dimensions: 9.00" h x 5.00" w x 41.00" l, 10.50 pounds
Poorly and cheaply manufactured...possibly a fire hazzard I received this unit the first week of November 2006. By Valentines day it was toast (no pun intended). At first it worked fine. I used it to warm the end of our big living room near the front door where it is was almost always cold. I set the thermostat at about 3/4 maximum and left it to work. It was also completely quiet as advertised. Then, sometime in January, I noticed that the On/Off knob was turning brown near the edges--as if discolored by excessive heat. I turned it off to investigate. Then turned it on again. Nothing. The unit was dead. After repeatedly turning it off and on I noticed sparking underneath the switch. After repeatedly spinning the switch between off/on it would finally come back on and would stay on for 2 or 3 days until it failed again. After about 10 days of this I unplugged it out of fear for my family's safety. Now it waits in my garage until I can take a trip to the dump and dispose of it. WHAT A GIANT HASSLE FOR A 55 DOLLAR HEATER! And don't doubt for a second that Honeywell COUNTS on people not wanting to hassle with returns. Another example of an electronic device made as cheaply as possible with little or no regard for quality or safety. It will be a cold day in you-know-what before I purchase anything else from Honeywell. I better find me a QUALITY heater soon so that day never comes. -30- Addendum: I went to Honeywell's website and got the customer service contact info. I have sent email (3 times so far) telling them of the problems and possible dangers and requesting refund or replacement. They have never replied. happy so far we bought this heater almost a year ago to use in the home office area. we have no heating system in that room and it gets pretty cold. we keep honeywell running at 70F for approximately 6 hours a day and it works fine and heats up the room efficiently. yesterday we purchased the delonghi TRN0812T to put in the baby's room to save some space. we hope delonghi will do the job as good as honeywell. Great use for our son's room We purchased this heater back in October for our now 8 month old son's room to help take the chill off the air at night when he's sleeping. We picked this one because it was silent (no fan) and had a temperature control with an on/off switch. It works quite well even with the door slightly ajar at night. After 3 months of use, the heater is starting to make little creaking noises, but is still working fine. The only down side to this heater is the metal surface gets really hot so we will have to be careful once he starts crawling and walking.
