Best Of All the Heaters I've Tried
Pros:
Powerful yet efficient
Cons:
No remote. No separate ON/OFF switch.
The Bottom Line:
I absolutely recommend the HQH319. It's the best of several heaters I've used.
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Author's Review
I really like the Holmes HQH319 heater. I’m a single person in a large house. I spend most of my evenings in my home office, so I use the HQH319 in that room rather than heating the whole house with the central system. I went through several other heaters over a three year period before settling on this one. I’ve used two different ceramic heaters, one was a low cube and one was a tower. Neither one of those put out as much heat as I wanted yet they consumed a lot of electricity. Then I tried a parabolic heater. It was much more efficient, but the beam of heat was too narrow. It would heat a portion of my body too much and the rest not enough.
I’ve had my HGH319 for about two months which is long enough to verify that it doesn’t cost as much to use as the ceramic heaters did, yet it puts out a lot more heat. I’ve never had to use the high setting. I like the fact that on low, both heating elements are still on. Some quartz heaters just use one element on low. The internal fan is great and not very loud. It pulls air in from the top and pushes it out the front which heats my whole body as well as heating the whole room rather easily. The heating elements rattle a bit during the first few seconds of warming up, but that is standard on quarts heaters. The rattle goes away almost immediately.
The lifting handle molded into the back of the case is in a good location and stays cool. Don’t mistake the bar across the front for a handle because it gets HOT!! It’s just there to keep the front of the heater off the floor in case of a tip-over.
I do wish the heater had a remote control. I also wish it turned off a bit easier. Instead of having an ON/OFF switch separate from a temperature setting control, it’s an all-in-one electronic control. To turn the heater off, you have to push the button several times to scroll through the various settings until it turns off. Another method is to hold the button down for about three seconds until the heater turns off. Although slightly annoying, I’ll sacrifice those minor inconveniences for the fact that I get a lot of heat with very little electricity. Overall, I love this heater and highly recommend it.
