Product Review: Honeywell Digital Oil Filled Heater

With oil prices hovering around one hundred dollars a barrel, homeowners who use oil as their primary heat source are looking for alternate ways to cut down on their overall heating costs. One of these ways is through space heaters. I recently purchased the Honeywell Digital Oil Filled Heater and am very pleased with it.

The Honeywell Digital Oil Filled Heater cost me thirty five dollars at Walmart. This was the sale price. Originally the product retails for fifty nine dollars. Living in the Northeast, I still have several weeks of cold weather to contend with, but luckily, retailers are moving out their winter merchandise to make room for Spring and Summer stock. As compared to many other space heaters on the market, I feel this was a very good price.

The Honeywell Digital Oil Filled Heater is a self contained unit, so the oil does not ever need to be refilled. The oil is not burned, but simply heats up and then produces heat. I placed the unit in the family room that is the draftiest room of the house. The combination family and dining room is roughly four hundred square feet. There are hardwood floors throughout as well as sliding glass doors in between. The sun beats down on the front of the house all day and since this area is situated at the back of my home, it is the chilliest area. Unfortunately, it is also the area my family spends the most time in.

While the rest of the house can be at a comfortable temperature, the most lived in area often feels chilly and uncomfortable during the Fall and Winter. Instead of turning up the thermostat to make the area warmer, I simply turn on my Honeywell Digital Oil Filled Heater.

This product is extremely easy to set up. After reading the instructions and plugging it in, the Honeywell Digital Oil Filled Heater is ready to program. You set the unit for the temperature you desire. This heater can be set for Low, Medium or High settings. The Low and Medium settings draw less electricity than the High setting. The digital readout on the front of the unit displays the current room temperature. Once the desired temperature is reached in the room, the Honeywell Digital Oil Filled Heater shuts off. There is also a timer that can be set to allow the heater to only run for a specified amount of time.

The Honeywell Digital Oil Filled Heater is completely silent, which I find to be a very positive selling point to this heater. Since there is no fan inside the unit, there is no noise. This heater also has an emergency shut off feature which is very important if you have children or pets in the house. If the Honeywell Digital Oil Filled Heater gets inadvertently knocked over, it will turn itself off.

I highly recommend the Honeywell Digital Oil Filled Heater. When receiving my electric bill after using this product for two full weeks, I was happy to see there was only a few dollars increase in my usual bill. Compared to what it would cost to turn up my thermostat to keep my entire home at a comfortable level, this was a real savings. While trying to cut heating costs during these last few weeks of Winter, I encourage everyone to purchase this wonderful product.