DeLonghi TRN0812T Oil Filled Radiator :: Education by Design Store

Customer Reviews

This is a winner

2008-06-23
WIth oil [rices going up, blah, blah blah... it was time to get a heater that did a good job of heating my aprtment without costing a fortune. THis heater does it. I have3 a 700 sq. ft. apartment and after an hour it's heated. The thermostat works great. I am thrilled I got this heater and it measures up to the DeLonghi quality standard.

Subtle heat, nice design

2008-06-08
Sealed heaters don't produce a lot of heat quickly (unlike fan-driven heaters), but they are definitely quieter. Think of it as a mini version of a radiator in an older apartment building and you'll get the idea. In this unit, you can vary the output by turning on or off the red switches (I labeled mine with a Sharpie so I wouldn't have to drag out the instructions each time), and has a little analog timer so you can tell it to start or stop heating at a given time of day. The timer isn't terribly precise, but it does the job, and won't lose its memory after a power outage. FAIR WARNING: It stinks, literally, when you first plug it in. The instructions say it will smell funny or even smoke the first time you turn it on. They don't tell you it'll stink up the whole basement, and that it takes a week of running 24/7 to get rid of the worst of it. Based on our experience, I suggest running it in a well-ventilated garage or enclosed patio for a week or two first. Once that's done, it'll be a good little heater (my cat who thinks she's a heat-sink loves to snooze near it.)

Works Great

2008-05-22
I have a room in the house that's at the "end of the run" for the furnace. This heater worked great to keep the room as warm as the rest of the house. The Temp setting, and Timer option allowed me to only run at night (when it gets colder) without having to remember to turn it on/off every day. On the low setting, it keep the room warm, but was not too hot to touch (so the kids would not burn themselves on it).

Stopped working after under warranty repair

2008-05-08
I liked the product to heat up the bathroom in the morning. It also kept the bathroom dry and the towels warm. It stopped working at 11 months, was sent for repair under warranty and then worked again for 3 months. Not worth sending in for another repair even if covered. Will look for another heater.

Exactly what I bought

2008-03-09
I live in the cold, shady part of our apartment building, and our room was very old with little to none insulation. Trying to get out of the bed in the morning is hard enough already, but with a biting chill in the air made it next to impossible. Once I got through the day of an odd smell, which it's supposed to, this radiator worked like a charm, with an easy to figure out timer that made it all worthwhile.

I will say the manual is a little hard to read, with a few "lost-in-translations", and it's tough to figure out exactly the effect of the "Power Economizer", but it was never an issue. Plus the heating levels are arbitrarily labeled "1-6", instead of degrees. After a week, I found out I like 4.

Summary:
Other than a few issues on the manual and thermostat use, this comes highly recommended.

For the price, get a bigger heater

2008-03-08
Whether in the bedroom, living room or office, this electric oil-filled radiator provides fast and flexible heating for the entire room. Plus, the unit is equipped with a GFI PLUG so its safe to use in the bathroom.24 Hour Programmable TimerAnti-Freeze SettingAdjustable ThermostatVariable Heat SettingsPermanently Sealed and never needs refilling

Great!

2008-03-05
Easy to use, very mobile, clean and works like a charm. Warms a room in minutes.

Works great and saves money

2008-03-04
We've had this heater for almost 2 months and so far it has worked as advertised. Our apartment gas heater was out of order until today, but we haven't really missed it with this heater and our older > 20 year old DeLonghi heater. The ability to use it in the bathroom is a real plus. It's lightweight and easy to carry around if necessary.

Some of the problems mentioned by other reviewers included: turns off by itself (fix is to change the timer settings) and smell when turned off in highest setting (we didn't turn it to the highest for over a month but when we did we didn't notice a strong smell).

Overall, very happy with this little heater.

Homeb Oil Heater

2008-03-02

DeLonghi TRN0812T Oil-Filled Radiator

I am very pleased with it. I recommend it for single room use

small but powerful

2008-02-25
This heater is samll but quite powerful. I am using this as main bath room heater. There is no edge on its surface, which makes me feel safe being with small child.