Earlier this winter my trusty personal heater of several years quit working. I guess I finally just wore out the tilt-over safety switch. For the longest time I would have to lift it up and sort of manually push the switch in and out before being able put it down and have the heater work, but one day it just wouldn’t come on.
Because I’m naturally cold all the time, I wear long sleeves during the summer, having a nice little heater is important. The next day was our usual grocery shopping day, so when we got to Fred Meyer, before putting any food in the cart, we went to back and I picked out a small space heater. When we got home and I plugged it in it was a lot louder than the old one. But, it was compact, had 2 settings, high or low, and the low was heat enough. I vowed to get used to the increased noise.
After a week or so I realized the fan noise was going to be a deal breaker. I could still hear it when using the over the ear headphones and sometimes I’d rather not have the headphones on. A new heater was needed, but this time I needed to do a little research first
A bunch of online reviews and a couple of “best space heater” comparison articles pointed me to the Lasko 5307. Several reviews mentioned that it was was quiet enough be in the same room with it. We have a winner. It turned out it was actually cheaper from Home Depot than it was from Amazon even with paying for shipping and the wait wasn’t that much longer.
Now, upon arrival, either the reviews were wrong or this particular unit is slightly defective, as the unit makes an annoying vibration sound when the fan is running (which is anytime you are asking for heat.) The heater had an oscillation function that swept it through about a 40 degree angle and the noise would pause at each end of the oscillation. It did also stop making that rattle it you picked up the unit, so it had to be the connection from the unit to the base. I found that if you propped the front or back of the base on the electrical cord that would sometimes stop the noise.
So with a couple of thin slices of a pool noodle (why we have one of these is a post for another day) and some double stick tape to attach them to the base of the heater, I can now be in the same room as the heater and not be annoyed by the rattling noise.