Kismile Oscillating Parabolic Space Heater With Thermostat

I actually love this heater. It does a wonderful job at osculating quietly and heating the entire room. When my gas heater broke, it kept up with keeping me warm in degrees of -11 Fahrenheit for over 4 days!! BUT given that I had to leave it running for so long one important thing became apparent. Some kind of chemical burns off of it. It does not have an odor per day, but every time the heater was on for a long time my heart beat would go faster, my eyes would sting and my sinuses would suddenly close, and I just generally felt unwell and somehow toxic. Outdoor walks would see these symptoms disappear. It took me a looong time to figure out it was this heater because I never had it on for a full 24 hours before. After eliminating every other possibility, I finally took a really good look at my little heater. Upon examination it has some kind of furry heat proof coating on the metal screen. Which I’m sure has some kind of fire retardant in it otherwise it would ignite into flames. After lengthy periods of constant heat, this coating does offgas something undesirable. I am chemically sensitive, so unfortunately I have to go with the more expensive Costco one or whatever the brand is, but when you buy these heaters, consider getting ones that have all metal screens. Yes, it’s nice not to get burned, but it’s also nice to breathe clean indoor air. Unfortunately, I have missed my return window, so this will be kept for emergency back ups only, and probably only down in my basement where nobody lives in case, my gas heater acts up again, and I need to keep the basement reasonably warm.

Works very well for smaller spaces and does spread nicely in a smaller room. Can’t complain and glad I made the purchase – I’d probably get 2 if you can.

Great to warm up by, but it stopped working when it got really cold. Would be great in a living room or house for minimal use. I have to keep my work shed warm, but when it broke after heavy use, it disappointed me when there was not an easy fix.

Nice little space heater. Uses less energy than our ceramic space heater, puts out more heat, and is faster to get to full temp (less than 2 seconds).
Oscillating feature is nice to get heat to a wider area.
Gives off a warm orange glow in the dark, so if you don’t want the added light you may want to go with a ceramic heater.
The only negative I’ve seen is that it will not turn on if tilted to certain angles. Completely vertical doesn’t seem to work. Not a big issue for us because we use it at a slight upward pointing angle, but if you get one and it isn’t working, try adjusting the tilt.
These parabolic heaters give off infrared heat, so you can still feel the heat even in windy conditions so we keep this one on our patio, and move the ceramic heater into the garage.