DeLonghi Mica Panel Space Heater, 1500W quiet electric space heater for indoor use, adjustable thermostat, freestanding/ easy wall mount, full room heating with built-in safety features, HMP1500 Black

*** LONG TERM USE UPDATE (4/13/2019): So I've had a chance to test this heater out long term, and I will say that it's stood up quite well! I originally purchased it back in 2011 and 8 years later it's still going just as strong as the day I received it. The heating element doesn't seem to degrade over time, which was what I was most curious about with Mica Panels since they were quite new when I purchased it. I can happily say that there is no degradation in heat output like my other aging heaters. I actually had purchased an oil radiator heater by DeLonghi about 4 years ago and it's already degraded at least 50% in performance for whatever reason. Furthermore, I've not had any issues from the heater in functionality and all of the knobs still turn perfectly. No broken parts, even on the parts that have been handled the most. All in all, 9 years after purchasing this unit I can still say that I give it 5 stars and I still highly recommend it to anyone looking to heat a room safely and efficiently! ----- Initial Review (from back in 2011, build quality could have changed since then) ----- Intro... Upon researching various types of heaters for the past week, I came to the conclusion that this heater would be a good pick for a bedroom. I ended up purchasing a Lasko heater for the living room and this DeLonghi Mica Panel Heater for the bedroom. The reason I chose this brand over other mica panels is due to my experience with their products in the past. I've owned a DeLonghi Magnifica Espresso machine, which has worked flawlessly for over 4 years along with a DeLonghi Radiator Heater which has worked just as great. If you dont know much about DeLonghi, they are a European-based company that makes quality appliances, specifically utilizing German-engineering. Overall Thoughts... Upon testing out this new technology heater, I noticed that it had all of the great features that a radiator heater had. To add to the conventional radiator heater, it also features instant-on heat while maintaining a low-profile size. Due to the thin profile, this heater can be wall-mounted like a picture frame. However, I'd recommend keeping the heater as low as possible since heat tends to rise, pushing the cold air down. Another great feature about this heater is the quietness during use. Because there are no fans or moving parts, there are no constant noises. A conventional radiator heater makes a considerable amount of noise from the oil dripping inside. So how is the heat output from this new Mica Thermic technology? To put it short, it provides an ample amount of heat similar to an oil radiator heater, but has the advantage of instant heat. This gives you instant warmth when you stand in front of the heater immediately after you turn it on. This is something that you cannot obtain with a conventional radiator heater. Final Thoughts... Overall, I'm very surprised at this new technology for heating. It provides all of the great radiation type heat which maintains the temperature of the room quite well, without having to wait. Also, the low profile gives many options on where to put the heater. Lastly, the device is VERY safe. The cage around the heater provides 100% security from being burned, and the front panel can be touched comfortably without ever being burned. However, upon checking the temperature of heat output with an IR thermometer, it provided 300-400 degrees F of heat. Its quite surprising to see those types of numbers, as you can touch the front panel stays considerably cooler than the heat output. The heater also has an auto-off feature if it tips over. A great heater for an enclosed room, however, be sure that the room is around 150 sq. feet or less. Any larger, and this heater will not provide an ample amount of heat. For larger spaces, take a look at the Lasco Space Heater.

Update: We are going on our 5th winter with this heater and it's still working great! Best money ever spent on a heater! Before buying this heater I went and did a LOT of looking for heaters.. I spent about a month reading reviews and looking at different products. In the end I settled on this one. There were a lot of reasons why I picked this over 100's of others but here are the big ones: 1. Cost - This price is not overly crazy high. So many heaters seemed to be well over the 100$ range and this one was under that when we got it. 2. I wanted a NO fan heater. Heaters with fans can be SO drying of the air in the room! With 3 of the 4 members of my household having Asthma we needed the air to not be too dry. 3. The heating settings! With the 600 wat and 1200 wat it seemed like a very cost effective way to heat the living room. Now I want to make it clear that I was blown away with just how well this heater worked for us so far. We live in a 2 bedroom small apartment (800sf). We have old electric base board heating and each unit using about 1200wats an hour. There are 3 in the living room alone.. The cost to run the heating adds up FAST. From Nov-March we tend to have power bills that are from 200$-250$ each month from the extra heating bills. We received this heater on Nov 25 and have been using it as needed till now Feb 15th. Our heating bills have been: $58.02 for Nov (Note we did not need to use the heater but for a few hours at night for a few days that month) $113.18 Dec (We used the heater every day for a few hours - 4-6 a day) $126.03 Jan (We used the heater for the better part of the day daily. - 10-16 hours a day) I think the numbers speak for themselves! Keep in mind that we only need to use the heater in our home when it drops below 50F outside. We have a very easy to heat/cool apartment. But we do have a rather large window in our living room and sliding glass doors by the dinning room. I checked the temps daily to see how well it was heating the apartment. In the main room (living room) with the heater in it it stayed at around 63-66 depending on how cold it was outside. The temps this winter were VERY cold in Jan and we had a few weeks of 25-30F being our daily highs. Even then the heater kept the living room, dinning room and kitchen in the mid 60's. I should also add that we did use two smaller heaters both 600 wats in our bedrooms on the bitterly cold nights for a little extra heat. But when it was 40F+ We didn't really need them even to stay warm at night. Now we do also use common sense like wear a warm sweater and use thick heavy down blankets in the winter. Over all however we were more then happy with how the heater has done this far. I can't yet say if it will last to next year but I will update this review then if it does. Also wanted to note that the backside/sides of the heater stays relatively cool to the touch. I can see how mounting it on a wall would work really well. We however use it on the wheel base it came with. It seems fairly sturdy but we have not dropped it or knocked it over so no clue how well it could take a beating. I have 2 small boys age 2-4 and both have done just fine with it. I would think if you have pets or small kids one would want to keep a close eye on it. The heater panel does get VERY hot and would burn anything touching it. We keep it in front of our fireplace that is centered in the room. Also should be noted that even if it only lasts a year I would still buy a new one without batting an eye next year if the price was the same!

I have owned two other DeLonghi products in the past. When reading reviews of such products there were always what seemed to be a higher number of dissatisfied customers than what I would feel comfortable with - most failures seemed to be with mechanical components. Regardless, I took the plunge twice and ended up with two very good products that lasted many years. So I happily took the plunge and bought this panel heater, expecting similar positive results, plus no mechanical components to wear out from movement. So far, after about six weeks, it has lived up to my expectations. As to the main purpose of the unit, heating a room as a supplemental source of heat to aid an existing HVAC system, it excels. In a smaller room (10x10 to 12x12') getting to a comfortable 72 to 74 F from around 66 takes only a short while (about 30 minutes). Even a larger, two story room that's 20 x 24 with a 30' ceiling warmed up nicely after less than one hour going from 66 to 70 F about 10 feet away. That to me was impressive given the height of the room and the fact that this room is in a mostly open floor plan. You do have to put the unit in the high setting (1500 Watts, I believe) and set the temperature knob to it's highest (a 6 out of an infinite increment scale from 1 to 6) to achieve such results. However, once your reach the desired heat level for the room you can lower the temperature knob to where it clicks (indicating to the unit that's the temperature you wish to maintain, essentially setting it's thermostat). The unit was able to maintain the room temperature consistently. I would not use the unit in a room as a primary source of heating, even if the room were smaller, and I don't believe it's marketed with that intention. The unit is sleek, though the casters do protrude front and back and could be an issue for someone walking too closely to it. Since it has no fan (a good thing for me), it operates silently and thus you may forget it's on, or trip over such casters. Just make sure as the manufacturer recommends to keep at least several feet around the unit clear of obstruction for proper and safe operation. The unit can be wall mounted, but as other reviewers noted, the back does get too hot to the touch, so wall mounting to me would be suspect from a safety standpoint. Indeed, the entire unit gets too hot to the touch, with the exception of the control knobs, so don't go grabbing any part of it while it's on except for those knobs to turn it off, which can get tricky given no other support points to put your hand on that aren't hot. Also, the control knobs are strong but their attachment to the unit feels somewhat flimsy, with the expectation that perhaps at some point they will turn but fail to engage. No such issues yet. Aesthetically to me it is pleasing overall and does not intrude into the overall room decor. In summary, price and functionality overall makes this a product I would purchase again.

This heater is great. I've had it a couple weeks, but I wanted to give the weather some time to get colder and have a chance to see how well the heater would really perform in the space in which it is being used--a garage converted to a real estate office converted into an apartment, so insulation isn't great and it's about a 250-275 sq. ft. space. The heater has two settings, min and max, then a second thermostat knob with settings 1-6, and another setting on the aforementioned knob that keeps a space above 40 degrees, then shuts itself off. Most of the time I've had the unit, it's been about 30 to 35 degrees outside and I've been able to keep the heater on it's min setting with the second control knob set to 2. Last night, the temps were the lowest of the season thus far, and about as cold as it will get here, at 16 degrees. I did have to use the max setting at 3 to keep the space warm, but it does feel comfortable in here (about 68 or so if I were to guess). I consider the above paragraph to be the most important part of the review, since it concerns the primary function of a heater--to provide heat!--but there are a few other things to mention about this unit as well. There is no blower, so this heater is quiet. I was worried that it wouldn't quickly heat a space without a blower, but the first time I turned it on I could feel a difference within an hour or so. With a Lasko ceramic heater I had, I could feel the heat instantly, due to the blower, but it still took about the same amount of time to make a dramatic difference in the temperature of the room, and the blower dried out the air a lot, not to mention on colder nights the Lasko couldn't manage to raise the temperature above about 56 degrees on its highest setting. There was a bit of noise when I first turned the panel heater on, and again last night when I turned the knob to max, but only for a few seconds and it really isn't worth mentioning. It is about the same sound as some furnaces make and about as loud as a kerosene heater when kerosene empties from the reservoir every now and then. I saw at least one review that claimed the heater got very hot, at least in his or her particular experience with their particular unit. My heater does get fairly warm to the touch on the front, and stays pretty cool on the back. I don't have mine mounted on a wall, but I would feel comfortable doing so, and the mounting bracket and spacers at the bottom of the heater keep the unit from sitting completely flush with the wall. There would be around a half inch to three quarters of an inch of space between the back of the heater and the wall. The only other thing I can think of is that set up was as simple as pulling the heater from the box (it was well wrapped), installing the feet/rollers and plugging it in. The feet went on easily enough with the tightening of two thumb screws for each. It stands sturdy and rolls well, even on carpet. It would be nice to have some digital controls so you can just set a temperature and the heater does whatever it has to do to get the room up to that point, although I guess it would not work so well since it would likely shut off before the heat had a chance to distribute evenly throughout a room. Overall I am very pleased with the heater, especially for the price; my budget for a heater was $200, so I was very surprised to find something that met my needs for less than half that.

UPDATE: As my 5 Star Review reported, below, I was going to get more of these, and I did place an order for two more, for my office space and for another office area and they arrived a few days ago. WORK GREAT!!!! This truly is a new kind of heater in how it pours out consistent warmth, and gives an overall even feeling of heat better than any heater I've used (and I've used a lot over the years). I think what I like most is that it doesn't dry the air as much or ever make things stiflingly hot, like can happen with forced air space heaters. My Vornado, for example, is a proper heater, but I can wake up sometimes and it's just gotten way too hot in the room, even with the thermostat it has, but this one, WOW, once things get warm, adjust it to stay that way, and even by morning the place is just incredibly pleasant, no more chill but no stuffy overheating issues either. LOVE THIS HEATER!!! Oh, and as others have noted, pets love it too -- I have a stray cat at work that has adopted the place, and she often hangs out when I'm working late. She's skittish (not with me anymore -- will climb up on my chest to nap, never mind that I have work to do, haha) so new things are always scary, and she was really leery of this when I unboxed it and set it up, looking at it like it was not to be trusted, but, once I had it set up, she first slept a good ten feet away from it, where she could keep an eye on it, haha, but an hour later I found her sprawled out upside down next to it, happy as can be! ORIGINAL FIVE STAR REVIEW: So, my apartment has a useless little gas heater I don't use, but, with winter's chill now settling in, I am always on the lookout for something better than the space heaters I use now. The ones I have are pretty great -- the best one is a Vornado, and the other is an Optimus, and both are tops compared to any space heaters I've ever owned in the past -- but with a serious cold snap they have been pretty challenged to turn icy air into much of a warm breeze. Honestly, it's a little daunting, trying to heat your place with something other than a true forced air furnace of some sort, because almost no heater, whether ceramic, oil radiated, glorified hair dryer, whatever, seems to really get consistent reviews as a "good" solution for patched together heating strategies. For all of our great progress in America, it's amazing how many of us don't have warm homes, or just sound solutions for the chilly places in which we live. Even this one seems to have mixed reviews, but I was just honestly intrigued with the "new idea" concept of it, this flat panel that is light and portable and can even be hung on a wall, wow! It seemed worth a try, especially with the excellent return policies Amazon provides. My first impression? Bigger than I thought, and lighter than I imagined. You look at it and think...hmmm, really? This is a heater?? It more resembles a radiator pulled out of a truck or something, or, more accurately looks like a flat screen tv of some kind, and is, in fact, about the size of a 32" LCD television, more or less. It looks very modern, although, as I say, it is big (I assumed it to be much smaller, more like the usual floor space heater in size) and do be aware that, because it is light, it does roll around if you bump into it, at least on hardwood flooring. It does have a tip over safety switch, so that's good. It's totally stable, and I don't mean it tips over easily, but it rolls really well on a smooth flat surface, is all I'm saying. Assembly was super simple -- pre-installed screws in the bottom accommodate the feet, one at each end, and the feet have great little rollers. Long cord too, which is a bonus. Operation is by simple dials at the side -- Off, and then Minimum and Maximum on the top dial. The lower dial is temp control, from 1 though 6, plus a "frost" mode (will explain). It is thermostat controlled as well as able to be just turned on or off, so, crank it up to 6, let the room get to the temperature you want, then dial back the lower dial until you hear a click, and the heater will cycle on and off to maintain the temperature you've set. This is kind of a manual thermostat, in that you do not set a temperature setting, of like 65 degrees or something -- you let the room get to where you like it, then rotate back the dial to that point (which is when you hear the click) and basically you and the heater agree now on how warm you like the room. I actually prefer this because many space heater temp thermostats are not accurate, in my experience, so, setting it at 73 or whatever is not really reliable in terms of the room staying at that temperature. With this one, it goes by feel, so however you like the room on that day, which you then "set" on the lower dial, is how much heat it will try to maintain. The "frost" setting is very cool. Turn it to Max and set it on Frost (the little frost symbol on the dial) and the heater will never let the room drop below 41 degrees, it claims, or, in other words, won't let things get cold to the point of freezing. This setting is designed to accomplish this with minimal power usage, and I can see where this would come in useful for specific situations. The heat itself is fantastic. I can see why there are so many pics of pets snuggled to this -- it is a very pleasant radiation of heat that is, for lack of a better word, cozy. What you feel is a bubble of heat around and above (but not behind -- the back does not radiate heat) the heater, and, at first, it can seem like it is only warming a localized area, but leave it on, and warmth accumulates in the overall greater area. Because heating is concentrated most, nearest the unit, and takes a while to start heating up the room on a larger scale, I will say that I can agree with those on here who have had complaints, since this definitely seems more suited to a smaller, confined space than an open environment. Without any forced air to spread the emanated heat, this is much like a non-ducted fireplace, with the "most" heat felt, obviously, being in the area nearest the fire and it does take a few hours before the rest of the area starts to benefit from all of the wonderful heat pouring out. So, this is not something, in my opinion, that would do well if one expected to heat much of any space beyond the range of the unit itself... What is that range? Well, basically, the smaller the enclosed area, and the more enclosed it is, the better. A 250 square foot area, open on many sides, is not going to heat up as well as a 250 square foot room with just one entry, for example. I'm not sure at what point this heater is overwhelmed by the space it's trying to heat, but if you have any kind of larger, open, drafty real estate you're trying to warm up, just consider that (like any space heater, of course) effectiveness dims in proportion to the open square footage of your space. That being said, this performs "better" than the usual space heaters, for an area that is small and enclosed --the heat is more evenly distributed as time goes on and the "toasty warmth" zone is much larger than any fan heater. Like my Vornado, a fan heater is really only nicely warm in front of the very narrow spot where the heat is blowing and the further you are away from it, the more it's just a breeze you are feeling -- a not so warm breeze. That can be improved somewhat with oscillating heaters (like my Optimus) that help push heat around somewhat, but then the trade off is that you only get warmed directly when the heated air washes your way on its way past you -- and then you turn the oscillation off, in frustration, tired of waiting for your turn for heat as it sweeps left and right. With this version, this big space of radiation is certainly an improvement -- and I can see the wisdom of pets who want to steal a spot right in front -- because you have a "heat zone" that you can certainly feel, directly, extending out past the already larger dimensions of the heater itself (compared to most space heaters). That zone is about three feet wide, side to side, about two and half feet deep (meaning, 2.5 ft in front of the heater itself) and a good five feet high (in other words, three feet above the heater itself). As I said earlier, it's like a big heat bubble and, while you can't feel direct heat the further you get away from that bubble, the general room temperature starts to go up as time goes by. In that respect, it borrows some of what those oil-filled radiator heaters provide, as a heat source that takes more time to make heat in a bigger area, but, as the hours go by, is pretty effective at that task. With this one, after about five hours I find myself turning it down, when I've left it fixed at its highest setting, because the room is actually getting too warm. I like this heater enough that I am getting two more, for two offices at work that aren't well heated by the old central air system down there (it's an old building with poor duct work). Because they are somewhat small and very enclosed, I think this style of heater will prove more effective than the current "fan" style space heaters being used now, which are somewhat challenged to create a workable warmth. Like any heating unit, don't expect miracles from this. It's not a ducted system for whole home heating. My living room, for example, gets very nice with this heater, but step into the kitchen or dining area and that heat doesn't go around corners. On very cold days, I still rely on more than this unit, also turning on the oven, boiling a large pot of water without a lid (humidity is heat's best friend!) and I actually switch between this heater and my Vornado, kind of letting this one create the pleasant heat, then using the Vornado to distribute that heat around, then back to this one (I can't have them both on at once, since this is an older apartment and the fuses will blow if I have any two big draw appliances on the same circuit). So, it's a great tool to have in the war against the cold. Plus, it has the huge benefit of being silent in operation, so no more annoying fan noise if binge watching on the weekend or whatever, haha. Regarding complaints about the smell, yes, when first used, like, the very first time, it emanated an obvious odor, which I can assume is the burning off of whatever is on there from the factory. It was not stifling or overwhelming, and I didn't even need to open a window. It dissipated within hours and, for every use after, there has been no smell at all. So, that odor issue is a one time, first use thing only. Overall, I really think they are onto something with this fresh design, and it seems to combine a lot of the best aspects of good space heaters, and eliminates known drawbacks. Radiation heat is more even, it is a well-dispersed heat, it is highly portable, noiseless and is probably one of the most pleasant feeling warmths of any space heater in the heat it provides. I'm very pleased with this purchase, and confidently recommend it, if it suits the need you have. I hope this has helped -- thanks for reading!

This heater is great for a small to medium room. It heats up very fast and makes it really to get warm and cozy. The heat it generates is actually directional, meaning that you have to sit in front of it for the most warmth. I used it mostly as a "personal" space heater, because it's enough to bring up myself to comfortable levels on cold winter nights. Pros: -Super, super quiet. This heater is literally as quiet as those oil-filled radiators. There is no fan, period. -Very safe. There's no red-hot parts and the surface temperature doesn't get scorchingly hot. This means I can leave it on while leaving the room for a little while or overnight when I'm sleeping. -No visible light - which means it won't disturb sleep or be an eye-catcher to all that enters the room. -Wall mountable. I didn't mount it since I like moving around, but it surely can suffice like a makeshift "fireplace" for the small room. -Enough heat. With the temperature dial turned up on high heat, it can get you to feel like it's a 90-degree summer in just a little while, as long as you sit in front of it. However, the general room temperature is a different story. (see below.) -Very slim. The small footprint means it can be stowed away easily. With feet detached this thing is only 3" thick, small enough to slip under the bed or stowed behind the desk. Cons: -Directional heat... Which means you will have to stand in front of it to actually feel the heat. There's also a lot of heat escaping on top of it. The back panel, by design, is literally cool throughout use - absolutely no heat at all behind it. Since I use it on wheels, I can always pull it next to where I am and it's nice and warm. If it's wall mounted you'll probably just have to sit in front of it though. -Not "that much" heat. It's a great addition for just the additional comfort, but don't expect this to replace central heating to any degree. It's definitely not going to heat up the whole house, or even the whole room. In my ~180 sq.ft. bedroom, the air temperature in the room barely changes at all after even a whole night's use. It does get me warm when I'm right in front of it, though. -I guess it's just a tradeoff for being quiet, but having no fan also means the heat won't go that far. Even when it's facing me, I can feel the heat go away as I walk away from the heater. Again, this is no bummer, but I'd just hate going to the bathroom for a minute and have to walk through the cold half of the room. -No precise temperature control. There's only two heat settings, high and low, and a temperature control that's arbitrarily marked 1 through 6. It doesn't correspond to actual temperature. The only way to know for sure that the knob is set right is to turn it all the way up, then turn it down when I'm warm enough, just to the point that it stops heating more. It's a little delicate, and this means it takes a long time (with trial and error) to get the temperature to be set right. Once I found a sweet spot, though, I can leave it there forever. -Electricity Consumption. This is a big one. I used to pay minimum charge on all my electricity bills, despite everything else that I use a lot. After I got this, my usage nearly doubled during the winter months. (from ~300kWh per 2 months to 500+). This thing surprisingly uses more energy than my A/C in the summer. But I guess it's still because of the very rough temperature controls, and that it will keep working until not the temperature you want has reached, but until the unit decides it's given out enough heat. Bottom Line: Get it if you want to get cuddly and warm at night or during the day, when working at a desk or sleeping. It's not as efficient as many other options to heat up a whole room, so I'll only recommend it if you know for sure you're going to sit close to it.

Wish I'd known this beforehand, so I'm sharing it here and now. I've had many different heaters for different spaces for comparison. 1. It's not the best heater I've used for heating a large 400(sf) space. That would be the oil-filled radiator type of heater. It will heat a very large room on a cold, cold day and keep it toasty. Downside - it takes awhile to get hot. 2. If you're heating a room (or garage) with poor insulation, it needs to be at least 40 degrees outside before it feels like the heater is doing its job (on high). If it's less than 40 outside, there is no way this heater will keep you warm in that kind of space. At that point, it's like a fire; your front side will be warm while your back side freezes. You must be no more than a couple of feet from it to stay warm. Moved it to an inside room with good insulation on a 20 degree night and it warmed up the 350(sf) room in about an hour. 3. Dry eyes - Unlike the fan heaters, this one does not dry out my eyes and throat. If this is an issue for you, this heater may be a good choice for you. 4. Noise - It depends on your sensitivity level here. I listened around the room for something less quiet and couldn't find anything. Even the 'quiet' fan on my laptop was louder, as was the sound of a car driving down the street outside. It is very very quiet but there is a faint hum on high. On low, I can't hear anything. Other reviewers say there is no noise at all with theirs so I can't speak for them. 5. Smell - There is an odor when you turn it on for the first time. Put it outside on high for two hours and that should get rid of the smell for good. 6. Energy - It's a hog. I read enough reviews from other people about this sort of thing to realize its an energy hog. I'm expecting a large electric bill. Plus, if it's on high in the garage, you can't run power tools without blowing the breaker. In a living area, there shouldn't be a problem. 7. Thermostat - It works, though I don't make use of it much. I crank it up on high in the garage and it never shuts off. In a living area, it works fine. 8. Using a Fan - In other reviews people said both yes and no. I tried it in a small space and it just created a cool breeze that was colder than the still air in the room. I agree with others. If you want to blow the heat, get a fan heater. This is not what you want. 9. Portable - I love the portability of this heater. It very light, has a place to insert your fingers in the top back and pick it up, even when it's on high, and move it up/down stairs. On a flat surface, it rolls around easily. 10. Heat up and cool down - It goes from off to hot in about 5 minutes and cools down in about the same amount of time. Conclusion: When it was really cold 20-30, I almost exchanged it for the oil-radiator heater that I knew would heat the space but then it warmed up to >40 and it heats the space just fine now. Since this is Seattle and temps are usually mild all winter, I'm just going to hang on to it. I like that it's silent and doesn't blow dry air. And the puppies love lying in front of it.

Like that I can put it on the wall and or close to the wall on casters, I had a oil filled radiatior that was hot in all directions and that was not going to work for me in my motor home and in my bedroom back home. It looks safe to me to mount on the wall, This space heater comes with a 7 ft. cord. the cord and plug only feels slightly warmer than my hand when running on high heat for a couple of hours. If you are running this on high (. 1500 watts for an extended time, you want to make sure your outlets are in good shape and not loose when you plug them in. Some of the photos here on other reviews with burned up wall sockets are most likely due to poorly maintained outlets with poor connections or loose wires behind the plugin. If your running 1500 watts constanly with a bad connection the outlet could get hot. Air flows mostly as convection from the bottom through the top, It is hot near the top on the top and front and warm on the top on the back. Hot on the top near the top on the front, but not so hot that you would get burned by touching it. The back has a 1 inch spacer if you mount to the wall so your wall should stay fairly cool with convection. Just do not block the air flow of this or any other heater. I did do a watt check with my kilowatt meter. There are 2 settings Low, 750 watts setting which I recorded 683 watts at 116 Volts at 5.87 amps, and on high 1500 watt setting I recorded 1307 watts at 113.8 volts, 11.5 amps. I think if my voltage was near 120 volts I would have got close to 1400 watts out. So will say this is a 700 watt heater on low and a 1400 watt heater on high, about what I expected. The unit does make a slight buzzing sound and is a little louder at the high heat setting. If you have this unit across the room in your bedroom it would be hard to hear at night. Next to the side of your bed at night may be heard when all is quiet in the house. Otherwise your not going to hear it in your daily life in living areas. I plan on using 3 of these for off peak heat times. One in each of our 2 bedrooms on the low heat ( 700 watt setting) and one in the main living area, running on 700 watts and or 1400 watts when the cold weater in Minnestoa kicks in. Update, I have now bought 5 of these bad boys, They are all very consistent in quality, packaging, power output, etc! I use these for Time of Day heat, ( our elecrice rates are only $.05 from 9 pm to 9 am, plus we turn the main gas furnace down 5 degrees and use these heaters to warm the room extra in the room we are in, I have one in each of our 2 bedrooms, 2 in our open grear room / dining room, and one in our family room. These work great for me.

This is a fantastic heater for many reasons. It is very thin so it does not take up a lot of room. It emits heat quickly and efficiently. The heater is lightweight and easy to take room to room or up/down stairs. The best thing about it is that is is completely silent. It won't affect your sleep or interfere with hearing the TV. It heats up instantly with easy to use switches. Because it is a large panel surface the heat is coming from a larger surface area as opposed to small portable heaters which take a lot of time to heat a large room. I love the safety features, especially having an active dog running around. I would recommend this heater. It arrived very quickly, sooner than expected. I purchased this myself and was not influenced in any way to give a positive review.

Que excelente calentador, calienta muy muy bien, tiene varias formas de regular para que no se sobre caliente el cuarto. Lo que si, el primer uso creo que lo mejor es hacerlo en el patio o en el jardín para quitarle el olor, pero después de unos cuantos usos ya deja de oler. Su ergonomía es muy conveniente porque cabe casi en cualquier lugar y casi no pesa entonces lo puedes mover fácilmente de lugar. Lo recomiendo ampliamente.

Muy bun calentador DeLonghi, no hace ningun ruido. Llego prfectamente envalado en su caja. Para armalo no necesitas herramientas, solo tus manos para ponerle las ruedas de soprte. No pesa. Este me lo recomendo mi sobrino que vive en España y por lo del problema del gas que pasaron en Europa, compraron uno y me dijeron "que sea de Mica", me lo mostraron y efectivamente hoy lo confirmo. Lo tengo funcionando y no despide ningun lor como comentan en otras reseñas. Me toco bueno como es, de fabrica: MUY BUENO y lo recomiendo.

Silent, Efficient, and Portable this heating panel is very modern appearing and produces RADIANT heat much like the sun. There were no odd smells or off-gassing when I first fired up this heater. The thermostat has great control and accuracy where each number represents about a 2-degree C increment. The pilot light is on as long as the main switch is on either high-setting 1400W or low 700W. I am in mid winter here in Canada and I have not needed the Hi setting yet. I would recommend this heater for any space around 350 sq ft. like my one bedroom apartment. Thank you!

El equipo es de buena calidad, lo tengo conectado con un contacto inteligente (wi-fi) de la potencia necesaria, por lo que lo tengo programado con google home. Tiene dos niveles de potencia, en el primero consume 750 watts, el segundo los 1500 watts. Lo tengo en el nivel 1 (750 w) automatizado para calentar una habitación de 4x6 metros. Si produce algo de ruido, no es molesto pero si perceptible. Lo mejor es que se puede empotrar en una pared por lo que no roba espacio, y su diseño no afecta mucho a la vista. No calienta por la cara posterior por lo que no se calienta la pared, solo irradia calor hacia el frente.