Lasko 751320 1500W Ceramic Tower Space Heater — Remote, Thermostat, Timer, Oscillation

Lasko 751320 Review — A Tower Heater That Gets the Boring Parts Right

Space heaters are a category where the marketing is loud and the engineering is nearly identical from one box to the next. Almost every one of them is a 1,500-watt element and a fan, because 1,500 watts is what a standard household circuit will give you. What separates them is the control system and the warranty, and that is where this Lasko is unusually good.

Forty thousand five hundred and seventy-nine ratings at 4.5 stars is the second-deepest evidence base in this round, and Lasko has been making heaters in essentially this form for years. We looked at what the controls actually do, what the coverage figure means in a real room, and where a 1,500-watt heater simply cannot help you.

Quick verdict: the Lasko ceramic tower heater scores 8.3/10 in this SoftPickr review. The controls and the three-year warranty are the reason to buy it, not the heat output.

Key Specifications

Every 1500-Watt Heater Makes the Same Heat

This is the thing to understand before comparing space heaters at all. A standard North American circuit will not safely deliver more than about 1,500 watts to a plug-in appliance, so essentially every portable electric heater on sale converts the same amount of electricity into the same amount of heat. Claims of superior heating power are almost always claims about airflow, not energy.

What that means practically is that the differences between a $27 heater and this $75.79 Lasko are entirely in how the heat is distributed and controlled. Judge these products on thermostat behaviour, oscillation, timer, noise and warranty, and ignore any language about one being warmer than another.

The Thermostat Is the Feature That Saves Money

Lasko gives this model an adjustable thermostat with a 60 to 85 degree Fahrenheit range, which means the heater cycles the element off once the room reaches your setting and back on when it drops. A heater without one runs at full draw continuously, and 1,500 watts left running for eight hours is a genuinely significant amount of electricity.

Paired with the auto-off timer, this is the difference between a heater you set and forget and one you have to remember. The timer is also the safer arrangement for a bedroom: setting it to run for a couple of hours while you fall asleep costs a fraction of leaving it on all night and removes the question of whether you turned it off.

Oscillation and the Tower Shape

The tower form factor exists for two reasons. It occupies a small floor footprint, which matters in a bedroom or a home office where a squat heater would be in the way, and it puts the outlet high enough that warm air is thrown into the room rather than at a skirting board. Combined with oscillation, that covers a room far more evenly than a fixed desk heater.

Oscillation is genuinely useful rather than a gimmick here, because forced-air heating works by moving warm air around rather than by radiating it. A fixed heater creates a hot corridor and a cold room. A sweeping one raises the whole room a few degrees, which is what most people actually want from supplemental heat.

A Three-Year Warranty Is a Statement

Lasko backs this heater for three years, which is the same term DEWALT puts on a power tool and considerably longer than the twelve months that is standard across this category. Warranty length is one of the few honest signals a manufacturer sends about expected failure rates, because it costs them real money to be wrong.

That confidence is consistent with the ratings pattern. Across 40,579 ratings the recurring complaints are noise on the high setting and a remote that is easy to misplace, rather than units failing. For a product class where premature failure is the usual grievance, that is a meaningful difference.

Limitations and Compromises

The stated coverage is 150 square feet, and that number is doing a lot of work. It assumes a reasonably insulated room with the door shut and existing heating that is merely inadequate rather than absent. In a draughty room, a garage or a space with a high ceiling, this heater will make a small area near it pleasant and will not raise the room temperature meaningfully.

It is a fan heater and it sounds like one. On the high setting the airflow noise is constant and clearly audible, which is fine in a living room and can be intrusive in a bedroom for light sleepers. There is no silent radiant mode, because forced air is how the design works. If silence matters, an oil-filled radiator is the different product you want.

At 12.5 amps this heater will occupy most of a 15-amp circuit on its own. Running it on the same circuit as a kettle, a microwave or another heater will trip the breaker, and it should never be used with an extension lead or a multi-way adaptor. The listing also does not enumerate tip-over or overheat protection, so confirm those on the current listing if they matter to you.

Cleaning and Safe Operation

Vacuum the intake grille at the back with a brush attachment at the start of every heating season and again halfway through. Dust drawn onto a ceramic element is what produces the burning smell people report on first use each winter, and a clogged intake makes the unit run hotter and cycle more often than it should.

Give it a clear metre in front and keep it off rugs with deep pile, which block the base and can tip it. Wipe the housing with a dry cloth only, never a damp one, and unplug it before cleaning rather than relying on the remote. Store it upright in its box over summer so the intake does not fill with dust.

Who Should Buy It?

• You want to warm one room a few degrees rather than heat a whole house.
• You value a real thermostat and an auto-off timer over raw output claims.
• You have limited floor space and need a small footprint.
• You want a three-year warranty rather than the usual twelve months.
• You have a dedicated socket on a circuit that is not already loaded.

Look elsewhere if you need to heat a garage, a workshop or any large or poorly insulated space, because 1,500 watts is a hard ceiling and no plug-in heater will do it. Look elsewhere too if noise is the deciding factor: an oil-filled radiator is silent, slower and better suited to a bedroom, and a heated blanket costs a fraction as much and heats the person rather than the room.

SoftPickr Verdict

The Lasko ceramic tower heater earns 8.3/10. The controls are the product here. An adjustable thermostat, an auto-off timer, oscillation and a remote, in a tower that takes up almost no floor, backed by a three-year warranty and 40,579 ratings at 4.5 stars. That is a well-judged package at $75.79.

The one compromise is that it is a fan heater and it sounds like a fan heater, with no quiet mode and no radiant option, and the 150 square foot coverage figure assumes conditions that many rooms will not meet. Those are properties of the category rather than faults in this unit, but they are enough to keep it short of a badge.

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Lasko ceramic tower heater — Frequently Asked Questions

How big a room will the Lasko ceramic tower heater actually heat?

Lasko states 150 square feet, and that assumes a reasonably insulated room with the door closed. In practice it works well as supplemental heat in a bedroom or home office of that size. In a draughty room, a garage or anywhere with a high ceiling it will warm the area near it without meaningfully raising the room temperature.

Does the thermostat actually save electricity?

Yes, and it is the main reason to choose a heater with one. The thermostat cycles the 1,500-watt element off once the room reaches your set temperature and back on when it falls, so the heater draws full power only part of the time. A heater without a thermostat runs continuously at 1,500 watts for as long as it is on.

Can I run it on an extension lead?

No. At 12.5 amps this heater draws close to the full capacity of a standard circuit, and extension leads and multi-way adaptors are a recognised fire risk with any 1,500-watt appliance. Plug it directly into a wall socket, and avoid sharing that circuit with a kettle, microwave or a second heater.

Is it quiet enough for a bedroom?

On the low setting most people find it acceptable; on high the airflow is clearly audible and light sleepers will notice it. There is no silent mode because forced air is how the heater works. If silence is the priority, an oil-filled radiator heats more slowly and makes no noise at all.

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