MVH (2025) Space Heater, 3 Heat Settings, Adjustable Thermostat, Tip-Over Protection, Auto Safety Shut-Off System, Indoor Use, Whole Room Heating, Black

Warning, long review. And probably TMI. TLDR: Absolutely awesome heater once you figure out the best placing and setting. And it DOES work well even in an RV in below freezing temps. Pro tip: Plug into an outlet, not an extension chord, unless it's a heavy duty outdoor yellow one. Don't plug in other things on the same plug/breaker. This heater is nothing short of amazing. I wasn't impressed with the fans put out by this company, because while they move air you can't really feel it unless you're right in front of it, but this heater is just unbelievable in how well it heats a room. Regular space heaters are dangerous at the Hi temp, do Ok at the Low temp, and only truly can be safely run when you're at home. They also, for all the intense heat they can put out, don't really heat a room that well. I live in an RV and usually ended up using 1 heater in 60 to 70 degree weather, 2 space heaters in 50 to 60 degree weather, 3 in 40 to 50, and 4 in below 40. To be safe, I would buy new ones every year or two and run the 4th one to an outside plug. My electric bill would be as high as my AC bill in the summer. The Vornado heats the ENTIRE room as long as you have it set in the optimum spot and leave it on to regulate temperature. You wouldn't think it could. The first time I tried the 1st one I bought last year, I thought it was broken or defective because it put out very little heat, or so it seemed. But I gave it time to heat the room and when I came back in an hour later, it was almost uncomfortably warm. *TIP: It needs to be set up to where it can blow across a room unobstructed and have air flow to the backside.* I use this in my bigger area (living room and kitchen), which is 20Lx10Wx9H, and keep my ceiling fan on the reverse flow. What I found: The HI (3) setting I reserve for when it's under 50 outside. This is the setting that will allow you to feel some heat if you personally need warming up. The medium (2) setting is great for 45 degrees and up. The low (1) for 55 and up. But that's for me in my RV's main area. It may be different for a better insulated room with lower ceilings. I do have to run a second heater, a space heater, to add some extra heat in the room when it gets below 35, but that's because of my poor insulation, not because the Vornado is in any way a bad heater. It's also so quiet you wouldn't know it's running until you get close to it. Vornado sticks by their warranty and responds fairly promptly. The ONLY con about this heater is finding the optimum setting as it changes depending on room temperature, and if there's a cold wind blowing outside. I tend to run it between 3 and 6 depending on outside temps and what setting I have it on. Other people may find they need to set it differently. I like my RV between 70 and 75 in the colder months for my elderly cat. As of now 10/12/19, we dropped to 48 degrees from 80 in the space of an hour yesterday morning. I left a space heater running in both rooms (at the marked spots I had figured out equalled 70-75), because I couldn't get to my Vornado quickly, and because it had originally said we would get up to 70 degrees. It only got up to 55 outside and I came home to inside being 65, with the heaters likely having run the whole time (On Low). I found my Vornado and set it up on HI, left the space heater on at 70, just in case, and waited. Within an hour, my RV was at 76. I adjusted it to 5 at medium and it dropped to 70 inside in an hour. I left it at 5 but turned on HI and went to sleep, with the space heater still on for support just in case. Woke up to 75 degrees inside, 55 outside. So, I think I've figured out the settings: At HI 4 is 70, 5 is 75, 6 is 80, 7 is 85, when you leave it on constantly to regulate the temperature. Approximately. I'm sure the heat setting makes that vary some, but maybe not. I don't think my space heater has come on since the Vornado got going. This is by far the best investment you could make on a heater for a room. Edit 11/11/19 I left this morning with it being warm at 70. It was predicted to drop to the 40s by 8 pm. No problem, I thought. I left the Vornado on at #2 heat #5 on the dial. I also had a digital space heater set at 72 on Low just in case I got home late. Well, it dropped 4 hours early and I raced home at 6 because I was sure my poor elderly cold sensitive cat would be freezing. I've never had less than 4 heaters going in 40 or under weather. It's a nice 70 degrees inside while it's 35 outside. See pictures. I'm going to try only running the Vornado tonight on #3 heat #5 on the dial and see what happens. It's supposed to get down to 28 tonight. Edit 9/15/20 I dusted off my Vornado and used it last week when we had a cold front blow through. We went from 75 lows to 50s low and a high the next day of 75. It was the only heater on during this 24 hour period of time and with my elderly cat having passed away, heating the place above 70 isn't necessary anymore. The heater worked great. I set it on the #2 setting and put the dial between 3 and 4. With cold wind blowing outside and temps in the 50s the heater managed to heat my RV up to 75. I adjusted the dial a smidge and my place stayed between 70 and 72 all night. I will never buy any other brand of heater ever again as my main heat source. Edit 11/11/22 Still LOVE this brand of heater. Best in it's class plus some! My ONLY complaint is and has been the internal thermostat. We had a drop from 70s to 40s yesterday. I have since purchased a thermostat plug specifically for heaters and ACs, still on the dedicated plug, that more accurately reads temps in the room, particularly in the area I want a certain temperature. Paired together, it's a "set it and forget it" situation. I never again have to worry that as long as the power is on, my RV has reliable heat in cold temps, and that it won't go into roast mode, or shut off too soon. AND my electric bill dove down to below $50. Win win win! I have not received anything at a discount for my review or had any offer of such.

Great little heater, with adjustable settings. Puts out a surprising amount of heat for such a small unit. Cord does not get hot or warm, even on the highest setting.

UPDATED REVIEW: I took another shot at cleaning my heater at the beginning of this cold season because I ended up forgetting about the heater once it got warmer out. So, I kept it stored in it's box until taking it out and cleaning it thoroughly, trying to look in to be sure it was free from debris. I plugged it in and continued watching and smelling for any burning type of smell. Success! I had my heater back and used it, taking good care of it. I used it from October until the end of January when it completely stopped working. The light came on, but the fan did not and it was not giving any heat. When turning the dial, it did sound as if the thermostat was kicking on, but still no heat. This sounds like a fairly common issue per other reviews. I checked everything that I could think of. I emailed Vornado on January 24, 2020 with the issue, model and serial number. I received a response on January 31, 2020 with a request to cut the cord 1-2" from the unit and picture of it showing the serial and model numbers. I replied on February 4, 2020 with picture and quickly received a reply that a new unit will be shipped out to me, which I received today, February 7, 2020. So, I received a brand new unit within 2 weeks, which surely would have been even sooner if I had replied sooner. I am SOOOO pleased with the customer service and that they gave me no turn-around or hassle with my complaint and didn't require me to ship the old one back or wait for repairs. I bumped up the stars to 4 for the awesome customer service and performance of the heater when it did work. The seemingly faulty design causing it to suddenly die, how difficult it is to clean out or even see inside of the unit, as well as the large size of the gaps between the slats allowing in extra debris kept me from giving 5 stars. However, with that said, I would definitely purchase another Vornado unit, should the kinks be worked out and updated. The great customer service from Susan made all the difference! One last note- I could have sworn that I registered my old unit, but I have not come across anything in the info with the new unit stating to do so, but I'll check online to be sure. If so, don't forget to send in the warranty card if you receive one or register it online if it is an option. May save you a headache should your unit be faulty. ORIGINAL REVIEW: I purchased this heater 7 months ago and have been using it fairly often since. I bought it mainly to use in my frigid office at work given reviews that it is really quiet and had positive safety reviews. It IS very quiet- a bit of white noise, but nobody would ever know that a space heater was running underneath your desk. The heat that it gives off is incredible. It quickly warmed up my mid-size living room to a really cozy tempetature when we had frigid temperatures and allowed me to keep the furnace set low because we were burning through heating oil so quickly. The unit does NOT get hot at all and the tipping safety shut off worked great. I LOVED this heater.... I actually took it back and forth from home to work and back home every single day. I cleaned per the directions in the guide often. Yesterday, I flicked it on and started to do some reading, but a really strong burning smell caught my attention and the heater was smoking. I turned off, unplugged. A bit later I went to take a look at it, but it is really hard to see inside of it the way that the vent slats are tilted. The only way to open it up I think, is by the 2 screws by the handle. I couldn't get them to budge and stopped before I stripped the screws. Looked at the cleaning instructions just in case I had missed something. It states to use a vacuum attachment to clean it from the outside and clean the vent slats. I found an angle which to hold the heater to be able to see some of the inside- not a one person job because of the awkward shape of it. Using the long skinny wooden end of a incense stick, I inserted it inside and felt around hoping to fish out whatever was in there. Dog hair and more dog hair. Burnt. This would have caught fire if I left it running. I worked at it for a long time then used the hairdryer on the high cold setting to blow anything left and loosened out... not much flew out. Plugged it in thinking that I got it all... started smoking. I'm done with it. I did send my warranty card in, so I'll return it, but the gaps between the vent slats are pretty big and apparently suck a lot in... there is no screen like a hairdryer has to filter and keep dust and hair out. The cleaning instructions don't do the job and it is not easy to open... if you even SHOULD open it at all. If you have a dog that sheds and even if you keep it cleaned up, I would absolutely NOT purchase this. Other things can fit through well also. The replacement will be staying at the office I guess!

This heater is the best one I've found, and I've tried *many* types of heaters. It puts out a warm to hot stream of soft air that works great for heating a room. It has a power switch, wattage switch for different output levels, and a thermostat to set the point at which it turns on and off. It also has a safety tip-over switch as heaters are required to have nowadays. The heater works very well, and is the quietest forced-air heater I've come across. Even the thermostat is quiet as it clicks on and off, can barely hear it as opposed to the loud click of most heaters. For forced air heaters you generally have two types, wire element and ceramic element (There is also infrared with fan but I'm not considering that here). They are both electric, but have different element watt-area densities. You can concentrate 1500w in a very small space with a small element producing a hot puff of air, or you can spread the 1500w over a larger surface and get more voluminous comfortable air. A ceramic element is small, concentrating 1500w in a very small area, producing a small poof of extremely hot air, which I don't like because the air doesn't get far. In contrast this is the wire-element style which heats a larger volume of air not as hot, but still plenty hot. I prefer the wire-element kind as this one is, because you can warm yourself up in front of it. It also heats a room more evenly as air is more distributed. Some things you should be aware of. Firstly when you turn on the heater for the first time there will be some motor bearing noise as the bearings are worked in for the first time. I've used 3 of these and it will go away in a few minutes during the first run and doesn't come back. Second my unit has some thermostat bounce, in that it clicks on and then off, then a few seconds later clicks on until the set point is reached. Many heaters I've used do this, which is a property of the bimetallic strip thermostats manufacturers use. This could be alleviated with a different model thermostat, but the ones that don't bounce have loud clicks. Have an electrician make sure your electrical situation is safe. They can make sure outlets and wire connections to them are in good shape, as a bad outlet and/or connection to it can create a hazardous situation. In many cases this is not noticed until a high amp draw appliance like a heater is plugged in and used, which stresses weak electrical connections. Should you feel your outlet, plug, or cover plate getting hot call an electrician and have them take a look at the outlet, and the other ones in the circuit. Since outlets are daisy-chained, a bad connection could exist in an outlet upstream as well. I caught several of these in my house, where the neutral line had gotten so hot it blackened, due to a "backstab" connection to the outlet. "Backstab" and "Backwire" connections are different and your electrician will know the difference.

Pretty expensive for a 1500W max heat setting. It warms a small space, but is not - as quoted in the description - “Perfect ... for bedroom, living room, office, or any indoor space that needs consistent comfort,” Other 1500W room heaters cost half the price. What changes with the Hi-Med-Lo heat settings is the wattage to the coil, while the fan stays at the same speed. Thus, it does not push warm air farther or stronger by changing from low to med to hi, but gives off more intense heat at the same flow rate. That's the theory of Vornado's proprietary vortex heat. False advertising and stretching the truth to boost sales is one of my pet peeves. And although this kept a single bedroom warm during SW Florida’s 2 week cold snap, I’m giving it ONE star, and will be sending it back within the return window, despite that it worked well for that small room, the "turn-off-when-tilted" feature is good, and my dogs liked laying in front of it. Google results for "Is Vornado made in *****?" all say it is an American company. This one was made in Vietnam. Other models of theirs are made in China. (Yes, I verified that.) I've used all sorts of Vornado fans for years with no problems. But I expect the company to be more forthright (ie less concealing) about its manufacturing and quality control. Why do you think there are so many reviews citing fast coil burnout and limited use time?

We use this daily. We usually use setting 2 and it’s in our living room, it does not heat up the whole living room we use for extra when it’s cold. It works great for us, looks like new even though we have had it for a while. We use to have a sphynx cat and he would sit in front of it, he loved it.

We absolutely love this thing! We were originally using Delonghi space heaters (complete and over-priced junk) to heat our RV during this frigid winter. Two of those pieces of garbage could hardly hold the temps in our RV in the low to mid sixties, and really only about 3 or 4 feet directly in front. And they consumed about 1500 watts, each, to do so. After one of them prematurely died, I wanted to replace them with something less junky. These were a bit higher priced, but the Delonghis weren't exactly cheap, so price wasn't the only factor I wanted to consider. I was originally skeptical about all the "hype" of rotating the air being all that important, or just how effective this is at doing so; thinking "just how much of a difference is that really going to make? The other pieces of garbage had a fan on them too". After using this for a few months, I completely believe it. It does exactly as it's advertised to do (quite rare these days) and an excellent job maintaining a consistent temperature throughout the entire space. So instead of being blasted with 200 degree air, 3 feet directly in front, and basically no heat elsewhere; this keeps the entire space a consistent temp; and do so usually at the medium 1200w settings (vs 1500x2). We are now able to easily hold temps in the low seventies, all across the RV, with equivalently comparative outside temps. We're only using this one Vornado and have essentially retired the one remaining Delonghi piece of garbage to "just in case" use. The thermometer on it is basic, no frills, but works reliably. The delonghi had one of those "digital" units. All that translated to was unnecessary complexity, inconvenience, and noise. It beeped annoyingly and incessantly any time you made ANY change, it did NOT hold any previous temps or settings if turned off (whether or not it's unplugged), required no less than 7 steps (with corresponding BEEP every time) just to turn it on, put it into auto mode, and set a temp (let alone a BEEP for every single degree), and the thermometer didn't work for jack (which presented an additional fire-safety hazard, as that is the ONLY safety shut-off on it). This unit simply uses a knob to control temp, and push buttons to set the power (3 modes, low 750w, med 1200w, high 1500w), and an on/off switch. It can easily be unplugged and moved around without requiring a complete "reprogramming". It's also very light (appropriately so) and is easy to move around, yet stays solidly put in place. It also has both a tip-over and over-temp sensor. The tip-over sensor is very effective, yet not annoyingly unusable. When it's placed on a flat surface, it works, otherwise it stops. The thermometer is effective and sensitive, keeping the set temp and cycling on/off accordingly. I've noticed that it can be a bit finicky when in the middle; often "short cycling" unnecessarily. I'm going to watch it to make sure it's not indicative of a problem, but it's easily solved by moving the knob slightly colder or warmer to keep it consistently on or off. I really like the 5 year warranty and the company does seem to stand behind its product (unlike delonghi did when I informed them of their failure). I have not used their support yet personally (have not needed to), but have talked with people who have and were they quite impressed with Vornado's response. So far we're quite impressed with this heater and it is quite effective at keeping our RV toasty warm.

I had almost the exact same model as this one, except the front grill was black and it was absolutely whisper quiet. You couldn't even tell it was on. Just silent warmth. The power button stopped working after a couple of years, so I figured I'd just buy a new one, but it's out of stock/they stopped making it. I figured this one was pretty much the exact same unit, with a slight difference in the color of the grill. I saw other Vornado models, but reading the reviews, saw that they were a bit noisier. So I opted for this model, only to discover it's somewhat noisy with the audible whirling of the fan blades my previous unit didn't have. Not sure if this is normal or if I have a defective unit, but I'll read the reviews and see if others are having the same noise issue. It's not terrible or anything. It won't keep you up at night. I'm just spoiled by how quiet the previous model was. Update: I bought my first Vornado fan heater 25 years ago at a going closing location sale of a department store. Got a supposed good deal on it, so I was looking forward to using it. I got home and plugged it in and it warmed the bedroom up in just a few minutes. I drifted off to sleep only to awaken 5 minutes later by the smell of smoke and seeing the unit catch fire. Since it was an "all sales are final" sale, I couldn't get a refund, so I figured I must have gotten a lemon someone had returned and they ripped me off. Fast forward to about 5 years ago. I saw this model or one just like at Home Depot and decided to give Vornado another chance picked it up. It stopped working after less than 2 years. So I bought another one from Home Depot, figuring I just had bad luck and got a lemon. But that replacement died after 8 months. I figured I'd try again and ordered one from Amazon. I got it 2/26/2022, plugged it in and it died after 2 days. Amazon replaced it with a new one on 3/3/2022 and I've been using it for the last year. Yesterday was 3/6/2023 and my Vornado heater shorted out, caught fire. I got a whole year and 4 days use out of it. Every single Vornado heater I've ever bought has died on me due to electrical issues. This company has the shoddiest products ever. But when they work, there's nothing like them, so I keep throwing my money away, hoping to get a good unit. Sigh..