Sales Rank: 11561


Features:

Solid casing

Dual Air Inlets Takes in Volumes of Air for Maximum Performance

Durable motor - rugged design for long life

Unique propeller- deep pitched to scoop air-whisper quietly

AirTensity grill focuses air into a tight beam for whole room circulation

Average Rating:
Rating: - 5 for heating, 1 for reliability
I have bipolar feelings about this heater. On the one hand, it is a fantastic heater that effectively warms a room, and has an automatic thermostat that really works. In terms of heating, it's great.

On the other hand the design is almost ridiculously flimsy. The first one we had broke entirely within a week of use (thank goodness for Amazon.com's easy return policy). The second one has given us a lot of good heat, but the on-off switch broke after about six weeks. I can make it work through this strange gerrymandered solution, but now it sparks, in a frightening way.

If it weren't so scary, it would be a joke. Like the type of heater you'd use to warm a haunted house.

In all I can not recommend this product. Its a great heater, but its unreliable, and well, actually sort of terrifying.

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Rating: - It Works, But Be Patient
It's very important not to get confused (as I suspect some reviewers have been) between two very similar Vortex models, the VH2 and the DVH. The DVH does indeed break almost instantly and should be avoided. This model, the VH2, on the other hand, is perfectly adequate for the price. No small electric heater in this price range is going to do a great job of quickly heating a large drafty room on an extremely cold day, but the VH2 does a find job. You will have to be patient however: it will take several hours to notice much of an effect in large dining room or kitchen. But if you wait, you will find that the VH2 gets the job done (and is quiet as well).

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Rating: - Danger!? Read all the reviews!
I wish I'd read the reviews! I just got two of these. The vortex thing is very real. I don't know all this fluidics stuff, but even with the almost-inaudible fan (must not be broken yet), they project a beam of air many feet. Stirs up the room nicely, and makes sure 90% of your electric bill isn't being spent on keeping the mounted moose head over the mantlepiece toasty warm while you freeze.

{Later} Hmm! Just read Levien's review. I wonder if that explains the earlier reports of breakage. Anyway, I'm using two of these things as of a few days ago, and I love them to pieces (until they go defective, if they do). I'm going to treat them as extremely fragile and avoid any intentional jarring. I looked in through the cracks after reading the bad reviews, and I don't care for the construction.