One of the many heaters I tried was this Dimplex free standing/wall mounted convection heater with Fan Boost. I decided to try this after a returning my 4th failed Bionaire BCV3100 heater.
The wall mounting arrangement was very affective in securely locking the heater to the wall using 3 simple hooks. The unit is very light weight. There are 2 switches on the side. A power On/Off switch and below that a Hi/Low switch. Below the switches there is a mechanical thermostat to further regulate the heater. On the front of the heater integrated into the turbo fan grill there is a switch to turn the turbo fan on or off. A nice feature is on a hot day you can run the turbo fan without any heat, this provides a cool draft from the heater although it is not as affective as a desktop fan though. The turbo fan can be switched off only if used on the low per setting. If the heater is on the high power setting the fan works regardless of the turbo fan switch. The turbo fan and the heating elements are controlled by the thermostat.
Assembly free standing just needs a crossed-head screwdriver. You will need to identify which screws to remove before clipping the feet on and screwing the screw back into the heater therefore securing the feet.
Also on the underside of the heater you will find the wall mounting brackets attached with a screw. if wall mounting the heater you must use these brackets and caution must be taken when removing these brackets as there is potential for them to fall into the heater. Refer to the instruction manual as to positioning the heater so it is not too close to objects and cause a fire risk. Wall mounting the heater is pretty easy, the manual shows you distances for the brackets and the method on how to hang the heater.
Performance is quite impressive. There is a noticeable warm draft coming from the turbo fan. As the thermostat is mechanical it does switch the heater on and off while it is heating the room. The instruction manual advises putting the thermostat on full until the room is at the required temperature and then turn down the thermostat until the clicks off.
It is a very simple and affective design but the regular clicking on and off of the thermostat may cause disturbance especially if using the turbo fan while trying to watch TV. The noise level of the turbo fan is similar to a microwave oven.
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