I recently purchased a Comfort Zone ceramic heater for some, what I would call warehouse space. This is a very old warehouse type space, which gets quite cold during all hours of the day. I was perusing a local Family Dollar store, and thought I would look for a space heater.
I found a Comfort Zone brand ceramic heater for twenty five $25 dollars. This Comfort Zone ceramic heater is quite lightweight. Also, it is made mostly of plastic.
The box claims that this Comfort Zone ceramic heater has 750 to 1500 watts power output. This Comfort Zone ceramic heater does not have a liquid crystal display. The highest setting will use 1500 watts of power.
I only tested the highest setting once. Also, I made sure that this Comfort Zone ceramic heater was on a separate circuit. Basically, I only had this Comfort Zone ceramic heater on that circuit.
This Comfort Zone ceramic heater does not have that many features. It has two older school type dial knobs that you can turn for adjusting the speed and temperature. The speed has three heat settings plus a fan.
I tested all four settings and they all seemed to function correctly. This Comfort Zone ceramic heater also has an adjustable thermostat. Although the thermostat does not have temperature indicators, just minimum and maximum markings on the knob.
I tested the thermostat and I do not believe it worked correctly all the time. It seemed intermittent to the point that I had to leave the thermostat usually somewhere near maximum. If I set the thermostat too low, this Comfort Zone ceramic heater would very rarely turn on.
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I ended up usually turning it to maximum whenever I was in this warehouse like space. Whenever I was not around, I would turn the Comfort Zone ceramic heater off. I do not think this Comfort Zone ceramic heater turned on correctly with the thermostat supplied.
This Comfort Zone ceramic heater also had a small red light to indicate it was running. One interesting feature was the oscillator. I think the box stipulated it would turn up to seventy 70 degrees.
This feature actually worked quite well, as it never was jammed and just kept turning back and forth like promised. The Comfort Zone ceramic heater had a nice safety device. If you placed this heater crooked or not perfectly flat, it would automatically turn off.
It has a small release arm on the bottom that is a mechanical detection, in case this Comfort Zone ceramic heater tips over. This ceramic heater overall produces heat as promised. My first month utility bill reflected high watt usage, as I left it on quite often everyday.
Basically, I left it on all day at the 750 watt setting. It kept the surrounding area quite warm. I think the box stipulated you could use this in a small office, hotel room, etcetera sized space.
Although you are warned not to use this on carpet. However, I would say this would keep an area 200 square feet to maybe 500 square feet quite warm. The exact model number Comfort Zone ceramic heater I purchased was CZ449FDS.
When performing an Internet search for this exact model number, CZ449FDS, I found nothing. However, I did find some similar model numbers scattered throughout some basic Internet searches. Perhaps this Comfort Zone ceramic heater was discontinued.
Who knows, I do not know. I found this advertisement for a Comfort Zone ceramic heater, model CZ449 from Lowe's. This looks exactly like the one I purchased at family dollar for only $25.
The only option on this ceramic heater that really did not work that well was the thermostat. I learned to live with leaving it on a certain level. Also, it did still work in 750 watts mode instead of only 1500 watts.