Why you'll love it: The Trustech Ceramic Space Heater puts out warm air within three seconds of being switched on and can be programmed to run from one to 12 hours.
If you've got a cold office, bedroom, or nursery on your hands, when do you want your space heater to get to work warming it up, in a few minutes, or right this very second? While the Trustech Ceramic Space Heater might not be able to help warm things up in one second, give this plucky little unit three seconds, and you'll begin to feel warm air.
Its ceramic heating elements warm up quickly and its built-in fan starts blowing out heated air that can rapidly raise the ambient temperature in a midsized room.
The Trustech space heater can produce air cooled down to 59º Fahrenheit (ambient temperature permitting) or as warm as 85º Fahrenheit, and it can be programmed to run for anywhere between one and 12 hours, or simply left switched on.
Don't worry about it overheating, either, as it has an automatic shutoff feature that kicks in if it reaches too high a temperature. It will also shut down if tipped over. While running, the heater can be focused in one direction or set to oscillate, evenly heating a larger space.
And what's that you say? Your Trustech Ceramic Space Heater must be broken because it keeps on blowing air for 30 seconds after you switched it off? Nope, that's just another safety feature. It blows cool air across its heating element for a half a minute after switched off to ensure minimal risk of injury or fire.
With more than 500 reviews posted on Amazon, the Trustech heater has a solid 4.2-star overall rating. A reviewer named Pratima praised it as being "way more than you pay for," calling the heater "very powerful" and "very safe." An owner named Nancy said "at first [she] was disappointed to see how small this heater was," thinking it was too compact to be effective, but soon finding it far more effective than "any space heater [she had] ever used."
Just note that a few reviewers did complain about its noisy fan and the less than intuitive temperature control button, which requires cycling all the way up to the top temperature to reach lower temps. — Steven John
Pros: Heats up rapidly, oscillation option, multiple safety features
Cons: Noisy fan, clunky temp control button
Buy the Trustech Model PTC-1603R Ceramic Space Heater on Amazon for $36.99