Lasko 24" Ultra Ceramic Tower Space Heater with Remote and Timer, Black, CT24702, New

The heater function of this space heater does in fact work. However, I agree with the reviewer Pitt286 that it sounds as though it has loose parts almost like a loose fan connection. The sound is annoying enough that you can not ignore it.

I'm not sure exactly when I bought this, but if I had to guess, I would say a year and a half ago to two years ago. I only use this when it's cold out (for me, that's between November and March, roughly) and so it remains off and in storage for most of the year. When I do use it, it's for a couple of hours at a time throughout the day. The reason I decided to write this review today is because, despite working fine until now, it started making bizarre growling noises after turning it on. I did minimal research for this particular model, but was surprised to find this sound indicates the motor or the blades inside need replaced! After a few minutes of running, the growling noise went away so I suspect it could be either a) nothing or b) a sign it will fail eventually, if not soon. It is also worth mentioning that I am only able to use the 'low' heat setting because using 'high' after about 5 minutes or so will flip the breaker it is tied to, depending on where it's plugged in. Not sure if that is a product deficiency or mere pitfall of living in an apartment. My last, and least, concern is it takes a while for it to heat up a small room and I have to position it close to feel like I'm getting any benefit from it. At any rate, I wouldn't necessarily recommend to anyone for it's potential to fail, but I wouldn't not either because it still worked good for 1.5-2 years and that's about the time people replace these things anyway, right?