Wanting to save on heating oil this year, I decided to convert to electric using space heaters in the 4 rooms I mainly use in my 9 room house. Little did I know it was going to turn into the adventure it did, or that there was so much misinformation about heaters being spread around out there by so many individuals presenting themselves as experts, when they're actually misinformed fools. The 4 rooms I've been working with are 10' x12', 12' x 12', 12' x 18', and 12' x 45'. As you can imagine, the two larger rooms have been the most difficult to find a solution for... but some of the heaters even had trouble warming up the two smaller (though still medium/large) rooms. I've bought and tried - forced-air utility heaters; oil-filled radiator heaters; ceramic heaters; 4' long portable baseboard heaters, and... 6-element infrared heaters ... and no, contrary to what some misguided "experts" are posting, not all 1500w heaters put out the same amount of heat. They would know this if they actually went out and bought a number of different heaters and actually tried them and compared them, as I have. All "1500w" means is that's how much current they will draw from the outlet (12.5A)... it is NOT an indication of how much heat they put out. Even the mathematical calculation for BTU's doesn't tell you - how good a fan a heater has; how wide an area it can heat; how far the heat is projected; whether the heat travels straight up in a column and mixes with the cool air at the top of the room before it can provide any heat to the area below, etc. etc. So, no *** not all heaters have the same ability to heat a room *** ...and anyone who's bought a few heaters in their life knows this from experience. In my case, I've bought and tried 8 different heaters in the course of my adventure this year (all 1500w BTW). I returned 4 of them the very next day because of their inability to heat either of the two "smaller" rooms, and I still wasn't satisfied with the ones that did the best in the two larger rooms as, one ran continuously, barely able to do the job (but at least it was doing the job, and keeping my little cockatiel comfortable); and the one in the other room takes about an hour to raise the temperature 4 degrees (from 62F) on "Hi", and then another 4 hours or so to raise it another 2 degrees after I switch it to "Lo" so I can turn the TV on without it tripping a breaker... and these are the best that I had been able to find, up to that point of the 8 I'd bought and tried on others recommendations after reading hundreds of reviews to use in these rooms, and the search continues. The most expensive of the 8 heaters I had purchased up to that point was $70 after shopping around for the best sale price, and at steep discounts. After all, I'm trying to save money here, and with 4 rooms to try to heat, well... it certainly adds up. But no matter what, a heater's gotta be able to do it's job and give off heat enough to warm the room... ultimately, if one has to spend a little more to find a heater that actually provides the amount of heat that's required, that's just what one ends up having to do if you actually want some warmth. So, I absolutely did not want to spend $100+ on a heater. I'll tell you that right up front. I had also read people in their reviews, or answering questions who said the DR-968 only has one heating element (which ended up being not true). Being aware that most infrared heaters have 6 quartz elements (some have 4, and the real expensive ones have 8). Naturally, I thought how can an infrared heater with only 1 heating element provide more heat than one that has 6 or 8 elements...? I mean, c'mon... that should be "common sense", right...? I also read people complaining about how it wouldn't shut off fully without using the remote control; that the remote control couldn't be used for some things it should be able to, and that you had to use the control panel anyway, which made the remote control totally useless (again, totally wrong)... and that didn't sound good... Others had said DR-968 was "dangerous" and screaming (writing in all CAPS), telling others "Do Not Buy !!!" and all the other Bull Cr*p that is now considered "normal" by the outrage mob and the kids these days... Fortunately, I also read how great a heater it is; how quickly it was able to heat large uninsulated areas, and areas that are notoriously difficult to heat like garages with concrete floors, and so on; a handful of reviews that said it was the hands-down **Best** heater they ever bought; others had reported that after they bought one and tried it out, they went out and immediately bought 2 more... someone else said one of these kept their **entire** apartment warm and cozy all by itself; and another said two of them kept their entire family warm for a few days in a cold spell during an emergency when their oil burner died on them, and so on. So, my curiosity was piqued. and as I made my way through heater after heater, and heater type after heater type, and discovering that in reality there is no way to really know how much heat a heater puts out or how large a room it can actually heat by it's stated specifications, and learning that the ONLY way to really know is to actually try it and experience it yourself, I ordered one up. Well, it arrived earlier today, and as soon as I got it in the house, I unboxed it right in the kitchen, took a few minutes to read through the few pages in the manual, and then brought it into the living room (12' x 18'), plugged it in, pressed the power button, and then stood back about *6 feet or so* to observe, and wait for the results, and to see how long it would take to heat up... Holy Cow...!!! were the exact words that came to mind... Unlike the "6-element infrared heater' running downstairs who's air was barely "lukewarm" against the palm of my hand from 3' away, the air coming at me from this little baby felt VERY WARM from the spot right where I was standing...! Air that would have felt cool from the far more element blessed heater downstairs at that distance. Curious, I kept my palm in front of me, feeling for the flow of the warm air current, and slowly moved backwards to see how far it would project the heat... it wasn't until I was about 10' away that the air began to feel "lukewarm", and even then there was still airflow, meaning it was circulating the air in a much greater volume than any other heater I had yet tried. It wasn't a "strong" airflow, one that would blow things out of the way or anything, but just a good volume of air that was being moved, beyond what any other heater I had tried was able to move, and I felt a very satisfying sense of optimism and satisfaction start to rise within me in response. It only ran for 3 or 4 minutes, then cycled off, which didn't seem like enough time to do very much, judging by the rather sizable assortment of heaters I'd already evaluated and judged to be incapable of doing the job. To my surprise, when I looked at the thermostat I had sitting on the end table a few feet away, it had actually raised the temperature of the room by about 2 degrees...! Yeah... THAT was impressive. I thought "now I know why those reviewers went and bought another one (or two) immediately after they got their first one", as I found my mind all on it's own started considering doing the same thing... this little thing is great...! better than any other of these things that I've tried for a non-commercial, home based usage.... Out of curiosity, I positioned it right alongside of the heater that I had previously found to be the best of the many I'd tried, aimed it in the very same direction, set the temperature a couple degrees higher so it would start heating again, and then sat down on the couch where I usually sit while watching TV though with the TV off at the moment. The noise from the fan wasn't very loud at all, the motion of the air wasn't bothersome at all, and the air where I was sitti
