Latest reviews about Holmes Quartz Tower Heater HQH320

mp33 says "Heats great; too noisy for me" about Holmes Quartz Tower Heater HQH320

mp33 — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:49:05 GMT

I love the heat this heater puts out. Unfortunately, the ongoing fan is too noisy for me, so I returned the heater. My living room is big, with a high ceiling, & this heater would have been perfect, if it hadn't been too noisy. The warm-up noise was not the problem; the fan noise was. After checking through all the other reviews, I am the only one who was bothered by the fan noise, so if you're not particularly sensitive to noise, you would love this heater. By the way, it did not seem unstable to me, but I didn't test that.

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mernittanygirl says "Excellent heater for warming a select area" about Holmes Quartz Tower Heater HQH320

mernittanygirl — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:53:21 GMT

Our electric heater died at toward the end of the winter. We use it in the basement when we are working there. It took some searching to find a similiar replacement and were glad that Sears still had some available. It works well and we are very happy with it.

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mview says "Unstable, Prone to Tipping, Decent Heat Output" about Holmes Quartz Tower Heater HQH320

mview — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 17:35:49 GMT

I used the unit for one day, then decided to return it to my local Sears. While attractive, the unit is prone to tipping over, front to back or back to front. The entire outer shell is made of plastic and the unit is too light-weight as a result. The unit does output directional heat well enough, and the thermostat is located on the cord; which does help the unit from cycling on and off prematurely from the housing temperature. On a trust level due to the instability of the unit, I wouldn't feel comfortable using it regularly. Instead I opted for the Optimus H-5300 Quartz and Convection Radiant Heater, which is substantially more stable; and has 4 wattage selections (375/750/1125/1500) instead of two, like this unit. Overall, there may be good safety mechanisms built in; such as the knock over sensor, but I would rather the unit be stable to begin with....

dega717 says "Sun-like radiant warmth in small drafty areas " about Holmes Quartz Tower Heater HQH320

dega717 — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:25:26 GMT

In southwest Texas, the evening temps can dip down into the 30s. This space heater heats up incredibly fast and keeps warmth concentrated in the area where I want it: my drafty bedroom or my drafty living room. I found the benefits described on the box are true: this heater provides strong directional heat and works very well in drafty rooms. The heat is described to be "targeted and sun-like" and my experience has found that to be true.

I also like its light weight, which make it easy to move from room to room. And, like another reviewer stated, I appreciate its tip-over and auto shut-off safety features because I also have several cats. The cats have grown to like the heater and often position themselves in good spots to warm up and sleep. I purchased the Sears $9.00 2-year purchase protection plan because the plan covers failure of the product for any reason.

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Woofydog says "This is a Great Space Heater!" about Holmes Quartz Tower Heater HQH320

Woofydog — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:33:36 GMT

I bought this space heater a couple of months ago to supplement the heat in my den which is exposed on 3 sides and gets quite chilly on cold winter nights even though the rest of my house is comfortable. It works great. The auto thermostat works perfectly and keeps the heater cycling on and off as needed. You do not have to reset the temp settings if you simply hold down the off button for a few seconds when turning it off. It then returns to your settings when turned on afterwards. The little bit of start-up noise is really nothing as others have complained about, and is gone in a few seconds after starting. It is minimal and hardly noticable. This is a nice heater and it looks good too. It's reasonably priced, works very well, and seems to have added little to my energy bill the last two months. It is undoubtedly saving on my oil bill as I do not have to crank up the heat in the rest of the house anymore. Our dog loves to lie nearby and now stays in the den...

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Got1de says "Kind of loud on start-up but seems to do a good enough job so fa" about Holmes Quartz Tower Heater HQH320

Got1de — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:23:56 GMT

I have only had to use this a couple days so I am not sure what it will really be like in the teeth of winter, but so far so good. My experience so far is that while it is heating up it is rather "clanky" sounding, but once it starts to blow warm air that sound dies off and is more tolerable sounding. It does heat up the area right in front of it over time so I am not sure how that will affect the carpet. The thermostat and temp settings seem a little "bootleg" but I guess they work. I doubt I will use the thermostat that much since it is a larger room and will cycle too much. Overall though it has done what I have asked to it do.

As a side note, I had this sent to my house by Sears.com in-store option. The box was really beat up and was not packed all that well. If you can pick it up at the store take that option.

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hh23 says "Holmes heater" about Holmes Quartz Tower Heater HQH320

sears-feed — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:00:05 GMT

Great value a little loud at start-up other than that a great heater...

Lukitos says "second year failure" about Holmes Quartz Tower Heater HQH320

sears-feed — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:00:34 GMT

My Holmes Tower also sparked & died about 4 hours into the second year of usage....

Gumbie013 says "Good Buy" about Holmes Quartz Tower Heater HQH320

sears-feed — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:45:06 GMT

We purchased this heater a year ago to take the chill out of our bedroom during those cold north Georgia nights. This heater is great! The one touch works well and remembers the last setting, in the morning I simply hold the single button to turn it off then in the evening hit it again to turn it back on to the last temperature setting. The automatic shut off when the unit is tilted works well also. Our dog loves the unit and will sit in front of it throughout the night as the unit turns on and off according to the temperature setting. This is well worth the $50.00 spent....

Libbiticus says "Works great in milder winter climates" about Holmes Quartz Tower Heater HQH320

sears-feed — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:30:08 GMT

I live in Phoenix, so our winter cold isn't as brutal as other parts of the country, although we do get down into the 30s at night. I was tired of paying huge gas bills to heat the entire house in winter, and this space heater works great as an alternative to just keep the bedroom warm at night, or it's light enough to easily move it around the house to wherever I'm spending some time. I also like the thermostat feature so that it's not running continously. Also, I have multiple cats, so I appreciate the safety feature that it turns off automatically if one of the cats bumps it too hard or tips it over. I've heard some horror stories about space heater fires (not specific to this model), so I always completely unplug it from the wall when I'm not using it. I just bought this one, but the Holmes heaters I've had in the past kept working for many years....

minnieola says "Holmes Quartz Space Heater" about Holmes Quartz Tower Heater HQH320

sears-feed — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:00:05 GMT

Compact and convenient radiant space heater with high wife acceptance factor. Relatively quiet fan, especially on the low heat setting. Only drawback is that it is necessary to keep pushing the ON button to cylce through the various temperature and heat settings. Other than that, a very good heater, and one that I would certainly recommend....

larry3t says "319 two tube quartz" about Holmes Quartz Tower Heater HQH320

sears-feed — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:45:03 GMT

I have very little experience with electric heaters and have never had a quartz heater. So this is the impression of a total newbie. This is not much of a room heater. Very little air heating. Great to keep you warm (on one side at least) while working at the computer or watching TV. That said I love the red glow and warmth and its helped me out alot without central heating, but I ordered 6 econoheat panel heaters for heating the airspace....

MailManX says "Best of All That I Tried" about Holmes Quartz Tower Heater HQH320

sears-feed — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:00:21 GMT

I really like the Holmes HQH319 heater. I'm a single person in a large house. I spend most of my evenings in my home office, so I use the HQH319 in that room rather than heating the whole house with the central system. I went through several other heaters over a three year period before settling on this one. I've used two different ceramic heaters, one was a low cube and one was a tower. Neither one of those put out as much heat as I wanted yet they consumed a lot of electricity. Then I tried a parabolic heater. It was much more efficient, but the beam of heat was too narrow. It would heat a portion of my body too much and the rest not enough. I've had my HGH319 for about two months which is long enough to verify that it doesn't cost as much to use as the ceramic heaters did, yet it puts out a lot more heat. I've never had to use the high setting. I like the fact that on low, both heating elements are still on. Some quarts heaters just use one element on low. The internal fan is great......

heatergirl says "3 stars" about Holmes Quartz Tower Heater HQH320

sears-feed — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 08:30:15 GMT

This heater only lasted one winter and started this winter. I have two of them. One coil burned out almost as soon as I started using it and the other one still has both coils burning but it isn't kicking out the heat. When they were new, they did a decent job of warming a room. Our winters are mild so I don't know how it would perform in a colder area of the country....