- HEAT DIFFERENTLY — Gently heat all in the air in a small to medium-sized room through vortex air circulation without using intense heat, similar to how a forced air furnace works, just on a smaller scale.
- HEAT SAFELY — Advanced safety features include a cool-touch exterior, tip-over protection, and automatic safety shut-off system for worry-free use.
- HEAT EFFICIENTLY — 3 quiet heat settings (Low/750W, Medium/1125W, High/1500W) to tailor heat output and energy consumption.
- CONTROL YOUR COMFORT — The internal, adjustable thermostat, with seven settings will automatically turn the heater on and off to maintain set temperature.
- SUPERIOR SUPPORT — Our standards are high, and so are your expectations. If our product doesn’t meet them, we’ll replace it, for up to 5 years. Products designed and supported in Andover, KS.
- Built to meet U.S. voltage requirements. Certified, safety-tested, and warrantied for use only in the U.S.
10 reviews for Vornado MVH Space Heater with 3 Heat Settings, Adjustable Thermostat, Tip-Over Protection, Auto Safety Shut-Off System, Indoor Use, Whole Room, Black
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Kellie R –
We use this in our chilly basement in the winter. We have central heat but it doesn’t always provide enough warmth for the finished basement. This heater has worked great down there. It is small and there’s nothing fancy about it but it provides so much heat and the adjustable thermostat works really well. The space we use it in is about 1000 square feet and it provides plenty of heat to keep things comfortable.
Michelle –
Lo puse en el cuarto de mi bebe, para mantenerlo calentito, y con el calentador en bajo mantiene el cuarto de mi bebé muy bien!! Excelente producto.
Kerry E. Riper –
As a student living away in the cold areas of Canada, this is a must have.
I was hesitant about the heavy price tag for such a small heater. I own myself one of the Vorando 660 fans to cool my room during the hot summer and I swear it was worth every penny. I took the jump at this one because I desperately needed a heater in the cold winter months and my shaddy Walmart heater died on me. Hopefully this review helps.
Pros:
The Vornado MVH warms up my entire room very very quickly. My room is fairly large, it can fit about 3 full/double sized beds (sorry I don’t know my exact measurements). I have a Vornado fan and these things work like magic. There is a reason why it doesn’t oscillate and its the way vornado designed their fans. You still get a warm breeze throughout the room anywhere you stand and it literally warms up the air in the entire room.
I have had oscillating heaters, they just push warm air around until the room gets warm, but only certain part of the room is warm (cold spots in corners of the room).
This Vornado actually heats the entire room, there are no cold spots and the fan is extremely quiet. I’ve had cheap heaters worth 30 dollars that don’t last. Buying multiple cheap heaters would eventually equal this price tag of this vornado, so I’d rather save up my month and buy something that works very well and last. I’ve had this product for 5 months now and its been on 16 hours a day.
Temperature control! It has a turning dial so you can set the temperature on when you want to turn it on. When your room reaches a certain temperature, use the dial and find the point where it turns off and it will remember that temperature to turn off at. Very handy!
Cons:
– Not sure by the gray model was less expensive than all the other colours at the time of purchase but it doesn’t bother me as much.
– metal coil smell after I first turned it on, but it goes away, don’t worry (new smell) some people don’t like it, but just a quick note to “break” in the heater before you use it in your room I guess.
– Too quiet? maybe that might be a con, because I accidentally left it on way too many times to remember. My room hasn’t burnt down which is a huge plus!!
Pictures are included to help users have an idea of how big the fan is. Its next to the Vornado 660 and a Vaseline bottle which I’m sure most people have (hopefully for the cold winter days, dem chap lips)
Kellie R –
Warning, long review. And probably TMI.
TLDR: Absolutely awesome heater once you figure out the best placing and setting. And it DOES work well even in an RV in below freezing temps.
Pro tip: Plug into an outlet, not an extension chord, unless it’s a heavy duty outdoor yellow one. Don’t plug in other things on the same plug/breaker.
This heater is nothing short of amazing. I wasn’t impressed with the fans put out by this company, because while they move air you can’t really feel it unless you’re right in front of it, but this heater is just unbelievable in how well it heats a room.
Regular space heaters are dangerous at the Hi temp, do Ok at the Low temp, and only truly can be safely run when you’re at home. They also, for all the intense heat they can put out, don’t really heat a room that well.
I live in an RV and usually ended up using 1 heater in 60 to 70 degree weather, 2 space heaters in 50 to 60 degree weather, 3 in 40 to 50, and 4 in below 40. To be safe, I would buy new ones every year or two and run the 4th one to an outside plug. My electric bill would be as high as my AC bill in the summer.
The Vornado heats the ENTIRE room as long as you have it set in the optimum spot and leave it on to regulate temperature. You wouldn’t think it could. The first time I tried the 1st one I bought last year, I thought it was broken or defective because it put out very little heat, or so it seemed. But I gave it time to heat the room and when I came back in an hour later, it was almost uncomfortably warm.
*TIP: It needs to be set up to where it can blow across a room unobstructed and have air flow to the backside.*
I use this in my bigger area (living room and kitchen), which is 20Lx10Wx9H, and keep my ceiling fan on the reverse flow.
What I found:
The HI (3) setting I reserve for when it’s under 50 outside. This is the setting that will allow you to feel some heat if you personally need warming up. The medium (2) setting is great for 45 degrees and up. The low (1) for 55 and up. But that’s for me in my RV’s main area. It may be different for a better insulated room with lower ceilings. I do have to run a second heater, a space heater, to add some extra heat in the room when it gets below 35, but that’s because of my poor insulation, not because the Vornado is in any way a bad heater. It’s also so quiet you wouldn’t know it’s running until you get close to it.
Vornado sticks by their warranty and responds fairly promptly.
The ONLY con about this heater is finding the optimum setting as it changes depending on room temperature, and if there’s a cold wind blowing outside. I tend to run it between 3 and 6 depending on outside temps and what setting I have it on. Other people may find they need to set it differently. I like my RV between 70 and 75 in the colder months for my elderly cat.
As of now 10/12/19, we dropped to 48 degrees from 80 in the space of an hour yesterday morning. I left a space heater running in both rooms (at the marked spots I had figured out equalled 70-75), because I couldn’t get to my Vornado quickly, and because it had originally said we would get up to 70 degrees. It only got up to 55 outside and I came home to inside being 65, with the heaters likely having run the whole time (On Low). I found my Vornado and set it up on HI, left the space heater on at 70, just in case, and waited. Within an hour, my RV was at 76. I adjusted it to 5 at medium and it dropped to 70 inside in an hour. I left it at 5 but turned on HI and went to sleep, with the space heater still on for support just in case. Woke up to 75 degrees inside, 55 outside. So, I think I’ve figured out the settings: At HI 4 is 70, 5 is 75, 6 is 80, 7 is 85, when you leave it on constantly to regulate the temperature. Approximately. I’m sure the heat setting makes that vary some, but maybe not.
I don’t think my space heater has come on since the Vornado got going.
This is by far the best investment you could make on a heater for a room.
Edit 11/11/19
I left this morning with it being warm at 70. It was predicted to drop to the 40s by 8 pm. No problem, I thought. I left the Vornado on at #2 heat #5 on the dial. I also had a digital space heater set at 72 on Low just in case I got home late. Well, it dropped 4 hours early and I raced home at 6 because I was sure my poor elderly cold sensitive cat would be freezing. I’ve never had less than 4 heaters going in 40 or under weather. It’s a nice 70 degrees inside while it’s 35 outside. See pictures.
I’m going to try only running the Vornado tonight on #3 heat #5 on the dial and see what happens. It’s supposed to get down to 28 tonight.
Edit 9/15/20
I dusted off my Vornado and used it last week when we had a cold front blow through. We went from 75 lows to 50s low and a high the next day of 75. It was the only heater on during this 24 hour period of time and with my elderly cat having passed away, heating the place above 70 isn’t necessary anymore. The heater worked great. I set it on the #2 setting and put the dial between 3 and 4. With cold wind blowing outside and temps in the 50s the heater managed to heat my RV up to 75. I adjusted the dial a smidge and my place stayed between 70 and 72 all night. I will never buy any other brand of heater ever again as my main heat source.
Edit 11/11/22
Still LOVE this brand of heater. Best in it’s class plus some! My ONLY complaint is and has been the internal thermostat. We had a drop from 70s to 40s yesterday. I have since purchased a thermostat plug specifically for heaters and ACs, still on the dedicated plug, that more accurately reads temps in the room, particularly in the area I want a certain temperature. Paired together, it’s a “set it and forget it” situation. I never again have to worry that as long as the power is on, my RV has reliable heat in cold temps, and that it won’t go into roast mode, or shut off too soon. AND my electric bill dove down to below $50. Win win win!
I have not received anything at a discount for my review or had any offer of such.
shannon g spooner –
UPDATED REVIEW:
I took another shot at cleaning my heater at the beginning of this cold season because I ended up forgetting about the heater once it got warmer out. So, I kept it stored in it’s box until taking it out and cleaning it thoroughly, trying to look in to be sure it was free from debris. I plugged it in and continued watching and smelling for any burning type of smell. Success! I had my heater back and used it, taking good care of it. I used it from October until the end of January when it completely stopped working. The light came on, but the fan did not and it was not giving any heat. When turning the dial, it did sound as if the thermostat was kicking on, but still no heat. This sounds like a fairly common issue per other reviews. I checked everything that I could think of. I emailed Vornado on January 24, 2020 with the issue, model and serial number. I received a response on January 31, 2020 with a request to cut the cord 1-2″ from the unit and picture of it showing the serial and model numbers. I replied on February 4, 2020 with picture and quickly received a reply that a new unit will be shipped out to me, which I received today, February 7, 2020. So, I received a brand new unit within 2 weeks, which surely would have been even sooner if I had replied sooner. I am SOOOO pleased with the customer service and that they gave me no turn-around or hassle with my complaint and didn’t require me to ship the old one back or wait for repairs. I bumped up the stars to 4 for the awesome customer service and performance of the heater when it did work. The seemingly faulty design causing it to suddenly die, how difficult it is to clean out or even see inside of the unit, as well as the large size of the gaps between the slats allowing in extra debris kept me from giving 5 stars. However, with that said, I would definitely purchase another Vornado unit, should the kinks be worked out and updated. The great customer service from Susan made all the difference! One last note- I could have sworn that I registered my old unit, but I have not come across anything in the info with the new unit stating to do so, but I’ll check online to be sure. If so, don’t forget to send in the warranty card if you receive one or register it online if it is an option. May save you a headache should your unit be faulty.
ORIGINAL REVIEW:
I purchased this heater 7 months ago and have been using it fairly often since. I bought it mainly to use in my frigid office at work given reviews that it is really quiet and had positive safety reviews. It IS very quiet- a bit of white noise, but nobody would ever know that a space heater was running underneath your desk. The heat that it gives off is incredible. It quickly warmed up my mid-size living room to a really cozy tempetature when we had frigid temperatures and allowed me to keep the furnace set low because we were burning through heating oil so quickly. The unit does NOT get hot at all and the tipping safety shut off worked great. I LOVED this heater…. I actually took it back and forth from home to work and back home every single day. I cleaned per the directions in the guide often. Yesterday, I flicked it on and started to do some reading, but a really strong burning smell caught my attention and the heater was smoking. I turned off, unplugged. A bit later I went to take a look at it, but it is really hard to see inside of it the way that the vent slats are tilted. The only way to open it up I think, is by the 2 screws by the handle. I couldn’t get them to budge and stopped before I stripped the screws. Looked at the cleaning instructions just in case I had missed something. It states to use a vacuum attachment to clean it from the outside and clean the vent slats. I found an angle which to hold the heater to be able to see some of the inside- not a one person job because of the awkward shape of it. Using the long skinny wooden end of a incense stick, I inserted it inside and felt around hoping to fish out whatever was in there. Dog hair and more dog hair. Burnt. This would have caught fire if I left it running. I worked at it for a long time then used the hairdryer on the high cold setting to blow anything left and loosened out… not much flew out. Plugged it in thinking that I got it all… started smoking. I’m done with it. I did send my warranty card in, so I’ll return it, but the gaps between the vent slats are pretty big and apparently suck a lot in… there is no screen like a hairdryer has to filter and keep dust and hair out. The cleaning instructions don’t do the job and it is not easy to open… if you even SHOULD open it at all. If you have a dog that sheds and even if you keep it cleaned up, I would absolutely NOT purchase this. Other things can fit through well also. The replacement will be staying at the office I guess!
Michelle –
I love how quiet and efficient this is – (I’m not using AI btw! I know that this is how AI starts reviews!) I’ve used these for well over 15 years now – I used to live in the mountains and even with central heating, there just wasn’t any way to keep certain rooms warm enough! Offices are often kept too cool for me so having one tucked under my desk kept the office happy – me warm and no one else the wiser as no one could hear the sound of a motor and I would have a warm cubicle! I now live in a warm climate, and my situation is the same – everyone else keeps the a/c on and I keep my heater on! It is strong enough to heat a room, but so quiet!
K.D –
A great little heat fan.
I move it from room to room during the depths of winter to get the “chill out”. Very much like that it’s cool to the touch. Highly recommend.
Lyin reyes –
I’ve never used or even seen a space heater this quiet – it blows my mind… This little thing also heats up super quick, almost instantly when you turn it on, and warms you without blasting you with air which I really appreciate! I like to put it on my desk and have it towards my face even, it’s a very comfortable heat! My cat walks in front of it sometimes and I don’t have to worry about her burning herself as the heat doesn’t feel harsh up close, even though it somehow reaches me very easily and warms my space nicely! Super recommend for any cold peeps out there 🙂
K.D –
Calientan muy rico y casi no hacen ruido
JavaNut –
When our electric fireplace croaked I got this tornado to replace it and I am so happy with it. The heat is amazing, from a little to a lot depending on your need. It us so quiet and takes up very little space. Very happy with this purchase.