Are these quieter than a traditional electric baseboard heater? The frequent tick tick tick of our current heater makes us crazy at night
477380
To be completely honest, I never hear this running. It is in my home office which is a closed room and I never even know its on except the room is toasty and warm. This office is in an outside building on my property and it is right now 10 degrees outside and snowing and it is 67 cozy degrees in here. So short answer, no you never hear this running.
1001487
its very quiet. if you put your ear up to it... you hear a slight and continuous buzz. so, in an otherwise silent bedroom, it might be noticeable and irritating until you tune it out (if you can)... but all conventional outside and most conventional inside applications it will be unnoticeable.
1872097
No. They make no noise at all. Even the buttons are silent. These are very qood quality bed warmers (at least in my experience). So far I have purchased 2 queens and 2 fulls.
592077
My heater is loud but I have it on a timer and start it up after I shower to dry the bathroom. I have them in all my bathrooms and they work well.
633576
Can't offer a comparison to other fans, but there must be quieter ones out there because this one does make a lot of noise. You can clearly hear it from both inside the house and outside. It is significantly louder than the 20 yr. old fan it replaced, but I have a feeling it also has a higher rated capacity, because it does seem to move a lot of air. The only encouragement I can offer is that if you set the thermostat high enough, you could get it to turn itself off in the evening. Don't know what temp. that might be in your area: mine is set at about 105. Good luck.
769595
There is a hum when it starts then it fades away. I use these in our vacation rental house as a quite alternative heat choice for our visitors. I also use this make in customers houses, our main house and my wife's store. I do not find them noisy.
1460788
Yes the one I bought has clicking sounds and I got the heater for the bedroom
2088063
I bought 3 of these IM-702 heaters in February, 2014. When they were new, they were very quiet. But after using them for several weeks, they became more and more noisy. The noise seems to be the heater coil vibrating. In addition the whole heater vibrates , which causes additional noise that is amplified if it sits on a wooden floor. They make the most noise during the first 5 minutes of operation, after which they are quieter. If you use the heater's thermostat, it may cycle on and off every 5 minutes, so in that situation it's always noisy .
1980883
Maybe a bit noisy as most commercial heaters at this price point are, but can still hear conversation and radio in a small 200 sf workshop. I only use for short periods in the month, so can't see much in electrical bill. Also, I have other supplemental heaters on other buildings used in frequent so it is difficult to see any impact from this one.
1641760
Yes, I hear ticking from time to time. The light it really low, I can only use it with my boys at night. Even then the light does not always work.
1507980
I do not have any information on DB rating of the heater or any way to measure it. However, I can say that the level of sound from the heater is dependent upon the mode it is operating in. When operating at full output, the fan is operating at high speed and thus generates a level of sound consistent with any fan operated room heater which I would classify as moderately noisy. When operating at "idle" speed it is very quiet all of which is dependent upon the thermostat setting relative to room temperature. If you desire a very quiet heater, then I would suggest a radiant type heater that does not have a fan.
2032403
I like in a VERY small 1 Bdrm Apt, 400 square feet in total, yes it does make "white" noise. I sometimes use my elec blanket, BUT on cold mornings I love the power if turning it in. Some don't like it beeps whenever they push a button, but I like the beep because it reconfirmed that I've pushed something, like occasionally I engage the oscillation.
1111719
It's really not loud at all. We thought we had a bad thermostat when we originally installed this, but it was our furnace, and not the thermostat that was defective. This has worked well for us since we got our furnace repaired last year. What you will hear is a soft click. I can hear it a few feet away, but our thermostat is outside our bedroom door and it doesn't wake me at night.
2004251
This heater doesn't make any noise at all. There is no hum or anything. It just gives off heat. I pretty much use it every day and I live in Georgia.
489761
It is difficult to answer your first question because we have a large household and the electric bill is driven by so many other factors. it also depends on how cold it is and whether we decide to build a fire in out fireplace insert to not. We have two of these type units. This one is much quieter than the second brand we use. Very good quality. We use it as a space heater on our family room and have it on anywhere from a couple of hours to 10 or 12 hours depending on the circumstances. We are very happy with this product. I hope that helps.
542865
It is a bit noisier than some AC units I have owned. I prefer other models on the market, and this one would require a heavy sleeper to use it in a bedroom.
1836217
yes. I guess "noisey" is relative. We are very happy with ours. It is much quieter than the one it replaced.