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Comfort Zone Ceramic Oscillating Digital Review

A simple, user-friendly model that performs well but has higher operational costs
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comfort zone ceramic oscillating digital space heater review
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Price:  $70 List
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Manufacturer:   Comfort Zone
By Buck Yedor & Austin Palmer  ⋅  Jul 22, 2022
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RANKED
#5 of 12
  • Personal Heat - 40% 6.0
  • Convenience - 30% 8.0
  • Small Room Heating - 20% 6.0
  • Power Consumption - 10% 4.0

Our Verdict

While the Comfort Zone Ceramic Oscillating Digital space heater is slow to warm, it radiates hot air more than six feet away from the device once it comes up to temperature. This makes for a very pleasant personal heating experience and, after an hour of run time, warmed our small testing room a full 12 degrees. This model is fairly tall but will still fit under most standard-height desks, making it a perfect appliance for a home office. Equipped with convenient remote controls and tip-over protection, this is one of the most user-friendly space heaters we tested. Check out how the Comfort Zone stacked up against its rivals in our best space heater review .
REASONS TO BUY
Great heat output
Tip over protection
Remote control
REASONS TO AVOID
Loud fan
Slow to warm up
Editor's Note: We updated this review for Comfort Zone Ceramic Oscillating Digital on June 7, 2022, with an unbiased assessment of value and recommendations for other comparable products.

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Bottom Line Convenient and easy to use, it will keep you toasty but has above average energy consumptionWhen it comes to overall performance, this model is very hard to beatIf you're looking for a model that offers a high level of performance at an excellent price, this is a great optionA tower style model that oscillates and provides good performance at a decent priceIt's hard to go wrong if all you need is the simplest of space heater
Rating Categories Comfort Zone Cerami... Lasko Ceramic Digit... Comfort Zone Oscill... Lasko Ceramic Tower Amazon Basics 1500W
Personal Heat (40%)
6.0
9.0
8.0
6.0
6.0
Convenience (30%)
8.0
7.0
7.0
5.0
4.0
Small Room Heating (20%)
6.0
6.0
5.0
5.0
5.0
Power Consumption (10%)
4.0
4.0
5.0
5.0
4.0
Specs Comfort Zone Cerami... Lasko Ceramic Digit... Comfort Zone Oscill... Lasko Ceramic Tower Amazon Basics 1500W
Model CZ499R 755320 CZ523RBK 5775 1500W
Measured Temperature Increase at 60 Minutes 12.1 10.8 9.9 9.9 10.1
Remote Yes Yes Yes No No
Fallover Protection Yes No Yes No Yes
Oscillator Yes Yes Yes Yes No
Fan-Only Setting Yes No No No Yes
Thermostat User Interface Digital Digital Digital Digital Dial
Watts 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500

Our Analysis and Test Results

This Comfort Zone space heater offers above-average heating abilities but is sidelined by high operational costs.

Performance Comparison


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The Comfort Zone Ceramic Oscillating Digital provides great radiant heat.
Credit: Laura Casner

Personal Heat


To calculate the scores for personal heat, we considered two key uses. The first was how well each heater could fit and function under a desk, and the other was how well each heater worked when set up in an open room. The Comfort Zone has a medium-large footprint but isn't too tall to reasonably fit under most desks. It doesn't blast you with hot air but blows gently diffused warm air at a pleasant rate. This is great for maintaining a comfortable temperature but perhaps not ideal if you need to get warm quickly.

This model was one of the best space heaters in our review for pushing out heat at a distance. Even when sitting six feet away from this unit, our testers could feel its comforting warmth washing over them. It wasn't the warmest stream of air, but it covered more of your body than other models at a distance.

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The Comfort Zone Ceramic Oscillating Digital can heat a small space up to 12 degrees in just an hour.
Credit: Laura Casner

Convenience


Convenience refers to how intuitive and user-friendly each model is. We considered things like the inclusion of a remote and how many settings each model has. The Comfort Zone can be operated in either a high or low setting, and it gives you the option to select a specific temperature, ranging from 59 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit. It has a well-thought-out remote control, an oscillating body, and can be used just as a fan. Additionally, it has a run timer that can be set in one-hour increments, from one to eight hours.

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The remote control on the Comfort Zone Ceramic Oscillating Digital is user-friendly and intuitive to use.
Credit: Laura Casner

Small Room


To calculate how well each heater could heat a small room, we used a laboratory-grade thermometer to measure and record how much heat was added to our 161 square foot testing room over an hour. We recorded the room temperature in twenty-minute intervals throughout the hour. The Comfort Zone had promising results when used in our small testing room. While it's a bit slow to get started, after 20 minutes of operating, it heated our room by eight degrees — one of the highest of any model we tested. At the end of an hour of use, the room was 12 degrees warmer. These temperature increases are some of the highest in our fleet.

comfort zone ceramic oscillating digital space heater review
Credit: Austin Palmer

Power Consumption


Space heaters are known to be power-hungry, and we wanted to know just how much energy each one was using. We used a wattmeter to measure the kilowatts per hour used by each heater. We used that number and multiplied it by the determined average of a kwh. This lets us determine the cost per hour, 10 hours, a month, and so on.

As much as we loved the serious heat this until can crank out, it comes at a cost. The Comfort Zone was one of the most expensive heaters to operate. We considered a full day of use to be 10 hours, costing $1.83 or $54.90 when run 10 hours a day over 30 days. This model has one of the highest operational costs in our test group.

comfort zone ceramic oscillating digital space heater review - the great heat output unfortunately comes with high operational costs.
The great heat output unfortunately comes with high operational costs.
Credit: Laura Casner

Should You Buy the Comfort Zone Ceramic Oscillating Digital?


The Comfort Zone Ceramic Oscillating Digital is slow to heat up but excellent at heating small spaces. It blows out diffused warm air rather than a concentrated blast of hot air, which our testers found to be more comfortable to sit in front of for long periods of time. But whether or not this model is a good buy will come down to some personal preference. If you want a heater that can crank out some serious heat and you don't mind a higher operational cost, you'll be pleased with your purchase.

What Other Space Heaters Should You Consider?


If you want a space heater you can run all day long, you might be a little sticker-shocked when it comes time to pay your utility bill if you're running the Comfort Zone Ceramic Oscillating Digital heater. Interestingly, the other Comfort Zone Oscillating Digital Tower model is more efficient than this tower. A model like the Amazon Basics 1500W is a fantastic overall value, while other, smaller options like the Vornado VH200 understandably use much less power than full-size towers.

Buck Yedor & Austin Palmer