Comfort Zone Ceramic Oscillating Digital Review

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

Performance Comparison

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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