Lakewood (5500) Oil Filled Electric Radiator Heater

Pros: Easy setting seem relatively safe
Cons: slow to heat a room

My home is heated by an antiquated steam system that, no matter how I place and adjust my steam valves, rooms are continuously unevenly heated. Having one thermostat, near the front door that changes the air temperature each time it is opened and closed, ...

Pros: Maintains temperature. Easy to use. Safe.
Cons: Have not found any problems as of yet.

My boyfriend recently purchased the Lakewood (5500) Oil Filled Radiator Heater for our apartment due to the fact that I'm always cold. Our landlord's heat connects to ours, and if his isn't very high, ours isn't either. There were times when I ...

Pros: Audible click when thermostat engages.
Cons: Switch quality, no easy way to see if its on.

I bought mine in walmarts for about $35 several years ago. It worked fine. Then after about 2 years one of the switches on the front (which controls 900 watts) stopped working. I find all oil filled heaters (I have 4) close to the same in heat ...

Pros: Stable, even heat, easy controls
Cons: thermostat dial feels a little cheap

I have had this heater for about three years now. It has been very reliable. Never given a lick of trouble during our ownership. We use this heater in our large master bathroom to augment the in floor heat that has to fight the 12' ceilings. I love ...

Pros: Low price, runs cheap, consistent heat, heat stays low to ground, long term heating solution
Cons: Extremely slow to initially heat a room. Terrible for short term or emergency heat.

If your looking for a low energy bill, oil filled is the way to go. If your looking for quick hot heat at about twice the cost for energy, get a ceramic heater. This unit is slow to heat. So slow, that after an hour it only made my 55% room go up 2%. ...

Pros: Thermal cut-off, Thermostat, Heater shuts off if tipped over
Cons: Metal "fins" are hot to the touch, rolling wheels do not always roll easily

Describe your experience using this product. The heating ability of the Lakewood electric radiator heater I bought seems to depend on the outdoor temperature. On very cold days (below 20 degrees), its ability to warm my bedroom is average at best. ...

Pros: Easy to assemble
Cons: Doesn't work well Not good heat Waste of time and money

I bought this heater to use downstairs because I have a Lakewood heater upstairs. I thought the different name brand wouldn't make a difference. I was very wrong.

This heater does not put out much heat and it constantly shuts itself off. I can't even get it to heat a small bedroom.

Pros: it's nice to look at, great for warming your hands
Cons: doesn't heat a room at all, waste of money

I bought this fancy heater at Wal-Mart for only $27 (a great deal compared to online prices upwards of $100). It's pretty and shiny, and I had great hopes for it.
But, it's hot to the touch (this will burn your toddlers fingers, and set your drapes on fire). It heats really well in the 3-4 inches surrounding it (which is where the word Radiator comes from).
I bought this to heat my living room and dining room. This heater was worthless there. After several hours, I did not see a change in the temperature of the room, not even one degree.
I took it out of the livingroom (and put back my $12 "industrial" heater, which heats the rooms 20 degrees within a couple of hours).
I placed this heater in my office, a small closed space. Set at the highest setting it would go, after 5 hours or so, I could feel the difference.

Pros: Cheap, worked well WHEN it worked, heats the whole room.
Cons: Slow to heat up a room, non-existent customer service.

I recently bought this heater at Walmart for about $35. I really liked it at first, because it was cheap, totally silent and it worked well. It also seemed safer than the coil type heaters.

About a week after buying the thing it started making noises like oil was 'popping' inside. The instructions say to call customer service it the heater made any extra noises in a 'Safety Alert.'

I called, but there is no live help, you have to leave a message and they (theoretically) call you back. I also sent an email to the address given in the brochure.

I still have not heard from them, and this isn't exactly a situation where I want to wait (it's cold).

So, because of the absence of assistance, I would not only recommend you NOT buy this heater, I would recommend you not buy ANYTHING manufactured by Lakewood. Luckily I bought mine at Walmart, because it's going back.