Heat Storm HS-1500-PHX-WIFI Infrared Heater, WiFi

Very happy with this heater. Using it to heat a sunroom that was previously unheated and closed up in the winter. Keeps the room very comfortable so far even though we have had several days below freezing. The WiFi works well and the Smart Life app makes it is easy to program the heater to set different temperatures for different times of the day. One thing I would change is the control panel in the unit. It’s a touch panel that does not stay lit up so you don’t know where the buttons are until you press one of the buttons, which is hit or miss. It’s finicky even to turn the unit on or of with the physical buttons. For this reason, I always use Alexa (also works well) or the app on my phone to control the heater. As you might expect, the heater consumes a lot of power – more than other 1500 watt heaters I have used. I have it on an energy monitoring plug. So far in November in Toronto I am averaging about 20 kWh/day running it 24/7 keeping the room at 21 degrees Celsius. I expect in the dead of winter that will go to 30 kWh/day. Worth it for us for the added space during a pandemic winter. So, as a heater alone I would give it 4 stars, but given the excellent WiFi functionality I’m giving it 5 stars.

I appreciate that it connects to the smart home systems. Almost all WiFi controlled outlets cannot provide the current required to operate this type of device. As the WiFi control is built-in there is no issue with this aspect.

Having a small local remote in addition is useful also.

It still plugs into a regular 15A receptacle.

This model is to be installed onto an interior or insulated exterior wall (to allow the thermostat to function properly.)

The black lower portion is the outlet for the heat and it will have a red glow from the infra-red heat source. A fairly quiet fan circulates the heated air.

Mi departamento está en un primer piso y es muy frío en invierno. Midiendo la temperatura interior llega a bajar a 9C en Diciembre en Enero Febrero llegamos a tener hasta 5C. Lo compré apenas en Noviembre el set point lo coloqué a 20C y mantiene esa temperatura confortable toda la noche la temperatura en la noche se mantiene entre 18-20 C está colocado en la sala el departamento mide 72 mts. No lo compren si pretenden sentir el calor de un Horno. O compren varios.

Easy wall mount installation and simple to use. We have a lot of windows in the Kitchen with only one heating duct. It gets a bit chilly in the winter. The kitchen is now warm and cosy especially in the mornings. Our home is a smart home with more than 34 appliances, lights , TV’s, thermostat etc. connected to Amazon Alexa. I knew the heater was connected to wifi but was somewhat surprised it could be controlled by “Alexa”.

Our master bedroom is above the garage and thus has 3 outside walls, it also has large windows. So in winter the room is cooler than the rest of the house. I was considering various ways to add a heat source to the room including baseboard electric heaters (complex) and insulating heat ducts (not practical as they are enclosed between the garage roof and bedroom floor. Searching on amazon I came across this Heat Storm heater.
As you can see from the photos, it is an attractive but compact heater made for wall mount. Installation is easy since a screw hole template with built in level is included. The heater has a built in digital thermostat, fan and heat controls and display brightness settings. It also includes a very useful and compact remote control – you can adjust all the controls from your bed. Although not yet in the dead of our Canadian winters, the heater is making the room much more comfortable.
I highly recommend the heater as an additional heat source for a cool room.

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My daughter lives in my basement, so I needed a heater that would work in about 410 sq feet. I also wanted it to be wall mounted, and the fact that this one worked with wifi was a plus! We’ve been using this heater for about two weeks, and it’s been getting pretty cold at night. This heater has been doing it’s job! My daughter loves that she can set a schedule and change the temp from her phone. The remote works fine, but she prefers using her phone because it’s so easy and is always with her. We didn’t have any trouble at all setting up the wifi or using the app. This is supplemental heat; however, it gets pretty cold in the basement. There is only one heat duct down there, so most of the heat from the forced air furnace goes upstairs. The fact that the heater is up on the wall instead of sitting on a table or the floor means we don’t have to worry about it tipping over or items getting pushed up against it. The thermostat seems to be pretty accurate, unlike other heaters we’ve purchased. It’s extremely quiet, and again, being up on the wall helps to heat the space more evenly. So far, this heater is doing a great job and is much better than others we’ve purchased.