Lasko Ceramic Digital Tower Review

Above all, the reason that the Lasko 755320 laid claim to an award is its ability to heat up a small area, and to get it done fast. As soon as you turn this device on, it begins raising the temps in the immediate vicinity. Before long, it warms up the entire room at a rate on par with the best space heaters that we've seen.

Performance Comparison

Personal Heat

Because the most common use of a space heater is to warm up a small area in order to make a person more comfortable, the first assessment that we conducted was to see how well each model performed in this aspect. We subjectively judged each model warming capabilities both under a desk as well as in a living room five feet away from a recliner.

The Lasko is one of the highest performing space heaters for personal heating that we've reviewed. On its highest setting, it's even a little too intense when placed under a desk.

When we tested the Lasko in a living room setting, it was easy to feel the airflow while sitting down several feet away.

Convenience

Many factors play into how convenient a space heater is to use. These devices can come as simple and bare-bones as can be, or they can come with a multitude of features and settings. For this metric, we carefully studied every detail, down to how intuitive the symbols on the buttons of the remote control are. The Lasko was one of our top-scoring space heaters for this assessment.

The Lasko boasts an oscillating feature that helps disperse heat throughout an area as opposed to a stationary style heater. It also has a timer that goes up to eight hours in one hour increments.

Several of the heaters that we've gotten our hands on have the option to crank the heat to 90 degrees or more, and the Lasko is no exception. However, we found its temperature settings to be especially innovative, as they go down to 39 degrees. While it may not be intuitive to desire conditions with that low of a level of warmth, sometimes the only reason you need a space heater is to keep pipes, liquids, or other belongings from freezing. If that's the case, it would be a waste of energy to heat the area to higher temperatures.

The remote included with the Lasko is one of our favorites in the review. It fits well in your hand, it's stylish, and it's fairly obvious what the symbols are trying to convey.

Small Room

For our next set of experiments, we measured how much each model could raise the temperature in a 161 square foot room, checking on the readings once every twenty minutes up to an hour. We were sure to start the assessment with the room temperature within a degree or two for each model. We didn't want the temperatures outside the window of the room to affect the assessment, so we took care to ensure the outside temps were right around freezing.

This test showed fairly strong results for the Lasko. This model was able to raise the temperature 6.4 degrees Fahrenheit in the first 20 minutes and produced a total of 10.8 degrees of increased warmth after a full hour.

Power Consumption

To calculate the dollar amount that it takes to run each heater, we utilized a wattmeter. We were then able to determine how much it costs to run each model for 10 hours, 24 hours, 30 days and so on using the national average price of kilowatts per hour.

The Lasko is not the most efficient space heater that we've tested. It uses a measured amount of 1.36 kilowatts per hour which translates to $1.79 over a 10 hour period to run this space heater on its highest setting at 13.17 cents per kilowatt-hour. That may not seem like much, but when running it for a month at 10 hours a day, it's going to cost $53.70. That said, depending on your current heating system efficiency, it may save you money to run a space heater in the room you are using rather than heat the whole house or office.

Value

The Lasko offers a great deal of performance at a moderate price. We think this model is well worth its price and is a good value, especially if you want a powerful heater.

Conclusion