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Lasko 5160 Ceramic Tower Heater with Remote Control Black 5160

Last Updated: June 17, 2020 (Refresh Now)
8.1
SCORE
/10
Total Reviews
529
Old Reviews
244
Unverified
24
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23 meters
SIZE

Review Analysis - 261 recent, verified reviews

Detailed Mode
Capacity
 74
heater, bedroom, heats, heat, heating
+95%
-5%
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" ...  Warms the living room pretty quickly.  ...  "
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" ...  but it's great for small spaces.  ...  "
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" ...  It heats up a room fast as well  ...  "
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" ...  SEE MY ROOM IS THE MASTER BED ROOM AND I ALSO HAVE A BATHROOM IN MY BED ROOM .  ...  "
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" ...  It is not god for large spaces, like my living room.  ...  "
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" ...  Excellent product-already had one in my sunporch that we were satisfied with so we purchased another for a tv room.  ...  "
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" ...  This is an excellent little heater for heating a room to save money instead of heating the entire house .  ...  "
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" ...  Haven't had a problem with it and no need to heat the whole house at night and in the morning.  ...  "
Cooling
 34
warm, cold, heater, warms, heats
+97%
-3%
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" ...  Warms my room well in winter.  ...  "
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" ...  Will heat up the entire room FAST!  ...  "
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" ...  Warms a small room quickly.  ...  "
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" ...  And will turn off and on by itself to make sure the room is the constant temp you set it at.  ...  "
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" ...  KEEPS MY ROOM WARM AND TOASTY.  ...  "
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" ...  I don't have registers in there, so this comes in handy when it's cold.  ...  "
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" ...  The heater is very good at making me warm on the chilly California winter nights.  ...  "
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" ...  Warms room quickly  ...  "
Heating
 33
heat, room, heating, puts, low
+85%
-15%
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" ...  Heats up the room immediately!  ...  "
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" ...  Puts out a lot of heat.  ...  "
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" ...  It heats up the room!  ...  "
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" ...  Heats room quickly and efficiently!  ...  "
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" ...  Heats a medium sized room and maintains the heat.  ...  "
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" ...  Heats up a whole room in minutes.  ...  "
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" ...  Heats 27’ RV.  ...  "
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" ...  It has many features and heats spaces well.  ...  "
Remote
 30
control, heater, feature, temperature, oscillation
+87%
-13%
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" ...  I had one exactly the same model and make and they are wonderful remote control and turns around unbelievable best heater I've ever seen I can't find mine so I'm ordering this I moved  ...  "
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" ...  The remote is nice.  ...  "
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" ...  This heater exceeded my expectations, is easy to use, and the remote control is very useful.  ...  "
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" ...  The remote is awesome and the heater works quickly to warm up the space.  ...  "
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" ...  Temperature is accurate and remote control works, very nice heater for the price, for any price.  ...  "
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" ...  The remote works great, and so does the heater.  ...  "
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" ...  Remote controlled, light weight, easy to move around and programmable!  ...  "
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" ...  remote easy to use  ...  "
Product Reliability
 15
working, weeks, lasted, week, furnace
+40%
-60%
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" ...  Broke in just under 2 months  ...  "
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" ...  Worked once then never turned on again.  ...  "
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" ...  No good want out in just three days 🤬😡  ...  "
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" ...  gn i hardley used this heater and it stop working.  ...  "
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" ...  Does not work  ...  "
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" ...  Had this for a few weeks .  ...  "
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" ...  It would run for about 1 hour then quit even though I had it set for 8 hours!  ...  "
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" ...  When it worked, it was fine, but after approximately three uses it stopped heating.  ...  "
Storage
 13
heater, take, room, much, heaters
+92%
-8%
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" ...  Once I knew I liked this one I got a similar model of the same brand for another room, and it's great too.  ...  "
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" ...  This is an excellent space heater.  ...  "
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" ...  I've purchased several space heaters over the years and every one has good features and bad features.  ...  "
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" ...  Its a dandy little space heater.  ...  "
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" ...  So a standing space heater for our room was the way to go.  ...  "
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" ...  Great space heater.not to bulky either !  ...  "
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" ...  The heater works well in a small space, and I like the oscillation feature.  ...  "
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" ...  Awesome size doesn’t take much space  ...  "
Price
 12
good, worth the money, money, think, product
+92%
-8%
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" ...  Great buy for the price!  ...  "
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" ...  more than worth the money  ...  "
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" ...  But overall, I think it is a god product at a good price  ...  "
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" ...  Good product for the price  ...  "
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" ...  Totally worth the money for quality of life improvement.  ...  "
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" ...  It’s great for the price, I think.  ...  "
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" ...  Worth the buy!  ...  "
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" ...  Good for the price  ...  "
Overall performance
 11
done, gets, speed, heat, fast
+100%
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" ...  different stages of speed.  ...  "
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" ...  Does the job.  ...  "
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" ...  Just what I wanted and it was fast and easy to get.  ...  "
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" ...  It does the job.  ...  "
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" ...  It is great and does its job well.  ...  "
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" ...  Did the job  ...  "
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" ...  It does it's job .  ...  "
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" ...  It's perfect for the price, and does an amazing job.  ...  "
Features
 10
auto, thermostat, space, room, mode
+70%
-30%
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" ...  The oscillating feature is also very nice for heating a larger room.  ...  "
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" ...  I've purchased several space heaters over the years and every one has good features and bad features.  ...  "
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" ...  The heater works well in a small space, and I like the oscillation feature.  ...  "
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" ...  It has many features and heats spaces well.  ...  "
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" ...  It's quiet and the automatic temperature mode works pretty well.  ...  "
Volume
 9
room, spaces, loud, works, warms
+78%
-22%
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" ...  Not overly loud.  ...  "
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" ...  It is not god for large spaces, like my living room.  ...  "
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" ...  Warms a small room quickly.  ...  "
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" ...  SEE MY ROOM IS THE MASTER BED ROOM AND I ALSO HAVE A BATHROOM IN MY BED ROOM .  ...  "
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" ...  Works well in small room or right in front of you.  ...  "
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" ...  but it's great for small spaces.  ...  "
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" ...  Great product for a small room!  ...  "
Sound Quality
 8
noise, unit, sound, nice, makes
+63%
-38%
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" ...  It is very quiet.  ...  "
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" ...  It immediately puts out warm air and it is surprisingly very quiet!  ...  "
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" ...  It heats the room fast and with very low noise.  ...  "
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" ...  Nothing has changed, it's a great heater-nice size and quiet.  ...  "
Washer Dryer
 8
really, good, excellent, quite, powerful
+100%
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" ...  Great heater and it’s quite.  ...  "
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" ...  It is a very nice heater.  ...  "
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" ...  Very great heater!  ...  "
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" ...  Actually a really powerful and great heater.  ...  "
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" ...  The Lasko 5160 heater is over the top, excellent!  ...  "
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" ...  Excellent, efficient heater.  ...  "
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" ...  This is a good heater.  ...  "
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" ...  This is a great little heater!  ...  "
Speed
 6
warms, quickly, minutes, living room, heats
+100%
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" ...  Warms the room up quick.  ...  "
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" ...  Heats up a whole room in minutes.  ...  "
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" ...  heated a large 20×12 room fast and the air even seems hotter than my old heater.  ...  "
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" ...  Warms the living room pretty quickly.  ...  "
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" ...  Warms room quickly  ...  "
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" ...  It will take the chill out of any room in minutes.  ...  "
Size
 6
small, size, much, compact, take
+100%
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" ...  Awesome size doesn’t take much space  ...  "
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" ...  Very compact, but stable.  ...  "
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" ...  Good for small slace it takes up.  ...  "
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" ...  but it's great for small spaces.  ...  "
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" ...  It's compact size does not affect it's efficiency.  ...  "
Ease of Use
 5
quiet, easy, operate
+100%
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" ...  Very easy to use  ...  "
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" ...  It runs quiet, easy to operate.  ...  "
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" ...  Other then that it was easy to use.  ...  "
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" ...  It's easy to use, quiet, and has nice functions.  ...  "
Returns
 5
second, process, one, new, item
+20%
-80%
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" ...  Going to have to return it.  ...  "
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" ...  SO I went back to see if I had made a mistake and purchased a refurbished one.  ...  "
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" ...  I’m disappointed I missed the return deadline for this.  ...  "
Build Quality
 5
plastic, heater, damage, smell, large
-100%
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" ...  Broke in just under 2 months  ...  "
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" ...  However the smell is too strong from the plastic in its construction.  ...  "
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" ...  It did not come in the manufacturer 's box and was half hazardly wrapped in tapped up plastic. ... From other reviews I am guessing this was probably due to damage caused by how it was packaged or due to the fact it was a damaged item that went out in error.  ...  "
Marketplace
 4
works as advertised, time, purchase, new, amazon
+25%
-75%
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" ...   Item was dead on arrival.  ...  "
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" ...  i think there was a mistake i dint order a used one , this is the second time i purchase this and didnt like it this time  ...  "
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" ...  Please advise since there is no way to contact Amazon direct  ...  "
For Kids
 3
kids, well, one, daughter, bought
+100%
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" ...  Bought one for our daughter as well .  ...  "
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" ...  Safe around kids.  ...  "
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" ...  Safe for kids  ...  "
Controls
 3
buttons, button, thermostat, temperature control, temperature
-100%
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" ...  The power button was unresponsive and some of the buttons were sinking in.  ...  "
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" ...  i wish it was a little quieter and there was an option to turn off the noise when pressing ANY of the buttons.  ...  "
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" ...  However, the thermostat control is WAY off.  ...  "
Cables
 3
using, unit, due, could, outlet
+33%
-67%
comment
" ...  Directions recommend no using extension cord.  ...  "
Ports
 3
outlet, blow
-100%
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" ...  I thought my outlet was bad so I switched it to a different outlet and it burned up that outlet as well.  ...  "
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" ...  I changed walls that had nothing plugged into it but it continued to blow my circuit breaker.  ...  "
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" ...  Oh I did check other item plugged into the outer to rule out the outlet as the problem.  ...  "
Comfort
 3
comfortable, hand
+67%
-33%
comment
" ...  I use it to keep my bedroom comfortable.  ...  "
Battery Life
 3
lasts
+33%
-67%
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" ...  It would run for about 1 hour then quit even though I had it set for 8 hours!  ...  "
comment
" ...  So it lasted a few hours.  ...  "

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Size:  23 meters
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