Dreo Atom 416 Space Heater has the best record for warming a room: 20 of 21 shoppers who mentioned heat said it warmed the room they used it in. Dreo Solaris Plus Tower Heater (18 of 19) and Dreo Atom Core Tabletop Heater (20 of 22) are close behind. Honeywell 360 Surround Heater has the weakest record here at 13 of 20.
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Share of shoppers who stated an outcome for heating. Ranked by the lower bound of a 90% confidence interval, so a product needs both a good share and enough reports to rank high.
Dreo's three heaters take the first three spots. Honeywell's three fill the bottom three, and complaints that the room stayed cold climb to 18% of reviews for Honeywell Slim Ceramic Tower Heater and 23% for Honeywell 360 Surround Heater.
Praise and complaints are the points shoppers repeat most, shown as a share of each product's counted store reviews.
Dreo
Best for warmth with easy controls
69% of reviews praise how well it warms a room, and 28% say the controls are easy to figure out. Complaints that it didn't heat the space are rare, at 5%.
No repeated complaints yet.
Dreo
Close behind at 18 of 19, and 21% say it gets warm fast. The complaint to know about: 8% say it shut itself off or tripped a breaker.
Dreo
More shoppers weighed in on this heater than on any other here, and 20 of 22 said it kept their room warm. 5% say the case gets very hot.
Lasko
Lasko's tower holds its own at 18 of 20, and 15% like the simple controls. Units that stopped working are the main gripe, at 10%.
Honeywell
13 of 15 shoppers who weighed in said it heated their space. Complaints split between the price, at 10%, and units that quit, at 10%.
Honeywell
Opinion splits on this slim tower, with 14 of 20 saying it warmed the room. 12% call it too expensive and 8% say it stopped working.
Honeywell
Complaints stack up here: 18% of reviews say it stopped working and 10% mention a burning smell. That puts it last on this page at 13 of 20.
The 7 products ranked here carry 2,167 reviews at Target. We read the newest reviews of each product (up to a thousand per listing), kept the ones that talk about heating, and counted up to 40 per product, posted between Jun 2023 and Oct 2026.
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Target also shows reviews first posted on brands' own websites. We show them on product cards but never count them, because brand-site reviews run more positive than store reviews of the same products.
Because we searched for the problem, people who had it are overrepresented. Compare products with each other rather than reading a share as your own odds.
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Shoppers point to Dreo Atom 416 Space Heater: 20 of 21 said it warmed the room. Outside Dreo, Lasko Ceramic Tower Heater did well too, at 18 of 20.
It depends on the model. Honeywell Digital Ceramic Tower Heater held up at 13 of 15, while Honeywell Slim Ceramic Tower Heater (14 of 20) and Honeywell 360 Surround Heater (13 of 20) drew more complaints that the room stayed cold.
No. Follow the manual and plug it straight into a wall outlet, not an extension cord or power strip. Keep it clear of bedding, curtains and furniture, and turn it off when you leave the room or go to sleep.
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