Rowenta Silent Comfort 3-in-1 HQ8120
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According to our electric heater expert
In addition to warming spaces up to 40 square metres, the Rowenta Silent Comfort 3-in-1 HQ8120 also filters dust and pet hairs from the air directly. With 10 fan speeds, you can adjust the temperature to your liking. To change the settings, you can use the touchscreen on top of the fan or the remote. Don't feel like constantly changing the settings? Put the Silent Comfort 3-in-1 in smart mode, so it keeps the temperature in the room constant. It's also possible to set a timer to turn the HQ8120 on or off automatically.
Type of electric heater | Fan heater | |
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Model electric heater | Tower | |
Placement (heating) | Freestanding | |
Temperature setting options | ||
Remote control | ||
Controls via app | ||
Thermostat |
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Beautiful design. Heats quickly and efficiently. Can also be used in the ventilation position in summer. Tower can rotate to distribute the warm air evenly. Handy remote control. However, there are a few things to keep in mind before purchasing this device. I recognize the comments about the temperature sensor from other reviewers. It reads 2 degrees too high on my device. So if the room is 20 degrees (tried several temperature gauges) then the sensor of the device will indicate 22 degrees. Not a problem in itself. I now know that I have to set the heating to 23 degrees to get an ambient temperature of 21 degrees. Only the eco mode does not work. This is fixed, set at 19 degrees. So if the room is 17 degrees, the device will stop. And that's really too cold. Tip: let the device acclimatize for two days before making a judgment about the temperature sensor. The device also delivers more sound than I would expect from a "quiet" device. The device is in my small bedroom and in particular the relay clicks quite hard when switched on and the blowing is also quite loud. I would not recommend this unit for use in a small bedroom. One irritating thing is the temperature LED lighting. When you turn off the device, two white stripes remain visible where the temperature can normally be read. These LEDs provide a lot of light in the dark, so that the room is illuminated. You can't turn that off. As a result, I have to put something over the display at night. Not convenient.
Hans
25 January 2022
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Most positions work quite OK, as described in the points, turbo is nice and warm and silent indeed quite quiet (subjective, I have not been able to measure it). My problem is mainly in the "smart" mode, which blows/heats more softly as the set temperature comes closer to the room temperature.
And I think this is due to the internal thermometer for that function, it really doesn't work properly and in my case it is at least 5°C off. The device also seems to have issues with the frequency with which it measures the temperature. For me, this translates into a device that switches on every hour for two minutes to heat. The device is then at 22°C and according to the device, the room would be too. However, the room is much colder (17°C) and it also stops heating before the room reaches the set temperature. Internally, the device may be 22°C, but that is of no use to me.. Maybe this works much better in a very well insulated room, if I ever get the opportunity to test that and it works better I'll see if this review can be adjusted. Actually, it is not at all better than an analog rotary knob where you guess how far it should be. On this device I am also only guessing the right temperature.
Subsequently, not all functions of the device can be operated on the device itself, the function to swivel, for example, is only on the remote. This will be a problem if the remote is lost/broken in a few years. You can also only set the different timers via the remote. otherwise the remote works properly. That's a good thing, because this simple IR blaster technology has been used in TV sets for about 30 years.
I also want to write an extra piece about the timers. You can set this below the hour per quarter of an hour, over the hour this can only be done in steps of an hour. This means that if you want to set the device, for example, to switch on the next morning at 6 a.m., you have to set an alarm on top of the hour on your smartphone the night before, so that you do not forget to set the clock. There seem to me many better solutions for this that you can expect for this price, but this seems to me to be a problem with the entire market. It's time for a new player who can shake up the old well-known manufacturers.
Finally, the device also suffers from a kind of "coil whine" as you sometimes hear when a laptop or smartphone is connected to a charger. You only hear this when the device is not blowing because it has heated to "room temperature". However, it is not a constant tone but rather comparable to a muffled cricket. This is only audible to me when I am closer than 2m to the device.
I can therefore only close this review with the words that I expected a better device for the price, the reason why I'm going to keep it is to see if I can't do better myself by building an external controller for it, hopefully better than the built-in not so clever 'smart' function.
Dieter
25 October 2020
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Likes it very much! It's a nice looking device and does what it's supposed to do.
Danielle
11 November 2020
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Product number | 868519 | |
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Manufacturer code | HQ8120 | |
Brand | Rowenta | |
Warranty | 2 years | |
Processing of your defect | Via Coolblue | |
Old product returned for free |
Height | 81,7 cm |
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Width | 29,5 cm |
Depth | 29,5 cm |
Weight | 5,72 kg |
Color | White |
Type of electric heater | Fan heater | |
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Model electric heater | Tower | |
Placement (heating) | Freestanding | |
Usage location | Campsite, Garage, Indoors | |
Display | ||
Dimmable display | ||
Timer | ||
Remote control | ||
Portable (mobile use) | ||
Ventilation function | ||
Summer ventilation mode | ||
Thermostat | ||
Temperature setting options | ||
Self-rotating | ||
Turning radius | 70 ° | |
Eco mode | ||
Controls via app | ||
Number of settings | 3 | |
Water-resistant |
Suitable for the bathroom | ||
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Tip-over protection | ||
Overheating protection | ||
Child lock | ||
Frost protection mode | ||
Dust filter |
Power supply type | Power grid |
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Cable length | 1,9 m |