It does have a timer you can set so that the heater comes on before you reach home but I have found that I haven't used it as once home it the room is cold, I switch it on and within 20 minutes the room has warmed up well. Disclaimer: Information in questions, answers, and other posts on this site ("Posts") comes from individual users, not JustAnswer; JustAnswer is not responsible for Posts.

This may be a useful feature, but the overall power consumption should be the same as any other oil-filled. They mention it's great to set a timer and heat the living room before waking up or getting back home. The De'Longhi 800 Watt oil filled radiator portable heater has a sleek design and integrated carry handles for ease of movement around the home or office. On contacting the seller they advised me that the instructions might be wrong and that I should try them in reverse (quite strange) this still did not help.Safety Features include thermal cutoff, rust-resistant, durable metal construction, fully enclosed heating elements and gently rounded design.

It is extremely good, quite heavy but has a set of wheels at the front which fold down onto themselves to stop it moving once you have placed it in position.I understand that a 2 Kwatt radiator is a 2 Kwatt radiator, but also know that some appliances are more efficient than others. Some reviewers have claimed that the timer is disturbing noise-wise in the bedroom, others that it is totally silent. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for an efficient, effective and value for money heater. The stylish De'Longhi Dragon 3 Oil Filled Radiator convects air through its unique 'chimney', providing a fast flow of hot air that quickly warms the whole room. The top will not stay firm to the bottom so the beaterr does not reach the bowl properly I feel it could be the spring?

Secondly, I intend to use this in a free-time/holiday cottage a fair drive away which I use from spring to autumn, and I have a gsm phone device plugged into the wall there, which I'll plug this heater into, and I can then turn the power on and off by sending a text message: so I can leave this heater in the 'on' position and turn it on and off simply by turning the power on and off at the wall remotely, via gsm. The large battery design ensures a faster airflow emission and increased chimney effect for better comfort. Oil heaters create long-lasting heat since the oil inside retains the heat for longer, allowing the radiator to produce heat even when the unit is switched off. I will accept the fact that I did not use it how it was intended, but I did try to use it in my office with similar results.

Hour Programmable Timer Energy-saving feature with 96 settings lets you heat rooms for any desired amount of time and select different time periods throughout the day and night.

The stylish De'Longhi TRD0820T Dragon 3 Oil Filled Radiator convects air through its unique "chimney", providing a fast flow of hot air that quickly warms the whole room. Oil Filled radiators may vary in the speed at which they heat up a room but ultimately they give out the same amount of heat per unit of electricity used. It can easily heat a good sized room, and even after moving, we have kept this as a back-up for when the boiler breaks down.Bought this from the Home Garden Centre as a new but used product, the radiator has a timer function which I wanted. The digital control panel with LEDs allow you to set the desired room temperature, the power level and the timer to suit. In terms of some of the issues other people have raised, the timer is not noisy (in fact it is silent), and the new paint smell goes away in a couple of hours.