Vornado Sensa Cribside Heater Review: An Accurate Thermostat

Babies get everything: free food, lots of attention, near-universal acclaim. And now, they get a feature I've been looking for from space heaters ever since I started testing them. Most space heaters have a problem so obvious it should feel embarrassing to everyone involved. Cashiers should say, “I'm sorry,” as they take the money. Customers should feel ashamed as they fork it over. The problem is this: The thermostat used to regulate the device is located inside the space heater, often within inches of a very hot heating element. This does not lead to good results. Apparently it took a baby to solve the problem. Or at least, it took a space heater made for babies. The Sensa Cribside, from Vornado's baby line of heaters and fans, is the first ceramic space heater I've tested that comes with a separate, external temperature sensor. And so the room temperature registered by the heater is the actual temperature in the room—in this case, right by the crib where the baby sleeps. Photogra ... Read full article.