Dreo Solaris 718 Ceramic Tower Heater Review

The Solaris 718 is Dreo's answer to the question every 1,500W heater eventually runs into: once you've maxed out the wattage a wall outlet allows, the only way to stand out is to get smarter about how that heat leaves the unit. Nine 'comfort levels' step through combinations of heat output and fan speed instead of a blunt high/low switch, and the oscillation is selectable across four widths — 30°, 60°, 90°, or 120° — so it can aim narrowly at a desk chair or sweep a whole seating area. None of that changes the physics; it changes how livable the heat feels day to day.

The number that matters most is 25 dB. That's Dreo's own rating, but it lines up with the conical housing's job: a low-profile PTC element and a slower fan than the boxy towers use, wrapped in a shape that reads more like a design-forward speaker than a heater. It's the quietest fan-forced heater we carry — quieter even than the Whole-Room 715's already-hushed 34 dB — which makes it the pick for a bedroom or a home office where a fan heater's hum would otherwise be a problem. The 41–95°F digital thermostat, ECO auto mode, and 12-hour timer are the same solid basics Dreo puts on every heater in this price range.

Safety is the full eight-point checklist — tip-over shutoff, overheat shutoff, a V0 flame-retardant shell, a child lock, and ETL listing — so the extra money over the Atom One or the 715 buys quiet and styling, not a safer heater; those already have tip-over and overheat protection too. If $130 for 1,500 watts feels steep next to a $45 box heater making the identical heat, it is. But for the room where you actually notice fan noise, the Solaris 718 is the quietest way to get there — straight into a wall outlet, with the usual three feet of clearance.