I bought this initially to heat a new building that was still in progress of being built. It worked great!! Later, I was in one of my garages and had to do some light work on one of my cars. It was so fridged that day. I remembered I had this space heater, so I rolled it in the garage and plugged it in and went in the house for 10 minutes. I came back to a nice warm garage where I was able to do everything without wearing a jacket. So easy to use and control the temperature with the automatic controls. I know I will be using this more than I thought I would. IT really did not have a bad smell like I thought it would. A friend said to use Diesel fuel instead of Kerosene and that is what I use. Works well!! If you're buying something, buy something that is well built and not settle because it's the cheapest. This one is well worth the $$