Model comparison

Lasko CC20125 vs CC13700 vs QB16103: console, louver and timer tradeoffs

The Lasko CC20125, CC13700 and QB16103 are all portable electric heaters, but they solve different placement and control problems. The CC20125 is a narrow upright ceramic console; the CC13700 is a low, light ceramic console with a manually set louver; and the QB16103 is a much deeper wheeled infrared-quartz cabinet. Compare the body, timer and operating instructions before treating them as interchangeable “1500-watt heaters.”

Start with the actual body and clearance

At 20.27 inches high, 12.34 inches wide and 6.99 inches deep, the CC20125 occupies a narrow body footprint and lists a 7-pound product weight. It has a built-in handle and arrives assembled. The CC13700 is shorter at 13.5 inches and weighs 4.65 pounds, with a 10.5-by-6-inch width and depth. That low profile is easier to place under a visual height limit and to move by hand. The QB16103 is 16.55 inches high, 12.93 inches wide and 16.75 inches deep, and lists 22.38 pounds; recessed casters help it roll, but the weight and broad cabinet make it a different thing to lift or fit between furniture.

All three manuals require three feet of combustible clearance in front and one foot at the sides and rear. This matters more than the body depth when calculating usable space. They are for dry indoor residential use, not bathrooms, laundry areas, damp rooms or outdoors, and their instructions do not permit unattended operation. Each calls for a direct 120-volt wall outlet and prohibits extension cords and power strips. Read each manual for the full warnings; do not treat a timer, child lock or safety switch as permission to leave one running alone.

Count controls without inventing wattage steps

The CC20125 has three heat selections, two fan-speed choices, Auto Eco, an included remote and a countdown that runs as long as 12 hours. Its manual does not map the High, Medium and Low modes to individual wattages. It lists a 900–1,500 W range and the page lists 120 V; a range is not a three-row wattage table. Auto Eco starts on High below the target, changes to Low at the set point, then shuts down above it. The separate manual louver lets you set the vertical direction by hand, but there is no powered oscillation and no published angle.

The CC13700 is the compact option with two heat levels and a one-to-eight-hour shutoff countdown. It has a hand-adjustable vertical louver and a fan-forced ceramic element, but its assessed Black model does not include a remote. The QB16103 also has two heat levels and an eight-hour timer, but does include a remote. It uses six infrared-quartz elements with blower airflow, casters and Save-Smart temperature behavior. Its manufacturer lists 900–1,500 W overall and the exact manual specifies High at 1,500 W; neither that upper value nor the printed range tells you the QB16103 Low wattage. None of these three is documented with an app or a separate fan-only mode in the assessed configuration.

Choose the routine that fits

Pick the CC20125 when three selectable heat levels, the remote and a longer shutoff period matter more than a compact height. It is the only one of these three whose documented timer reaches 12 hours, but the manual still says not to leave the heater unattended. The CC13700 suits a lower cabinet height and easy lifting when you can operate the controls on the unit; its short height is not a way around the clearance envelope. Choose the QB16103 when the wheeled, deeper cabinet and quartz-element format fit the room and a remote matters, while accepting two selectable heat levels and the shorter countdown.

Their wattage claims do not tell you comparative room performance or cost. A maker-listed area coverage is not a controlled test, and this comparison has no side-by-side readings of warm-up time, energy use, noise or temperature evenness. If a requirement is essential—fanless heat, a scheduled start, app control, airflow without heat, bathroom approval or powered sweep—verify it directly rather than assuming that one model inherits another’s feature. First identify the room, outlet and full safe clearance; then decide whether the body and control routine make sense for that place.

Next steps

Read the CC20125 review for its three heat selections, Auto Eco and 12-hour countdown; the CC13700 review for the low, light console and hand-set airflow direction; and the QB16103 review for its deeper wheeled quartz cabinet and Save-Smart behavior. Compare the model you might use against its exact manual, not a neighboring SKU’s controls.