Rowenta SO2212F0 review

What Rowenta actually publishes

The Compact Power is sold as “SO2212F0” and its own product pages don’t agree on every wattage figure — the German listing simply says “Heizlüfter” (fan heater) without repeating the wattage in the title, while the French, Italian, and Spanish listings all state the same two figures: 1 000 W for ECO, 2 000 W for Turbo. We’re going with the number that’s consistently published across three markets rather than the one market that omits it.

One thing Rowenta does not publish, on any of the four markets where we found a live offer: what the heating element is made of. Plenty of fan heaters in this price range use a PTC ceramic element, but Rowenta’s own copy never uses the word “ceramic” or “PTC” for this model, so we’re not claiming it here.

Heat settings and thermostat

Two heat stages — ECO (1 000 W) and Turbo (2 000 W) — are controlled by a mechanical thermostat dial. Rowenta’s Spanish listing adds a regulatory note that the ECO mode’s “up to 50% energy saving” figure applies in insulated new-build rooms conforming to the French RT2012 thermal standard, which is a meaningfully narrower claim than a flat “50% savings” and worth knowing if you’re heating an older or draughtier room. There’s no digital display and no stated numeric setpoint (like a “20 °C” target) — you turn the dial until the room feels right, and the thermostat cycles the element on and off from there.

Safety, according to the manufacturer

Rowenta’s feature list — repeated with near-identical wording across DE, FR, IT, and ES — states an automatic overheat shutoff paired with an integrated thermal fuse, described as “double protection.” That’s a real, named safety mechanism, not a vague “safe to use” claim. What isn’t there: any mention of a tip-over switch, which many competing fan heaters do advertise. We checked every market listing specifically for this and found nothing, so the honest answer is that Rowenta doesn’t publish one for this model.

Size and where it fits

At 1.2 kg and 21 × 16 × 25 cm, this is a genuinely compact heater — closer to a large kettle than a full-size space heater. It comes with a carry handle and, per the German and French listings, an additional cool-blow setting that turns it into a basic fan for warm weather, so it isn’t strictly a winter-only purchase.

Running cost, without guessing at electricity prices

Rowenta doesn’t publish a running-cost figure, and we’re not inventing one either. The math is simple enough to do with your own tariff: at 2 000 W (Turbo), one hour of continuous use draws 2 kWh; at 1 000 W (ECO), it’s 1 kWh per hour. Multiply either figure by your own per-kWh electricity rate to get a real number — a heater that never reaches your actual setpoint and cycles less often will draw less than the nameplate wattage over a full hour.

Where we found it in stock

We queried Amazon.com (US), Amazon.co.uk (GB), Amazon.de (DE), Amazon.fr (FR), Amazon.it (IT), and Amazon.es (ES) directly through Keepa’s product API. The ASIN B0FF9SCJHD carried a live offer on DE, FR, IT, and ES at check time, with prices ranging from about 33 € (FR) to about 53 € (DE). On US it had no catalog entry at all; on GB it had a title and an ASIN but no live offer — no price, no seller — which we treat as not currently purchasable there rather than assume it will restock.