GiveBest Portable Electric Space Heater

I've bought this heater twice. The first one crapped out after about 2 years and I thought maybe it was just a faulty one, but my second one also crapped out after a couple years. First, the temperature control dial doesn't increase/decrease the temperature of the heat, it turns on and off automatically, like a thermostat control. So it'll be loud then quiet, loud then quiet, instead of consistent white noise. Second, it's pretty loud IMO. And there's no remote so I have to crawl under my desk to turn it on and off. The worst part is that it doesn't last long. I use it throughout the winter under my desk at home instead of heating my entire house - so about 3 months of the year I'll run it for 4 to 6 hours, 3 to 5 days a week. I got about 2 seasons out of this heater both times I bought it. First, something inside it starts squealing when you turn it on. Most of the time it will work itself out after 15 minutes or so - but that's the sign it's about to die. My first heater just stopped turning on one day. I turned the dial and nothing happened. My second one, one day the dial was really hard to turn, and the next day it WOULD NOT TURN at all. No matter how hard I tried. It was locked/frozen. This time I'm paying a little more for a remote and higher quality - and hopefully I get more than 2 years out of it.