Thanks, I'll plug it in again tomorrow for a couple hrs. It will be a while before I'll need to use it if this weather keeps up. Where did you get the Thermocube?What I did that helped with the smell (at least I think this is what did it) - I plugged it in for several hours in my office. Then I let it cool down totally overnight, then plugged it in, and let it cool one more cycle. Once I completed this twice, the smell is almost all gone.