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Better Homes & Gardens 1500W Freestanding Fan Forced Electric Fireplace
- Nearly instant heat distributed to you from its wire heating element via a powerful fan
- Attractively designed for coziness, simulating the flicker of a real fire
- Temperature knob, off/on light, and knob that switches between heat settings
- Tip-over protection
- 750-1500 watts
- 11.91 x 6.87 x 14.71 inches
- 7.03 pounds
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Andily Space Heater Electric Heater for Home and Office
- Ceramic convection heater with forced-air fan
- Raises body temperature by 7ºF-8ºF, while the room temperature rises by 4ºF
- Uses .35 kilowatt-hours, significantly less than some others
- Tip-over protection
- 750-1500 watts
- 6.2 x 4.74 x 8.3 inches
- 2.42 pounds
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Duraflame 3D Infrared Electric Fireplace Stove
- Radiant infrared heat
- 5 out of 5 for overall heating
- Pumps out some serious Btu (British thermal units)
- Front gets very hot while in use
- 1500 watts
- 24 x 12.9 x 23.4 inches
- 28 pounds
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GiveBest Portable Electric Space Heater
- Ceramic heating element
- Two settings: 750 watts and 1500 watts
- Lightweight and well-built with a useful handle
- Tip-over and overheat protection
- 750-1500 watts
- 6.2 x 7 x 9.2 inches
- 3.20 pounds
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Better Homes & Gardens 23-Inch Electric Ceramic Tower Heater
- Ceramic heating element
- 5 out of 5 for overall heating
- Oscillation switched on, it’s capable of warming a group of people
- Tip-over shut-off function
- Timer and nighttime settings
- 1500 watts
- 6.89 x 7.67 x 23.20 inches
"A ceramic convection heater that also includes a forced-air fan heats you while heating the air around you. Our tester found that while running the heater on high, her body temperature was raised by between 7ºF and 8ºF, while the room temperature rose by 4ºF. Notably, when she measured the heater’s energy usage after 30 minutes, it hit only.35 kilowatt-hours, which is significantly less than some others we tested."
"Our tester's favorite part of this heater was its tip-over protection feature. With its small size, this heater is easy to overlook—set up on the floor, this can mean an accidental kick, while on a table it might mean getting knocked over. Thankfully, our testers found that the heater turns off immediately when it begins to tip."
"The one point of concern is the fact
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Dyson Pure Hot + Cool Link™ HP02 Purifier Heater
- Automatically removes 99.97% of pollutants and allergens as small as 0.3 microns
- Heats with thermostatic control that can be used for long-range personal heating or fast, even room heating
- Can be controlled with your smartphone
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GiveBest Portable Space Heater With Thermostat
- Two heat levels (1500W or 750W) and one cool air fan so it can be used in both winter and summer
- Comes with thermostat control
- Has safety features
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Pelonis Space Heater
- Can rotate from side to side within 83 degrees
- Designed with cool touch flame-resistant material and features tip-over switch and overheating protection
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Lasko Ceramic Space Heater
- Easy-to-read digital display
- 1500-watt ceramic heating element with three heat settings
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Honeywell UberHeat Ceramic Heater
- Perfect for small spaces
- Includes two heat settings, an adjustable thermostat, tip-over switch, cool-touch housing and overheating protection
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Dr. Infrared Heater Portable Space Heater
- Auto energy-saving mode (high and low features available)
- Features tip-over and overheating protection
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Auzkin Space Heater
- Portable and small
- User-friendly
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Lasko Small Portable Ceramic Space Heater
- Perfect for bathrooms
- 1500-watt ceramic heating element with three heat settings
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BLACK+DECKER Personal Ceramic Indoor Heater
- Quickly heats small spaces
- Comes with carry handle so it can be moved
- Includes safety button on bottom
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Amazon Basics 500-Watt Ceramic Mini Space Heater
- Perfect for tiny spaces
- Includes tip-over protection
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Turbro Compact Electric Fireplace Space Heater
- Perfect for small spaces
- Chic fireplace space heater option
- Heat unit and visual fire are separate
"{This is an] amazing little heater. This thing warmed up my whole room without the need of a big, hefty, bulky appliance," said a reviewer. "It’s small, elegant and fits anywhere. The cable is long enough to plug in half a room away. A must need purchase during these cold winter months."
"In the cooler weather to take the chill from the room, I put it on heat, for a few minutes, and don’t have to turn up the furnace. When the chill is gone I put it back to cool. I love having the remote," said a reviewer.
"This space heater is [the] perfect size for my home office. It will surely help me during the brutal midwest winter. Heats up fast and is super quiet," one reviewer said.
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Models that work well and look good
- Multiple models that work well and even look good
- Don’t have to pay a premium for top performance—many models cost less than $100
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Considerations to keep in mind
- A space heater won’t necessarily save you money
- Find a safe-to-use space heater
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Safety tips
- Keep space heaters on the floor
- Avoid placing on a table
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Noise level
- Most of the space heaters rated highly in noise test
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Tests
- Heating a standard-sized room in 15 minutes
- Directly heating a person—spot heating—in the same amount of time
"In Consumer Reports’ space heater tests, we found multiple models that work well and even look good. We also found that you don’t have to pay a premium for top performance—many models we rate highly cost less than $100."
"We evaluate space heaters for heating a standard-sized room in 15 minutes and directly heating a person—spot heating—in the same amount of time."
"We also test space heaters for safety, as shown above, including how hot the surface gets (so that you don’t burn your fingers) and whether the model gets so hot that it can ignite a piece of fabric (like nearby curtains, for example)."
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Vornado VH200
- Heated a room faster and more evenly than other models
- Quieter than most other ceramic heaters
- Offers reliable safety features
- Compact enough to tuck away in a corner
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Vornado AVH10
- Most effective room heater tested
- Warms a room quickly and to a higher temperature
- Features a digital display, cord-wrapping post, and countdown clock
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Lasko 754200 Ceramic Heater
- Cheapest and most reliable space heater
- Warms up quickly
- Compact and lightweight
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De’Longhi TRD40615T
- Best of its type
- Sturdier than competitors, with an exterior that stays cooler to the touch
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Dreo Solaris Slim H3 (DR-HSH003)
- Spreads warm air evenly around the room
- Sleek design and simple controls
- Quiet and easy to clean
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Lasko FH500 All Season Comfort Control Tower
- Tallest space heater tested
- Warmed a room swiftly and consistently
- Full of thoughtful details, including an easy-to-navigate control panel and a matching remote control
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Vornado Vheat
- Solid heating performance
- Delightful design
- Control panel with one large button
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Lasko CD08200 Ceramic Bathroom Heater
- Effective and safe for use in the bathroom
- One large button on the top to cycle through settings
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Dreo DR-HSH004A
- Effective and safe for use in the bathroom
- Six buttons to control more settings
- Noticeably quieter
"Oil-filled radiators are silent but slow. The TRD40615T is the best of its type because it’s sturdier than competitors, with an exterior that stays cooler to the touch."
"Like most oil-filled radiators, the TRD40615T warms up much more slowly than a ceramic heater, but it also retains its heat for a longer period."
"The Dreo Solaris Slim H3 (DR-HSH003) stands out not only for its stylish appearance but also because it’s the rare oscillating heater that actually succeeds at spreading the warm air evenly around the room."
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Dr. Infrared Heater Portable Space Heater
- Best infrared space heater
- Large, easy-to-use display screen
- Remote control
- Programmable timer
- Boxy design means it might not blend in with room decor
- Some reviewers say it heats a smaller area than claimed
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Vornado MVH Vortex Heater
- Best overall value
- Shuts off and restarts as needed, without overheating a room
- Exterior stays cool to the touch
- Quiet
- Doesn’t heat a big area
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Dyson HP01 Pure Hot + Cool
- Best multitasking space heater
- The sealed HEPA filter captures 99.97 percent of allergens as small as 0.3 microns
- Oscillating design projects 53 gallons per second of warm or cool air
- Great for purifying air in apartments with shared central heating/cooling systems
- Pricey
- Some reviewers say it raised their energy bills
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Amazon Basics Portable Eco-Smart Space Heater
- Best space heater for a large room
- Remote control
- Hidden casters make it easy to move
- Weighs less than 15 pounds
- Some reviewers say it emits a plastic smell when in use
- Available only in dark colors
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Comfort Zone Electric Convection Baseboard Heater
- Best baseboard-style space heater
- Super-slim design
- Quiet
- White color blends into most settings
- No remote control means lots of bending down
- Not recommended for carpeted surfaces
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Comfort Zone Ceiling-Mounted Radiant Quartz Heater
- Best space heater for a workshop
- Halogen light to illuminate a workspace
- When mounted, it can be angled 90 degrees
- No fan, so it’s quiet
- Works best when mounted, which makes it less portable
- The cord is short (six feet), and the manufacturer recommends against using an extension cord
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De’Longhi Convection Panel Heater
- Best panel-style space heater
- Can be mounted on the floor or wall
- Only three inches deep
- Sleek profile, with digital controls
- No remote control
- The LED lights
"Best space heater for a large room"
"Remote control"
"Hidden casters make it easy to move"
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Infrared heaters
- Can be used to spot heat
- Can be used to supplement a full home thermostat system
- Should be placed close to where you are sitting to feel the heat
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Oil filled electric radiators
- Heat the whole room
- Provide a more continual, stable heat
- Have thermal mass to distribute heat
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Fan-powered heaters
- Noisy
- Don’t seem to spread the heat
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Non-electronic heaters
- Use thermostats to properly control the temperature
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Ceiling fan
- Turning it off may help the room stay warmer
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Window film/storm windows
- Can be used to help prevent losing heat out of the windows
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Lasko low Profile Floor Heater
- Extremely quiet
- Warms up the room in no time
"How are infrared ones?"
"Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Infrared-Heater-Portable-1500-Watt/dp/B002QZ11J6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483918648&sr=8-1&keywords=infrared+space+heater"
"Infrared heaters heat only the person nearby, but not the room... so they waste money."
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Oil-filled electric heater
- Heats up and stays warm for a while after turning off
- Safer than open coil ones
- Buy one with analog temperature switch rather than digital
- Heated mattress pad
- Electric blanket
- Gas or electric
- Small space heater
- Life hack using three ceramic flower pots and a candle
- Real space heaters are more effective and safer
- Kotatsu (Japanese only)
- Use electricity for something else first (e.g. big screen TV or projector)
- Bake in the oven
- Use more blankets/clothes
- Dog
"There was a lifehack I seen on here a while ago that involved three ceramic flower pots and a candle that was supposed to work as a great space heater."
"You should look at some of the other comments I got here, seems like it's not a worthwhile life hack. Real space heaters seem to be more effective and a lot safer."
"I'm trying that this winter. I work from home, and I'm usually the only one home during the day, so, really only need one room heated."
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Vornado MVH Vortex Heater
- Powerful heat output
- Compact
- Auto shutoff safety features
- Circulates warm air throughout a room quickly
- Quiet forced-air heater
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Lasko Electric Ceramic Heater 754200
- Very compact
- Powerful, targeted heat
- Easily portable
- Affordable price
- Lacks tip-over safety feature
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Vornado AVH10 Vortex Heater
- Large digital display
- Tip-over protection
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DeLonghi Ceramic Tower Heater
- Easy display and controls
- Can work via remote-control
- Tip-over protection
- Energy-conscious setting
- Some reliability issues with temperature precision
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DeLonghi Slim Style Digital HSX3315FTS
- Can be wall-mounted
- Very narrow
- Programmable timer
- Auto turn-off if it tips over
- Not as portable as competitors
- Comparably heavy
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Lasko 5586 Digital Ceramic Tower Heater
- Slim design with tall height
- Includes remote
- Digital controls
- Light assembly required to screw the unit onto its base
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Dyson Pure Hot + Cool Air Purifier, Heater And Fan
- Purifies air while it heats or cools
- WiFi-enabled to work with an app or Alexa
- Can oscillate 350 degrees
- Displays air quality at all times
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Vornado VHEAT Vintage Metal Heater
- Warms a room quickly
- Available in green or white
- Safety features including automatic shutoff
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andily Electric Space Heater 750W/1500W
- Heats up quickly
- Compact size
- Affordable
- Tip over shut off feature works
- Automatic overheat shut off
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Honeywell UberHeat HCE200W
- Affordable price
- Modern design
- Automatically shuts off if it tips over
- Easily portable
"At just over $30, Lasko's little space heater—under 10 inches tall!—will keep a full room warm without costing a fortune."
"It comes with a low heat, high heat and fan setting and we found it to be lightweight enough that we could carry it from the bedroom to the bathroom to the kitchen and back with no hassle."
"Many users sit it on a countertop so they don't even need to bend down when they're ready to move it to another room."
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Vornado - Vortex AVH10
- Has state of the art safety precautions - very acute tip-over protection and overheating protection
- Has precise digital thermostat, providing the easiest room-temperature control
- Spreads the heat better than any other electric room heater
- Direct heat output is not incredible, but still feels good on a cold body
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Vornado - Vortex VH10
- Very similar to the AVH10 but without a fan-only setting, and without a numerical readout for temperature control
- Heats large or small rooms quickly and evenly
- Has effective tip-over and overheating safety features
- Has a dial for temp control only, but once you find the setting you like it’s fine
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Honeywell - HCE200B Ceramic Heater
- Has incredible tip-over protection function
- Provides enough heat for a bathroom or small bedroom
- Has two different heat settings but no fan
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Honeywell - HCE311V
- Has 1500 watts of heat and an oscillating fan
- Has the best cost-to-effectiveness ratio
- Has a safety-shut-off switch that kills the power if it falls over or if you try to move it while it’s running
"The best small space heater is the Honeywell – Ceramic Heater as its tip-over protection is on par with that of the Vornado and has multiple heat settings."
"Unfortunately the Honeywell Heater doesn’t have a fan, which many people would like in a bathroom heater — if that’s the case for you the Lasko 754200 has a fan, but no tip-over protection."
"The Vornado - Vortex Heater has top-of-the-line safety features, is clean-looking and uses a patented Whole Room Vortex Heat Circulation method, making it our most effective electric heater."
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Dr Infrared Heater Portable Space Heater, 1500-Watt
- It works great for spaces <500 Sq ft.
- It is silent, and safest.
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Amazon Basics 1500W Oscillating Ceramic Heater with Adjustable Thermostat, Black
- Good for its flexibility
- Less hot to the touch anywhere
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Stelpro
- Smart convector heaters and thermostats
- Permanent meaning direct electric wiring needed
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Oil filled radiator with a mechanical switch and a smart outlet
- Independent control
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EcoStrad IQ Ceramic WiFi Controlled Electric Radiators
- WiFi controlled
- Works with Alexa and Google Home
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Hycency Programmable Smart WiFi Thermostat Plug Outlet
- Rated for 1600W continuous
- Schedulable, off and on Matt temperature
- Controllable from Alexa or an app
"What about something like [this? ](https://www.electricradiatorsdirect.co.uk/ecostrad-iq-ceramic-wifi-controlled-electric-radiators/)? I've been researching a heating solution for my soon to be built garden outbuilding and will probably go for this. The space won't be used all the time so it only needs to be heated up for a short time without taking ages to do so."
"I use one of these without any smart outlet (I do plug it into one to be able to just cut the power we’re no am remote) and it works great for spaces <500 Sq ft."
"Edit: “Hycency Programmable Smart WiFi Thermostat Plug Outlet, Wireless Electric Plug-in Temperature Controller with App Remote Control. Compatible with Alexa” - rated for 1600w continuous, can be scheduled, off and on Matt temperature, controllable from Alexa or an app. This might be it"