My biggest concern is having an unattended heat source in a baby’s room. Plus when they get older they can put stuff inside the unit, to “watch it smoke” .

I’m thinking he will soon learn to like a nice warm down comforter with a duvet cover.

Of course, be sure you have a smoke detector in the room.

My biggest concern is having an unattended heat source in a baby’s room. Plus when they get older they can put stuff inside the unit, to “watch it smoke” .

I’m thinking he will soon learn to like a nice warm down comforter with a duvet cover.

Of course, be sure you have a smoke detector in the room.

You might look into the oil-filled radiator type. I don’t know if it’s any more efficient, but the heating elements are not exposed so it’s pretty safe. The exposed parts get very warm, but not dangerously hot.

We’ve had one for years and it’s nice – it gives off very comfortable radiant heat, and it doesn’t dry out the air the way other kinds of heaters do. We keep one in the master bedroom and often during the winter we will run it at night rather than run the furnace.

You might look into the oil-filled radiator type. I don’t know if it’s any more efficient, but the heating elements are not exposed so it’s pretty safe. The exposed parts get very warm, but not dangerously hot.

We’ve had one for years and it’s nice – it gives off very comfortable radiant heat, and it doesn’t dry out the air the way other kinds of heaters do. We keep one in the master bedroom and often during the winter we will run it at night rather than run the furnace.

You might look into the oil-filled radiator type. I don’t know if it’s any more efficient, but the heating elements are not exposed so it’s pretty safe. The exposed parts get very warm, but not dangerously hot.

We’ve had one for years and it’s nice – it gives off very comfortable radiant heat, and it doesn’t dry out the air the way other kinds of heaters do. We keep one in the master bedroom and often during the winter we will run it at night rather than run the furnace.

So I came across the same question and came across this older thread in the search engine. Whoohoo!!

I’ve done some reach into the differing types of heaters – pros and cons. Here’s my short list:

Radiant Heaters:
– Look like >>THIS<<
– good for immediate heating in surrounding area
– limited to a person or two
– not good for heating large rooms
– no moving air, less likely to feel “dry”
– like the ones they have in the patio heaters

Resistance Convection Heaters:
– Ceramic Electric Heater looks like >>THIS<<
– has a fan to blow air on you
– may lower humidity in room
– could heat up an entire room

Oil Filled Electric Heaters:
– Oil Filled Heaters look like >>THIS<<
– heat slower than the resistance type above
– has no fan blowing
– probably the most cost/energy efficient
– probably the best for long-term heating in a room
– look pretty ugly

Fancy Micathermic:
– Looks like >>THIS<<
– combines both features of radiant and electric heaters

.. Also some Energy Efficiency and Safety considerations:
– automatic temperature controls to adjust (or turn on/off) based on ambient temperature
– reducing external surface heat to avoid contact burns
– automatic shut off in case of accidental “tipping”

So after all of that, I still don’t know which exact product i want to get. All I know is that I am very very cold at nights.

Suggestions of actual products which balance price and function?

Edit:
As a good reference…
http://www.consumersearch.com/space-heaters

Pretty sure I would go with some sort of convection heating element.. not oil filled.

So I came across the same question and came across this older thread in the search engine. Whoohoo!!

I’ve done some reach into the differing types of heaters – pros and cons. Here’s my short list:

Radiant Heaters:
– Look like >>THIS<<
– good for immediate heating in surrounding area
– limited to a person or two
– not good for heating large rooms
– no moving air, less likely to feel “dry”
– like the ones they have in the patio heaters

Resistance Convection Heaters:
– Ceramic Electric Heater looks like >>THIS<<
– has a fan to blow air on you
– may lower humidity in room
– could heat up an entire room

Oil Filled Electric Heaters:
– Oil Filled Heaters look like >>THIS<<
– heat slower than the resistance type above
– has no fan blowing
– probably the most cost/energy efficient
– probably the best for long-term heating in a room
– look pretty ugly

Fancy Micathermic:
– Looks like >>THIS<<
– combines both features of radiant and electric heaters

.. Also some Energy Efficiency and Safety considerations:
– automatic temperature controls to adjust (or turn on/off) based on ambient temperature
– reducing external surface heat to avoid contact burns
– automatic shut off in case of accidental “tipping”

So after all of that, I still don’t know which exact product i want to get. All I know is that I am very very cold at nights.

Suggestions of actual products which balance price and function?

Edit:
As a good reference…
http://www.consumersearch.com/space-heaters

Pretty sure I would go with some sort of convection heating element.. not oil filled.