One of portable room heaters

If you are looking for a heating unit to heat a certain room of your house, then room heater is the answer. It is typically portable heating unit that can be carried or moved from one location to another location. With relatively smaller in shape, lighter in weight and also smaller in power heating capacity- portable room heaters will be nice idea to complement an existing central heating system. This idea is simple but will be helpful enough to reduce the heating costs in the heating season. There are many models and types to choose from! Whatever your choice, it should be safe to operate! So, how to find the safest one?

In fact, there are many fire accidents that can be caused by improperly use of room heaters. Even there around more than 24,000 residential fires for each year (according to U.S Consumer Product & Safety Commission). Therefore, it is completely understood that the proper procedures on how to operate and maintain the unit is so important to make sure we can use them safely. Based on this reason, today we can find many modern models of them come with better safety features so thus the unit can be used more safely. The following are pieces of helpful information about any issues that you should take into consideration to find the safest one and how to use it properly and safely!

1. One of the most familiar features is thermostat! It has function to make easier on controlling the amount of heat output from the heater. Poor performance of this feature can lead to the overheating problem. So make sure it is always in good condition to operate. For better safety, choose room heater that also equipped with automatic shut-off feature to automatically turn off the unit when it gets tilt-over & overheating.
2. Well, there are some experts who recommend to choose and use unit that has direct wall plug-in instead off unit that require more electrical current, because the high amount of electrical energy needed for a heater will be able to melt & drip the average extension cord that eventually will ignite a fire. With the direct wall plug-in design will be useful to bypass the utilization for extension cords.
3. Don’t forget to consider the method of heat liquid transfer heating! There are several different methods, and if you seriously want to prioritize the safety then it’s much better to choose one that involves an electric coil for heating a liquid, like oil! This is simple method but (according to U.S DOE ‘Department of Energy’) will be useful enough to provide uninterrupted & continuously heat to limit the requirement for the room heating unit to cycle ‘on’ & ‘off’.
4. Make sure the unit that you want to select and purchase has been tested in a series of tests to make sure and guarantee it is qualified with stringent control & safety standards! One of easier ideas for this issue is by ensuring the heater that you want to buy is certified by UL label (Underwriters Laboratories label). With this label, you can evaluate the unit indirectly about function, reliability and performance. And even room heaters with UL label is also recommended by The U.S Department of Energy.

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Looking for the safest heating appliance? Electric room heaters are one of the best answers. They are real and safe vent-less unit and can work powerful without needing the combustion process, because as the name suggests, they are powered by electric energy to work and heat the space. They are typically designed to heat the rooms, not for heating the entire home! In line with their popularity, there are now a lot of brands and models of them to choose from! You may be confused on determining and choosing the best one! Well, basically the different choices is purposed to accommodate the different requirements of different customers, so thus you should not be confused of this condition! The different choices should be beneficial for you to find one of them that can accommodate your requirement almost perfectly. You can find and read some reviews on internet to narrow your selection.

Room heaters are typically easier to install (mostly come with portable in design) and smaller in size of power heating capacity (particularly if we compare to the central heating systems that purposed to heat the entire house)! Based on the way to heat the space or the air, there are several types; fan-forced types, radiant heating types, mica-panel design, convection, and so on. If your goal of purchasing room heater is purposed to complement your existing central heating system, then (like mentioned before) portable electric room heaters are so recommended. And after gathering a lot of information & some reviews on internet, (based on the efficiency performance, value, design, and safety issues) the following are some products of portable electric room heaters that should be listed on your list when shopping.

HGW-308 Soleus Air

This product is in flat panel design with 20 % of convection heating and 80% of reflective heating principle. According to Good Housekeeping Research Institute (2010), this kind of electric portable room heater is 25 % more efficient on consuming energy. HGW-308 (or familiar also called as Seleus mica-thermic flat panel heater) works quiet enough and supported to be mounted on the wall for the installation. Moreover, it is also able to work well in the high level of moisture areas. To avoid frost problem, there is a helpful anti-frost feature to prevent the frost problem if the room temperature drops under 41 degrees of Fahrenheit.

Cons:

1. The unit is not equipped with real adjustable thermostat.
2. Although claimed work with less energy but it is less powerful on heating.
3. The back of the unit is too hot, there are some reviews on internet say this can be a serious problem if you choose to install the unit mounted on the wall.

HZ-7200 Honeywell room heater

Pros:

1. The LED lights to indicate the temperature level and other variables.
2. Equipped safety features (auto-shut off overheating and auto-shut off tip-over)
3. Smart auto regulate-electricity flow.
4. Longer in lifetime warranty (3 year)
5. Not too noisy when running.
6. Smaller in shape (more portable).
7. With their performance and feature, this feature is affordable enough to be purchased! In addition, if you want to purchase it cheaper, you can find it at Wal-Mart!

Cons:

1. The quality control is not too good.
2. Less powerful, particularly if compared to ‘Lasko 5367’!

TRD0715T DeLonghi room heater

This is oil-filled radiator heater (with 110-V of radiator) that can work relatively quiet when working and (claimed by manufacture) can be used for average rooms (small and not too large rooms). It heats the space with convection and radiant heating principle.

Specifications and features:

1. Around 25.5 pounds in weight (25.6 x 15.8 x 9.4 inches for the dimension)
2. Equipped with 3 heat settings (adjustable thermostat).
3. Vertical thermal tunnels to optimize the flow of radiant heat while regulating a low surface temperature.
4. Equipped with helpful 96 different settings for energy saving timer.

Pros:

1. This product is safe, efficient and clean enough while working.
2. Powerful and quickly when heating small-medium rooms.
3. More energy saving with 24-hours of programmable thermostat.
4. Easily to store, especially for the wheels because the heater is designed with retractable casters.
5. Auto shut-off for better safety.

Cons:

1. Less powerful for heating large room that does not have proper insulation.
2. The heated air is not directional, particularly compared to ceramic electric space heating units or forced air heating units.
3. Not available for friendly display monitor (LCD) to display some variables, like temperature level.
4. Not too recommended for houses that have poor electrical system, because this room heater requires a high wattage outlet (up to 1500 watts).

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