Bedroom Talk

Can anyone tell me a type and size of small electric heater that is safe to use in medium sized bedroom?

I would like to buy a small electric heater to (help) heat a medium sized bedroom because the regular furnace in our house makes the room temperatures vary too much throughout the house.The heater has to be very safe and not use a lot of energy.Can you tell me a type and size of heater or brand name to buy? I dont want it to use a lot of energy because there is a lot of electronics plugged in this room already and i dont want to overload anything.Thanks.

Public Comments

1. I really like using those sealed oil radiators. They take a little longer to heat up an area, but once they are warm, they dont use near the electricity of other types, and are much safer, too. As a radiator, they heat up the things around them (but not too hot) rather than heating the air, that just leaks out under the door and out the windows. They would be fine in a bedroom, I used one in my camper when I stayed in it for a week at a freinds house. It worked really well and kept it comfortable, even though it was cold outside. They usualy have three settings, too, so that after the oil inside it warms up, you can turn the power down, I think the low setting is 750 watts, thats like half of a hair dryer, Most of those other kinds use 1000 or 1500 watts. I just saw them at walmart for about 34.00, but thrift stores often have them. Thats where I got mine, for 8.00 I think. As you asked for ones that are safe and dont use a lot of power, I believe these best fit the bill. Anything that blows air with a fan, or has a wire element that glows, will really affect your power bill, believe me I have tried all of them. The oil heaters arent immediatly effective, its true, but you can just leave them turned on, on the low setting, and after a few hours, the room will be nice and warm., and will stay more evenly warm. as for safeness, none are better, nothing on it gets red hot, like the element kind. and they dont dry out the air, like air heaters.
2. The oil radiators are very slow to heat..I have a Holmes 1touch I have had for 3 years now..cost around 20.00...it is plastic...yes plastic and the plastic does not heat up but it is forced fan and blows the warm air off of the coils and works very well..In my computer room I use this ..it is a 12 x 10 room and I literally have to turn this thing fdown..it warms it nicely...It also has a low setting..and a thermostat for temperature control...I will give you a link on something similar..of the same one if they still make this model..stay away from the fans that simply have quartz bars ..or just a metal element across them..the heat just the area right within 3 feet of them properly..here is some links..