Portable electric heaters

We use the oil filled heater and have not noticed a surge of cold any more than with the screaming mini cube heaters. We really like the remote you can turn it on to warm the place up before you get out of bed.

The only down side of the oil filled heater is storing for transport.

They do heat up faster than we thought they would. They are really quite.

Dayle1 wrote:
I also use the oil filled heaters, unlike all the others, they put out a steady flow of heat even as the heating element cycles on and off.

The downside of an oil filled heater is it does not react quickly to big surge of cold air, like from opening a door.

Other than that, they are great. Add a small fan.

Us to for the Vornado. Our's has the thermostat and automatically adjusts heat level and fan speed to maintain the set temperature.

X3 on the Vornado.

Super quiet and moves a ton of air compared to the tiny whisper you get from those cubes, or no air movement with an oil filled.

Thermostat is very accurate and keeps the range of temps narrow.

Good company too, my 5 year old Vornado started to squeal. I called them up and they said send it back. I got it back 10 days later as good as new and best of all no charge.

Ron w

We always winter in our trailer. Most of the time in Florida and the nights do get cool to cold sometimes. We just shut the bedroom door and use a regular electric heater with fan and stat. Normally this lasts for 4 or 5 years before the fan wears out. Works great for such a small area. DW gets up first to first to turn on coffee and either the fireplace or the furnace. Works for us for the last 12 years.
Oh yeah it helps a lot to have a trailer that is designed for heat and cold, Jayco has a nice insulation package.

I also use the oil filled heaters, unlike all the others, they put out a steady flow of heat even as the heating element cycles on and off. Just more compatiable with the constant heat loss in an RV. I also use separate thermostats at the wall plug since the premeter of the RV is also the coldest.

Ceramic heater preferably with a "tip over switch". Read the labels carefully to see if the heater has a tip over switch.

Rv's are small and these units are usually placed on the floor where it easily can be knocked over.

Which finding one with a safety 'tip over switch' is becoming harder and harder to find since UL caved in and changed the laws and says they are no longer mandatory because lobbyist says its too costly for the manufacturers. :R

I digress IMHO buy a heater with a tip over switch. It tips over and it shuts off immediately.

The new safety functions.....when the heater tips over it will only shut off when it touches something and catches fire to raise the temp level high enough to shut off. A little too late for me.

Off my safety alert soap box. :C

BarneyS wrote:
I'll second the recommendation for the Vornado.
We have been using a Vornado electric heater for the past several years. It circulates the heat very well with a large, quiet fan, and has a thermostat and adjustable heat output. We have been very pleased with its' performance during temps down to as low as the high 30's in our 30ft trailer. You can barely hear the fan running when it is on high position.
Barney

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Vorando comes in several different models, but that is the one we have been using and are well pleased with. :)

I'll second the recommendation for the Vornado.
We have been using a Vornado electric heater for the past several years. It circulates the heat very well with a large, quiet fan, and has a thermostat and adjustable heat output. We have been very pleased with its' performance during temps down to as low as the high 30's in our 30ft trailer. You can barely hear the fan running when it is on high position.
Barney

Vornado: one standard, one infrared, maintains temp in whole coach, avoiding the use of the furnace as supplemental. Several safety features for tip over, over heat, heat of housing, etc.