Best small electric heaters

We use a small ceramic heater and are pleased. We also run an extension cord out to the pedestals 20 amp service. I have a piece of foam pipe insulation cut to the width of the drivers door glass. Roll the window down slide it onto the top of the glass run the extension cord through the window raise the window and there is enough give in the foam around the cord you still have a tight seal for the window.

pasusan wrote:

rjsurfer wrote:

samandtheduck wrote:
I've had a Vornado since 2005 and it has been the best heater for keeping our 33' heated. I have owned a few cheaper heaters we have used as a second heater when the weather got close to freezing but none of them worked very well. I finally bought a second Vornado and threw all the cheap ones away. The Vornados circulate the air even when the heat is off and if you set the temp. at 70 degrees it stays within a degree of 70 degrees.

By far my best investment in keeping my camper warm.

Vornado moves a lot of air, which is just as important as making heat.

Let's face it ALL 1,500 watt heaters produce the same amount of heat, so moving the air and keeping it at an exact temperature and doing so quietly are the only differences. Vornado excellent in all three.

Ron W

Weez agrees - this is what we have - it is the type that keeps the fan going even when no heat is needed so there is no on and off noise to wake us up at night. The cabinet stays cool to the touch which was important for us as we have 2 cats. And it has the tip over protection - what more could you ask for?

Yes, the fan stays on and is cool to the touch, I don't know about the tip over protection to be honest. Never tried it out, look at their model breakdown on the website, probably will give you all the info.

Ron W

rjsurfer wrote:

samandtheduck wrote:
I've had a Vornado since 2005 and it has been the best heater for keeping our 33' heated. I have owned a few cheaper heaters we have used as a second heater when the weather got close to freezing but none of them worked very well. I finally bought a second Vornado and threw all the cheap ones away. The Vornados circulate the air even when the heat is off and if you set the temp. at 70 degrees it stays within a degree of 70 degrees.

By far my best investment in keeping my camper warm.

Vornado moves a lot of air, which is just as important as making heat.

Let's face it ALL 1,500 watt heaters produce the same amount of heat, so moving the air and keeping it at an exact temperature and doing so quietly are the only differences. Vornado excellent in all three.

Ron W

Weez agrees - this is what we have - it is the type that keeps the fan going even when no heat is needed so there is no on and off noise to wake us up at night. The cabinet stays cool to the touch which was important for us as we have 2 cats. And it has the tip over protection - what more could you ask for?

RoyB wrote:
I like to use the oil filled radiator looking 1500 watt heaters here... They do not have the open flame or red hot flame core or make any noise except CLICK every now and then...

I use the low profile model which is perfect to sit one of those O2-COOL fans behind it if you want to move the air around some.



We also like to run a separate extension cord into our trailer forom the campground 20A Pedestal service to run our our portable 1500 Watt heater. This does not take away from the the 30A Pedestal service we are using...

Roy Ken

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I winter in Florida with 1 small dog and two cats. This kind seems to be the safest if tipped and it works like a champ.

It stores nicely under the dinette for travel.

Our 5,200 BTU quartz element LED electric movable fireplace we have in our 5th wheel also has total remote control plus full controls on the front of the unit. Push the remote buttons for on or off, fan only, 3 settings for flame brightness, 3 speeds for flame speed, 3 fan speeds, high and low for heat wattage output, and has digital remote thermostat setting levels by each degree desired. Has a tip over safety switch too. Looks like a piece of fine quality wood furniture and available in several wood grains/stains or even white if preferred, not an add on after thought heater. One negative is that it's a little too large for most slide-in truck campers but I have seen one that had been built in by the owner and it looked like it was OEM manufactured. Very reasonably priced too. What more could you possibly want??? The total pleasant experience in heating and ambiance when inside the RV!

ONE visual appealing functional fireplace unit that does it all and can be moved around in the RV to where wanted anytime and also simply take from RV to RV unit as desired or even use it at home also. Only needs 6" clearance from combustibles on either side or the rear, zero under or on top, and 12" on the front per the printed instructions. Mainly because the heat output is channeled thru a widely dispersed grill and not a small concentrated area of very hot temps.

Did I say that we absolutely love our fireplace in our 5th wheel?

My oil filled radiator style comes with a remote too.

No one has suggested the most important option for one of these heaters. How about a remote control? I have one, not sure of the brand right now, but nothing is better than rolling over in bed, hitting the remote power button and laying in bed until the bedroom/bathroom space has heated up before I get out of bed.

I was in Sam's yesterday and they have a heater with a remote. May just go buy one since the one I have is 9 years old and will probably die on me pretty soon.

samandtheduck wrote:
I've had a Vornado since 2005 and it has been the best heater for keeping our 33' heated. I have owned a few cheaper heaters we have used as a second heater when the weather got close to freezing but none of them worked very well. I finally bought a second Vornado and threw all the cheap ones away. The Vornados circulate the air even when the heat is off and if you set the temp. at 70 degrees it stays within a degree of 70 degrees.

By far my best investment in keeping my camper warm.

Vornado moves a lot of air, which is just as important as making heat.

Let's face it ALL 1,500 watt heaters produce the same amount of heat, so moving the air and keeping it at an exact temperature and doing so quietly are the only differences. Vornado excellent in all three.

Ron W

I've had a Vornado since 2005 and it has been the best heater for keeping our 33' heated. I have owned a few cheaper heaters we have used as a second heater when the weather got close to freezing but none of them worked very well. I finally bought a second Vornado and threw all the cheap ones away. The Vornados circulate the air even when the heat is off and if you set the temp. at 70 degrees it stays within a degree of 70 degrees.

Vornado X3, 4 or what ever. Best bang for the buck.