I have a 34’ class A motor home with its built in gas heater. running on propane gas. I’m looking for a good space heater to place on the floor, electric that I could place near me only when I’m awake and watching tv. Something compact, electric and capable of heating the area around us.

Almost any small heater will meet your needs. Make sure to check the outlet you plan on using. If it has stab connectors, replace the outlet.

pianotuna wrote:Almost any small heater will meet your needs. Make sure to check the outlet you plan on using. If it has stab connectors, replace the outlet.Ditto we were up in NC during a November cold snap down to 25 and just went out and bought a $20 Walmart 1500W heater. So far as I can tell they are all functionally the same. Get one with a blower. It heated the Arctic Fox so hot that we had to turn it on low and run the thermostat up to keep it off.

precioustime wrote:I have a 34’ class A motor home with its built in gas heater. running on propane gas. I’m looking for a good space heater to place on the floor, electric that I could place near me only when I’m awake and watching tv. Something compact, electric and capable of heating the area around us.any big box store will have them. we use two that have multiple heat settings along with a fan that moves the air. max wattage will be 1500.

Electric heaters could be in short supply. ‘Tis the season. Shop now.

I first started off by using one of the ceramic ones but didn't like the way they got hot in the area that they sat on and the one I had the cord got hot.I looked at the oil filled ones but their size at the time was just to big to store in my RV.After a bit of research and the advice of others here on the Forum I settled on the VornadoI also have the Little One for just me.I am Very happy with it.

Looking for portable electric space heater for rv!

rhagfo
Explorer III
Dec 30, 2020
Cummins12V98 wrote:
I had fairly good luck with the Vornado and also Dyson but nothing can compete with my Cheap Heat.

X2!
doxiemom11
Explorer II
Dec 30, 2020
Just make sure whatever you buy has a heavier duty cord. The cheaper ones usually don't and they will get hot when plugged in running because the wiring is not sufficient for the load used. We have a Honeywell with variable speed. Sometimes it's just cool and you don't need the full power , just a little to take the chill off.
pianotuna
Nomad III
Dec 30, 2020
spoon059 the problem with digital is that if the power blips at all then they default to turning off.
spoon059
Explorer II
Dec 29, 2020
My suggestion is to get one with a digital thermostat on it. That way you can set it to a temp that you find comfortable and know to always turn it to that. I don't think there is much difference besides digital and analog thermostats... maybe one has a remote or something.

They work great inside campers. We always have two for our 32' bunkhouse camper. 1 is usually enough for most cooler nights for the whole camper. If its gonna be cold, we'll turn 2 on.
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
Dec 29, 2020
I had fairly good luck with the Vornado and also Dyson but nothing can compete with my Cheap Heat.
bucky
Explorer II
Dec 29, 2020
Just remember your heated underbelly is not being heated doing this. Get another one for that area for when temps plummet.
whjco
Explorer
Dec 29, 2020
We also have a 34' travel trailer and I use two ceramic heaters. I run them both on low and they do a great job. They're also small and easy to store.
Latner
Nomad
Dec 28, 2020
BarneyS wrote:
As mentioned by one poster earlier, we also use a Vornado electric heater in our trailer. We have used it for quite a few years in weather down to the 30's and it keeps us comfortable.

In addition to heating a quite large area, it is very quiet, in contrast to some of the other elec heaters we have tried. The fan blows the heat out for quite a ways and does not interfere with the tv or talking etc.
Barney

X3 for the Vornado's
BarneyS
Explorer III
Dec 28, 2020
As mentioned by one poster earlier, we also use a Vornado electric heater in our trailer. We have used it for quite a few years in weather down to the 30's and it keeps us comfortable.

In addition to heating a quite large area, it is very quiet, in contrast to some of the other elec heaters we have tried. The fan blows the heat out for quite a ways and does not interfere with the tv or talking etc.
Barney
theoldwizard1
Explorer II
Dec 27, 2020
The oil filled models are lager and don't heat up as quick, but they give of a mice "soft" heat.

For a 30+' RV you are going to need 2 !