Best portable heater for bedroom use?

rilou81

Hi

Sorry if its in the wrong place - feel free to re-direct me!

We moved in our rented house in Nov and its freezing! No matter how long the heatings on we cannot maintain heat. We have a door leading to the attic conversion in our bedroom which we have installated best we can.
The landlady has said she will buy us a heater.

We have a baby due in 3.5 weeks and need the bedroom temp to be a constant 18c so the heater has to be safe for bedroom use. I have tried googling but keep getting mixed info.

Oil heaters? Safe but expensive to run? They have a temp gage which is good.

Keep seeing things for space heaters- are these safe?

Any other ideas as we have to let her know today, thanks x

macman

All electric heaters of the same rating cost exactly the same to run-there is no difference, regardless of make or model, so buy the cheapest.
For a bedroom, an oiled filled rad might be a good option.
PS: babies do not need a constant 18C, the NHS recommends anything from 16C to 20C.

C_Mababejive

Just a note-i;d advise against using any kind of fossil fueled heater in a bedroom whilst the room is occupied i.e slept in.

EG mobile calor heaters or similar.

Use it only to preheat the room or if you need something on all the time,use an oil filled radiator or maybe an electric blanket?

pothole50

You might consider one of these for instant heater http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/logik-l15cfs10-ceramic-fan-heater-1-5kw-06708497-pdt.html cheap but does a good job of heating the room, thermostat controlled and if knocked over switches off.

penrhyn

pothole50 wrote: »

You might consider one of these for instant heater http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/logik-l15cfs10-ceramic-fan-heater-1-5kw-06708497-pdt.html cheap but does a good job of heating the room, thermostat controlled and if knocked over switches off.

However fan heaters are noisy.

bengasman

rilou81 wrote: »

We moved in our rented house in Nov and its freezing! No matter how long the heatings on we cannot maintain heat. We have a door leading to the attic conversion in our bedroom which we have installated best we can.

Does the radiator in the cold room actually get hot properly? Electric heating is 3-4 times more expensive than gas.

HappyMJ

bengasman wrote: »

Does the radiator in the cold room actually get hot properly? Electric heating is 3-4 times more expensive than gas.

Which tariff is that? With my tariff Npower the per kWh unit rate is 2.5 (standard) to 2.8 (E7) times more expensive. Electric heating is 100% efficient. Gas heating is anywhere from 50% to 80% (using gross gas heating values not net heating figures as the 90% efficiency figures come from) efficient. This then makes daytime peak rate electric heating from 1.25 more expensive (old inefficient boiler on a standard tariff) to 2.25 (modern condensing boiler on an E7 tariff) more expensive. That's nowhere near 3 to 4 times more expensive.