Portable heater with fan?

anon_ymous

So 

My parents are in a situation where

- One particular room has no heating
- That room is used for maybe 1-2 hours a day
- My mum is against the idea of say oil filled radiators because they take a long time to get to temp
- My mum is equally agaisnt say fan heaters
- I'm against halogen heaters purely from a safety perspective
- She wants them to look nice
- She doesn't want them to be mounted

Now, I can think of getting some IR panel heaters, or electric heaters that look like a wood stove but ideally I'd like a fan with both. It is all good and well to have electric heating but it'd be nice to have a portable solution with a fan to help "waft" the heat so to speak

Does anyone know if such a thing exists for panel heaters? I think she'd be equally against say a convection heater which does blow the air out via convection too. A radiant heat also feels more like a radiator too

It might not be a bad idea to have them to be smart too tbf given that sometimes people leave them on, and you could effectively pre heat the room for 15 minutes prior to work too 

Thanks 

WIAWSNB

Oil-filled rad on a timer, built-in or plug-in.

Just set it to come on a half-hour before requirement. 

Oil-filled rads are the best. They just are.

Nice, even heat. No smell of elements burning off dust and the odd spider. No hellish moving air from a fan. No risk of scalds. Built-in safety switches, should some anonymous twit knock it over. 

Vitor

Heat the person and not the room with a plug-in shawl? 

anon_ymous

Vitor said:

Heat the person and not the room with a plug-in shawl? 

It's a kitchen lol. Don't think that's a particularly good idea in the kitchen 

anon_ymous

WIAWSNB said:

Oil-filled rad on a timer, built-in or plug-in.

Just set it to come on a half-hour before requirement. 

Oil-filled rads are the best. They just are.

Nice, even heat. No smell of elements burning off dust and the odd spider. No hellish moving air from a fan. No risk of scalds. Built-in safety switches, should some anonymous twit knock it over. 

I guess but one night go down there at weird times. It is after all, the kitchen 

Newbie_John

Just put an oven on.. it's a electric heater fan 😁 

WIAWSNB

anon_ymous said:

WIAWSNB said:

Oil-filled rad on a timer, built-in or plug-in.

Just set it to come on a half-hour before requirement. 

Oil-filled rads are the best. They just are.

Nice, even heat. No smell of elements burning off dust and the odd spider. No hellish moving air from a fan. No risk of scalds. Built-in safety switches, should some anonymous twit knock it over. 

I guess but one night go down there at weird times. It is after all, the kitchen 

If you need instant heat, then I guess it has to be 'fan' or 'halogen'. But I'm both are hellish for different reasons.
Fan is the pits - it's noisy, draughty, smelly, just bludy awful. I'd rather freeze.
'Halogen'/IR is ok if you like the dazzling glow. It can be quite 'warming'. But it's also directional, so one side cooks whilst t'other freezes.
Looks like a compromise may be needed.

QrizB

anon_ymous said:

Vitor said:

Heat the person and not the room with a plug-in shawl? 

It's a kitchen lol. Don't think that's a particularly good idea in the kitchen 

Is there any particular reason why your mum "doesn't want them to be mounted"? She doesn't like the look of it?

If installed is OK so long as it's invisible, how about a plinth heater? Designed for kitchens. Something like this:

https://www.heatershop.co.uk/dexpro-2kw-plinth-heater-c/w-remote-brushed-stainless-steel-fascia

Albermarle

WIAWSNB said:

anon_ymous said:

WIAWSNB said:

Oil-filled rad on a timer, built-in or plug-in.

Just set it to come on a half-hour before requirement. 

Oil-filled rads are the best. They just are.

Nice, even heat. No smell of elements burning off dust and the odd spider. No hellish moving air from a fan. No risk of scalds. Built-in safety switches, should some anonymous twit knock it over. 

I guess but one night go down there at weird times. It is after all, the kitchen 

If you need instant heat, then I guess it has to be 'fan' or 'halogen'. But I'm both are hellish for different reasons.
Fan is the pits - it's noisy, draughty, smelly, just bludy awful. I'd rather freeze.
'Halogen'/IR is ok if you like the dazzling glow. It can be quite 'warming'. But it's also directional, so one side cooks whilst t'other freezes.
Looks like a compromise may be needed.

I have to say your 'fan heater hate' is not shared by everybody. They have been a part of my life !

I used one in my student digs to defrost my jeans, and used one for years in my home office when considerably older. ( although eventually I changed to an oil filled radiator - a 0.5KW one actually under the desk)
Fan heaters upside is of course they do heat a room very quickly, and the downside is that the room cools quickly as soon as they are switched off.
You can even get very posh/quiet  ( Dyson) ones nowadays, although their price is not very MSE like. 

Swipe

I find a fan heater is great for a 5 min blast to get the room up to temperature and then substitute it for something quieter to maintain the level.

anon_ymous

QrizB said:

anon_ymous said:

Vitor said:

Heat the person and not the room with a plug-in shawl? 

It's a kitchen lol. Don't think that's a particularly good idea in the kitchen 

Is there any particular reason why your mum "doesn't want them to be mounted"? She doesn't like the look of it?

If installed is OK so long as it's invisible, how about a plinth heater? Designed for kitchens. Something like this:

https://www.heatershop.co.uk/dexpro-2kw-plinth-heater-c/w-remote-brushed-stainless-steel-fascia

So she's not inherently agaisnt it. She just doesn't know if it's possible if mounted against tiles