Portable Indoor Heaters

[itsybitsy]

I'm looking for one! Ideally, I'd like a fancy calor one that looks like a log burner but I don't want to spend that kind of money at the moment. I've been perusing a Buddy Heater - does anyone have any experience with these, or other recommendations?

And, yes, I'm aware that I need to have some ventilation and a carbon monoxide detector.

[pseudonym]

Is it to heat a room or just take the chill off?

Fuel type your comfortable using: electric/calor/paraffin?

Availability of fuel in your area and storage

[Frnc]

Is it for emergencies, or day to day use? What kind of space, and how much would you need to heat it up?

[itsybitsy]

Ah okay yes, so it's just for emergencies really. And I'd like to keep 'comfortable' really. No paraffin, gas would be ideal. I would be able to store additional in the ground floor as it's cooler down there than the rest of the house.

[Yorkshire Andy]

Portable bio ethanol fire place?

Buddy type heaters are ok but you'll be chucking gas cartridges at it like you'd chuck beer at a drunk .. also if it gets proper cold even the butane propane mix loose pressure ...


Bio ethanol burner..

Fill with correct quantity of liquid .

And use a lighter to get it burning

And that's it no mechanical parts unless you count the snuffer to go wrong

[itsybitsy]

Hadn't thought of bio-ethanol but that's an interesting one and I like the idea of a portable fireplace! Cost might be an issue but I have three floors to think about and it could be moved from the first floor to the ground floor if needed.

[GeraldTheBonzai]

Hadn't thought of bio-ethanol but that's an interesting one and I like the idea of a portable fireplace! Cost might be an issue but I have three floors to think about and it could be moved from the first floor to the ground floor if needed.

Caught my attention.... See Robert Dyas do one for about £80. Doing the sums, it works out about twice as expensive as an equivalent electric radiator to run, but thats if you run it all the time. As a top up / localised heater, it might make sense.

[Frnc]

LPG, kerosene/paraffin, and bioethanol can all be used, but all emit water vapour and require ventilation and a CO alarm.

[Frnc]

Hadn't thought of bio-ethanol but that's an interesting one and I like the idea of a portable fireplace! Cost might be an issue but I have three floors to think about and it could be moved from the first floor to the ground floor if needed.

Caught my attention.... See Robert Dyas do one for about £80. Doing the sums, it works out about twice as expensive as an equivalent electric radiator to run, but thats if you run it all the time. As a top up / localised heater, it might make sense.

My electric radiator is actually way cheaper than gas central heating, under the right circumstances. By which I mean a bit of heating in weather that's not cold enough to put the C/H on, or as a top-up later, if you've run the C/H for a few hours, and then turned it off.

Last December I averaged about 24 p per day on my 700 W Dimplex. I have a Tapo restrict it to 10 minutes every time I turn it on. Uses about 0.12 kWh in 10 mins, costs about 3p.

[itsybitsy]

This is to be used if the power is off so I probably want to avoid electricity.