Portable electric heaters

[Slacker]

I'm looking for a portable type electric heater that my 2200 W (running) generator will power. 13 amp seems to be common.

Anyone recommend a unit? I hear bad reviews of the Mr heater brand that Northern fool sells.

 

[Friday]

https://www.amazon.com/Portable-Electric-Settings-Thermostat-Suitable/dp/B09D3R4K38/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2LJCQJZ2NMNTH&keywords=aescod+portable+heater&qid=1640996960&sprefix=aescod%2Caps%2C829&sr=8-3

I was so impressed with this one that I bought a second one.
Solid unit that really kicks it out. Heats up a room larger than you'd expect. Quiet too.
I paid $39 and they have them on sale now for $29
1500w max/12.5 amp

 

[NCFubar]

Running a 1500w electric heater off a 2200w peak generator is not really what I choose. I’d think about a good kerosene radiant heater. We have a larger DynaGlo that is over 23K BTUs that will heat a workshop but it has a little brother that is around 10K BTUs that would do nicely for home … https://www.amazon.com/Dyna-Glo-RMC...Dyna-Glo&rnid=2528832011&s=home-garden&sr=1-2

 

[Slacker]

Running a 1500w electric heater off a 2200w peak generator is not really what I choose. I’d think about a good kerosene radiant heater. We have a larger DynaGlo that is over 23K BTUs that will heat a workshop but it has a little brother that is around 10K BTUs that would do nicely for home … https://www.amazon.com/Dyna-Glo-RMC-55R7-Indoor-Kerosene-Radiant/dp/B002W00EHK/ref=sr_1_2?brr=1&qid=1640998103&rd=1&refinements=p_89yna-Glo&rnid=2528832011&s=home-garden&sr=1-2

I have had many kero Heaters over the years.
Definitely not my first choice, ESPECIALLY with ladies potentially fueling it.
I'd go propane first.

I agree, 1500 W isn't ideal but it's clean, safer and odor free.

 

[NCFubar]

I have had many kero Heaters over the years.
Definitely not my first choice, ESPECIALLY with ladies potentially fueling it.
I'd go propane first.

I agree, 1500 W isn't ideal but it's clean, safer and odor free.

Good points … K-1 has gotten a little cleaner but you still have a little kero smell but the fumes it emits are safer than the possible carbon monoxide quite a few propane heaters give off. As to refueling the kero’s run 10 to 12 hours on a tank of fuel … you’d have to refill a generator about the same amount. The kero’s now even have a removable fuel cell you take outside to fill … you don’t have to move the whole heater. As to the ladies … if the generator outside with an electric heater inside makes them happy that trumps any other factors!

 

[DangerRuss]

The kero’s now even have a removable fuel cell you take outside to fill … you don’t have to move the whole heater.

At the foundry We have the same dyna-glo kerosene model posted by @NCFubar above. It has that removable fuel tank that makes fueling it easier. It works well.

 

[Flashpoint]

Just a data point: I recently shopped portable electric heaters in HD/Lowe's and ALL of them are 1500W. Doesn't matter the size, type (radient vs convect, etc.), or anything else.

So they all use the same amount of electricity when on High setting. The question is which converts the energy to heat most efficiently? Very few will specify a BTU output, but that's what should be used to compare these things.