anyone know anything about infrared space heaters, edenpure, duraflame etc...?

Ok since I had my knee surgery I can't do a darn thing besides watch tv and surf the web. I keep getting bombarded with guru Bob Villa quietly overselling that edenpure infrared heater. I have been in a few of the infrared sauna's and have been very impressed with how they work. But have reservations about the space heaters. Does anyone have one? Any good links on reviews of different brands etc...? I have found a few reviews and they were all over the place, some great some horrid... So what say you all knowing realm of GRM.

Here is a link to one at northern tool. http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200450867_200450867

Thanks Paul

Electric space heaters that you can plug into a 120vac receptacle are pretty much all limited to about 1500 watts (5120 btu) maximum. So, unless you want a fancy wood cabinet get the cheapest one you can find.

I don't have any experience with the one you posted, but I do use a space heater a good bit. Our master bedroom isn't tied into the house heat pump so we use a space heater to supplement what comes through the door from the house. I picked up a Lasko ceramic heater the other day that has been amazing. It replaced an older unit that did a fair job. It's not as fancy as the one you posted, but it was only $50 at the local hardware store. It has no problem keeping the room at 70 degrees. The thermostat is even accurate.

Here's a link. They are a little cheaper online.

Used one as sole heat in an apt. Try $300 a month electric bills and still not "warm". Admittedly, a 100 yr old house, but I'd give it a miss.

Not to rain on the heat parade, but, some insurance companies, and LOTS of landlords really frown on any type of space heater. Check with what applies before buying, otherwise, if there is a fire, you might wind up owning some very expensive, powdery wood....

And I know of one house that burned to the ground from a radiant heater--the one that looks like an old iron radiator--that was bumped near curtains. They got hot enough to ignite, and poof. No more house.

I used one of those electric radiator types for years in a garage apartment I had when I was in college and living behind the parents. I can't see how one set fire to anything, you could sit on it and only get mildly uncomfortible

Jeans and a thick butt It did cause the curtains to alight, and burn the house down. No electric short, it was the heat. It might have been an accumulation of the heat built up to combustion. Different heat settings, output and models...

Good luck with the knees. About space heaters: they aren't very efficient, comparatively speaking. If I was stuck on the couch, I'd go with an electric blanket.

Wood pellet stove, eh? Just stick the chimney out the nearest window.

It really depends on how much space you're trying to heat. I also have one of those 1500w oil filled radiators that I use as an emergency back-up. It was originally bought to heat my garage, but proved not up to the task so I bought a 4000W 240V cube heater, which warms the garage nicely, if a bit noisily. The radiator did an adequate job of heating my bedrooom during a couple of times my central heating system broke down.

stuart in mn wrote: Electric space heaters that you can plug into a 120vac receptacle are pretty much all limited to about 1500 watts (5120 btu) maximum. So, unless you want a fancy wood cabinet get the cheapest one you can find.

I have heard this before, and makes perfect sense mathmatically. I am really wondering more about design, function, efficiency, and quality of heat. I have two different space heaters now. The first is a tower type that rotates and has a thermostat. It works ok, but seems to lack the power to move enough air to effectively warm the room. The second is a little cube non-ceramic, the kind that just has the little heating element wires that burns the air with a fan(really just a different shaped hair dryer), but this one really seems to move enough air to make a noticable difference through out the room. The room is about 12X24 so not huge, and I am really jsut trying to help boost the temp up to around 70. The SWMBO doesn't like cold

Anyway the infrared ones "claim" to be able to heat and maintain a constant temp up to a 1000 sq ft. And if the heat was similar in quality to the infrared saunas I have been in, it would make for a very comfortable environment.

I think I may just have to bite the bullet and buy one with a 30 day money back guarentee and see it first hand.

Paul