Portable Ceramic Heater Suggestions

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We purchased an inexpensive one from either Target or Walmart, cant remember. It is a 1500 watt unit. it has blower only no heat, then 1, 2, or 3 blower and a variable thermostat, it also has a oscillate feature. I normally turn the oscilliation off, put the blower on 2 and set the temp to 1/3 or 1/2 or so. We have camped in the fall when the temps dropped down into the hi 20's and there was a hard frost (good white 1/4 inch coating on everything outside) The temps were 72 or 73 inside, and the heater would only run about every 20 minutes or so. We stayed as warm as two bugs in a rug. I think the unit was about $20.00 or so and has tip over protection. very quiet also. The factory pod heater does a good job, but that purge blower will wake you up every time, I guess you would get used to it over time. I like the electric heater better.

Originally posted by Seanl Originally posted by danthoman We bought a Delonghi at Lowes for about $25.  It has a digital thermostat and oscillates which is nice.  It also has a freeze mode which sets it to 45 degrees.  We leave it plugged in and running all the time.  When we used it in the North Carolina mountains it kept the pod nice and toasty even though it got into the 20's at night. I have this same heater. I have it on in my pod now and the temperature is 45 degrees and it is 2 degrees outside right now. It will heat the pod up to 70 in about an hour. If I want faster I just run the furnace to bring it up to temp and use the electric to keep it there.

We bought a Delonghi at Lowes for about $25.  It has a digital thermostat and oscillates which is nice.  It also has a freeze mode which sets it to 45 degrees.  We leave it plugged in and running all the time.  When we used it in the North Carolina mountains it kept the pod nice and toasty even though it got into the 20's at night.

I use a metal pan beneath my heater that I set on the floor (to prevent a fire if the heater were to tip over).  It allows warmed air to circulate from floor to ceiling; placing the heater on the stove creates two temperature layers in the Pod. My heater does have a 'tip over shut off'...but it is still pretty hot when it shuts off.  My heater has 600&1500 watt settings.  At 1500 watts it keeps the Pod quite warm even at below freezing temps.  1500 watts is close to 5000 BTUs. I open the shower ceiling vent slightly to allow some of the water vapor out.
When it gets below freezing...I have mylar-reflecting foil-bubble sheets cut to fit in the window frames.  The sheets insulate the single pane windows from frosting up and also reflect unwanted sun light in the summer.