Handy Heater: Personal and Portable Digital Electric Heater

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These can still be bought, but they aren't as popular or widely available as fan or convector heaters. Although the comparison might make your electric heater look cheaper to run, bear in mind that it will only be heating a much smaller area, whereas your central heating will be aiming to heat your whole home. Some portable heaters have useful extras, such as an LCD screen that displays the current temperature or a remote control for turning the heater on from across the room. These features may come in handy: Portable electric heaters use electricity, which costs 28.62p/kWh under the current energy price cap. Depending on how effective the heater is, they can take anything from 30 minutes to an hour to notably raise the temperature of a medium-sized room, so if you're only planning on using it until the room gets up to temperature, it will likely cost you between 28 and 57p.

With the cold weather comes the need for heat while you work. But it's not always easy to make your immediate surroundings warm and cosy. In garages, shops, offices and especially if travelling or camping, getting warm and cosy usually means wrapping yourself in chunky layers and gloves - not really ideal for getting things done or relaxing in comfort.

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Central heating is much more effective at maintaining a stable temperature over a longer period, whereas the heat from an electric heater will soon dissipate if the rest of your home is cold.

We use a force meter to record how much is needed to topple each heater over and a decibel meter to measure how much noise each one makes while running. Handy Heater is an electric space heater. That heat room up to 250 square feet. It has great Feature like the digital timer and temperature control. You can just plug it any electric outlet and save money on a heating bill.It can be used on a daily basis by any family member. It is convenient and effective. This Heater will shut off automatically using a timer. It consumes 350 watts of energy. There is an adequately sized digital LCD display on the unit. There are clearly marked temperature control buttons, they allow you to adjust the temperature from 60 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit. There is also a fan speed button that allows you to change how fast or slow the fan blows air. The Handy Heater also features a timer button that makes it easy to program it to run from 1 to 12 hours. You won’t have to get out of bed to turn it off, which is a great feature to have in a heater. Frost protection The heater can be set to heat automatically when the temperature drops below 5°C, but you'll need to have it on standby for it to run, so this can limit its usefulness.For the following locations next day delivery may take up to two working days: Aberdeen (AB 30-35, 41-54), Northern Highlands (AB 36-38, 55-56), FK (17-21), HS (1-8), IV (All), KW (0-14), PH (15-32, 34-48), Eire (Republic of Ireland) (EI (ZZ75) (All)), Glasgow (G 83), Guernsey (GY 9), Oban (HS 9, KA 28, PA 20-99, PH 33, 49-99), Isle of Man (IM (All)), Arran (KA 27), Orkney Shetland (KW 15-99, ZE (All)) and Cornwall (TR 21-25). So, if you’re out and about, camping or caravanning, working in a cold space or just want your own personal heat that you can take anywhere with you, Handy Heater is the perfect little heater for you! Features and Benefits

In the manual, it states: "The plug-in heater is fitted with a thermal safety cut-off device, built in to prevent it from overheating. Should the plug-in heater start to overheat, the thermal safety cut-out system will automatically operate and the heat setting will switch off." If you were to try replacing the use of your central heating by putting an electric heater in each room, it will definitely end up costing much more.

They tend to be cheap to run, but some can be really slow to heat up. Most oil-filled heaters are also fairly heavy and cumbersome, so look out for models that come with wheels. The Handy Heater is not bulky at all and won’t sag dangerously when plugged in a wall outlet. Just make sure your pets are kept away from it. Convector heaters are usually taller than fan heaters, but thin and light – making them larger, but still relatively easy to move between rooms. But that's not all! Handy Heater also comes with a timer function so you can pre-set the amount of time you want it to heat for, and then it will turn off automatically. Great for warming you while you get to sleep, pre-heating a chilly corner of a room while the rest of the house heats up, or just giving you peace of mind that you can set it and forget it and it won't stay on all night when you've gone!