Small Fan heaters

Typical fan heaters are small, light, portable units that utilize a series of coils to generate heat, and an internal fan to spin and throw the heat into the room.

Typical fan heaters are mostly very light-compact boxes of portable type. These fan heaters provide a more directional and spot heating. They are mostly associated to radiant space heating.

But some types of heaters that usually were fan-less come now with inbuilt fans to extract and distribute the heat quickly and effectively. That's the case of some convector space heaters (of panel type), equipped with in-built fans.

The more important when shopping for a fan heater is to consider the type of heater (electric or gas, propane or kerosene; quartz or ceramic infrared; electric oil-filled; electric panels; portable or wall-mounted…) and see if it comes with a fan or not, taking into account your needs and goals (spot and personal heating, entire room heating….)

Fan heater advantages

The main advantage of fan heaters is that the fan can help to circulate the heat faster around the room…

The fan can also used to provide a burst of cool air in hot weather conditions, when used independently (fan-only option).

Fan Heaters Disadvantages

Most fan heaters are small units. They have a limited capacity. The big goal of most of these small heaters is not to heat the entire room, but just the stationary people in them, directing heat to them…

But, as said before, you can now also have other fan-forced heaters, providing other type of heating.

And if we consider also this second type of heaters, the main disadvantage of fan heaters is often on their noisy side. Typical convection fan-less heaters are quieter (some are totally silent).

Choosing a fan Space heater

When shopping for a fan heater, pay attention to its features and warranty (often between one and three years).

Even if you just want a simple, cheap, small typical portable fan heater, prefer a model with a thermostat and at least two or three heat settings (for greater user control and energy savings), and pay attention to the type of heating provided by it (mainly convection heating or mainly radiant heating). Pay also to the capacity of the heater…

Prices

Small, portable electric fan-heaters are typically cheap, most in the $20-$50 range.

Top models of top fan heater manufacturers

Delonghi and Holmes are top manufacturers with some of the most well-rated electric fan heater models.

Other top manufacturers - like Honeywell, Lasko or Pelloni – aren't so well positioned on customer reviews for small fan heaters (manufacturers like Lasko are mainly offering fan-assisted ceramic electric heaters).

For customer reviews on this type of heaters on Amazon.com, see: Electric Fan Heaters.

Ceiling, bathroom and wall fan heaters

Besides portable "multi-use" small fan heaters, there are also other types of specific small fan heaters: ceiling, bathroom and wall fan heaters...

For Amazon customer reviews on them, see:
Ceiling fan heaters: Ceiling Fan Heaters customer reviews
Wall-mounted fan heaters: Wall Fan Heaters customer reviews
Bathroom fan heaters: Bathroom Fan Heaters customer reviews.