Just saw this at Bunnings, in case you are looking for a very cheap heater. About half the price of most cheap fan heaters I see around which usually are about $20.
This 2000W small compact fan heater is perfect for personal use and features thermal automatic cut-out and safety tip over protection.
2 Power Settings 1000W/2000W
Adjustable Thermostat
Safety Tip-Over Protection
Fan Only Mode
Convenient Carry Handle
The warehouse has very good return policies, check your receipt.
These are good under the computer desk, with a blanket over the knees to keep the warmth in!
Love the concept. Think that particular one is a tad expensive, but can see the difference in running costs. Nice. Thanks. Might look around for similar idea. Fairly cold blooded so just need something to take the chill off on the coldest days.
This mat runs at 75w and it's a fraction of the 1000w the fan heater needs at its lowest setting, so it will pay for itself pretty soon. The cheaper heated pet beds are only ~15w and those won't generate enough heat for your feet. However if you want to ghetto it a $25 electric blanket would do.
Here's another option from Harvey Norman. No idea how big it is though.
Alternatively there are USB heated slippers and foot warmers available on Ebay and Aliexpress.
get an "electric throw" we bought two. Great for watching movies snuggled up on the couch.
https://www.noelleeming.co.nz/shop/appliances/heating-and-co…
@kiwijunglist: Nice! Bit blown away by the machine washable feature.
Whinge: Good example of something that pisses me off about NZ online sales sites. Any of the Chinese type websites generally have every technical spec you could want, plus photographs from all possible angles. It's all right there on the sale page. For Kiwi sites, you've got to go digging through multiple websites to find basic data (in this case, amps/wattage) only to be told to then download a pdf to get the info. FFS Why make it so damn hard!
Okay, rant over.
I wonder if you have a matt sized to the floor space of the room, reckon it'll heat up the place pretty well?
these mats are not waterproof so it's not practical for the whole room. They're like hard-wearing electric blankets.
However if you're DIY-inclined there's the option of radiant floor heating, either electrically heated or with a glycol-based liquid and a boiler. It's mostly an American thing however.
The Australian ones (eBay) I was looking at were waterproof, but they may have been the pet ones. Had a 5 year guarantee and Aus electrical certification. Also needed direct pressure to activate. Which is both a good safety aspect, but not so good if not standing on it.
Problem with the cheaper Chinese sourced ones, always the niggling doubt as to how safe they are, code compliant wise.
It's strange how a lot of houses in New Zealand don't have some form of central heating system and we have to resort to oil and fan heaters. In Australia, central heating system is a must for many when buying houses, even old run down houses have them, same goes for Canada.
Very expensive to install central heating. Also can be very expensive to run, and many are not that responsive. Infact for a small room, a cheap $50 heater is more affordable over 10 years, than installing a heat pump for that room, due to the high install costs in NZ. Consumer have just done a story on this. Interesting that in NZ, we don't have the window heatpump units you can install yourself, like they do in the US.
That's true. I agree that it will cost more to heat up if it is just for 1 room compared to rest of the house. There's a good article by Australian government about Heating options during winter
Did anybody else buy on of these heaters? I picked one up on the weekend and not too impressed. Most fan heaters you cant comfortable leave your hand in front of when on maximum heat but this one I can… not very warm
Make sure you got the right model. Bought one from a display pile of them. Used it for a couple of days then realised it was same brand (Spark) but a different model. It was a lot smaller than the advertised model. Checked out the advert again, then called Bunnings head office to confirm.
As far as can be worked out, the store put out the wrong model on the Specials display. Had it swapped over for the right model without any issue.
It isn't uncomfortably hot as you were after. But at that price, wasn't expecting anything flash. It was just to take the chill off, under the office table. Doubt it would warm a room but not sure you'd expect that from a small 2000 watt fan heater anyway. Suits what we wanted it for. Used it a fair bit over past couple of weeks without any problems. 12 months warranty.
dam, just got 1 from warehouse for 20