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    If your workshop is in an unfinished garage or basement and not attached to your central heating system, your best option is to make use of space heaters.

    Cool Tools brings us two of their favorites that cover a lot of different applications and one of them should work for you.

    ProCom Unvented Propane Heater
    A combination radiant/passive-convection heater powered by propane, the ProCom burns cleanly and needs no vent or chimney.

    Dyna-Glo Pro Heater
    It's very powerful (70,000 BTU) and, amazingly, creates no detectable odor while burning kerosene.

     
     

    Don't forget these space heater safety tips.

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    • heater parts

      Space heaters are amazing. I love having one for those times when I don’t want my whole house to be warm, but I’m cold in my room. I really think they’re a great investment. Even if you don’t use them a lot.. it’s a good thing to have, because you never know.

    • Garrison Roberts

      Good Morning, my name is Garrison Roberts. My wife and I just bought our first home 5 months ago…moving’ up and finally realizing the American Dream. So shortly thereafter we found that it could be very costly during the impending winter to pay the higher propane costs that heating a 1800 sq ft home is…we needed a better solution. So we looked around and found some friends using 2 CZ Infrared 1500P heaters to supplement their home heat. It seemed to do an excellent job in the main areas of their home. So I took the leap of faith and invested in 3 units...they do not disappoint whatsoever. We run our thermostat at a constant 55 F and supplement up to 75 degrees F in our living room, one in our kitchen/dining area, and one in our finished basement that is converted into an office/study. The units perform perfectly and we set them to delay start about 45 minutes prior to coming home for an even, comfortable heat. I run our 3 units for about 12 hours per day for the cost of $1.58 per day or less than $50.00 per month in electrical cost per unit. It has saved us hundreds in potential propane costs this heating season already. I am so glad that I took the leap of faith and decided to choose Infrared heat to keep my new home comfy and warm. Thank you, CZ Infrared.

    • Brad Johnson

      In response to Mr. Roberts, the only issue I can see with your assertions is that I fail to see how a space heater can effectively heat an area of this magnitude comfortably or efficiently. Please explain to me how this unit can be as efficient as a standard central heat system. Thank you for your time.

    • Hank Gibson

      This message is in response to Mr. Peterson’s posting. With all due respect, sir…how can a constant electrical option of 1500 watts (I looked into the specs) be a cheaper option than standard, all-American propane? Please explain how paying per Kilowatt hour for your home heat is actually a better option…because I just can’t see it.

    • smstrb

      Here in Massachusetts 1mil Btu's of propane would cost around $35 and 293 kWh (the equivalent of 1mil Btu's) of electricity around $40. However, a propane heater doesn't run at 100% efficiency like electricity.

      Factoring in the standard 80% efficiency rating for propane heaters it would now cost $44 per 1mil Btu's for propane - $4 more per 1mil Btu's than electricity.
      Source:http://alternative-heating-inf...

    • Earl Peterson

      Hello. My name is Earl Peterson of Gillette in the great state of Wyoming. I just wanted to take a moment to give my account of how a company called EarthWise Technologies in Yelm, Washington saved me a bundle on my propane costs this winter season. Up here in Gillette we get your standard winter of 1 - 2 ft. of snow fall & temperatures in the teens. However, this season was especially cold with the average being -5 below. The locals at our feed store last fall were all a hummin’ of rumors of a 70% increase in our home propane costs before the onset & our home heating town hall meetings were a thing of character and futility as most of us old timers didn’t even know how we were going to survive the brutal Wyoming winter. Social Security simply doesn’t stretch as far as we figured it would when we were young & workin’ our share of the world. Anyhow, my best friend Jed and I were a gabbin’ one fall day about how we were gonna live when he mentioned getting some space heaters, those high tech infrared types. Now I didn’t really know much about those things and told him my grandson, the internet whiz, could help me look all that up. Boy I tell you what, there are so many confounded choices it just makes your head spin. There are ones with all sorts of interestin’ claims & even some that those Amish make (yeah, like I believe that hog wash). But my grandson showed me how to search all those opinion sites that tell me how it is from real folks like you & I. From all the hoopla I found that the CZ Infrared models have the longest warranty, best return policy, and if something does happen after you purchase it…they have the best customer service of any of those other yahoo’s out there. I could tell you how when I bought 4 CZ 1500P heaters for my 2 – story 1500 sq. ft. home to survive the winter months that I saved an average of $250.00 per month in propane by turning my thermostat down to 60 degrees and using my heaters, 2 per floor, to heat my home up to a comfortable 75 degrees F. I could tell you how stylish and quiet these units are even when used constantly or how the technology allows each unit to regularly power off to simply maintain the room temperature set. I could even tell you how safe these units are that my little grandchildren can play right next to the one in our den without getting hurt or burned in the slightest. I could honestly tell you many things; however, I only became a true believer when I searched those opinion sites and finally bought some to see for myself. So I encourage you to check out all them reviews & finally buy one to see for yer self how much you can safe over the length of a grueling winter, like ours here in Gillette. I so far have saved ‘bout $780.00 this season over what I would’ve paid without ‘em. Stay warm and god bless.

    • anthonyris

      The top one looks very nice.

      We installed the Orbis Comfort View direct vent heaters in a cottage. They work very well, and don't require any electricity - a great benefit where electrical power isn't readily available or is unreliable.

      They are sold in the US by ASAP Heat:
      http://www.asapheat.com/calora...

    • Charles & Hudson

      Thanks for that suggestion. We've had problems with electrical heaters tripping breakers, so electrical alternatives are great.

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