Best Fan Space Heaters Ranked

For a desk or bedside where a cheap, quiet heater should hold a set temperature. A larger room is better served by a tower or radiator.

For a living room or open space where you want oscillating heat with a set temperature, remote and timer.

For a bedroom or office where you want a remote, a set temperature and a timer for little money. It lacks a published safety listing and warranty.

For a bedroom where you want to set a temperature, use a remote and have it turn off on its own. Skip it for the AVH10 if you never leave your chair.

For a bedroom or living room where you want a sturdy metal heater with a remote, timer and set temperature. The TAVH10 does the same jobs for less in a plastic case.

For a bedroom or office where you want a quiet tower that holds a set temperature, with a remote, long timer and child lock.

For a bedroom or office where you want to set a temperature and leave it. Spend a little more on the TAVH10 if you want a remote and timer.

For a desk, bedroom or small office where a cheap, small heater should hold a set temperature. It is a personal heater, so a larger room needs a tower or radiator.

For a desk, dorm or small bedroom where a compact heater with a tip-over switch matters more than a remote or timer.

For anyone who wants a simple, well-guarded fan heater for one room with a long guarantee. Pick a digital model if you want to set an exact temperature.

For a bedroom or office where a compact tower should hold a set temperature. Similar money buys towers with a stated safety listing and warranty.

For a small or medium room where a compact heater sits in the middle and a remote and set temperature matter. Its round output is less suited to warming one spot.

For anyone who wants a compact, safe blower heater with a real thermostat, a remote and a long warranty. It is the smaller, lighter take on the DR-968.

For a living room where a mid-priced tower should spread heat and hold a set temperature. Buyers who want a stated safety listing and warranty have better choices at the same price.

For someone who wants one good-looking bladeless unit that heats in winter and cools in summer, and will pay for that. As a heater alone, it is poor value.

For a living room or bedroom where you want to set a temperature and leave it, with a remote and timer. Look elsewhere if it might get knocked over.

For a cheap personal heater under a desk or in a small room where basic heat and tip-over protection are all you need.

For a bedroom or den where you want a set temperature and a gradual bedtime shutdown. Its floor and personal modes suit someone heating just their spot.

For cheap, quick spot heat at a desk or in a small room. Little is published about it, so a better documented heater is the safer pick.

For a small bedroom or office on a budget where simple top controls are enough. Skip it if you want a remote, a timer or a set temperature.

For a bedroom or home office where you want an oscillating tower with a remote and a sleep timer. Pick a digital model if you want to dial in an exact temperature.

For a cheap desk or small-bedroom heater with tip-over protection and a thermostat. Pay more for a safety-listed heater with a longer warranty.

For a living room or large bedroom where you want a quiet tower that holds a set temperature, with a remote and long timer. Smaller rooms are served as well by cheaper towers.

For a bedroom or living room that needs a slim oscillating tower with a real set temperature and a timer. The 3 year warranty beats most cheap towers.

For a cheap personal heater under a desk or in a small room where you just want heat with tip-over protection. Pay more for a listed heater with a longer warranty.

For a cheap oscillating heater on a desk or in a small room with tip-over protection. Pay more for a listed heater with a longer warranty.

For a living room or large bedroom where a tower should spread heat and hold a set temperature. Smaller spaces can save with the Atom One.

For a large living room where a quiet tower with wide oscillation should hold a set temperature. Cheaper towers heat just as much if you can do without the extras.

For warming your feet or desk in a cool office without loading the circuit. It will not heat a room.

For a bedroom or living room where a quiet heater should sit in the middle of the floor and hold a set temperature. Buyers who want a stated safety listing should look at Dreo’s ETL-listed towers.

For a small bedroom or office where a cheap, simple heater with tip-over protection and a long warranty is enough. Pick a digital model if you want a timer.

For someone who wants an air purifier first and a heater second in one bladeless unit. As a space heater alone it is very poor value.

For a living room or bedroom that needs an oscillating tower with a set temperature, a timer and a 3 year warranty. Buy it over the HCE317B only if it is the cheaper of the two.

For a living room or basement where a quiet blower heater with a real thermostat and remote should run for hours. The “infrared” label is marketing: it gives the same heat as any 1,500 W heater.

For someone who wants a sturdy Honeywell heater that turns itself off after 8 hours and can aim its warm air. Cheaper ceramic heaters give the same heat with finer temperature control.

For a living room or bedroom where a slim panel looks better than a tower and a set temperature matters. The fans make it quicker than an oil radiator but not silent.

For quick warmth aimed at you in an office or drafty room, with tip-over and overheat shutoff. Choose a listed heater with a longer warranty if those matter.

For a garage, barn or workshop that needs cheap, simple heat or freeze protection. For a bedroom, pick a heater with a real low setting and a digital thermostat.

For warming your hands and legs at a desk without tripping a shared circuit. It will not heat a room.

For quick, glowing spot heat in a drafty room or office from simple dials. Families with small children are better served by a cool-touch ceramic tower.

For warming one person at a desk or in a shared office where a full 1,500 W heater would trip the breaker. It will not heat a room.

For someone who wants a powerful tower fan for summer that can also heat a room in winter. Buy a plain heater if heat is all you need.

For a garage or workshop that needs a rugged, simple heater. Indoors, a heater with a low setting and tip-over shutoff is a better fit.