Best Oscillating Space Heaters

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

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 cheap, silent spot heat at a desk or chair, or on a circuit that cannot take a 1,500 W heater. Pick a thermostat heater to hold a whole room at a set temperature.

For warming one person at a desk or in a chair silently, or for a circuit that cannot take a 1,500 W heater. Pick a thermostat heater to hold a whole room at a set temperature.