Best Space Heaters with a Thermostat

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 bedroom or office that needs silent, steady heat held at a set temperature. A fan heater warms a cold room faster for short stays.

For a bedroom or living room that needs silent, steady heat held at a set temperature. The OH310 does the same job for less.

For a bedroom or office that needs silent, steady heat held at a set temperature with a remote. Dreo’s OH310 offers much the same for less.

For bedrooms and home offices where a silent heater should hold a set temperature on a schedule. Those who only need background heat can save with a dial radiator.

For a bedroom or bathroom where a quiet wall or floor panel on a WiFi schedule is worth paying for. A plain oil radiator gives the same heat for less.