Best Space Heaters Under $100

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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.

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 office where silent, steady heat matters more than speed. It is a safety-listed radiator without a timer or digital thermostat.

For someone who wants a silent radiator with plain knobs and no electronics to fuss with. Those who want a timer or a set temperature should pay a little more for the OH310.

For quiet, low-cost background heat under a drafty window or in a bedroom. It is basic, with only a dial thermostat and two settings.

For a bedroom or office that needs quiet, steady heat on a budget. It does the basics well but has no timer or digital thermostat.

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.