Electric Stove Heater

**ri*smom** · 12-01-2008, 07:09 PM

Anyone have one?? They have one on sale this week at Aldi's . . . 1500 watt for $79. Do they put out a lot of heat? We were thinking about getting one to use in the room we are in (living room or playroom downstairs) that way we can keep the thermostat turned down--perhaps turned down even farther depending on how well one of these heaters potentially work vs their cost of usage. I'd love to get opinions before they come out on Thursday. TIA.

**Nana2two** · 12-01-2008, 08:51 PM

Im not sure about the one your taking about, but i have 2 that look like small faux fire places, They were $99.00 each and i love them.I have one in the open tv room upstairs, which supplies heat to that sitting area and down the halls also has a open staircase.The other 1 is in the dining room and heats the livingroom and takes the chill out. Its alot cheaper to run these then to have my furnace kicked up to 68 ,i have furnace is set at 60

**ri*smom** · 12-01-2008, 09:11 PM

http://aldifoods.com/us/html/offers/...3_ENU_HTML.htm

It sounds just like what they are offering this week. Cool. We keep it turned down to 63 during the day . . . maybe we will be able to turn it down farther.

**Nana2two** · 12-01-2008, 11:54 PM

yep thats the exact ones we have.I say yes you will love them, the outside does not get hot enough to burn little fingers. The heat comes from under.

**Ali Lee** · 12-02-2008, 12:20 AM

I had one for about 2 years and the on/off switch, I guess from me pushing on it, went inside and couldn't be pulled out. We bought another & with in 2 weeks the on/off button did the same thing. I love'em and think they are so cute & could really heat up a room. BUT, if I would buy one again--I would turn it on & off with the plug. We bought an electric oil heater from Menards..not as cute but does the job.

**Squirt** · 12-02-2008, 06:43 AM

Those are really cute, but keep in mind that any 1500 watt electric heater is going to put out the same amount of heat. This translates to "this heater is expensive." You can get a little heater with an oscillating fan for maybe $15-20 or an electric oil heater for $40-50, maybe cheaper if you find a sale.

**ladytoysdream** · 12-05-2008, 08:14 PM

Kind of looks like a heater we bought a year ago at Kmart, and used to heat the new room we put on 2 yrs ago. It was electric and took our electric bill up roughly $ 30 a month higher, and that was only being on for a few hours a day, not round the clock.
The on/off switch did stop working but hubby opened it up somehow and moved the broken one to the middle position so we could continue to use it.
It's best used by being plugged into one of those electric strips and then you just shut the strip off instead of pulling the plug or using the switch on the heater.

Now we have the outside wood furnace going, and it keeps that new room at 70 and that is the farthest distance room, from the old furnace where the hot water tubing goes through. This end of the house is closer to 78 -80 now. More than I would like it to be but hubby wants it warm. He plows snow in the winter, and he likes to be warm when he watchs tv and naps in the chair.

**FrugalMomof3** · 12-05-2008, 08:44 PM

They are kinda cute but 1500 watts is maybe enough to heat 1 decent sized room. Might want to check out Home Depot or Lowes for maybe $100 more you could get one that heats the entire house nicely or you could use it as a backup.

A friend of mine bought a propane/gas fireplace, she also uses her oil tank but she said that little fireplace heats the house nicely, her oil heating never turns on. I think she paid for the heater/mantel and the propane $500 for everything.

**Jilly50** · 12-05-2008, 10:21 PM

I have one and I love it. It looks like a woodburning stove and i use it as my only source of heat for small apartment. (I do use an electric blanket at night). I live in Texas so that has to considered...it doesnt get as cold here as some places of course.