Room heaters?

Does anyone keep their herp room, heated by one of those portable metal heaters? I ask because now that I live by myself, I don't plan on turning on my heat till later on and not keeping my house very warm (around 60ish). I'd like to keep my herp room around 80 if possible, but I am scared if I use one of those metal heaters that it may cause a fire.

I'm looking at one of these:
http://www.homedepot.com/Building-Ma...atalogId=10053

or one of these:
http://www.homedepot.com/Building-Ma...atalogId=10053




Any and all info and tips on keeping my herp room, warm.. I'm ALL ears!

No way I'd use the first one for anything other than temporary room heating. They are fire hazards.

The second....I dunno. It seems cheap to be honest.

No way you always here about bad things. I think those space heaters are crap, and would not use one ever..

In my rat barn I used one just like this,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16896808038

It has safety features in case it over heats. Worked great and heated a 16x16 easy.

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Originally Posted by Clear

In my rat barn I used one just like this,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16896808038

It has safety features in case it over heats. Worked great and heated a 16x16 easy.

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Thanks. Did you run it for hours on end or just here and there?

It stayed on set at 75F 24/7 for months on end.

I'm interested in this question also.
I just purchased this one http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...ct_id=10746935 so far so good, it oscillates and has a built in thermostat that shuts it off.

I am curious about this question too. I believe I seen the "Oil-Filled Radiator" style heaters in BHB's rooms (while watching snakebytes) and in Adam Wysocki's rooms (in his video's)...

i would only use it in a room that is closely monitored, you hear of those things causing fires every winter. i wonder if you could wire a t-stat to it though?

I use an oil filled heater. Once the colder weather sets in (like now) it's on pretty much 24/7. I do plan on getting a new one soon as I would like to replace each winter.