Room heaters?

[lillyorchid]

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!

[bobbittle]

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.

[mikels]

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

[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.

[lillyorchid]

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.

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

[Clear]

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

[minifly]

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.

[Boanerges]

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)...

[BigLu]

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?

[waltah!]

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.