A child safe space heater for in cold kids rooms can be a great solution for winters. With winter up on us again and the weather getting colder in many areas, many parents start worrying about how to keep the kids warm and cozy in their bedrooms.
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But babies and toddlers are worth a bit of thought as they don’t have a lot of thick blankets and need a comfy warm room. Though you can let your baby sleep in your room, if you want them to have their own room you can do this with kid friendly space heaters for in the nursery or children’s room.
Tips for special features for child safe space heaters to use in a nursery.
Should you use a space heater in a kids room?
The first one is the most easy to use.
The second is a bit more work but also a bit saver as it is fixed to the wall and can’t fall. (when installed right of course).
There are a few portable space heaters which claim to be kids proof but this is one specially made for usage in the nursery.
Pros of the Vornadobaby Tempa Nursery Heater: As described in the safety first section this heater has a few of the pros for kids, namely a cool-touch exterior, so the surface temperature is child hands proof. It has a tip-over protection, the heater shuts itself of when tipped over. Automatic safety shut-off system when an excessive temp is reached (uses a sensor). It is silent enough to sleep and there is only a small light on the on/off switch. The excessive cable can be rolled up in the base.
Cons of the Vornadobaby Tempa Nursery Heater: Compared to an earlier model child’s hands can now touch the control buttons more easily. The on and off switch is the only child lock it has. It heats mildly, so not strong enough for larger areas. Fine for a nursery room though.
Pros of the Wall Mount Space Heater Panel: It only uses 400 watt so it is good for your energy bill. With the heat guard it is perfectly suitable as a child safe room heater. There is no fan to protect from kids hands. As this is installed on the wall tipping over is no risk.
Pros of the Wall Mount Space Heater Panel: The heat guard is sold separately so that will make the cost go up by about $30. Thermostat is separately. This heater stinks the first few days.
Pros of the Delonghi kid safe space heater: The heater turns on when the temperature goes below freezing point and it turns off when the safety thermal cutoff triggers (when covered by a blanket or tipped over). It has a wide stable base to prevent tipping over. It is not hot to the touch.
Cons of the Delonghi kid safe space heater: According to a few users the fan tends to get noisy over time so it is not so quite anymore. Also the auto shut off function doesn’t seem to work for all users.
If you really prefer a Delonghi heater check out the one below. It is a bit more expensive and takes more space but it is worth to check it out.
As the Vornadobaby is specially made as a child friendly space heater this one has a few advantages above the Delonghi heater. Next to that the tip over protection seems to give less trouble according to users. For the small difference in price the Vornadobaby is my preferred heater. If you really prefer a Delonghi heater check out the one below.
The Amaze-Heater is a wall mounted room space heater with a protective heat guard.
The protective heat guard is nice for curious kids fingers. The heater has no fan so it is quiet. If you listen very well there is a soft humming. It is easy to mount and you can paint it to mach the room.
There seems to be some odor the first day. Most people think it is negligible.
The cool touch edge protection means that you can touch the heater for about 5 secs before it becomes uncomfortable. The low energy is good for your wallet and for the environment. It heats up fast.
This heater has no thermostat so keeping the room at the temperature you want is difficult.
You can’t use it on bigger spaces. The way it works (via radiation) means it is better to use for maintaining temperature then for heating a room. First 8 hours you use it it will smell because of a protective coating. This is non toxic but it does smells terribly chemical.
The radiator does get hot but when you touch it you won’t get burned. When it accidentally tips by playing kids or dogs it will use an automatic shut off. So this makes it children’s room proof. It has an 24 hour programmable timer, which makes it even more energy efficient. Easy to move because of the retractable wheels. It heats a small room fast.
It is not suitable for quickly heating large rooms. It has no LCD temperature display which is nowadays available on a lot of other heaters.
Dr Infrared Heater Quartz + PTC Infrared Portable Space Heater – 1500 Watt, UL Listed , Produces 60% More Heat with Advanced Dual Heating System.
This is a very quiet heater. You won’t notice it is on except for the orange color. Nice small so it won’t take a lot of space. Gives a cozy radiating heat. Different then air warmers. It looks stylish and it has wheels to move it easily.
Can’t handle large rooms like all of them. It is also not good for heating up a room but better used for maintaining the temp. It does draws some serious current, though.
Though normally I rate my lists according to bestselling I couldn’t find a best sellers list of space heaters suitable for children’s rooms. That is why these list is in no specific order.
– Safety first off course – surprisingly enough there are still a lot of burn wounds on kids every year in the hospital.
– Quiet or at least low noise. This means that a lot of the fan operated heaters are not that suitable as those are often noisy.
– Energy efficient – you don’t want to change the winnings of putting your thermostat down to be spend on the heater or worse.
Those last two are easily enough but the first needs some more explanation: What makes a space heater a kid friendly heater?
Surface temperature – The surface temperature should be cool to the touch. For example if the heating element sits in a large container kids cant reach it and this prevents burnt fingers.
Safety switch – Some space heaters have a safely switch underneath them. When the heater falls it will shut itself off.
Fan protection – The fan should be well protected by a fine maze grate.
Placement – And there are of course some safety precautions you need to follow yourself, mainly in choosing the place you will install the heater. It needs to be stable and the controls of the heater needs to be out of reach of curious kids hands. Preferable the whole heater should be out of reach and even if your kid let the blanket slip out of its bed it should not cover the heater to prevent the possibility of fire.
It has been the opinion for a long time that you should not leave a space heater unattended. So certainly not unattended in a nursery. Times do have been changed though and our electronic equipment has improved. Safety switches, maximum temperature shutoff systems, fan protection, everything has been improved. Modern heaters are a lot better. So many parent do use them to heat a nursery before they bring there little one there for a nap or bedtime.
But the best method to prevent fires and other accidents is still not to leave electric space heaters unattended in kids rooms (according to Consumer Reports). A thermostat can break, when a heater tips half over and the safety switch is not activated it will heat whatever it touches and possibly put that on fire. Though space heater are a lot saver then they used to be most parents still don’t leave the heater on when they go to bed.
• Keep the heater clear of anything.
• Don’t use the heater to dry things, it can catch fire.
• Make sure there is a minimum distance of three feet clear of your heater.
• Your heater needs to stands on a stable surface / or a well installed table, so it can’t fall.
• Take care near water with all electric equipment.
Oh by the way, no worries for the older kids as those snuggle under their covers like we do, when the thermostat goes down at night for cost and environment saving.