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Subject Topic: Halogen heater Post Reply Post New Topic
PersonAbeyasekere
03/10/2012 at 8:02pm
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I just bought a halogen heater for one of my friends, as her bungalow is poorly heated and very colder.

Was wondering if one of these would be suitable to use in a tent for heating.

Does anyone have any experience or advice o using these in tents that they can share?

Thanks


PersonBridgelayer
03/10/2012 at 8:53pm
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Excellent. Using 1 bar keeps the chill off, anti-tilt is safe and it doesn't use a lot of power. I saw a 1kw, 2 bar in B&Q today for £20, but that's a lot more than I paid.


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PersonRonni54
03/10/2012 at 8:54pm
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I have a Towsure one, which has a folding stand and two bars (each 400w).  I have used it in a frame tent and in a trailer tent.  It does not have the bright light that a lot of domestic ones have and goes off automatically if it is knocked over.  I have found it very good as I don't like fan heaters because they dry the air out and make my eyes sore.  Not sure that I would use them with young children though.

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PersonAbeyasekere
03/10/2012 at 9:12pm
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Thank you. Think I will be buying one for my tent now!


PersonBridgelayer
04/10/2012 at 8:03pm
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We have a saying or nickname for that in Yorkshire....

NESH

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PersonJOHN BYRNE
05/10/2012 at 7:35am
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Be careful some sites will not allow them
John


Personrabb_uk
05/10/2012 at 9:27pm
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They only seem to heat whatevers directly in front of them, not very good as a space heater like the fan heaters, so it depends what you want it to do.

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Personshaun 123
05/10/2012 at 10:03pm
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dont bother  have tried them all , fan heater  they are fantastic  . you can have my halogen heater  save me filling my dustbin.  the heat circulates all around  the tent. very cosy all the time- shaun

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PersonAbeyasekere
05/10/2012 at 10:45pm
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Shaun, what type of fan heater do you have/recommend then?

Suggestions are welcome

Thanks!


PersonHEJC72
06/10/2012 at 10:57am
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Personally I found a halogen heater to be pretty useless at heating a tent - fine if you are sitting directly infront of it but not much use otherwise. 
An 800w one even struggled to heat my tiny caravan!

I use a small 2kw fan heater now with adjustable thermostat, temperature control, cool blow facility, frost protection and safety cut out.
I have only ever used it on the 1kw setting, with the temperature set at about 1/2 and found this more than enough to warm all of our tents, including our 8 berth Khyam Ontario.

Our heater is very similar to this one:
http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-1428744-10294381?url=http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4153238/Trail/searchtext%3EFAN+HEATER.htm

I always ensure that it is raised off the ground (I use a small backpacking table)



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Personshaun 123
06/10/2012 at 4:04pm
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http://www.tkqlhce.com/click-1428744-10294381?url=http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/4153032/Trail/searchtext%3EFAN+HEATER.htm       try this one argos have loads of them they all work just depends on the  money you want to spend cheers shaun

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