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I'm looking for an electric heater for my office. Ideally it'd be really quiet. The office is well insulated, so it doesn't need to get too hot.

Can you recommend a brand and model?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

This. They’re surprisingly energy efficient, and while they take a bit to heat up, once they get going they really radiate. I have a small one, and it gets me through the coldest days of winter without needing to turn on the built-in heaters in my apartment.

Bonus is that my cat loooves it. He posts up right next to it and is in cozy heaven.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

They are no more efficient than exposed element heaters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Every electric heater is 100% efficient. In fact heaters are the only things that can be that efficient

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Fun fact: heat pumps are more than 100% efficient. In heaters, 100% is trash.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Cool. Heat pumps are better for most use cases.