9 Best Conservatory Heaters: Buyers Guide

A conservatory should be enjoyed all year-round, but naturally this can be difficult during the colder seasons. This is especially the case if you typically have an older conservatory that isn’t as energy efficient as their modern day counterparts.

To combat any issues you have with warmth, fortunately, there are several great conservatory heaters on the market. Choosing the right one for you from the best conservatory heaters could make all the difference between your conservatory space being just an okay place to relax and being an ‘amazing’ place to escape to.

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There are many things you need to consider when looking at conservatory heaters. For instance, are you going to opt for an electric, gas or even tubular heater? Furthermore, you also need to consider your available budget, the power output and if it will heat up your size of conservatory. As well as considering how easy they are to use and whether they have safety features to prevent accidents, injuries and damage to your property.

To help you make the best decision for your property, we’ve put together a guide to what we believe are the 10 best conservatory heaters available right now.

• Pro Breeze 2500W Oil-Filled Radiator

First, we have a very affordable oil filled radiator from Pro-Breeze. This comes with three adjustable heating output settings, 2500-watts, 1500-watts and 1000-watts so you can adjust the heating level to your own personal preference. It features an attractive 11 heating fins and is capable of heating rooms to the required temperature in minutes.

It benefits from safety features such as the tip-over automatic switch off and protection against overheating, so your conservatory, you and your family will always be safe. The 24-hour timer is a nice touch, allowing you to select the times when you need the heater on and when you don’t. There are wheels fitted to the base to make it easy to move from one room or area to another.

It comes pre-assembled and features a 1.5-metre power lead, which is more than enough for most conservatories and a clever little cable tidy.

• Pro Breeze 2000W Mini Ceramic Fan Heater

Next in our list is another, though slightly smaller this time, heater from Pro Breeze. The notable thing about this is the ceramic technology used in its design helps it to be more efficient and faster-operating than normal heaters. It offers two power settings, low and high, that provides 1200-watts and 2000-watts of power respectively.

For larger and wider conservatories, the 60-degrees auto-oscillation mode is great for ensuring you are always comfortable. You can, therefore, adjust the level of heat it provides by adjusting the power setting or using the onboard and easily adjusted thermostat.

To say this is lightweight and company is an understatement and while it does not feature wheels like the model above, it does have a carry handle that makes it easy to lift and move. Just as the Pro Breeze above though, it benefits from both the tip-over switch-off and overheat protection.

• NETTA 2500-Watts Oil-Filled Radiator with Thermostat

We have another accordion-like oil-filled radiator with 11 fins, this time designed and manufactured by NETTA. The 2500-watt heater has an adjustable thermostat and two power options, low and high. While low provides 1250-watts, high produces a luxuriously high 2500-watts. This means, despite its small and light design, it’s ideal for heating medium to larger sized conservatories.

We love that it’s easy to get the setting you require. With a 24-hour timer, you can set it to turn off and on when you are going to be using the conservatory most.

The cable tidy is a practical, neat and aesthetically pleasing solution to avoiding the inevitable tripping up over the 1.5-metres of cabling. While the wheels make it easy to transport from room to room. Even the older and more infirm will have not have very much trouble pushing it to the side when you need to hoover and clean around it.

• Wärme Designer Electric Wall Heater

Now for something completely different, we bring the incredibly slick and slimline Wärme Designer Electric Wall Heater to your attention. This resembles a flat screen television more than a space heater but is a highly efficient way to warm up a space like a conservatory.

Much like a modern-day TV, you install this by mounting it to the wall. Amazingly it can heat areas up to 22-sq-metres and has an adjustable thermostat that offers between 15 and 33-degrees Celsius.

If you have a very modern-looking conservatory and are concerned a more traditional heater might look out of place, this is the product for you. It’s no wonder it was featured as a recommended item in the Architecture Art Design magazine and is used by house builders and developers across continental Europe. Easy to install, use and takes up none of the valuable floor space.

Sure, it’s more expensive than others we’ve featured so far, but look at it!

• Duronic Convector Heater HV120

Perhaps you are looking to be free of the need for oil-filled radiators. This is a great conservatory heating solution that, thanks to its convector heating design, does not require oil. Although many of you reading this will have used oil-filled radiators in the past and swore by them, this can heat up much faster. With three selectable heat settings of 750-watts, 1250-watts and 2000-watts, there is a lot of flexibility.

On cooler days during the start and towards the end of the year, you could have it set to high, whereas when the warmer weather comes in, you can simply switch it down a level or two. To help reduce the times you need to fuss with the heat setting though, there’s also a built-in thermostat that means it can be set to never allow the temperature to drop.

At only 3.2kg, it’s lightweight and easy to move around. There are easy-grip handles on each side. Another thing that stands out about this model is that it comes with the slightly longer 1.8-metre cable.

• De’Longhi Dragon 4 Oil Filled Radiator

From De’Longhi, a manufacturer we are sure you are all familiar with, comes the Dragon 4. This is hardly a beast of an oil filled radiator to look at. With, however, three heat settings of 1100-watts (low), 1400-watts (medium) and 2500-Watts (high), it provides the kind of warmth that matches its powerful name.

A notable feature is the chimney effect it uses in the convection of air. Cold air is pushed through the hottest part and then up through the vents at the top. It heats rooms quicker and as it’s designed to warm a room of as much as 75-sq-metres, its output is more than enough for the average conservatory.

As you’d expect from a high-end model, it’s also equipped with a thermostat. With rubberised wheels at the base, it’s incredibly mobile and safe for use on just about any type of flooring. From a safety point of view, this model has anti-frost protection and an automatic cut-out switch to make sure it doesn’t overheat. With a mid-price tag, we think it’s a great investment.

• ANSIO 2300-Watts Oil Filled Radiator Heater

Yet another 11-fin oil-filled radiator, from ANSIO comes this model with three power settings ranging from low at 1000-watts, through to medium at 1300-watts and 2300-watts at high. Although it is a lot like other conservatory heaters in our guide, especially to look at, there are some features that are unique to this model.

For one, it comes with a remote control. This means that you have full control over the adjustable thermostat, which can be set from 5- to 35-degrees Celsius, without having to go over to the unit.

Other features that make this model stand out a little from the others are the Eco Mode that can help to save power and make it more energy-efficient – perfect if you’re keenly aware of how much you are spending on your monthly electricity bills and trying to reduce them.

There’s also a Child Lock that disables all the controls so that little hands can’t get to it and potentially hurt themselves. Alongside these model-specific features, you also get a 24-timer and memory function that retains the most recently used settings.

• ANSIO 2000-Watts Oscillating PTC Ceramic Tower Fan Heater

We’re staying with ANSIO for another intriguing and innovative style that’s a little different from the other conservatory heaters we’ve featured. The oscillating PTC tower heater is a slick and stylish design that can be placed in a horizontal or vertical position, depending on your preference and the available space in your lean-to.

When you consider that it has power settings of either 1200-watts or 2000-watts, it hardly matters that it only has two options compared to others with three.

Like the ANSIO model above, it also benefits from a remote control that enables you to adjust and alter the settings. As well as the other similarities such as Eco Mode and its memory that ‘saves’ the last settings used and the 24-hour timer that means it can be set to warm up and cut out when you are in the conservatory most and not at all.

A major difference with this model is that it has internal oscillation that helps to spread the air more easily.

• EcoAir DD122 Simple Desiccant Dehumidifier

The last in our guide is a dehumidifier, the EcoAir DD122 Simple Desiccant. It is an effective and compact appliance that has been designed to help with controlling humidity, as you’d have probably imagined. It doesn’t really sound like a heater until you consider its amazing indoor laundry drying abilities. This will suit if your conservatory is warm enough but you have humidity and moisture issues, or use the space to hang dry clothes when the weather is wet and miserable outside.

Does anyone in your house have allergies or asthma? This could help. So, rather than just being a heater, it performs two jobs at the same time. With heat-temperature detection and automatic-shut off, auto full tank shutdown and tilt cut-off protection, it’s safe to use, even if you are not around.

Final Thoughts

So, if you are looking to add a little warmth to that beautiful extension in your home, the guide above will hopefully help you find the right conservatory heater from some of the best in the market.

It can be difficult to find the right one at the right price. A bigger conservatory will generally require more power to fully heat it, but many modern heaters are now fitted with eco modes making them far more efficient and cheaper to run than the older models.

One thing is for certain though, you no longer have to sit in an uncomfortably cold conservatory anymore during the winter seasons – another step towards making that conservatory part of your home again.