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Bionaire Micathermic Convection Heater with Fan (New)

Bionaire Micathermic Convection Heater with Fan (New) for $34.99

Jan 12, 2012 8:32 PM

Heat up your room quickly and efficiently with natural convection heat

Innovative heating technology provides quiet, yet powerful heat with the assistance of a built in fan

Lightweight and portable along with an integrated carry handle allows it to be easily transported

Easy to adjust manual controls will help maintain ideal comfort level

Silent, convection heating circulates air

Adjustable thermostat

2 heat settings

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brutherford brutherford

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$60 on Amazon.

Anyone know something about the efficiency of these? I have electric baseboard heat in my apt (not very efficient, but still electric). Would this be a more efficient way to heat a bedroom so I could keep the baseboard heat off?

meh3884 meh3884
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Dictionary.com has no definifition for Micathermic.

Wikipedia has one: A micathermic heater is a type of space heater in which the heating element is covered in thin sheets of mica. Micathermic heaters produce both convection heat and radiant heat,and are usually thinner than other types of heaters.

Now mica, it has a wiki entry too: The mica group of sheet silicate (phyllosilicate) minerals includes several closely related materials having highly perfect basal cleavage.

Basel cleavage, NOW we're getting somewhere!

From the wiki: Cleavage, in mineralogy, is the tendency of crystalline materials to split along definite crystallographic structural planes.

awe crud...it sounded so promising. I liked the radiant Sunbeam heaters put up awhile back, but unfortunately woot and we took a bath on those...trying to sell myself on these ugly-ass heaters...little help please?

therealjrn therealjrn
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@meh3884: No more efficient. You'll get the same amount of heat out per dollar spent on electricity.

But you'll be out $34.99 for the heater.

Now, if the space heater lets you add a sort of "Zone" that you don't have available because your whole place is on one thermostat, then you could save money by only heating the room you are in to comfortable levels, allowing the rest of the place to run cooler than you'd normally keep it.

wsmiddel wsmiddel
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I've been using mine for a few months after purchasing it from home.woot
Some thoughts:
Safe around the very curious cat. She has put her nose and paw on it with no ill effects.
The cord gets warm but never hot.
I've never noticed it making noise.
It radiates heat, it doesn't blow it.
I crank it up to 11 at night, it turns a 58 degree large living area into a 64 degree zone, that is to say, just enough to take the chill off.
The gas bill is down.
It heats up the room better than my Vornado Vortex Heater did at 1/3 the price.

For me this was a solid buy. Thanks Woot!

dreamyvelvet dreamyvelvet
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I'm wondering if this is powerful enough to heat the un-insulated garage. Anyone with experience on this one? Two car garage if that helps.

sharramarie sharramarie
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Does the fan have to be on for heating? We love oil-filled radiant heaters because the only noise is the soft click of the thermostat as it cycles on or off - no sound of a whirring fan whatsoever (however soft it might be).

Never mind - from reading on Amazon, it looks like you can either have it on low and have no fan, or have it on high with a noisy fan which speeds up heating of the room. Sounds perfect. In for one -- only need it for one room...

toybuilder toybuilder
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@meh3884: I have electric baseboard heat and purchased Soleus Micathermic Heaters a few years ago. I found they are a few dollars cheaper for me to use instead of the baseboard heat. But my rooms are very small. 10 x 10.

bitler2000 bitler2000
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Mine quit in 4 weeks. Bonaire is replacing it free without having to ship the heater back.

armco armco
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@sharramarie: Very small heater. This would work well to have pointed AT you while working in the garage. Infra red heat warms you more than the space. To heat a whole 2 car garage? Maybe if you live in the south and it's not very cold to start with.

stnickk stnickk
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@armco: Mine lasted for less than 1 week! But...all it took was a phone call to the company and they are shipping another one out to me with no questions asked! ...and I don't have to spend $20 to ship the old one back! Awesome Customer Service!

isdrms isdrms

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