8 Best Space Heaters (2025), Tested and Reviewed

More Space Heaters I Recommend Photograph: Matthew Korfhage Vornado AVH10 for $99 and Vornado TAVH10 for $140: Vornado has an unholy variety of models that look quite similar, but have different levels of loudness and different feature sets. Some are built in America, some in China. In general, the models I've liked best are the ones that advertise “vortex action,” a fancy name for spinning a fan into a spiral grate oriented opposite to the action of the fan. This leads to a mostly quiet and nigh-undetectable column of warm air, directed out to the back of the room, where it scatters. The non-digital MVH is my favorite: the most silent, the most reasonably priced. Because it's analog, the MVH can also be regulated by a temperature-controlled power outlet in order to get the most accurate version of thermostat. But the MVH is not exactly a feature-rich device. The digital AVH10 and TAVH10 are also quiet, though not quite as quiet as the MVH. They also cost more. But the AVH10 adds a f ... Read full article.