I’ve come to the solid conclusion that I prefer central heating over portable space heaters.
As odd as that may sound, the fact is that portable space heaters, although a great energy saver, just do not heat the home as good as central heating does.
Especially if you live in an area that has really cold weather like I do. Central heating will warm your whole home within minutes if you have your central heating and air conditioning system up to date and always tuned up. But, on the other hand, with portable space heaters…even if you have a few of them in one room, these will only heat small areas up to certain amount of square footage. I tried the whole energy saving method of using space heaters during my waking hours, and though that may work for other people, it doesn’t for me. Maybe it’s because my house is wide and larger than most that i’ve read on the internet about. A lot of those people were heating apartments with space heaters. I can easily see this working. But, for a bunch of space heaters heating a spacious home, it just aint happening! So I will gladly pay the hundreds of dollars extra on my heating and energy bills throughout the year in exchange for quality heating! Air conditioning on the other hand…I can get away with using energy saving portable air conditioning units at times. I even have a ductless mini split air conditioning system in one room of my house. That works fine. But heating, that is a whole different story for me.