Outdoor patio heaters were once only used in restaurants and pubs. With the new found obsessions of owing this piece of equipment, the usefulness of it, more and more homeowners are rushing to get one of these. Before you get one of your own, you should consider some of the pointers here.
SPACE
When choosing a patio heater, it is best to survey the area where your heater will be placed. Will you want to mount it on a wall, keep it at the center of a table, or move it depending on the occasion? The kind of space where your heater will be located will greatly affect the kind of heater you will decide to get.
There are five main types of heaters. They are Freestanding, the Mobile, the Table Top, the Open Pit, and the Wall Mounted heaters. They all have their pros and cons though depending on its usage. A freestanding heater will be easy to move, especially when you are redecorating. Open pit heaters will give you that feeling of being up in the mountains. The most elegant heater is the wall-mounted heater as they have a luxurious appeal.
HEAT
The capacity of electric patio heaters differs from one another. If you are not sure of the reach of the particular heater, you should ask the salesperson. It is a waste to buy a heater that won’t be able to heat the complete area of your patio.
There are two types of heat a heater can project. One is in a straight line and the other is covering certain radius. Therefore, the place where you place the heater will be crucial to determine the type you are going to buy. There are also heaters that will warm people and objects instead of air. These are better as they wont be affected by the wind.
SAFETY
Majority of outdoor patio heaters come with automatic shut-off features that instantly turn your heater off to prevent it from overheating. Tilt shut-off buttons also come with the package to ensure that objects surrounding your heater will not catch fire in the event that the anti-tipping feature fails. These, together with heat adjustment buttons and the like, are the most basic safety precautions found in most electric patio heaters. But other features have also come into play. There are a number of heaters which boast high Ingress Proof readings which require you to pay more since you will be “getting more�. Check whether these high Ingress Proofed heaters’ lamps can be replaced when time comes that they need to be. If the lamps cannot be replaced, then you will have to buy an entirely new heater. So much for added features!
BUDGET
A wall mounted heater could cost about a thousand dollars. It’s a hefty price to pay if you only use them for a barbeque in winter. A cheaper option would be a mobile or freestanding heater, costing around two hundred dollars. An expensive heater doesn’t mean it’s the best one. A heater could have many features that you will probably never ever use. You should assess what you really need in a heater and focus on finding a heater with these features. After all, why spend on something that will become redundant later on.
There are hundreds of designs, styles, and varieties of electric patio heaters available in the market but there will only be one that is perfectly you. If a heater looks and feels right for your next door neighbor, chances are it wouldn’t really have the same effect in your home. It may seem taxing to flip through all the possible heaters out there for you, but in the end, it is you who will be sitting on that patio more than anyone else.

About the Author:
Kenny Leichester is a foremost expert in the interior design industry specializing in the outdoor or patio settings using patio furniture, patio umbrellas, outdoor cushions, patio heaters, patio lighting and so on to create exquisitely beautiful layout. His work on garden furniture are widely distributed and is a regular contributor to PatioShoppers.com.

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