
Which Space Heaters Brand Wins?
This head-to-head test of 11 space heaters options has the measured results for each. See how they ranked and watch the full test video.

Amazon Basics
Price shown in test: $20
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The measured results
Every number below is read straight from the test. Products are listed in the order they finished.
Weight (lb)
- 1Amazon Basics2.72lb
- 2MainStay2.63lb
- 3Aikoper2.24lb
(called out later as the lightest of the lineup)
- 4GiveBest2.64lb
- 5DREOjust over3lb
- 6Lasko5.6lb
- 7Mr. Heater8.2lb
- 8Honeywell8.25lb
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrared19.2lb
the heaviest unit in the lineup
- 10Heat Storm7.74lb
- 11Dyson11.87lb
Country Of Origin
- 1Amazon Basics
China
- 2MainStay
China
- 3Aikoper
China
- 4GiveBest
China
- 5DREO
China
- 6Lasko
China
- 7Mr. Heater
China
- 8Honeywell
China
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrared
China
- 10Heat Storm
China
- 11Dyson
Malaysia (the only unit in the lineup not made in China)
Tip Over Result
- 1Amazon Basics
powered off immediately, plastic did not melt (best tip over rating)
- 2MainStay
powered off immediately, plastic did not melt
- 3Aikoper
very effective tip over shutoff switch, did not melt plastic
- 4GiveBest
performed very well, did not melt plastic
- 5DREO
heating element powered off immediately on tip over while the fan kept running to cool it down, rather than shutting off completely at once; narrator calls this a better safety design
- 6Lasko
continued supplying power to the heating element for about 25 seconds after tip over before shutting down (worst of the group), plastic did not melt; received the video's worst tip over rating of 3 while most other units scored 1
- 7Mr. Heater
powered off on tip over, but the front of the unit is very hot and melted the plastic during the melt test
- 8Honeywell
shut off before the unit's face touched the ground, plastic did not melt
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrared
shut off as soon as it was tipped over; the transcript does not state a plastic melt result for this brand the way it does for the others, left unspecified rather than assumed
- 10Heat Storm
test skipped; the unit is wall mounted and not subject to tip over by design
- 11Dyson
shut off in less than one second after tip over, plastic did not melt
Room Heat 200 Sqft Avg Increase (°F)
- 1Amazon Basics3.56F
per thermometer average (later recap line gives 3.57F for the same test, minor discrepancy, both kept)
- 2MainStay3F
per thermometer average, almost as good as Amazon Basics
- 3Aikoper2.87F
average, least amount of progress yet
- 4GiveBest3.87F
average, tied for best in the lineup with the Dyson
- 5DREO2.7F
average, described as the least progress alongside Lasko despite the strong spot heat result, because it draws only about 1430W
- 6Lasko2F
average, least progress in the room heating test
- 7Mr. Heater2.63F
average; narrator notes most of the heat goes straight to the ceiling without a fan
- 8Honeywell2.7F
average
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrared3.37F
average, made good use of its 1526W draw
- 10Heat Storm3.3F
average
- 11Dyson3.87F
average, tied for best in the lineup with GiveBest
Thermostat Noise
- 1Amazon Basics
pretty loud clicking, might disrupt light sleepers
- 2MainStay
noisy but a little less noisy than Amazon Basics
- 3Aikoper
noisy but less noisy than Amazon Basics and MainStay
- 4GiveBest
just as loud as Amazon Basics, described as sounding like a bad engine valve tap
- 5DREO
not isolatable, unit beeps while adjusting the thermostat
- 6Lasko
almost as loud as DREO's
- 8Honeywell
quietest thermostat yet at that point, not fully isolatable
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrared
relatively quiet compared to other brands
- 10Heat Storm
relatively quiet compared to other brands
- 11Dyson
quietest thermostat in the lineup
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
Spot Heat Center 5 (min)
- 1Amazon Basics
center thermometer +5F to 72F, left/right thermometers unchanged at 67F
- 2MainStay
center thermometer +7F (most of the three heaters tested so far), left/right thermometers under 1F change; narrator says it directed heat better than Amazon Basics
- 3Aikoper
least progress of the group so far: left/right +0.2F, center +2.2F
- 4GiveBest
moves into second place, center +almost 6F
- 5DREO
best by far, center +20F in 5 minutes, narrator calls it very impressive
- 6Lasko80.4F1st
(verbatim as captioned; implausible since it would exceed DREO's leading +20F figure and make Lasko first place, not second as the narrator states, almost certainly a garbled decimal such as 8.4, not corrected)
- 8Honeywell
+8F, moves into fourth place
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrared
+19F, performed very well
- 10Heat Storm
+7F, performed almost the same as Honeywell
- 11Dyson
+13F, also did a better job than most at warming the side thermometers
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
Watts Low
- 1Amazon Basics922
- 2MainStay726
- 3Aikoper775
- 4GiveBest788
- 5DREO980
- 6Lasko854
- 8Honeywell900
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrared17
(verbatim as captioned; implausibly low next to every other brand's low-setting reading of roughly 700 to 900W, almost certainly a dropped digit, not corrected)
- 10Heat Storm86
(verbatim as captioned; implausibly low next to every other brand's low-setting reading of roughly 700 to 900W, almost certainly a dropped digit such as 860, not corrected)
- 11Dyson1984
on the lowest fan speed, described as very energy thirsty, dropping to 1381
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
Watts High Peak
- 1Amazon Basics1741
(brief spike)
- 2MainStay1760
(brief spike)
- 3Aikoper1687
(captioned as the lowest power spike of the first three brands)
- 4GiveBest1
75 (verbatim as captioned, almost certainly 1750 with a dropped digit, not corrected)
- 5DREO1666
(brief spike)
- 6Lasko1671
(brief spike)
- 8Honeywell2
24 (verbatim as captioned, almost certainly 2240 with a dropped digit; narrator says it could easily trip a 15 amp breaker, not corrected)
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrared1846
(narrator says this might trip a 15 amp breaker)
- 10Heat Storm1596
(brief spike)
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
- 11Dysonnot tested
All measurements (23 more)+
Watts High Stabilized
- 1Amazon Basics1
54 (verbatim as captioned; almost certainly 1,540 with a dropped digit, not corrected)
- 2MainStay1532
- 3Aikoper1155
(verbatim; notably lower than every other brand's stabilized high reading of roughly 1400 to 1500, flagged as possibly a dropped digit rather than corrected)
- 4GiveBestabout1500
- 5DREO1432
the lowest stabilized high wattage of any unit in the video
- 6Lasko1454
- 8Honeywell1490
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrared1526
- 10Heat Storm1585
the highest stabilized continuous wattage of any unit in the video
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
- 11Dysonnot tested
Fabric Test Time To Shutoff
- 1Amazon Basicsabout35 seconds
- 2MainStay1 minute 30 seconds
- 3Aikoper5 minutes 15 seconds
refused to power down and made a very good effort at starting a fire
- 4GiveBestclose to35 seconds
- 6Lasko8 seconds
best fabric/fire result up to that point in the video
- 8Honeywell
less than 3 seconds, the best fabric/fire result of every brand in the video
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrared4 minutes
described as almost as persistent as Aikoper
- 10Heat Stormabout57 seconds
longer than the best performers but no fire or melt reported
- 11Dyson8 minutes
with two extra pillow covers added partway through since it was not tripping
- 5DREOnot tested
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
Fabric Temp (°F)
- 1Amazon Basics147°F
- 2MainStay313°F
- 3Aikoper320°F
- 4GiveBest236°F
- 6Lasko162°F
- 8Honeywell149°F
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrared31°F
(verbatim as captioned; given the brand is described as almost as bad as Aikoper, which hit 320F, this is almost certainly 310 with a dropped digit, not corrected)
- 11Dyson191°F
(the closing recap line separately states Dyson 19.7 de for this same test, which is almost certainly a garbled repeat/collision of the earlier 191F figure rather than a new data point; 191F is used here as the clearer, fully-narrated value)
- 5DREOnot tested
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
- 10Heat Stormnot tested
Settings
- 1Amazon Basics
low 750W, high 1500W, fan only; overheat protection and tip over switch
- 2MainStay700W
900W, 1500W; cool touch handle; overheat and tip over protection; ceramic heating element
- 3Aikoper
three heat settings, overheat protection and tip over switch
- 4GiveBest
overheat and tip over protection, thermostat control
- 5DREO1500W
ceramic, heat funnel design, 1 to 12 hour timer, eco mode, fan mode, tip over and overheat protection
- 8Honeywellup to1500W
auto shutoff and tip over protection, ceramic heater, programmable thermostat
- 6Laskonot tested
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrarednot tested
- 10Heat Stormnot tested
- 11Dysonnot tested
Noise (dB)
- 2MainStayabout54.3dB
a little louder than Amazon Basics
- 3Aikoperjust over54dB
similar to MainStay
- 4GiveBest52.1dB
quietest yet at that point in the video
- 6Laskoabout45.5dB
quieter than the first four brands but not as quiet as DREO
- 7Mr. Heaterabout35dB
on both low and high, extremely quiet since it has no fan
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infraredjust over49dB
a little louder than Honeywell
- 1Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 5DREOnot tested
- 8Honeywellnot tested
- 10Heat Stormnot tested
- 11Dysonnot tested
Brand Resolution
- 3Aikoper
transcript renders this brand as aopa, a coper, Y coper, AER, aoer, and aoba across the video; resolved to Aikoper via the description Products Tested list, which lists no other brand near this price and testing position
- 5DREO
transcript renders this brand as drio, doo, dro, and drill across the video; resolved to DREO via the description Products Tested list and the heat funnel / 200 percent farther marketing claim, which matches DREO's own listing copy
- 6Lasko
transcript renders this brand as Lasco throughout; resolved to Lasko via the description Products Tested list
- 8Honeywell
captioned as honey well throughout; resolved to Honeywell via the description
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrared
captioned as do heater, doctor heater, and Dr heater; resolved to Dr. Heater (Dr. Infrared) via the description
- 11Dyson
captioned as dicing, diCon, and dicd; resolved to Dyson via the description and the explicit statement it is the most expensive unit tested
- 1Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 2MainStaynot tested
- 4GiveBestnot tested
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
- 10Heat Stormnot tested
Noise High (dB)
- 5DREO
occasionally reaching 41
- 8Honeywell47.3dB
- 10Heat Storm53.4dB
- 11Dyson58.3dB
loud on the highest fan speed
- 1Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 2MainStaynot tested
- 3Aikopernot tested
- 4GiveBestnot tested
- 6Laskonot tested
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrarednot tested
Features
- 6Lasko
multi-functional remote control for power, oscillation, and thermostat; two quiet heat settings
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrared
dual heating system with infrared quartz tube, remote control, rated 5,200 BTU, thermostat range 50 to 85F, claims 39 dB quiet operation
- 10Heat Storm
Wi-Fi enabled phone control, safe to touch grill, up to 1500W, wall mount design with included hardware and screw template
- 11Dyson
combination space heater and air purifier, HEPA filter rated to remove 99.97 percent of particles as small as 0.3 microns, ships with both filters needed, replacement filters about $37, oscillates up to 350 degrees
- 1Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 2MainStaynot tested
- 3Aikopernot tested
- 4GiveBestnot tested
- 5DREOnot tested
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
- 8Honeywellnot tested
Spot Heat Total 3 Thermo 5 (min)
- 1Amazon Basics4.4F
total (verbatim; inconsistent with the +5F center figure directly above, likely a caption rounding or drop, flagged not corrected)
- 10Heat Storm19.7F
total across all three thermometers, the highest total heat-throw figure the narrator gives in this recap comparison
- 11Dyson17.2F
total across all three thermometers
- 2MainStaynot tested
- 3Aikopernot tested
- 4GiveBestnot tested
- 5DREOnot tested
- 6Laskonot tested
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
- 8Honeywellnot tested
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrarednot tested
Marketing Claim
- 3Aikoper
ultra efficient fan will heat up any space faster and distribute heat more evenly
- 4GiveBest
claims lower than 45 dB noise
- 5DREO
claims it can throw heat 200 percent farther than other heaters
- 1Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 2MainStaynot tested
- 6Laskonot tested
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
- 8Honeywellnot tested
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrarednot tested
- 10Heat Stormnot tested
- 11Dysonnot tested
Popularity
- 4GiveBest
narrator calls it the most popular space heater on Amazon, 50,000 sales in the last 30 days
- 7Mr. Heater10,000
sales in the last 30 days
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrared10,000
sales in the last 30 days
- 1Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 2MainStaynot tested
- 3Aikopernot tested
- 5DREOnot tested
- 6Laskonot tested
- 8Honeywellnot tested
- 10Heat Stormnot tested
- 11Dysonnot tested
Noise Low (dB)
- 5DREO
below 40, quietest yet
- 8Honeywell44dB
- 10Heat Storm42.3dB
- 1Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 2MainStaynot tested
- 3Aikopernot tested
- 4GiveBestnot tested
- 6Laskonot tested
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrarednot tested
- 11Dysonnot tested
Watts Medium
- 2MainStayclose to1000
- 3Aikoperabout940
- 1Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 4GiveBestnot tested
- 5DREOnot tested
- 6Laskonot tested
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
- 8Honeywellnot tested
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrarednot tested
- 10Heat Stormnot tested
- 11Dysonnot tested
Fabric Test
- 5DREO
not mentioned by name in the pillowcase/fabric fire section of the transcript, unlike every other brand; likely a transcript gap rather than an actual skip, flagged, not invented
- 7Mr. Heater
by far the hottest heater in the lineup, quickly melted the pillowcase and started a small fire; a higher-cotton pillowcase caught fire in under 10 seconds
- 1Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 2MainStaynot tested
- 3Aikopernot tested
- 4GiveBestnot tested
- 6Laskonot tested
- 8Honeywellnot tested
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrarednot tested
- 10Heat Stormnot tested
- 11Dysonnot tested
Noise Quiet Room (dB)
- 1Amazon Basics35dB
- 2MainStaynot tested
- 3Aikopernot tested
- 4GiveBestnot tested
- 5DREOnot tested
- 6Laskonot tested
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
- 8Honeywellnot tested
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrarednot tested
- 10Heat Stormnot tested
- 11Dysonnot tested
Noise Fan Only (dB)
- 1Amazon Basics53.5dB
(same on low and high heat since heat setting does not change fan speed)
- 2MainStaynot tested
- 3Aikopernot tested
- 4GiveBestnot tested
- 5DREOnot tested
- 6Laskonot tested
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
- 8Honeywellnot tested
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrarednot tested
- 10Heat Stormnot tested
- 11Dysonnot tested
Type
- 7Mr. Heater
indoor safe propane heater, not electric; no watt meter reading applies
- 1Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 2MainStaynot tested
- 3Aikopernot tested
- 4GiveBestnot tested
- 5DREOnot tested
- 6Laskonot tested
- 8Honeywellnot tested
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrarednot tested
- 10Heat Stormnot tested
- 11Dysonnot tested
Btu Claim
- 7Mr. Heater4,000
and 9,00 000 BTUs (verbatim as captioned; the second figure is clearly garbled, likely meant to read 9,000, not corrected)
- 1Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 2MainStaynot tested
- 3Aikopernot tested
- 4GiveBestnot tested
- 5DREOnot tested
- 6Laskonot tested
- 8Honeywellnot tested
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrarednot tested
- 10Heat Stormnot tested
- 11Dysonnot tested
Runtime
- 7Mr. Heaterabout3 hours
per pound of propane, pilot button held 30 seconds to light
- 1Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 2MainStaynot tested
- 3Aikopernot tested
- 4GiveBestnot tested
- 5DREOnot tested
- 6Laskonot tested
- 8Honeywellnot tested
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrarednot tested
- 10Heat Stormnot tested
- 11Dysonnot tested
Spot Heat Even
- 7Mr. Heater
without a fan it cannot direct heat as effectively to one point, but warmed all three thermometers evenly by about 4F each, described as the best even-distribution result yet
- 1Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 2MainStaynot tested
- 3Aikopernot tested
- 4GiveBestnot tested
- 5DREOnot tested
- 6Laskonot tested
- 8Honeywellnot tested
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrarednot tested
- 10Heat Stormnot tested
- 11Dysonnot tested
Safety Grade
- 8Honeywell
A+ in both safety categories, per the narrator's closing recap
- 1Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 2MainStaynot tested
- 3Aikopernot tested
- 4GiveBestnot tested
- 5DREOnot tested
- 6Laskonot tested
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrarednot tested
- 10Heat Stormnot tested
- 11Dysonnot tested
Noise Low
- 11Dyson
extremely quiet on the lowest fan speed
- 1Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 2MainStaynot tested
- 3Aikopernot tested
- 4GiveBestnot tested
- 5DREOnot tested
- 6Laskonot tested
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
- 8Honeywellnot tested
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrarednot tested
- 10Heat Stormnot tested
Watts High
- 11Dyson1500
(transcript phrasing separates fan speed and heat setting readings in a way that is hard to fully disambiguate; kept as captioned, flagged)
- 1Amazon Basicsnot tested
- 2MainStaynot tested
- 3Aikopernot tested
- 4GiveBestnot tested
- 5DREOnot tested
- 6Laskonot tested
- 7Mr. Heaternot tested
- 8Honeywellnot tested
- 9Dr. Heater Dr. Infrarednot tested
- 10Heat Stormnot tested
How it was tested
- noise level in dB at low and high fan/heat settings, plus thermostat clicking noise
- spot heating: 3 thermometers placed 36in apart, heater aimed at center, 5 minute temperature increase
- electricity consumption in watts at low and high settings, peak spike and 30 second stabilized reading
- tip over safety: unit powered off and plastic melt check when physically tipped over
- fabric fire risk: pillowcase draped over the heater, time to automatic shutoff and resulting fabric temperature
- 200 sq ft insulated room heating: 30 minute average temperature increase per thermometer
- extension cord overload demo (general safety illustration with two heaters on one cord, not attributed to a specific brand)
Data notes and caveats
This is a per price tier recommendation video, not a single crowned winner: the narrator explicitly recommends Amazon Basics at $20 ('for a $20 space heater the Amazon Basics perform well in the safety testing and I would definitely consider buying it'), DREO at $40 ('I really like the Doo, the doo is not only safe, it also is quieter than the Amazon Basics'), Honeywell as the outright safest ('the honey well is the safest space heater in the lineup with an earning of A+ in both safety categories') though pricier at $86, and Mr. Heater's propane unit as a power outage backup despite being the only unit to start an actual fire in testing. Numeric captioning is heavily garbled across this video: several stabilized wattage readings for individual brands (Amazon Basics, GiveBest, Honeywell) are missing a digit, Aikoper's, Dr. Heater's, and Heat Storm's low wattage readings are implausibly low versus their peers, Lasko's spot heat center figure of 80.4F is almost certainly a garbled decimal, and Dyson's fabric-test recap figure (19.7 de) collides with an earlier, clearer 191F figure for the same test. All are preserved verbatim in results with the ambiguity flagged in notes rather than silently corrected. DREO is also the only brand with no fabric/pillowcase test result anywhere in the transcript, likely a narration or caption gap rather than a genuine skip. The extension cord overload demo near the end is a general safety illustration using two heaters together and is not attributable to a single brand.


