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Room heater for power cuts

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Septimia Mon 05-Jan-26 14:19:55

I can't help with information about heaters, I'm afraid. However, we do have a small camping stove that runs on small cylinders. Its a little bigger than a laptop, and thicker, but easy to handle. When we get a power cut we can at least boil water for a hot drink or a hot water bottle. They're not very expensive - less than £20 - and we've found ours really useful.

Stansgran Mon 05-Jan-26 14:13:11

Should add that when I was young and fit the calor gas cylinders were heavy . If I needed one now I would get two and make sure our handy man lugged them in and used one at a time if you have the space.

Stansgran Mon 05-Jan-26 14:09:30

We used to have a gas fire on wheels with portable calorie gas in the back. This was in the days before we had gas and the solid fuel central heating was a nightmare. It was always out overnight .

Luckygirl3 Mon 05-Jan-26 13:45:46

I often have to deal with power cuts out here in the middle of nowhere.

I am entirely electricity dependent - the heating is LPG but relies on the electric pump to work. Hob is electric so can't even boil water.

I need a small gas heater that is safe and not expensive - can anyone recommend one? I am very wary of gas though - I think a throw-back to when my grandfather committed suicide in a gas oven when I was 5.