At the end of the day, an under rug mat will only warm your room a few degrees. If you want more robust performance, you’ll need something a bit more powerful. Consider the Dreo Solaris Max. It’s a 24-inch portable space heater that can maintain the temperature in an entire room. 3. Hot Carpet Woo Warmer I had a small fan heater which I hated using because it would make the room too hot and stuffy but minutes after switching it off, it would feel like it had never been on. The Warmset heated carpet, as seen with a FLIR One Pro thermal imaging camera. Specifications - Warmset Electric Foot Warmer / Foot Mat Heater Power Usage

It will depend, in part, on the type of flooring you want to have on top of it – such as carpet or laminate – and what the floor underneath is like. Underfloor heating systems typically come with a thermostat to help you control the temperature. Electric heating thermostats

Electric underfloor heating systems vary in terms of wattage, from around 100W to 200W per square metre. The system and wattage you choose will depend on: The mat heater delivers a pleasant radiant warmth from directly below where you are sitting or standing. The RugBuddy is available in four sizes: 93” x 63”, 81” x 58”, 58” x 34”, and an 89” x 22” runner pad. RugBuddy recommends taping the corners of the pad to your rug pad to keep it in position. As with the previous mat, power is provided by an 8-foot cord. A pair of on/off buttons are located on a fob near the plug. An indicator light will illuminate when the coil is active.

Please note: If using the Rugbuddy on a tiled or screeded floor, we recommend using carpet underlay underneath for thermal efficiency. This can also be bought at any carpet or flooring supplier. Jute, felt and foam underlays are most suited for this purpose. Radiant heat is the most comfortable way to heat your home as anyone with underfloor heating will tell you. Traditional heaters will probably also leave you with cold feet and ankles after working for an hour or two. They don’t provide warmth where you need it – under your feet. Instead they convect, or blow, air around the room creating a stuffy environment and causing cold, floor-level, draughts. A RugBuddy under your desk keeps you warm while you work.

RugBuddy comes with a standard 3-pin UK moulded plug on 2.5m long power cord. (For a 2-pin Euro plug RugBuddy please go here.) Programmable thermostats - these allow you to select when you want the underfloor heating to turn on and off, and the temperature you want it at (you may want different temperatures for different times of day, for example). The surface of the rug then radiates gentle warmth to other surfaces around the room including your clothes and skin. RugBuddy has multiple uses. Yoga studios love RugBuddy under rug heaters because they creates the warmth your body needs to adequately stretch and move. Place a RugBuddy beneath a yoga mat for truly unique workout experience. Pets love RugBuddy because it offers a safe and cozy spot for naps. Is your office cold and uncomfortable? RugBuddy can help there as well. Thanks to RugBuddy's durability, furniture and rolling office chairs will cause no harm to the unit. With laminate floors it is vital to spread the heat evenly beneath the flooring to avoid discolouration or movement in the floor. For residential properties we recommend installing our 6mm Decora insulation layer onto the floor to prevent downward heat loss and then installing our Underlaminate System heating mats on top. These mats have an output of 150W/sqm and due to their dual-conductor design are fast to install. They are fully earthed for safety unlike a carbon film heating system.

For best performance you must use an underlay or rug pad. You put the RugBuddy on top of the underlay so it’s always directly under the rug. One of the main reasons people buy area rugs is to keep their feet warm. Nobody wants to step out of bed and directly onto cold hardwood. The same is true for walking around in any room, or any solid flooring surface. A rug just doesn’t feel as cold underfoot as solid materials. This is normally effective, but what if your floors are truly frigid? Occasionally, on really cold, un-insulated, floors, customers say they get best results by using an insulating underlay. We don't yet supply this type of underlay as it's not available in rug shaped pieces. Have a look at RugBuddy FAQs for more on buying insulating underlay.When we decided to move my office into our summer house, the first question to be answered was: how will I keep it warm? One of the best features of RugBuddy electric rug heater is its energy efficiency. The energy cost of operating a RugBuddy is less than what you spend lighting most rooms. To make the unit even more energy efficient, use a three-prong lamp timer to ensure the under rug heater is only active when you want it.