How to pick the right infrared heater for your bathroom
Nobody likes that sudden shock of cold air when you step out of a hot shower. It’s the worst. To fix it, you need an infrared heater, but you can’t just grab the biggest one on the shelf and call it a day. If you overdo it, you’re just wasting electricity—or worse, turning your bathroom into a sauna. The trick is that infrared doesn’t bother warming up the air; it warms you directly. It’s like stepping into a patch of sunlight on a winter morning. Finding the right power Here is a simple way to look at it. If you’ve got a tiny powder room (anything under 4m²), a small 400W to 600W lamp is plenty. It’ll get you warm almost instantly. For a standard-sized bathroom (between 4m² and 8m²), you’ll want something in the 800W to 1200W range. Now, if you have a massive master bath or a big open wet room over 10m², one small lamp won’t cut it. You’ll either need a couple of 1500W units or one big, high-output array to make sure there aren’t any cold spots. A few things to watch out for It’s tempting to think “more power equals better,” but there’s a limit. Slapping a 2000W lamp into a tiny 3m² room is a bad move. You’ll likely trip the thermal cutout or just burn out the heating element. And please, check your circuit breaker. High-wattage lamps pull a lot of juice. If you wire three 1500W units onto a single 10A circuit, you’re going to be sitting in the dark pretty quickly. Installation and the “Steam Factor” Bathrooms are wet and steamy, so you can’t just use any heater. Make sure yours is IP-rated. We use quartz glass tubes with sealed gaskets because they keep the moisture away from the electrics, which is exactly what you want for peace of mind. One last tip: watch your mounting height. If you hang the lamp too high, the heat just vanishes before it ever reaches you. To actually feel that cozy warmth, try to keep the lamp within 2 to 2.5 meters of where you’ll actually be standing.