Subframe rebuild I'd been putting off two winters. Mounted the Radiant Bar over the bench, hit the remote from the driveway, walked in and my hands worked. Finished the job in January. Bill went up $28.
Ray D. — Michigan
Small woodshop out of my attached. Every propane heater rusted my cast iron. The Radiant Bar is dry radiant — no combustion, no moisture, no rust. Two winters in, table saw still glides like day one.
Tim K. — Wisconsin
Garage gym. February used to kill me — 38° and a cold bar. Radiant Bar over the rack, hit the remote from the mudroom, walk out to warmth. Squat PR in January. Bill up $27.
Chris B. — Ohio
The Radiant Bar Garage Heater
The Radiant Bar Garage Heater
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Warms YOU, not the air. Plug it in. Wrench in a sweatshirt.
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What It's For
What It's For
What it does:
- Warms YOU and your workbench directly with short-wave radiant infrared — feel it in one second, like sunlight
- Runs silently on any standard 120V outlet — no electrician, no 240V, no panel upgrade
- Mounts overhead on wall or ceiling with adjustable 45°–90° aim
- No combustion, no fumes, no gas line, no moisture — cast-iron tools stay rust-free
- IP55 aluminum body — also works on a covered patio or awning if you decide to move it
Powered by: The Direct-Body Radiant Core™ — sealed carbon-fiber tube tuned to short-wave infrared for instant warmth. Exclusive to Portable Home Heaters.
For the spec-curious: 1500W / 120V / 12.5A / short-wave carbon-fiber tube / 1-second warmup / IP55 outdoor-rated aluminum housing / wall or ceiling mount / 45°–90° adjustable / remote control included / silent operation / ETL certified for indoor residential use.
In the box: 1× The Radiant Bar Garage Heater with Direct-Body Radiant Core™, mounting bracket, hardware kit, drill template, remote, User Manual.
Shipping & Delivery
Shipping & Delivery
Ships from the USA – Our orders ship from US fulfillment warehouses in California, Illinois, and New Jersey, based on the closest distribution center to your address.
📦 Order Processing – 1-2 business days from order placement.
🚚 Shipping Time – 3-5 business days from ship date via FedEx Ground or OnTrac (carrier selected by route).
📍 Free Shipping – Continental US, all orders.
📩 Full Tracking Included – You will receive an automatic tracking email the moment your order ships, with delivery updates along the way.
Questions before it arrives? Just reach out.
30-Day Return Window
30-Day Return Window
30-Day Return Window — Take it off the bracket and send it back within 30 days of delivery, no restocking games. If defective on arrival, we cover the return shipping and send a replacement or full refund.
Damaged in transit? Photograph the box and unit within 48 hours, email us, and we handle the freight claim and replacement.
What's not covered: return shipping on non-defective returns; damage from mounting into insufficient structural support; damage from running on extension cords or damaged outlets; cosmetic wear on the aluminum housing.
Subframe rebuild I'd been putting off two winters. Mounted the Radiant Bar over the bench, hit the remote from the driveway, walked in and my hands worked. Finished the job in January. Bill went up $28.
Ray D. — Michigan
Small woodshop out of my attached. Every propane heater rusted my cast iron. The Radiant Bar is dry radiant — no combustion, no moisture, no rust. Two winters in, table saw still glides like day one.
Tim K. — Wisconsin
Garage gym. February used to kill me — 38° and a cold bar. Radiant Bar over the rack, hit the remote from the mudroom, walk out to warmth. Squat PR in January. Bill up $27.
Chris B. — Ohio
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Take Back Your Shop. Any Weekend. Any Winter.
Radiant infrared warms YOU directly — like sunlight on your face on a cold morning. You feel it on your hands the second you turn it on. No fan blowing warm air out the garage door. No waiting on the room to catch up. Just instant, silent warmth exactly where you're working.
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Powered by the Direct-Body Radiant Core™
Every other 1500W shop heater is a plastic box with a fan and a coil that dies in one winter. The Radiant Bar runs our Direct-Body Radiant Core™ — a sealed carbon-fiber tube tuned to short-wave infrared that hits your body the moment you press the remote. No fan to blow sawdust into your project. No combustion to rust your tools. Silent enough to hear the podcast, aimed enough to work the bench in a t-shirt.
You won't find the Direct-Body Radiant Core anywhere else. Not on the marketplace sites. Not at the big-box store. Exclusive to portablehomeheaters.com.
Mount it this weekend. Wrench in a sweatshirt by Saturday.
Mount It. Aim It. Warm the Bench Tonight.
Two lag screws into a joist or wall stud, plug into a standard outlet, hit the remote. Aim the head 45–90° at wherever you're actually working. Within one second the workbench is warm and the project is getting done.
Also works on a covered patio or awning if you decide to move it — the aluminum body is IP55 outdoor-rated, so a summer under the porch and a winter above the workbench is the same unit.
Real shops. Real winters. Real warmth on the same 1500 watts everyone else charges you for.
Hobbyist mechanics who gave up on winter projects at the first cold snap. Woodworkers worried about rust on their cast iron. Home-gym lifters who quit at 5am when the barbell hit freezing metal. Here's what happened when they mounted one over the bench.
Finished the subframe in January. Hands didn't go numb once.
I've been putting off a subframe rebuild on my project car for two winters because nobody wants to work on a 42° concrete floor with fingers that stop bending after ten minutes. Mounted the Radiant Bar over the workbench in October. Aim the head down at the jack stands, hit the remote from the driveway, and by the time I've grabbed my coffee the underside of the car is workable. Feels like standing under sunlight on my back. Cheapest engine work I've done — total electric bill hit went up about $28 for January.
Michigan
Cast iron stays rust-free. Router table still turns like new.
I wouldn't put a propane heater in my shop for money. One winter of that and my cast iron table saw and jointer are pitted with rust — a pound of propane puts a pound of water in the air, and that water finds every unwaxed surface. The Radiant Bar is dry radiant — no combustion, no moisture. Mounted it over my bench and the shop is workable in a flannel at 5°F outside. Two winters in, zero rust on any of my cast iron. Router table still glides like it did the day I bought it.
Wisconsin
5 AM lifts are happening again. Bar isn't ice anymore.
Built out a garage gym in my attached — power rack, rubber floor, plates. Every January-February I basically stop because a 38° garage at 5am is miserable and gripping a frozen barbell is a great way to hurt yourself. Mounted the Radiant Bar over the rack. Hit the remote from the mudroom, get my coffee, walk out to a warm bar and a warm bench. Silent — no fan noise while I'm lifting. Electric bill went up $27 in January. Cheapest gym membership I've ever paid.
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Hands stopped going numb. Finished the winter build for once.
I've been building a track car for 3 years and every winter I lose December-February because my fingers stop working around the wrench. Mounted the Radiant Bar over the workbench in October. Now I hit the remote from inside the house 20 minutes before I go out, and by the time I'm at the bench my hands work. Finished the rear brakes and installed a new clutch this January — jobs that would have waited until April. My electric bill went up about $30 that month. Cheapest shop upgrade I've done.
★★★★★
Silent radiant heat that doesn't rust my cast iron tools.
I run a small custom-furniture side hustle out of my attached garage. Every propane and kerosene heater I've owned puts moisture in the air and rusts my planer, jointer, and table saw within one winter — those surfaces have to stay waxed and dry or they're ruined. The Radiant Bar is dry radiant heat. No combustion. No fan blowing sawdust onto my finish coats. Silent enough that I can hear the podcast over the router. Two seasons in, no rust anywhere. Wax my cast iron the same way I have for 20 years and it stays glossy.
★★★★★
Garage gym at 5 AM in Ohio winter. Bar isn't frozen anymore.
Built out a garage gym three years ago and February always kills me — 38° in the garage at 5am and gripping a cold barbell is a great way to tear something. Mounted the Radiant Bar over the power rack. Now I hit the remote from the kitchen, brew coffee, walk out to a warm bench and a warm bar. No fan noise while I'm lifting. My squat PR was in January this year. Bill went up $27.
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Converted garage into my WFH office. Warm enough for video calls.
I converted one bay of my 2-car garage into a home office three years ago. Standard 5000W baseboard heater the previous owner installed — worked fine but the fan was loud enough that my clients could hear it on video calls. Mounted the Radiant Bar over my desk and turned the baseboard off. Silent. Warmth on my face in one second. My clients stopped asking 'what's that noise' on Zoom. Best workspace upgrade of the year.
★★★★★
Keeps the pipes from freezing in my detached garage on a timer.
Detached garage in Minnesota — the water softener and a spare freezer live in there and I lost the softener two winters ago when a supply line froze at -20°F. Mounted the Radiant Bar over the freezer and utility corner. Aimed it down. On the coldest nights I flip it on from the app before bed and it holds that corner above freezing overnight. Zero more frozen pipes. My electric bill went up about $22 in January — a lot less than a $340 supply line and a ruined water softener.
★★★★★
Pole barn spot heat over the workbench. Actually works.
I have a 30x40 pole barn shop, uninsulated, cold as a meat locker in January. Every 'space heater' I've bought in the last decade was a joke in that space — 1500W of forced air just gets sucked up into the rafters. The Radiant Bar mounted over the workbench is a different animal. Aim it at my body while I'm at the bench and I feel it on my chest immediately, like standing next to a campfire. The barn is still cold. My workbench and my body are warm. That's exactly what I wanted.
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Sign In to ContinueBeautifully. Mount it above your workbench, your engine bay, your home gym rack, and hit the remote. Within one second the carbon-fiber tube throws warm radiant waves down at you — the same principle as sunlight on your skin on a cool morning. Wrench, lift, or work in a sweatshirt while the garage air stays garage-cold around you. Silent operation, no cast-iron rust risk on your tools, no fumes, no gas line. Plugs into a standard 120V outlet — no electrician, no 240V wiring.
No. Plug it into any standard 120V outlet in your shop — the same outlet your battery charger or work light uses. Draws 12.5A, so give it its own outlet (don't share the circuit with a table saw or a compressor). Zero panel upgrade, zero permit, zero electrician's quote.
A ceramic tower heats air; the air blows out the garage door. The Radiant Bar's Direct-Body Radiant Core™ warms YOU and the objects it's pointed at directly — so a cold person feels warm in seconds instead of waiting for a whole garage of air to warm up. Same watts, dramatically different delivered comfort.
About 28¢/hour at the US average electricity rate of 18.34¢/kWh. A 3-hour Saturday shop session runs under a dollar. Because radiant warms YOU directly, most owners run it less than a fan-forced heater — you hit the remote when you need the bench warm, and turn it off when you're done. No vague marketing math and no percentage-savings claims — just the honest hourly number.
Not if you plug it into its own outlet. The Radiant Bar draws 12.5A — well within a standard 15A garage circuit. Rule of thumb: don't share the circuit with a table saw, an air compressor, or a shop vac. Give it its own outlet and it runs flat all day.
Radiant IR is arguably the safest heat source you can put in a working shop. No open flame. No propane tank. No gas line. No fan blowing sawdust into ignition sources. The carbon-fiber tube runs hot (that's the mechanism), so mount it overhead per the template — at least 3 ft clear of combustibles. ETL certified for indoor residential use. Standard rule: keep sawdust, rags, and flammable liquids out of the direct radiant path.
Yes — both. Wall mount over the workbench or ceiling mount over the car bay. The adjustable bracket lets you aim the head between 45° and 90° to hit whatever you're working on. Mounting hardware and a paper template are included. Two lag screws into a joist or stud, 20 minutes with a drill.
Silent. No fan, no click, no hum. Zero moving parts — the carbon-fiber tube emits infrared waves, it doesn't blow air. WFH owners run it during video calls, home-gym owners hear their podcast over it, mechanics can talk to a helper across the bay without shouting.
Free returns within 30 days of delivery. Full manufacturer warranty on the Direct-Body Radiant Core™. If it isn't right for your shop, take it off the bracket and send it back — no restocking games.
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Another cold Saturday in the shop. You already know how that ends.
You don't have to lose another winter to the cold. Mount the Radiant Bar over your bench. Wrench in a sweatshirt by Saturday. 30-day guarantee.