Made in the USA — No Open Flame, No UV
Keep Your Horse Warm This Winter — With No Open Flame
The Kalglo® HS-1215 sends infrared warmth straight down into the space below it, heating your horse rather than the air overhead. No open flame, no UV, no gas line — 120 volts, a 7 ft. cord, hardware and hanging chain in the box. Made in the USA.
The Problem
Cold stalls cost your horse more than just comfort.
It’s 5:30 in the morning, and the barn lights have just flickered on. Your horse is standing in the wash rack after an early training session, steam lifting from a damp coat while cold air moves through the aisle. You are working quickly with towels and a cooler, but the space itself offers little relief. The ceiling is high, the floor is cold, and warming the entire barn for one grooming area makes little practical sense.
Every horse owner who works through winter knows this calculation. You want focused warmth where your horse is tied, groomed, bathed, or prepared—not a stream of hot air disappearing toward the rafters. You also need equipment that fits the realities of a working barn, where bedding, dust, moisture, lead ropes, tools, and daily traffic all influence where a heater can be placed and how it should be operated.
The wrong setup adds work before it adds comfort. Fuel-fired equipment may bring fuel storage, ventilation, plumbing, and maintenance considerations. Floor-standing units can take up valuable space or put cords and equipment closer to barn traffic. Smaller radiant lamps may create a narrow heat pattern, and products built for patios or garages may not include hanging hardware suited to an overhead stall installation. Meanwhile, you are still trying to keep your horse comfortable without turning one cold-weather task into a building-wide heating project.
What you need is not necessarily more heat. You need radiant warmth directed into the specific area your horse occupies, delivered by equipment whose construction, electrical requirements, mounting method, and controls are clearly understood before it is installed.
Every horse owner who works through winter knows this calculation. You want focused warmth where your horse is tied, groomed, bathed, or prepared—not a stream of hot air disappearing toward the rafters. You also need equipment that fits the realities of a working barn, where bedding, dust, moisture, lead ropes, tools, and daily traffic all influence where a heater can be placed and how it should be operated.
The wrong setup adds work before it adds comfort. Fuel-fired equipment may bring fuel storage, ventilation, plumbing, and maintenance considerations. Floor-standing units can take up valuable space or put cords and equipment closer to barn traffic. Smaller radiant lamps may create a narrow heat pattern, and products built for patios or garages may not include hanging hardware suited to an overhead stall installation. Meanwhile, you are still trying to keep your horse comfortable without turning one cold-weather task into a building-wide heating project.
What you need is not necessarily more heat. You need radiant warmth directed into the specific area your horse occupies, delivered by equipment whose construction, electrical requirements, mounting method, and controls are clearly understood before it is installed.
Why It Keeps Happening
The wrong heater can be worse than no heater at all.
The problem isn’t that you have failed to prepare for winter, and it isn’t that your horse is unusually difficult to keep comfortable. The real challenge is that many common heaters are designed to warm rooms, patios, or workshops—not to direct a broad pattern of radiant heat into a specific wash rack, grooming stall, or tack area.
Convection equipment heats moving air, and warm air naturally travels upward into the open volume above your horse. Portable units also need an appropriate place to stand, along with a carefully managed cord path and the clearances required by their manufacturer. Fuel-fired heaters introduce a separate list of decisions involving fuel, ventilation, installation, and maintenance. Even within the infrared category, construction varies: some products use bulbs or tubes, some use carbon elements, and some use metal-sheathed elements. Those differences matter in an active barn, so a generic “infrared heater” label does not tell you enough.
Controls can create another costly misunderstanding. A heater with multiple output levels is not automatically thermostatic, and a thermostat does not necessarily come with every unit. A manual regulator, remote control, external wall switch, and temperature-sensing control all operate differently. If the exact model is not confirmed before purchase, you may expect automatic shutoff or adjustable output only to discover that the heater runs at full power whenever it is energized.
That leaves you comparing products that look similar online while answering very different questions: Is the heater intended for your application? What mounting equipment is included? Does it use glass, a bulb, or a metal-sheathed element? Is control built in, optional, or absent? Until those facts are settled, choosing on wattage alone can leave your horse’s space no easier to manage.
Convection equipment heats moving air, and warm air naturally travels upward into the open volume above your horse. Portable units also need an appropriate place to stand, along with a carefully managed cord path and the clearances required by their manufacturer. Fuel-fired heaters introduce a separate list of decisions involving fuel, ventilation, installation, and maintenance. Even within the infrared category, construction varies: some products use bulbs or tubes, some use carbon elements, and some use metal-sheathed elements. Those differences matter in an active barn, so a generic “infrared heater” label does not tell you enough.
Controls can create another costly misunderstanding. A heater with multiple output levels is not automatically thermostatic, and a thermostat does not necessarily come with every unit. A manual regulator, remote control, external wall switch, and temperature-sensing control all operate differently. If the exact model is not confirmed before purchase, you may expect automatic shutoff or adjustable output only to discover that the heater runs at full power whenever it is energized.
That leaves you comparing products that look similar online while answering very different questions: Is the heater intended for your application? What mounting equipment is included? Does it use glass, a bulb, or a metal-sheathed element? Is control built in, optional, or absent? Until those facts are settled, choosing on wattage alone can leave your horse’s space no easier to manage.
- ✗Gas heaters require plumbing, propane deliveries, and ongoing routine maintenance
- ✗Convection heaters warm the air above your horse — not your horse itself
- ✗Not knowing whether a heater uses glass tubes, bulbs, or metal sheath elements until it is already hanging over your horse
- ✗Cold wash stalls that turn winter grooming and bathing into a race against the clock
The Solution
Infrared warmth that heats your horse, not just the air around it.
The Kalglo® Electric Radiant Infrared Stall Heater HS-1215 does one job well: focused overhead heat for the spot your horse actually stands in. Its down going infrared rays heat the space directly below the unit rather than warming the air and letting it drift toward the rafters. That is what makes it a practical choice for in-stall use instead of a barn-wide heating project.
The 6" W x 65" L aluminum housing has a baked enamel finish in beige and uses durable metal sheath heating elements — no glass tubes or lamps, no open flame, and no UV light. It provides a large heat pattern at low intensity, a safer option for use in areas with animals. Electrically it is 120 volt, 1,500 watts, 12.5 amps, and it comes complete ready to use with a 7 ft. cord and plug, hardware, and enough hanging chain to hang the heater 6 1/2 ft. down from the ceiling. In a wash stall, only one heater is needed, usually suspended about 8 ft. above the floor. Your installation still needs to follow the manufacturer's directions, required clearances, and the capacity of the circuit you plug it into.
The intensity control is built in — a manual electro-mechanical power regulator on the end of the heater that controls output by cycling the heater on and off. Turn it to HI for 100% output, or anywhere from LO to 6 for roughly 23% to 70%. One thing to understand before you hang it: this is a manual control, not a thermostat. Whatever setting you choose, the heater holds it. Changes in air temperature have no effect on the output, and the heater will not shut off by itself, so plan your run time and put it on a circuit you can switch.
For your horse, that means a dedicated pocket of radiant warmth in the place where winter grooming, bathing, and clipping actually happen. For you, it is a plug-in electric heater that arrives ready to hang, with no expensive plumbing costs and none of the routine maintenance a gas heater needs. Made in the USA, and offered by a family-owned business trusted since 1948.
The 6" W x 65" L aluminum housing has a baked enamel finish in beige and uses durable metal sheath heating elements — no glass tubes or lamps, no open flame, and no UV light. It provides a large heat pattern at low intensity, a safer option for use in areas with animals. Electrically it is 120 volt, 1,500 watts, 12.5 amps, and it comes complete ready to use with a 7 ft. cord and plug, hardware, and enough hanging chain to hang the heater 6 1/2 ft. down from the ceiling. In a wash stall, only one heater is needed, usually suspended about 8 ft. above the floor. Your installation still needs to follow the manufacturer's directions, required clearances, and the capacity of the circuit you plug it into.
The intensity control is built in — a manual electro-mechanical power regulator on the end of the heater that controls output by cycling the heater on and off. Turn it to HI for 100% output, or anywhere from LO to 6 for roughly 23% to 70%. One thing to understand before you hang it: this is a manual control, not a thermostat. Whatever setting you choose, the heater holds it. Changes in air temperature have no effect on the output, and the heater will not shut off by itself, so plan your run time and put it on a circuit you can switch.
For your horse, that means a dedicated pocket of radiant warmth in the place where winter grooming, bathing, and clipping actually happen. For you, it is a plug-in electric heater that arrives ready to hang, with no expensive plumbing costs and none of the routine maintenance a gas heater needs. Made in the USA, and offered by a family-owned business trusted since 1948.
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Direct-to-Horse Warmth
Infrared rays project downward and heat your horse directly — not the empty air above, making every watt count.
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No Open Flame
Durable metal sheath heating elements with no glass tubes, no lamps, no open flame, and no UV emissions — safer for barn environments.
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Built-In Intensity Control
Turn the built-in regulator to HI for 100% output, or anywhere from LO to 6 for roughly 23% to 70%. It is a manual control, not a thermostat — it holds the setting you choose and will not shut off on its own.
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Plug-In Ready
120 volt, a 7 ft. cord and plug, mounting hardware, and enough hanging chain to hang it 6 1/2 ft. down from the ceiling — all in the box. No gas line, no plumbing.
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Side by Side
Compare Three 1,500-Watt Infrared Heaters
These products share infrared heating and overhead-mounting options, but they are marketed for different environments. Published specifications below are shown without assuming that a patio or workshop heater is approved for horse-stall use.
| Feature | Schneiders Kalglo® Electric Radiant Infrared Heater HS-1215 | Heat Storm Tradesman HS-1500-OTR | Dr Infrared Heater DR-233 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published intended applications | Wash racks and tack areas; also described as designed for horse stalls | Patios, balconies, workshops, and garages | Indoor and outdoor installations |
| Published heating method or element | Downgoing radiant infrared with metal-sheathed heating elements | Infrared heat from a carbon-fiber bulb | Carbon infrared heat |
| Maximum rated power | 1,500 watts | 1,500 watts | 1,500 watts |
| Published input voltage | 120 volts | 110V Standard | Compatible with a standard 120V outlet |
| Published amperage | 12.5 amps | 12.5 amps | Not listed on the cited product page |
| Included or built-in heat control | No switch or built-in control; operates at full output when energized | No heat-level control specification listed on the cited product page | Remote control with 750-watt and 1,500-watt settings |
| Included mounting equipment | Hardware and hanging chain | Telescoping ceiling mount | Wall and ceiling mounting bracket |
| Published power-cord information | Seven-foot cord and plug included | Eight-foot cord included | Power cord included; length not listed |
| Published unit dimensions | 65 inches long by 6 inches wide | 24 inches long by 8 inches wide by 6 inches high | Not listed on the cited product page |
Built for barns. Engineered for horses.
The Kalglo® HS-1215 measures 6 inches wide by 65 inches long and hangs cleanly from ceiling chain included in the box — positioned 6.5 feet below the ceiling anchor, or about 8 feet above the floor in a wash stall. The aluminum body with baked enamel finish resists barn humidity, while the metal sheath heating elements are built to outlast glass-element alternatives.
The built-in electro-mechanical regulator gives you OFF, HIGH, and six variable settings between LO and 6, holding your chosen output steady until you decide to change it. This is a manual control heater, not a thermostat — the output runs at your set level regardless of ambient temperature, which means consistent, predictable warmth every session. No unexpected shutoffs. No cycling. Just the heat level you set.
The built-in electro-mechanical regulator gives you OFF, HIGH, and six variable settings between LO and 6, holding your chosen output steady until you decide to change it. This is a manual control heater, not a thermostat — the output runs at your set level regardless of ambient temperature, which means consistent, predictable warmth every session. No unexpected shutoffs. No cycling. Just the heat level you set.
- ✓Radiant infrared rays heat downward — warming your horse directly, not the surrounding air (replace with product photo)
- ✓Six manual intensity settings: OFF, HI (100%), and variable LO through 6 (23%–70%) for seasonal precision
- ✓No glass tubes, no open flame, no UV emissions — durable metal sheath elements safer for barn environments
- ✓120V plug-in with 7-ft cord and hanging chain included — ready to hang with no installation costs
- ✓Aluminum body with baked enamel finish, 6" W × 65" L, Made in the USA
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The Takeaway
For horse owners who want safe, direct barn heat without the hassle of gas or glass-element lamps, the Kalglo® HS-1215 is the clear choice.
At $474.99 with free shipping on orders over $99, it delivers plug-in infrared warmth, six intensity settings, and no open flame — backed by a family-owned business that has been serving horse owners since 1948.
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Keep Your Horse Warm Where They Actually Stand
The Kalglo® HS-1215 is $474.99 with free shipping on orders over $99. It ships ready to hang — 7 ft. cord and plug, hardware, and enough chain to hang it 6 1/2 ft. down from the ceiling. No gas line, no plumbing. Backed by Schneiders' Perfect Fit Guarantee and a team of horse people who have been at this since 1948.
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