Won't be long till everyone scrambles for heaters.
Get ahead and buy this one.
Aug: off. Sept: low. Oct: med. Nov high.
Featuring a cream, white and light grey finish, this oil-filled radiator from the Simple Value Range has a heat output of 1kW and a variable thermostat with frost protection. It has a choice of three heat settings and a safety cut out switch to prevent it from overheating.
All comments (23)
ukdeb
19 Aug 161#1
a neighbour of mine has one of these gives out great heat
randomdude12
19 Aug 16#2
Just bought one. Thanks OP. Hot!
samani to randomdude12
19 Aug 161#4
Glad to be of help, hope you have a warm winter!
summerof76
19 Aug 16#3
These are great in the winter, I have mine in the conservatory. Heat added :innocent:
balluji
19 Aug 16#5
noooooo it's still summer!
Gordybaillie
19 Aug 16#6
How energy efficient are these?
Anyone recommend one that is if this isn't efficient?
czechoslovakia to Gordybaillie
19 Aug 162#7
Any electric heater is going to be at least 95% efficient at source. This would be more like 99.9%, as I`m assuming it has a light on it somewhere.
This type of heater will slowly heat the things in the room, as opposed to a fan heater which warms the air quickly first. A fan heater would be better for say, heating a spare bedroom for an unexpected visitor. An oil heater is best for keeping a room warm constantly, or if you can plan around switching it on well in advance.
nickhale756 to Gordybaillie
19 Aug 16#10
As has already been said all electric heaters are of similar efficiency. However radiators, fan heaters and the like never heat the surroundings above blood heat, so they can only slow down the rate of heat loss from the body and prevent discomfort. If you want to feel comfort you need heat flowing into the body and this needs a radiant heater in front of you-the old one bar fire or the halogen element type. That's why people walking into a room with an open or gas fire always immediately toast their backside in front of it-it feels good.
sickly sweet to Gordybaillie
19 Aug 16#12
The good thing about the oil filled heaters is that they have a thermostat so when they reach their desired temperature they turn off and don't waste energy, unlike others which will keep on pumping out the heat. They then turn on again when the temperature has dropped.
These type of heaters are fantastic.
It's really worth buying whilst the price is low! Sometimes you can put one of these on when the sitting room is a little chilly but it's not worth putting the central heating on. It takes the edge off the cold.
samani
19 Aug 16#8
Useful for people on the British Gas free electric at weekends thingy?
Huraqan
19 Aug 16#9
Great find OP, I borrowed one of these last year when our heating packed up and they worked great, kicked out a lot of heat. Just ordered one on click and collect Thanks
scrumpypaul
19 Aug 16#11
cheers - ordered two.
sickly sweet
19 Aug 16#13
I'd say that these were more efficient due to the thermostat, so they don't whack out the heat/use electricity once the preferred heat has been reached.
The oil also retains heat so once the heater has turned off so you get about 20+ mins heat, whereas once you turn off an electric fan heater the warmth stops.
Hardawan
19 Aug 16#14
can i ask how is the cost to run it
grahamc2003
19 Aug 16#15
Depends how much you pay for electricity. It'll use 1 unit per hour when actually on, so if you pay 12p/kWh, it'll cost 12p per hour. Complicated a bit by the thermostat which will turn the element off when the oil reaches a certain temperature, so at that point it costs nothing to run until the thermostat kicks in again.
All (resistive) electric heaters are 100% efficient, so 1kWh of electricity produces 1kWh of heat, and that applies whether or not it has lights or fans or anything else. So it produces the same amount of heat as any other 1kW heater.
1kW isn't a great deal of heating, don't expect it to heat a typical room in winter for example, but would be useful for a cold corner or when it's marginal on whether to turn the central heating on or not.
scrumpypaul
20 Aug 16#16
Got one of mine today (the other will be ready to pick up in a few days) - gave it a quick try out in my largish kitchen. Okay, it is August, but up north it has been a pretty chilly day. So, stuck it on maximum for a while, if only to see how it would fare in heating up the whole room.
I was more than pleasantly surprised and I reckon these will be decent little heaters for the winter to take a bit of the chill out of a couple of smaller bedrooms that tend to get much colder than other areas in the house.
Thanks to the OP.
bxboards
21 Aug 16#17
electric heating unless its on Economy 7 / 10 is a very expensive way to heat the house. Its around 3 times more expensive than mains gas, so if you have mains gas and just want to heat one room, put on the gas boiler and turn the thermostats down to 0 on the rooms you don't want to heat.
Jaybeam to bxboards
19 Sep 16#20
Yes but if you need the heat for background at night you don't want to keep turning the radiator valves on and off in the rest of the house. Heat. Just what I need for my bedroom Btw back in store collection now. I was about to post this but flagged up as posted here.
theposter
21 Aug 16#18
Picked up today...worth it, bargain
charliewashington
25 Aug 161#19
back in stock for delivery for anyone that needs it
shuvho2000
3 Oct 16#21
It's now £26.99 :disappointed:
samani to shuvho2000
3 Oct 16#22
Yep. Will probably go up to £34.99 in November.
"* Please note item 4152318 has previously been on sale at 14.93."
Might come back down to that price when it warms up again!
si709
17 Oct 16#23
Now down to £19.99, still a good price with £15 off.
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Opening post
Get ahead and buy this one.
Aug: off. Sept: low. Oct: med. Nov high.
Featuring a cream, white and light grey finish, this oil-filled radiator from the Simple Value Range has a heat output of 1kW and a variable thermostat with frost protection. It has a choice of three heat settings and a safety cut out switch to prevent it from overheating.
All comments (23)
Anyone recommend one that is if this isn't efficient?
This type of heater will slowly heat the things in the room, as opposed to a fan heater which warms the air quickly first. A fan heater would be better for say, heating a spare bedroom for an unexpected visitor. An oil heater is best for keeping a room warm constantly, or if you can plan around switching it on well in advance.
These type of heaters are fantastic.
It's really worth buying whilst the price is low! Sometimes you can put one of these on when the sitting room is a little chilly but it's not worth putting the central heating on. It takes the edge off the cold.
The oil also retains heat so once the heater has turned off so you get about 20+ mins heat, whereas once you turn off an electric fan heater the warmth stops.
All (resistive) electric heaters are 100% efficient, so 1kWh of electricity produces 1kWh of heat, and that applies whether or not it has lights or fans or anything else. So it produces the same amount of heat as any other 1kW heater.
1kW isn't a great deal of heating, don't expect it to heat a typical room in winter for example, but would be useful for a cold corner or when it's marginal on whether to turn the central heating on or not.
I was more than pleasantly surprised and I reckon these will be decent little heaters for the winter to take a bit of the chill out of a couple of smaller bedrooms that tend to get much colder than other areas in the house.
Thanks to the OP.
"* Please note item 4152318 has previously been on sale at 14.93."
Might come back down to that price when it warms up again!