behind the rads

bungaro79

saw these on the sunday times today (http://ecostore.ie/the-radbooster-single-pack-5-foil-panels) and wondering if anyone uses them or something like them to improve the heat given off by the rads??

hanloj1

I have them. Not convinced that they work though.

JohnnieK

They are useless with convector (rads with fins) radiators because they use air currents to transfer the heat around the room. they would be more affective for older non convector type rads.

ecodan

for what its worth i sell the radbooster at my shop. the inventor kevin brophy has got a BER assessor to do a test on these. you can see the report on radbooster.ie in PDF format. make up your own mind on it

MicktheMan

ecodan wrote: »

for what its worth i sell the radbooster at my shop. the inventor kevin brophy has got a BER assessor to do a test on these. you can see the report on radbooster.ie in PDF format. make up your own mind on it

Have read the report. I can't believe a so called ber assessor (i.e. professional) would publish such a document. Not worth the paper it's written on. Good luck.

DoneDL

As JohnnieK suggested the idea was seriously flawed to begin with.

DGOBS

BER assessor...hahahahahah..sorry

For these type of booster to work at all, they need to be placed not just behind the rad, but would want to extend 6-12 inches above it to give any real advantage
Not a bad idea on outerwalls, but better less unsightly things to spend your money on, like some solo rads or something