Wall panel heater

obi604

What are people’s thoughts on these?

https://www.aldi.ie/p/081567188621900

Never had one before and have no clue about them.

It’s just to heat an office room from time to time.

Wearb

You will get slightly less than half the heat that you would get from an old 1 bar electric heater. In other words, not a lot of heat.

mickdw

I bought a pretty much identical one from homebase. Id say ideal as long as room is very small.

NIMAN

They will provide a very low level, ambient heat.

More suited to a box room or a small bedroom, nothing more.

obi604

Thanks all. Noted.
Can anyone recommend something else?

Are the oil filled portable electric radiators very hard on electricity ?

Wearb

obi604 wrote: »

Thanks all. Noted.
Can anyone recommend something else?

Are the oil filled portable electric radiators very hard on electricity ?

All electric heaters cost the same to run for a given amount of heat. So (without splitting hairs), the cheaper the better unless you want something for a particular position from a point of safety or with a lot of controls. The cheaper ones will not have much controls and the more expensive ones should have timer and temperature control.

I could go on and on (perhaps someone else will), but the above is it in a nutshell.

NIMAN

Bear in mind might be worth paying extra for one with thermostatic control onboard, so that it cuts out when room reaches set temperature, saves it using electricity when its not required.

obi604

Wearb wrote: »

All electric heaters cost the same to run for a given amount of heat. So (without splitting hairs), the cheaper the better unless you want something for a particular position from a point of safety or with a lot of controls. The cheaper ones will not have much controls and the more expensive ones should have timer and temperature control.

I could go on and on (perhaps someone else will), but the above is it in a nutshell.

What do you mean by "the cheaper the better"

Wearb

obi604 wrote: »

What do you mean by "the cheaper the better"

I mean that a cheap heater gives out the same heat as a similarly rated expensive one and i then explained why expensive ones were more expensive.

So unless you you need those controls (and you might) there is no benefit in buying the more expensive one.

Idbatterim

425w is nothing, what room do you want to heat op and what is the size?

obi604

Wearb wrote: »

I mean that a cheap heater gives out the same heat as a similarly rated expensive one and i then explained why expensive ones were more expensive.

So unless you you need those controls (and you might) there is no benefit in buying the more expensive one.

Well the benefit of a more expensive one might be reduced electricity costs - due to thermostat and cutting out when room reaches a certain temp etc.

obi604

What do ye make of this one:

https://www.lidl.ie/cps/rde/www_lidl_ie_3x/hs.xsl/productPageFinder.xml?listId=245&articleId=6000&type=offerdatelist&rdeLocaleAttr=en&productId=6000&countryCode=IE

NIMAN

obi604 wrote: »

What do ye make of this one:

https://www.lidl.ie/cps/rde/www_lidl_ie_3x/hs.xsl/productPageFinder.xml?listId=245&articleId=6000&type=offerdatelist&rdeLocaleAttr=en&productId=6000&countryCode=IE

Yeah, looks a grand heater, but as said above, if you use it to blast out the full heat of 2400W, it'll use up 5.6 times the amount of electricity as the original little heater you linked.

Some people recommend oil filled heaters as they continue to radiate out heat longer than some others after they have been switched off, as the oil is hot and cools down slower.

obi604

NIMAN wrote: »

Yeah, looks a grand heater, but as said above, if you use it to blast out the full heat of 2400W, it'll use up 5.6 times the amount of electricity as the original little heater you linked.

Some people recommend oil filled heaters as they continue to radiate out heat longer than some others after they have been switched off, as the oil is hot and cools down slower.

Thank you.

This one seems to have a fab that blows out hot air. Are they all like this?

obi604

NIMAN wrote: »

Yeah, looks a grand heater, but as said above, if you use it to blast out the full heat of 2400W, it'll use up 5.6 times the amount of electricity as the original little heater you linked.

Some people recommend oil filled heaters as they continue to radiate out heat longer than some others after they have been switched off, as the oil is hot and cools down slower.

Bought this and returned it. The smell from it was really off putting. I know they have a run in time, but after about 8 hours of running on high, the smell was still stinking the place out, even when on a low heat too. (It was actually giving me a headache with the smell etc)

The use for this is just for a bit of a boost in a big kitchen that has only one radiator. Most of the time it’s grand, but sometimes just needs a boost for an hour when it’s very cold, it’s a Rented house etc so can’t fix myself for now properly really.

Can anyone recommend a “booster” type thing to plug in for an hour that won’t have a dodgy smell or won’t give a real dry air scenario ?