Storage Heater Replacement - options

Hello,

Have three storage heaters in a holiday home. They're over 25 years old. Two large and one small. They all work but one is definitely not 100%.

Trying to decide if I get fixed/serviced or just replace. Given its a holiday home, storage heaters give great peace of mind and ease of use with night rate.

What are the modern day equivalent of 90s storage heaters or is there any alternative that could do a similar job, when the place is empty during the winter?

I know many don't like storage heaters but I feel they do have a place in situations like this but perhaps are outdated now.

Advice appreciated.

Lenar3556

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058309794/storage-heater-replacement-options

I would probably just replace them with new in that application.

There haven’t been any major advancements. Controls have improved somewhat. Dimplex Quantum is probably the highest spec - but well overpriced I would think.

meercat

https://www.atc.ie/products/sun-ray-rf/

these are a better option ,more controllable and efficient

antoinolachtnai

Could put in an air-to-air heat pump. There is some old discussion on this if you search for it. Cos would be low thousands of euros.

You could leave the storage heaters in place and have this as an additional heat source.

putting some sort of remote switching on the storage heating (so you could turn it on the day before you visit) might make them more workable).

if they are broken they are sometimes easy enough to fix (a contactor or thermal cutout or poor wiring or something like that).