Best, Cheapest and energy efficient heater ....

dazed · 13 October 2006 at 7:55PM

For a conservatory ?

What is it ?

Smiley_Mum · 13 October 2006 at 8:02PM

Halogen heaters are quite good, you can adjust the heating so they run at 400w, 800w, 1200w etc.

http://www.factory2u.co.uk/prodtype.asp?PT_ID=142&strPageHistory=cat

You could set it on a timer and if you get an oscillating one it should warm up the conservatory quite quickly on a low heat.

There is this but expensive to install...

http://www.conservatoryinfo.co.uk/conservatory-air-conditioning.html

Make sure you have good blinds on the windows to keep in as much heat as possible.

Someone else might have info on other options.

HappyShopper3 · 13 October 2006 at 8:19PM

Thanks for the link to halogen heaters. It actually tells you the running costs on their website which is really useful to know. There have been discussions about halogen heaters on here before but it seemed people were divided on whether the running costs were cheap or not. This has cleared it up for me and I'm gonna buy one now.

dazed · 13 October 2006 at 10:24PM

Smiley_Mum wrote:

Halogen heaters are quite good, you can adjust the heating so they run at 400w, 800w, 1200w etc.

http://www.factory2u.co.uk/prodtype.asp?PT_ID=142&strPageHistory=cat

You could set it on a timer and if you get an oscillating one it should warm up the conservatory quite quickly on a low heat.

There is this but expensive to install...

http://www.conservatoryinfo.co.uk/conservatory-air-conditioning.html

Make sure you have good blinds on the windows to keep in as much heat as possible.

Someone else might have info on other options.

Cheers Darlin'

Just paid for blinds for rest of house and now need a heater and some for the conservatory. Then its xmas NNNNNNNNNNOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

dazed · 15 October 2006 at 5:45PM

got a halogen heater from focus for 14.99 ! 3 heat settings and it oscilates around. Its only available instore.

Brilliant !

Smiley_Mum · 15 October 2006 at 5:59PM

If you have a Poundstretchers nearby, not sure whether they are nationwide or just Scotland but they have ones, Connect-It brand I think and they are £11.99 for one with three heat settings. They have small ones with only 400w settings, for £6.95 I think.

newkidontheblock · 30 November 2006 at 3:05PM

Has anyone got a Oil Filled Radiator in their conservatory as that what we were looking to get, or would a Halogen heater be better??

dazed · 30 November 2006 at 3:12PM

we had oil filled and now have halogen. cheaper to run imo and warms up much quicker if you have oscillating one.

newkidontheblock · 30 November 2006 at 3:24PM

ok thanks for that, just gotta persuade the o/h now that halogen is the way to go!

PS My o/h has also pre-ordered a wii from game too! But now he has decided he wants a 360 instead! Typical!