Portable Electric fire is halogen cheapest

Woozer

I have to buy a portable electric fire - we are all year round caravaners and also live in a rented house so I dont want to install one for the landlord. and want some instant heat occasionaly

Are halogen fires cheap to run or am I being daft

moonrakerz

Any electric fire will use as much power as it says on the rating plate, a 1kW fire will cost 10-12p an hour to run. All electric fires are 100% efficient.

If you have kids/animals would suggest an oil filled radiator type, otherwise halogen, fan or convector.

Gareth56

If you want instant heat then a fan heater is your best bet preferably one that has some sort of thermostatic control and various heat settings. As previously said electric is 100% efficient unlike gas which is much less.

KimYeovil

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.

Is using a cooker's gas hob as a heater more efficient than using a combi-boiler and radiators?

Cardew

KimYeovil wrote: »

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.

Is using a cooker's gas hob as a heater more efficient than using a combi-boiler and radiators?

I suspect it must be for heating the kitchen(as long as you don't use an extracter fan;) !

Distribution of heat problematic!!!

moonrakerz

Cardew wrote: »

I suspect it must be for heating the kitchen(as long as you don't use an extracter fan;) !

Distribution of heat problematic!!!

And smelly - and dangerous ?