Where to buy a cheap heater(portable)

mos

My hall is freezing these days. The heater is not hot enough. Looking to buy a heater myself.

I want that personal/small type, not the big one for house.

anybody know where to find a bargin? just use for this winter, qulity is not important, as cheap as possible.

Thanks.

jockettuk

my elderly neighbour got one of those halogen ones at the local co-op.. for £11 they selling them in a sunday magazine 2 for £50 she says its great and she a fussy sod lol

soolin

We have several large buildings/sheds at the end of the garden which we use as playrooms and hobby rooms for the children. In the winter they are always freezing and the best way we have found to heat them is by using fan heaters.

it isn't the cheapest method but it is the only one that works for a larger space (the largest shed is about 16ft by 10 foot). We have tried oil filled radiators but they have to stay on for hours just to stop ice forming on the condensation!

By a strange co incidence I bought two new fan heaters this morning in Tesco for £7.99 each, 2 watt output.

Soo

George_Bray

...I bought two new fan heaters this morning in Tesco for £7.99 each, 2 watt output.

I think you may have missed some zeroes or something. 2 watts wouldn't be enough to keep a fly warm in a 6" square box.

Remember that electricity costs about 4x more than gas for a given amount of energy / heat. So natural (mains) gas is always the best bet. I can't belive the number of dual fual cookers on sale, with expensive-to-run electric ovens. What a waste! Bottled gas is even more expensive so avoid that at all costs.

kolakube_

I was buying some kitchen stuff at Robert Dyas website and noticed they have got some 2kw fan heaters for £10 and 1.5 and 2.2 kw radiators and halogen and convector heaters almost all under £30. (please note I wasn't buying heaters on this site so can't say if they are any good or a good price, just thought it might be of interest. As a company they've been fine when I have bought other stuff and are on several cashback sites too if that makes any difference. £4 delivery).
Click here for Robert Dyas site

soolin

I think you may have missed some zeroes or something. 2 watts wouldn't be enough to keep a fly warm in a 6" square box.

Remember that electricity costs about 4x more than gas for a given amount of energy / heat. So natural (mains) gas is always the best bet. I can't belive the number of dual fual cookers on sale, with expensive-to-run electric ovens. What a waste! Bottled gas is even more expensive so avoid that at all costs.

The box says 2kw output but on the side it says 2000w (wattage). does that make more sense?

All I know is that we can run 2 x 2 watt at a time in two sheds but we can't use 2 x 3 watt ones at it blows the fuse after a while.

We used to use a calor gas fire, the old type, but we got rid of it when the children were old enough to play on their own in the sheds as it didn't seem very safe. That certainly did get very warm! However, we only have electricity and not gas so we either have to have a free standing heater or a plug into the mains one.

Soo

webhamster

2kw and 2000w are one and the same

George_Bray

The box says 2kw output but on the side it says 2000w (wattage). does that make more sense?
All I know is that we can run 2 x 2 watt at a time in two sheds but we can't use 2 x 3 watt ones at it blows the fuse after a while.

That's more like it! Kw stands for kilo watt, being a thousand watts. So 2kw = 2000w or a thousand times more energy than 2 watts.

Ted_Hutchinson

ALDI have a Upright Oscillating Fan Heater each £ 9.99

# 2kW output. Two heat settings
# Cool blow for summer use
# Motorised oscillating base
# Variable thermostat with frost protection
# Tip-over cut out protection
# Overheat cut out protection
# Available in dark grey or ivory.

Mecoconuts

Is this any good ?

http://forum.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=Urgents;action=display;num=1104768421

mos

Thanks for the replays from all of u.

I had found a cheap one on index.
GPB 7.99, 2000W

Thank a lot!