Oil Filled Radiators?

Gwenrose

Has any one tried an oil filled radiator, we are thinking of buying one, but would like to know what peoples opinions are first.
Are they cost effective?
Do they give out much heat?
Are they suitable for heating large areas?

Thanks for any help you can give.

LeeSouthEast

It depends on the size. My 'office' is in a converted garage, so I have one warming my toes as we speak! It's a little Tesco Value one, but it does the job.

The other is much, much larger and heats the (huge) conservatory very well, supplementing the heat provided by 1 CH radiator.

Cost effective? Well... they're not cheap, but they do heat well.
They give out a LOT of heat.

keystone

Gwenrose wrote: »

Has any one tried an oil filled radiator, we are thinking of buying one, but would like to know what peoples opinions are first.
Are they cost effective?
Do they give out much heat?
Are they suitable for heating large areas?

Thanks for any help you can give.

We have a 2KW one for our conservatory which is quite a large area but they are not that cheap to run. Mind you we only ever use it sparingly to take the chill off when it gets very cold.

Cheers

Gwenrose

LeeSouthEast wrote: »

It depends on the size. My 'office' is in a converted garage, so I have one warming my toes as we speak! It's a little Tesco Value one, but it does the job.

The other is much, much larger and heats the (huge) conservatory very well, supplementing the heat provided by 1 CH radiator.

Cost effective? Well... they're not cheap, but they do heat well.
They give out a LOT of heat.

It is for our conservatory/extension, we do have one large CH radiator, but it's in the L shape part of the conservatory, we need something on the opposit side, we already have a radiator in the main part of the lounge, but there is a slightly cool area from the lounge into the extension.

LeeSouthEast

Ours is 1.5kw and works fine (iirc dimensions wise the conservatory is 28'x14'). We have it 'on' most days and the thermostat set to 22C. It adds about £25/mo to the electricity bill.