Anyone used Rointe heaters?

jc0326

Have just read so many comments about Rointe Heaters and now concerned as about to have them fitted in my house.
Was told by electricians rep they use little electricity compared to standard electric heaters, up to a third less.
Please advise and comment, I don't want to install a heating system I cannot afford to use.

penrhyn

You are being lied to, all electric heaters are 100% efficient. Some have better controls than others.
The cheapest conventional form of electric heating is with storage heaters that make use of cheap rate electricity.
If you are seeking electric heating deal with a reputable company say Dimplex or Creda and avoid [TEXT DELETED BY FORUM TEAM].

Owain_Moneysaver

Cardew wrote: »

To say it is 'not possible' to have the Rointe logo stamped on each fin if 'they were bulk bought from China' is just a nonsense. If the order is large enough the Chinese manufacturer will adorn merchandise with any legal logo the buyer specifies.

I think they'll do any logo actually.

Cardew

Agreed, I should really delete the term 'legal'

Kernel_Sanders

jc0326 wrote: »

Have just read so many comments about Rointe Heaters and now concerned as about to have them fitted in my house.
Was told by electricians rep they use little electricity compared to standard electric heaters, up to a third less.
Please advise and comment, I don't want to install a heating system I cannot afford to use.

Your post came directly after Cardew's, so I presume you read it. Maybe it has not been said 'many times' enough, so I'll repeat it:
Rointe heaters (and the like) produce no more heat per kWh than a £14 heater from Asda.
If you actually believe that the Argos one will use up to 50% more for the same amount of heat as Rointe claim, then ask yourself this: What is that extra electricity expended as?

kittieconnor

Hi

I am in a strange situation that due to my location I can't get mains gas/ LPG or oil heating systems installed (due to a tight bend whereby trucks can't get to the house). Can't get bio mass because of this either and renewables, again, can't be used. I have had several companies round to investigate all this.

So the upshot is we are left with electric as being are only viable option as the primary heat source. (We intend to get a log burning stove with a skin so that we can run some rads off that)

Currently we have night storage heaters (from about the 1970's - so very ineffective) however due to the way we use our house and the unpredictable weather up here they aren't really a good option for us.

We have been interested in thermaflow but can't seem to find anyone who knows much about this or has it installed. We like it as it stores heat through the night (but you can control release when you actually need it unlike nsh). Also- we could connect the stove to the boiler which could again store heat. Does anyone know anything about thermaflow or similar systems?

We have had Rointe recommended to us but after reading the forum posts here are VERY uncertain about progressing with them.

We are getting our house insulated and rewired in about a months time so now is the ideal time to change system as floorboards and walls will be up, but to what????

ANY guidance or input will be really helpful

Thanks

grahamc2003

Consider a heat pump system like an Ecodan.

If you need rads or underfloor heating, you're looking at about 14 grand, but you'll get that back in about 4 or 5 or 6 years in rhi payments, assuming your house qualifies and the rhi payments pan out as expected.

BenC30

So glad im un-trusting and googled Rointe, my father in law just fitted out an old farm house with these saying its some goverment funded thing and it wasnt untill he said they were better than storage heaters i got suspicious. So anyway I now need some new storage heaters to replace my old ones that are dying s slow death. Can anyone advise something good?

Owain_Moneysaver

BenC30 wrote: »

So anyway I now need some new storage heaters to replace my old ones that are dying s slow death. Can anyone advise something good?

Any of these - choose ones with automatic controls. Duoheat are more controllable, but use more peak-rate electricity.

BenC30

Thanks for the info, is there a make thats good and sensibly priced, or are they much of a muchness? Obvioulsy i want them to last for a while.