Fischer Storage Heaters

L.Bennet

The devices in this post are just as good as the Fischer ones

Thank you.

How do you expect 2 heaters will replace 5 and still give adequate heat to your home?

2 larger units to replace 4 heaters and I do not require heating in the kitchen.

A little time spent reading this thread would be worth it, you will learn a lot. When you've read some of this thread come back and ask questions

I don't need your patronisation. I did start reading this forum but as there were repeated questions of costs and so much bickering I thought I would answer the question and ask my own.
Thanks for the input.

matelodave

L.Bennet wrote: »

I've just been quoted £4k for 2 Fischer heaters, a 2.4kW and a 1.3kW.
This would include the removal of 5 old storage heaters.
Does this seem totally excessive?
Thanks

YES - they are not storage heaters whatever Fischer say they are. They produce no more heat than a cheap £10 heater

Josiebenn

I see lots of chat, often sceptical, but I can't find anyone telling us what they actually paid for each rad. Is anyone brave enough and community minded enough to cut through Fischers obfuscation and tell us the facts? Price per each size available and wattage of the size. And maybe the running costs too?

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@Josiebenn
That's because the quoted prices by the salespeople are so high that people who read this forum do not install them! They know better.

lstar337

Josiebenn wrote: »

Price per each size available and wattage of the size. And maybe the running costs too?

Impossible to say because it changes depending on the customer. Salesmen will start off high and bring it down to what they think is low enough to pull you in.

The actual value of the heaters is debatable, but I think we can safely assume that they are not worth much more than other rads available from Argos/Aldi/Tesco etc.

Richie-from-the-Boro

Josiebenn wrote: »

I see lots of chat, often sceptical, but I can't find anyone telling us what they actually paid for each rad. Is anyone brave enough and community minded enough to cut through Fischers obfuscation and tell us the facts? Price per each size available and wattage of the size. And maybe the running costs too?

Its all in this thread. Thanks for 1st time posting on MSE 'Josiebenn' it keeps this thread and the facts in it alive in the google search for all to read.

Cardew

Josiebenn wrote: »

I see lots of chat, often sceptical, but I can't find anyone telling us what they actually paid for each rad. Is anyone brave enough and community minded enough to cut through Fischers obfuscation and tell us the facts? Price per each size available and wattage of the size. And maybe the running costs too?

Have you read through this thread?

If you do you will see that MSE have deleted a great deal of comments on many posts. However even in the first few pages there are several posts, from different contributors, stating the prices they were quoted. If you care to read all the pages you will find many more examples of prices.

Most do not state the kW output. however to give you a flavour:

£2k for 2 heaters

£1,040 for I heater.

£4088 for 4 heaters(after a 15% discount)

£1,400 for a 1.9kW heater

Over £5k for 4 heaters(after 15% discount)

Unless all the different contributors are lying, it seems pretty conclusive that the 'going price' is in excess of £1,000 per heater. It is also pertinent that these posted quotes haven't been removed by the MSE team.

And maybe the running costs too?

As has been posted many times in this thread, and elsewhere, it is an inescapable fact that all resistive heaters will give out exactly the same amount of heat for the same consumption of electricity - and hence cost.

Richie-from-the-Boro

Running costs are one thing the salesman will be happy to repeat + repeat over + over + over again + again- because that's the question you asked. But the answer will be no use to you at all.

If however you question was I like to live comfortably in 22°C and 18°C when I'm in bed how many of which heaters will I need to maintain this :

- in my living room only/ in a whole house ?
- @ (-)5°C outside ?
- on which tariff cheap night rate or day rate ?
- whole nett nett installed costs ?
- you call them storage radiators - how much heat do they store ?

Be_Happy

Seems to be a very aggressive advertising campaign going on just now for Fischer and variants. Constant adverts on TV and 'sponsorship' of TV programmes, plus leaflets fall out of every magazine, especially those aimed at the older reader.

All give the impression that this will provide central heating/replace storage heaters, without specifically saying so.

Cardew

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

Running costs are one thing the salesman will be happy to repeat + repeat over + over + over again + again- because that's the question you asked. But the answer will be no use to you at all.

If however you question was I like to live comfortably in 22°C and 18°C when I'm in bed how many of which heaters will I need to maintain this :

- in my living room only/ in a whole house ?
- @ (-)5°C outside ?
- on which tariff cheap night rate or day rate ?
- whole nett nett installed costs ?
- you call them storage radiators - how much heat do they store ?

If possible get the above details in writing - signed on company headed paper.

Methinks the chances are slim!