Electric heating vs storage heaters

SueNottm

Just moved into a village with no gas,we have storage heaters (which we are willing to give a go thro this winter) but thinking ahead i have been on a site "economy radiators" state of the art thermostat control'd sleek looking n all that!! any one got these? would love to hear from anyone,price seems quite good too.
thanks.

Mr_Man_Full_of_Love

I don't have that particular brand - I have Farho heaters which are similar and top of the range as far as that type of heating is concerned.
As long as you make sure you buy the correct size per room they're as effective as central heating and ten times better than storage heaters.
Of course they don't work by coming on when the cost is cheaper (if you have an E7 tariff) and staying warm all day so they can't be as cheap to run as storage heaters - but they provide much better heat and are as near to being as cost effective as central heating that it's possible to get with electric radiators.

HappyMJ

SueNottm wrote: »

Just moved into a village with no gas,we have storage heaters (which we are willing to give a go thro this winter) but thinking ahead i have been on a site "economy radiators" state of the art thermostat control'd sleek looking n all that!! any one got these? would love to hear from anyone,price seems quite good too.
thanks.

Price seems good? Are you having a laugh? The best electric heaters are ones with thermostats, timers and a choice of output settings. They costs a maximum of £50 for each 2kw unit. The economy radiators cost about £400 each. That's not cheap. Stay with your storage heaters and grab a couple of convector heaters from Argos for emergency and/or late evening heating on very cold days.

HalloweenJack

remember to turn `output` down when your not in the house and up when you need the heat to extend the time you get the heat from them

Richie-from-the-Boro

SueNottm wrote: »

Just moved into a village with no gas,we have storage heaters (which we are willing to give a go thro this winter) but thinking ahead i have been on a site "economy radiators" state of the art thermostat control'd sleek looking n all that!! any one got these? would love to hear from anyone,price seems quite good too.
thanks.

- read this thread for general answers to your question, read #14 for particular answers to your question. Fahro is now called Ecotrol.

Ecotrol / Farho is ' snake oil ' if you think what you have is expensive heating now .. .. .. dont even contemplate Farho / Ecotrol, this SPAM thread was started by Ecoltrol, but all the threads in which Ecorol posted were deleted by MSE management.

I hope this helps your understanding.