Supersers - any good

highrisklowreturn

Wanting to know people's thoughts on supersers. I see they can be bought on amazon for around £60, which is for a 4.2kw model. I remember having one of these when I was a student 8 years ago but never paid for the gas for them as I got it for free from the council yard. Are these things economical to run? I remember the heat being amazing out of them.

I would be buying one to put up my stairs, which could be moved about between bedroom and bathroom. With a stove downstairs and an immersion heater, this would eliminate the need for central heating.

welda

Personally, I wouldn't use one, I agree, they do chuck out the heat, but they are notorious for condensation, they can smell a bit too, propane and lpg.

If gas were still still free, perhaps worth the hassle that comes with this type of heat source, but with the price of bottled gas these days, you would be far better off turning on the central heating, I assume is mains gas?

:beer:

highrisklowreturn

Oil CH........

dullnote

Hi I use one but just as back up, last time was during power cut found it handy. Also used to use spring and autumn as I have UFH slow to heat up some night used to stick this on, now changed to WBS.

Would not want to use for main heating

beedeedee

Lordy - this takes me back to when they first came out - circa 1973 and we were living in our first home - a rented flat. Truly, ours kept us alive! It was the only heating we had then and we kept it for many years afterwards, even though we had other forms of heating as we moved up the property ladder. The gas wasn't delivered where we lived in those days and DH used to carry a cylinder back across town - what a hero! Have recently thought about getting another one - just in case our heating goes off for any reason.