I am looking energy saving heater for my room

milton11

Hello, i am very confused to find best heater for my room. I have used before non branded infrared heater but electricity bill was so high and i was frustrated to save my money. I need infrared heater but i am confused ,suggest me what electric infrared heater is best for energy saving and good for warm my room all time. anyone can help me to find the name of electronic heater?. thanks.

sk240

Hi,

all eletric heaters are pretty much equal, wether a £10 heater or £100 heater, all that changes is the way that they deliver the heat, regardless of that, they all cost the same to run.
Really the only difference is when you have storage heaters and are on economy 7 (which i dont think you are?)
If you have a bit of money to invest, an alternative is an air-air heat exchanger, DIY would cost £500 + install costs, or pro install around £1000-1200.
The main advantage of these is that they can be 3x more efficient than a conventional electric heater.
http://www.vyair.com/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=125

oldskoo1

As pointed out they all cost to the same to reach the same heat levels, they just deliver results differently.

Some prefer oil filled radiators as they continue to emit after cut off until all heat is dissipated but they have longer warm up time. Some prefer fan heaters for their very quick heat up.

If you are looking at this purely from a cost point of view, just get the cheapest fan heater you can find. You will find plenty around £5-£10. Beats the more expensive infrared and oil filled radiators and you can use them in bursts to keep topping up the heat.

Whatever device you use, electric heating is your main problem, it is very expensive unless you are just topping up 1 room throughout the day saving your CH from firing up.