Electric heating Climastar / Fisher or another alternative

Electronicheaters

I'm looking to upgrade the electric heating system in a 2 bed small flat. Climastar seems expensive BUT claims huge savings on bills. Can anyone confirm from experience? If I don't go with them, any other suggestions?

Swipe

You have probably just saved yourself a lot of money by posting here. Do not get ripped off by anyone selling magic beans. Every panel heater is equal when it comes to heat output per unit input so any difference in price of the heaters will only reflect the usability features and appearance.

Ayr_Rage

As above, pick the output you require along with the controls most suitable for your lifestyle.

Edit : Just read the Climastar blurb, emotional rubbish in parts.

FreeBear

Ayr_Rage said: Edit : Just read the Climastar blurb, emotional rubbish in parts.

Most thermostats are accurate to within 2°c, but the Harmony thermostat is accurate to within 0.1°c

No one will notice a thermostat being accurate to 0.1°C. What is more important is the hysteresis and repeatability.

bob2302

If you can't have a heat pump or gas, the only way to save money is with storage heaters on an appropriate time of use tariff.  Your day time rate for other usage will be higher so you have to do the calculation to find out if you benefit.

Reed_Richards

All basic electric heaters convert electricity to heat with 100% efficiency.  Some store the heat for later use (storage heaters) or they store a bit of heat (oil-filled radiators).  Some (fan heaters) heat the air which then heats the object in the room.  Some (radiant heaters) heat nearby objects in the room which then heat the air.  But they will all give you 1 kWh of heat for 1 kWh of electricity.  Heat pumps are the only exception to this and can give you maybe 3 kWh of heat for 1 kWh of electricity (roughly, on average, maybe more).      

RedFraggle

Dimplex quantum are fabulous. Search the forum for those alternatives and you'll see why. Efficiency and economy are two very different things in the electric heating world. 

Reed_Richards

RedFraggle said:

Dimplex quantum are fabulous. Search the forum for those alternatives and you'll see why. Efficiency and economy are two very different things in the electric heating world. 

This comment deserves a bit more explanation.  Dimplex Quantum is the brand name of a range of storage heaters.  Storage heaters work by storing heat using cheap night-rate electricity ("Economy 7" or similar).  You then use that heat during the day.  To get cheap night-rate electricity you either need a dual-rate electricity meter or a smart meter that can be configured for dual rate.   

Stubod

..avoid Fisher like the plague...lots of negative posts on them....

Kid_Icarus

Another recommendation for Dimplex Quantum - last year I installed 3 of them in a refurbed rental property.  Can control them remotely via a smartphone app (you need the Dimplex Hub to enable remote control functionality).  Tenants love them.  Also have them in my own property.

Do you have an existing Economy 7 (or Economy 10) electricity meter?  As they are designed to work with off-peak tariffs.  British Gas introduced a specific tariff for these heaters late last year:

https://www.britishgas.co.uk/energy/gas-and-electricity/dimplex-quantum-tariff.html

Avoid Fischer like the plague.