Plug In Heaters

[admarlow]

I have a very big room to heat and need a plug in heater, what is the best and most economical tyoe to get?

[Ethel]

When would you use it?

For constant heat
For a quick top up as and when needed?

[admarlow]

constant heat only during the day....

[Ethel]

I would consider an oil filled Dimplex type heater.

[dilligaf]

We used to have Delonghi oil filled rads. Being electric they are expensive to run but they are fitted with a thermostat and timer so if correctly set costs could be kept to a minimum.

[buildersmate]

All electricity consumed by a heater gets converted into heat (apart from any used to drive a fan around - which is small), so there is no difference from an efficiency point of view between different types of electric heaters.
Night storage heaters merely take their electricity at a time when it costs less.