electricstorage heaters

[3 blind mice]

anybody used these... are they any good?

[Ethel]

I had no option but to use them many years ago. I found them expensive to run and inefficient - often the next day's weather was warmer than anticipated and I didn't need the heating I had paid for overnight.

[ChuckFickens]

I agree with ethel...

you have to try and predict what the weather is going to be like the next day and if you get it wrong your either heating a room that doesn't need heating so you've wasted money in storing the heat or you'll be freezing because of a sudden cold spell and you haven't charged the heaters up!

[lucca]

Totally agree with the other answers. Why not try oil-filled heaters? Very efficient and considerably cheaper to run than electric storage type - and you can move them around if necessary.

[SazzyC0]

I have these in my flat and find that it can get too warm. It is cheaper to keep it on constantly instead of switching on and off so sometimes I have the heating on and the windows open which is totally wasteful I know!

I only keep one of them on in the Winter and this doubles my electricity bill.

[ChuckFickens]

Huh!!!

surely you have totally contradicted your self SazzyC0

Surely if it's getting too warm you don't need them on the time, and how can it possibly be cheaper to keep a high powered electrical device on rather than turning it of!!!

I'm not surprised they double your bill if you keep them on the time and have the windows open because it's too warm, which you admit to knowing it's wasteful!

[coccinelle]

My mum had these and I found when I went to bed it was cold in the room and I'd wake up at 6 to an over hot room. They're probably OK for living-rooms but would need a back-up for evening time.

[welshlibranr]

We had them, the house was lovely and warm on winter's mornings, but by mid afternoon it was freezing cold!! they're not a good option as far as I can see, and they're very expensive to run too, try and steer clear!!!

[didappointed]

just moved into a flat where the heating is by electric radiators. I now throw them out and have storage heaters fitted. In my other house I had them for 40 years. Would not be without them. As regards the temperature setting, yes, it takes a little getting used to. The best is, with these new ones you can put the "input" as high as you need it, but if you want to keep the heat for the next day, over night put the "output" on zero and then in the morning only put the "output" as high as needed, maybe 2 or 3, never on 5 or 6. This way you preserve the heat for all day. The bricks inside never really get completely cold using it correctly. But do make sure you have a white meter (economy 7 or such) as ordinary tariff runs away with the cost.