Daewoo Oil Filled 800W Portable Radiator with Thermostat and Temperature Control - Ideal for Home, Garage or Office - White

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On the downside, this type can be quite noisy and they don't have some of the more advanced features you can get with convector heaters.

Oil-filled heaters tend to take longer to heat up than other electrical convection heaters, but keep heating the room longer after they are switched off.The average wattage on an oil-filled radiator can vary quite a lot, which therefore means how costly they are can vary. However, many oil-filled radiators will come equipped with a built-in thermostatic control, which therefore allows you to control the power and heat output of the radiator. For this reason, they can be considered one of the most energy efficient types of heaters. Portable electric heaters use electricity, which costs 27.35p/kWh under the current energy price cap. Depending on how effective the heater is, they can take anything from 30 minutes to an hour to notably raise the temperature of a medium-sized room, so if you're only planning on using it until the room gets up to temperature, it will likely cost you between 28 and 55p.

They’re also safer than some portable heaters because there is no element that could be a fire hazard and are very quiet, so won’t disturb you while you try to meet deadlines or are just trying to relax in front of the telly. Many people have them by their feet beneath or next to their desk or table. How much do oil-filled radiators cost to run? Under current energy prices, a run-of-the-mill plug-in electric heater can cost approximately 40p to 65p per hour to run on full blast. If you’re looking for energy efficient heaters to warm up your home, or if you’re doing some research ahead of purchasing a new electric heater, here is a breakdown of each type of electric heater. We’ll run through what they’re good for, and how much they will cost you to run. We use a force meter to record how much is needed to topple each heater over and a decibel meter to measure how much noise each one makes while running. Keep your home warm and cosy with this 1500W Daewoo Oil Heater. The 7 fin design on this compact radiator is perfect for moving around your home as and when you need to bring a cosy touch to a room. With its four wheels and cable tidy feature, it's easy to store away when its not in use, too.

We buy all the electric heaters we test. We put the bestselling heaters from popular UK retailers through these tests: Heating speed, evenness, and accuracy They tend to be cheap to run, but some can be really slow to heat up. Most oil-filled heaters are also fairly heavy and cumbersome, so look out for models that come with wheels. However, there are a number of different types of electric heaters on the market, which makes it difficult to know which type of electric heater is best suited to your requirements and which are more energy efficient than others.