Oil Filled Radiators

[bitchstewie]

Are they much of a muchness? Looking for something to keep a bedroom toasty during the night when the central heating will be off.

Having gone to buy one I'm appalled at how little there is anywhere local as it seems the big stores want to stock their own brand higher margin stuff so it seems I have the internet to choose from.

[bitchstewie]

AlexC1981 said:

I don't see the point. May as well use a convector heater. Lighter, slimmer, cheaper and you don't have to wait for the oil to warm up before you get any heat out of it. Also available with a built in fan for a more immediate distribution of heat. I suppose the oil radiators might be a little safer.

I thought that there was less chance of an oil filled catching fire? Yes I know it's 2017 but I'm still a bit old school about what I like leaving on with that sort of thing.

[bitchstewie]

Collecting one of the Dimplex "oil free" Ecorad units later - seems as close to "set and forget" as I can find and the fact they physically have stock is a bonus as I'm a fking whimp and don't want to wait