Fischer Future Heat

[DaveHerns]

Adverts in the press for the above. Electric "radiators" with a 40mm fire clay core to replace night storage heaters and gas central heating . Claims made for savings on electric bills and controllability. "Guaranteed" to heat your room to 21degrees C or they replace it free of charge.
Has anyone had any experience of this? Seems to me that once they've pulled out your old gas fired CH , you're a bit screwed if you find the new system is not as claimed.

 

[flameport]

Snake oil products.
Compared to gas heating they will cost 4x more to run.
Far worse than storage heaters for all-day heating as they use higher price day rate electricity most of the time.

Their only advantage over storage heaters is that you can switch them on/off when you want, possibly of value for properties which are unoccupied for large parts of the day, as with storage heaters you are heating the building all day every day whether you want to or not.

However if heating is only wanted for a couple of hours here and there, the same can be achieved by one or more portable electric heaters which can be obtained for a fraction of the cost from any electrical retailer. The existing heating system can then be left in place but not switched on, for future use when heating requirements change.

Most of the comparisons on their website are fundamentally flawed or just outright lies.

 

[polesapart]

Spot on.

 

[DaveHerns]

I can imagine the elderly and vulnerable being targeted by slick salesmen to buy this at "special offer" prices. My 92 yo mum would probably sign up .....

 

[Dan Robinson]

Another one like the magic thermo dynamic box thing.

 

[Razor900]

Another one like the magic thermo dynamic box thing.

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• Razor900
• 9 Apr 2016