Simple panel heater

[brig001]

Hi, we have storage heaters on economy 7 and panel heaters in the bedrooms
The panel heaters we have (Ambient Air) need someone with a degree to program them, but I don't want to program them, I just want to switch them on for a couple of hours now and then when it's a bit cold in the bedroom
Can anyone recommend a panel heater that is simple to use please?
I don't need a 7 day timer, just a thermostat - a quiet one (electronic) would be perfect for the few nights a year when we leave it on all night

Thanks,
Brian

 

[winston1]

I would use a cheap fan heater to warm the room quickly and never have heating on all night. Just get a higher TOG duvet.

 

[brig001]

A fan heater is not a bad idea, thanks
Prefer blankets to duvet though and can put another one on when it gets colder

 

[ericmark]

Personally if likely to be used unattended I would go for oil filled radiator if you have the room, too easy for some thing to fall on a fan heater, oil filled radiator less likely to over heat.

 

[Taylortwocities]

A fan heater is not a bad idea, thanks
Prefer blankets to duvet though and can put another one on when it gets colder

I bought my MIL an electrically-heated throw for Christmas. She loves it.

 

[brig001]

Thanks both. I'm liking the look of this oil-filled one:

Terma Electric Radiator Camber 1000W 575 x 800mm Quartz Mocha | Toolstation

• Terma oil filled electric radiator supplied with the Terma KTX 4 Blue (bluetooth) heating element - smartphone controlled, fully thermostatic element and a round clock face style head in matching silver • Full operational control on smartphone/tablet via Bluetooth (up to 10 metre range...

www.toolstation.com

but a heated throw is a lot cheaper - time too talk to the boss

Brian

 

[winston1]

Seems an astronomical amount of money for a 1KW heater!

 

[JohnW2]

Seems an astronomical amount of money for a 1KW heater!

It does.

 

[big-all]

wow £400 for an electric heater to me a big con or form over function
i would say fan heater and perhaps a panel heater so less than £100 and flexibility oil filled equals slow heat up and slow cooling so less Effient in pointed heating but ok for plodding along space warming
a fan heater can be noisy but throws the heat where its wanted -----QUICKLY---- then heat flows to other areas spreading heat so more efficient at aiming heat but no more efficient at delivering heat over all as in all electrical heater give out close to 100% energy as heat so no more than a choice off slow slow general area heat input or focused to where its needed first fan heater with say 2-3kw output to give fast and efficient heat boost??

 

[JohnW2]

wow £400 for an electric heater to me a big con or form over function

Quite - but I must say that even if I were a 'form over function' person (which I certainly am not!), I see nothing about the 'form' of that product which would induce me to pay such an astronomical price for it!

i would say fan heater and perhaps a panel heater so less than £100 ...

Perhaps, but, as others have said, I would be inclined to think of just a fan heater for the OP's purposes - and that wouldn't really have to cost more than £20

Kind Regards, John

 

[brig001]

I agree it's expensive, but it's the function that I like:
Set core to 30 or 60 degrees, set room temperature and that's it, and you can put clothes over it or a towel without it burning the house down
There must be a cheaper one with similar features. If not, fan heater it is

Brian