This video has blown up a bit in the last couple of months, I do not use this to heat my room this was a test to see if this product is any good and like i say in the video its NOT, its sat in a box doing nothing but gather dust at this point in time please bare this in mind before
No - and often the same ones are all over the place from 5£ to 50£ dont believe the bs facebook or youtube scam ads claiming boy genius from oxford wiped it out of his lab!😂😂😂
Often the same ones are all over the place from 5£ to 50£ dont believe the bs facebook or youtube scam ads claiming boy genius from oxford wiped it out of his lab!😂😂😂
No - and often the same ones are all over the place from 5£ to 50£ dont believe the bs facebook or youtube scam ads claiming boy genius from oxford wiped it out of his lab!😂😂😂
Amazing how this gadget has re-surfaced. Bought mine two years ago. It's a low-watt fan heater. That's it. Nothing more to say. Mine keeps my feet warm when sitting reading or watching TV. Ideal personal heater but not strong enough to keep a room warm.
I saw the adverts for the heater the energy companies don't want you to know about. Invented by "two ex engineers from a large technology company" or "a student from London University" or "Martin, an Oxford University student" who "took matters in to his own hands" when revising in the cold and "their request for a new heating system was ignored"! Inventor depends which day you watch the ad'! Ended up recently buying a £15 600w version from Lidl. It's great, but just need to understand what it is, it is a 600w heater that uses 600w of electricity and gives out 600w of heat! I have a small spare room I use as an office with a small radiator and putting this on for 20 minutes to supplement the radiator helps get the room to temperature. It would also be handy if the heating failed as a backup.
Exactly what I needed to know - thanks for this review. There are so many of these ad sites (including one in the youtube ads I got this morning, hence my doing a little digging) where they're pricing up generic heaters up at £50. I notice with that never ending 50% discount.
thats why i did this as i looked at reviews and there Cleary paid reviews and biased, there very little honest reviews out there on these things whichis why i made a honest one
@@KarlFixes: I bought two of these type of heaters from Lidl, 600w each for £8 each. I don't find them particularly effective, certainly no where near the advertised claims made for them. I do wish that You Tube would clamp down on these marketing scams, with grossly exaggerated claims that mislead the public. Thankyou for uploading your video.
I bought two on the Internet. By one get one half price !! Made in China. I have a huge bedroom that would probably take two double beds and a single with plenty of space. After two hours the temperature in the bedroom hadn't changed..
We bought 2..one never worked the other rubbish! Buy one and get second half price..£79.. Load of rubbish.. tried to get in touch with sellers.. nothing!
Just started UA-cam (!!!) on my TV and yes, there it was, the ad about this bloke who's uni was freezing so he "invented" it. Those ads are rally more and more sophisticated and scientific.
I bought 3 of these last year. My sitting room is 20 sqm and I needed 2 of them sitting above the storage heater hight for it warm up the room (it was perishing cold lat winter) providing I kept the door shut. It was taking nearly 1 hour to warm up the room. I had only set the temp on 20 and it powered out automatically. Same in the bedroom (12 sqm) I did save on electricity (£300 per month - I do not have gas reduced to £125 for the same winter period) This year I have invested in german heater and two radiator rechargable radiators fan and it is much more better. Had to stick heat reflactor behind the heater to reflact heat back into the heater and the fans pushes it into the room. I don't need to worry about the temp. The heater comes with a stand alone thermostat, you only have to set the desired day and night temperature and the heater swithes off at that temperature. Vey satisfied with them little bit more expensive than cermic plug in heaters as it is size of a radiator but it dose the job and so far has not been too expensive to run
I purchased one to heat my truck cap camper set up. My 2000 watt inverter just idles when heater is on. Heats the 175 Square Feet area adequately. Was thinking it was rated at 350 watts.
Best low powered heater I ever used was an old Dimplex 500 watt Coldwatcher. Old style and now probably discontinued but ideal for keeping my caravan warm at night when I used it in midwinter, it had no fan as it was just a simple convection heater consisting of an element a little like one from an oven, enclosed in a perforated enamelled steel case and fitted with both a timer and a thermostat.
Glad someone has tested one of these gadgets at last. Venders of these quoting efficiencies of 100% show that they are scammers and vulnerable customers should be protected from them. One quote I was given whilst studying thermodynamics whilst at college was “You can’t get for nought”, there’s no such thing as 100%, there are always losses. Every year this equipment is offered for sale and those who accept these adverts know that they are part of a scam. Shame on them.
Most devices that run on electricity are way less than 100% efficient. TV's and Radios might be 60% efficient (just making figures up here) if so 60% of the electricity here goes to creating the sound or picture and the other 40% goes as heat so is wasted (at least in summer). Typically any inefficiency in an electrical device will be in the form of heat. With electric heaters the desired outcome is converting electricity to heat so if the fan in this heater is only 75% efficient nobody cares because most of that inefficiency creates heat. The only wasted energy in this sort of product is the noise it makes and that is the only thing that makes it less than 100% efficient.
Heard about this kid who invented a type of heater the energy companies hate and don’t want you to know etc. His invention can power the whole of the UK with a single tea lamp candle, it’s amazing and I’m selling them for £100 and…
I've had a 3000w / 3kw blow electric heater or cold fan it heating element not used, the gas meter would go mental if it is on the 3 kw setting, on 2kw it's still in overdrive, but on 1 kw setting it doesn't warm the room. I now only use it as a fan to circulate warm air from another heating system. The most efficient system is a gas combination central heating as mine will heat my 2 bed detached bungalow ( well insulated ) within 20 minutes to 19 - 20 degrees, & keep it there for little effort & costs. That's why heat pumps are no good because they use way too much electric.
Yes, but how quicky does the room cool whan switched off? The heat capacity of air is low. A blower heater directly heats the room's air and speads it through the room. The fabric of the room (walls/floor/furninture etc) then soaks up the heat and the room's air cools - more quickly than a convection system would as that process happens in tandem. The end result is zero-sum.
Wrong... I use 2 for heating my caravan that I live in all year round, after 2 hours it was warm enough to be comfortable... but yes no good for people in houses, people today expect too much 😂
You obviously havent purchased a hairdryer recently the price 😮😮😮 As for heater guess if it a miniature ceramic heater it probably what you would expect for size. I have a large John Lewis one that cost £40 and that works well and doesnt seem to use huge amounts of electric if you have it on medium setting. Gas boiler packed up so I unboxed heater and was pleasantly surprised but one big negative is safety of pets (cats) and small children compared to a conventional radiator.
Good review. If you don’t run your central heating at all and take this thing with you from room to room, will it save money? Maybe. But in the end it’s not worth the hassle and it’s not clear cut that it does actually run less energy than your central heating. You are spot on calling it a top off
I think if you live on your own and maybe move between a living room and bedroom then maybe. but not for a family or large house we're multiple people are in a few different rooms. I'd more look at it that if you have a cold room in your house it would help top up heating quicker but I wouldn't rely on it to for actual heating you need much bigger unit
Of course its cheaper than central heating its 500 watts that is 0.5 kilowatt hours which would cost 12p to run it for 1 hour, most Central Heating Systems are 24kwh lets take gas as an example. To run a gas Central Heating System for 1 hour would cost £1.44. Gas is 6p per kwh so its 24×6 = £1.44. An electric central heating would be more expensive than gas.
I have a similar heater from Lidl in my T3 camper van, it’s quiet & heats the van well even on the low setting. The digital thermostat works well so at night the van isn’t turning into a sauna🏁
Manufactured by the same company in China, probably delivered with half a dozen different individual company names on the outside cover to be sold via different retailers around the world.
Make small holes in ceiling and squirt expanding foam in, that will warm the place up more permanently, or if there is a loft above add some insulation roll. Just an idea to keep your bricks and mortars room warm.
I made one of these myself, I was offered £10,00000 for the design, but there’s no way I’m selling. I use it out in the garden on chilly days. It works brilliantly and we shall be enjoying a family Christmas out there, even if it is blowing a gale and temperatures are well below zero. The only problem I have had with it is the neighbour’s kids complaining that it melted their snowman.
I'm going to offer you more money, much more, I think you've really got something here. This could revolutionise how people heat their homes and I'm impressed by your story. In fact, I think your story could be part of the marketing....
@resurgam75 Sorry mate, no can do. There are hit men, employed by the company I used to work for, who are out to stop me from sharing the secret. You are putting yourself and your family, in danger by even asking about it...
I bought one to take to work when I was a live in carer as my bedroom there was freezing. It made no difference to the overall temperature but if I had it trained onto myself it really warmed me up.
Well analysed Karl. YT is rapping out preposterous adds for these devices and your survey is timely. Hey, what are we talkin' about here!..the device is small, the ceramic pad is small...but the wattage is big....you just ain't gonna get major heat in a short time. However, it's compact and....eh....well, that's its only advantage as I see it. Keep up the good work!
I got a russel hobbs one (700 watts) to heat the shed, raises the temp by at least 4 degrees in a couple of hours, works great. Horses for courses at the end of the day. Common sense.
I had a Russel hobbs one in a 2 berth, tiny caravan, even with foil insulation over the skylight, it struggled to even keep the chill off, I had it blow through a 500 watt oil filled Rad, and the 2 just, just stopped it from freezing in there. I gave up and fitted a cheap chinese diesel heater, OK, 5 x the cost, but 10 times the heat output and after doing me sums, more btu's per pound than any electric heater after the price hikes. That's using a mix of red diesel and kerosene (89p a litre, 69p a ltr) . Absolutely no competition!!
500W is 500W. The higher the wattage the higher the heating and the higher the heating bill. Also if it is running non stop, its going to use more electricity that an similar rated oil filled electric radiator which clicks on and off as the oil gets up to temperature. I tried one in my camper van and it barely took the chill off, where as a 600w oil filled mini radiator got it much more toasty.
The thing with oil is how long it holds its heat after the thermostat turns the heating source, whether electricity, oil or gas, off. Oil-filled rads are pretty damn good
10m² is an area measurement like a carpet 10m³ is a measure of volume (space inside box or room) Good video , these adverts bug me, especially the ones on UA-cam, quite simply there aren't any shortcuts to raising the temperature of a given volume. Some methods are more efficient at turning energy into heat but the claims made about those heaters are ridiculous
They do work but only if you plug up any gaps under your doors and only use it on the low speed setting, if you use it on the high setting it doesn't get warm,have one and I love it.
Good video there is a black button next to the three pin plug that allows you to turn the heater on its side. Use one in my campervan it does the job Thanks
I prefer the free standing oil filled electrical radiators, The downside is they can take a while to heat the oil inside so they can take a while to take the chill off the room but a major plus is they are silent. Essentially the amount of heat any electrical heater gives out is totally dependent on how much energy it uses and a 500W heater isn't going to have much affect in an average sized room - in winter the only way it would be of any practical use is if you sit a few feet away from it and have it pointed directly towards you. I'm surprised it managed to heat the room up by 3C - to heat your room to 25C you'd probably have to run it continually from now to next August.
I bought a 2000W fan heater for a caravan 20 years ago and barely used it. £15 at the time in 2004. Still own the heater in its box. Two weeks ago I had reason to try it in my bedroom. I only used the 1000W setting. Noisy but quite effective at making the room feel warm enough to climb into bed on a cold night. Didn’t leave in on overnight though. From another reviewer I learned apparently the ceramic element draws less power as it gets hotter, while a wire element like mine will draw the same power all the time it is on, or so I understand. So MAYBE any ‘new’ ceramic heater is more cost-efficient than a conventional resistance wire fan heater. However my fairly big 1000W/2000W fan heater did a good job of heating my 14ft x14ft room at a cost of possibly 35p/hour while running so not cheap to run. Do not like the idea of the heater straight into a wall socket. 99% of my wall sockets are behind furniture.
My experience with a ceramic based heater is that it draws more power as it warms up. IE starts at a few hundred watts and ramps up. I think it reaches an equilibrium point that stops it getting any hotter.
If it is on it will still draw the same power. The ceramic just stores heat so if it ever gets up to temperature and the fan stlill blows then you will get some benefit from the stored heat. Not a lot though. It is the poor man's version of an oil-filled radiator.
@@matthewwakeham2206It can't do. It is straight ohms law. The only thing that reduces the power is the thermostat which will probably never cut in due to it being underpowered.
I put one in my shed that I use to paint in , I have a 6 foot oil heater in but it helps to get the temperature up quicker once the shed is warm I turn it off , my shed is 8 by 6 it’s does it job but it’s no good for a big room , I use it for a quick fix to get the temperatures up before my oil heater warms up the space , I never have it on longer than twenty minutes , it’s great for what I use it for but wouldn’t want to run it for hours , that’s why I have a oil heater tube it’s cheaper and doesn’t worry me about catching fire with the paint fumes,
As others have said, you can't alter the natural laws. 100W of heat has the same warning effect on the room whatever generates it. And 1 kwhr of electricity costs the same whatever appliance is using it. Ceramic heaters have been around for many years, I've had mine for about 20. They're very efficient but no more so than any other electrical heater. Dont be scammed, if you just want a small efficient heater they're fine, their big advantage is that they're so small.
It takes a lot of energy to overcome the winter temperature drop. Just put up with cold. Adopt a ketone based diet and wear good quality warm layered clothing. I’m 65 and I open the windows in the day and let the place blow through to keep it dry. Winter is your friend not your enemy. Embrace it. Make the change. My annual fuel charges are about £500 most of that is service charge. Given it’s easy when living alone but if you haven’t damaged your metabolism cold just becomes another temperature. Your body is cleverer than you think. Most healthy people won’t die so long as you wrap up, eat an array of good quality veg and fat and most of all lay off the carbs, it makes you feel cold. Use solar to charge devices and use solar lights around your home. Candles were used in the old days. Today it’s led lights and a solar panel. Safe and relatively cheap.
No Matter what they say, you can only get out what is put in. In this case 500 watts. For single room boost my family all use oil filled 1800 Watt electric heaters with integral thermostat. Also, if you can increase air flow the effect is felt sooner. Good review.
Agreed - useful for taking the edge off (recently used it in the garage before attempting to use rattle cans) butvnot asca replacement for normal heating)....
There are hundreds of brands but the kit is the same thing- it will change the temperature of an average room after a few minutes to warmer than before . I have one , it take the chill off a whole average room after about 20 mins .
I don't need one of these heaters. Plenty of hot air in my house. The wife does not stop talking. When the mother in law comes over its like a fookin furnace. Still, heating bills are way low😊😊 Gonna be a cold snap next week. Going to invite the mother in law and sister in law over. Probably won't need the heating on at all next week. Result 👌
3:34 in the USA these are meant to plug directly into a wall outlet. There will be a slight amount of voltage drop by plugging it into a power strip. The heat output will go down slightly by doing it this way.
Correct me if I am wrong. I am paying £90 per month for combined heating - Tv, computer, fridge, washing, cooking and dish washer (3 times a week), Per day that will be 90/30= £3 per day, 3/24=£0.125 per hour. Would I really save more money using this heater? I don't think so. And this is during this winter, which was cold in December and January. I live in a 500 sq. ft. flat without gas, just electricity.
This is my point it won't heat your so house for cheaper than normal heating. It will heat a small room or top up a room with central heating but it's not a substitute for heating a house or large room
Those small heaters are a cost saver if you use them correctly. I work from home and in the winter I just work from my small box room and have the heater on but don't heat the rest of the house until the evening. I can pop the fan heater on maybe three or four times for half an hour each for about 30p in total. That would be maybe £2 to have the full house heating on.
I've got some of these "personal" type heaters. Imo they're great for having right next to you where you are in direct line of the heat. In a bedroom, more of a single bed size room, I've got a 500w Delonghi oil heater which I leave on all the time, though usually turned down to about 3and h alf,or 4, on the out of 5 thermostat, and it definitely takes the chill out of the room. I mean it's not super warm or anything, but it's far better than waking into an icy cold room in winter!
I wouldn’t trust using any of those. I would be scared of it melting my plug socket? At best. Some normal fan heaters. If you run them on full power. The plug gets really hot. When unplugged the pins are super hot. Not good obv. Great vlog.👍
I have just purchased one as my kit he has no space for a rad so gets cold. Disappointed to see no thermostat ! I was hoping it would have auto on off based on temp
I have a 500w ceramic heater, no timer but does have a thermostat. Rather than plugging into a socket mine has a mains lead. It's perfect for quickly heating my campervan, but I also have a low power (600 watt) oil filled radiator for background heat once the van has warmed up.
Yes, but no ore than a bog standard blower heater would. It's just common-sense - 500W of energy gained via electricity is 500W whatever converts it to heat.
i have bought two and they are brilliant, so stuff the people who say they are no good they are not a scam, so karl depending on size room it doe's take time we love it.
They are a scam though, because they're no cheaper to run than any other electrical heater for the same heat. All these ads saying "heat your room for practically zero cost..." etc. are full of lies. If an electric heater is cheaper to run, it's because it puts out less heat.
The Best Bathroom Heater goin. Most Bathrooms have a GFCI Protected Socket and It warms a small Bathroom nicely if You Turn It on 20 minutes prior to taking a shower in the morning. Just enough time to Piss and Start the Coffee a Brewing and Your Oats going or a Kettle.
I think the main thing we needed to know was in the world of rising fuel prices is this quoted ‘efficient’ new modern compact heater cheaper to run than any other device, thanks for the information I expected the young nuclear wizkid that designed it needs to go back to University
My experience has been good I have three 1000 to 2000 kW fan heaters 1 in the living room 1 in the kitchen and one at the end of the stairs in the hall I have them on smart sockets I can control them separately with my phone generally I time them on for 10 minutes off for 10 minutes the house is lovely and warm they don't need to be on when we're out as they heat up very quickly our gas boiler broke down and we haven't bothered having it repaired where seriously thinking of having the gas disconnected to eliminate the standing charge our last electric bill for a 2-month period was only €70 more than normal our gas bill is usually well over 250 euro
Complaint number one from me to plug them in you need a socket that’s high up the wall anyone intending to buy one take a good look at the placement of the plug.and think about the sockets you have.most of the machine points towards the floor make sure you have enough space at the socket.
These low wattage heaters do work, but they take absolutely ages to warm up a room, these are not supposed to be used to heat up a room like you normally use a heater. They supposed to be left on and keep the room warm. You can get really low wattage big panel heaters or a bar heater (for bathrooms) that supposed to just be left on all day and night. They will work like that, but won't work well if your room is cold and you want a warm room strait away.
Gee whizz 🤦🏻♀️ I've been in the UK for the last 23 years and it's crazy how under prepared the homes here are for the freezing damp winters. I've never seen so much mould, it's practically in most homes. To think that people long ago actually lived like this without central heating. Things haven't changed much here. Unless you would like a large heating bill, you better budget well. I can't wait to get out of here to a sunnier place!! But I guess 3°C warmer is better than hypothermia. If you weren't wrapped up warm in that 10.5°C, and fell asleep in that, you'd get early onset hypothermia.
I have an 1800 watt fan heater and it only warms the immediate area which cools instantly the moment you turn it off. My central heating is useless as my staircase is in the lounge, guess where the heat goes?
Any kind of heater that blows hot air , can make your room get damp, and mold , due to condensation. Had that problem , now use halogen heaters instead.
10 square metres ~= 107.6 square feet (think 12 foot by 9 foot). -- There are online calculators for heaters vs room dimensions insulation properties etc. In most cases the insulation levels and starting (ie outside) temperature are a major factor. I entered worst case dimensions (single room with all outside walls) and insulation properties (brick single wall, flat concrete roof) for a 10 sq metre by 2m high room. Then plugged in an outside temperature of 10°c. I've forgotten the exact values but a 500w heater topped out around 16°c while a 1kw heater went on to around 22/23°c. The greater the output the higher the potential equilibrium point between room temperature and heat loss through walls, windows etc. Now the heat loss from your dormer room is probably not as bad as the values I used (if nothing else the door does not look like one that leads directly outdoors). Nonetheless, by the looks of it the heater is simply underpowered for the conditions in your dormer room over the colder months. As for the heater, other rooms and/or other months. As for the room, better insulation and/or heater during the Winter months.
I suppose if you really wanted to have a warm room ect, you could always purchase a few. And say have around 3 on at a time. I don't really know as I've never had one. Just a guess 😊
Best to buy an oil free radiator, works better than oil filled. They are cheaper to run and retain heat well, even after they are switched off they give out heat for a while as they will stay hot. They are silent too. Other good options are ceramic core electric radiators and infar red radiators, but they all come with plus and minus, no electric heating is that cheap and will be more expensive than gas. Other heaters are halogen heaters too. Halogen heaters are probably better than a fan heater and are relatively cheap to buy and run but still more expensive than gas, but the future is electric and gas heating is on the way out!
This video has blown up a bit in the last couple of months, I do not use this to heat my room this was a test to see if this product is any good and like i say in the video its NOT, its sat in a box doing nothing but gather dust at this point in time please bare this in mind before
Every other advert is spamming us with a miracle space age nano technology piece who were in uni and were offered £3mn but told em to sod off...😅
Never believe any adverts.
No - and often the same ones are all over the place from 5£ to 50£ dont believe the bs facebook or youtube scam ads claiming boy genius from oxford wiped it out of his lab!😂😂😂
Often the same ones are all over the place from 5£ to 50£ dont believe the bs facebook or youtube scam ads claiming boy genius from oxford wiped it out of his lab!😂😂😂
No - and often the same ones are all over the place from 5£ to 50£ dont believe the bs facebook or youtube scam ads claiming boy genius from oxford wiped it out of his lab!😂😂😂
Amazing how this gadget has re-surfaced. Bought mine two years ago. It's a low-watt fan heater. That's it. Nothing more to say. Mine keeps my feet warm when sitting reading or watching TV. Ideal personal heater but not strong enough to keep a room warm.
Absolutely agree.
I saw the adverts for the heater the energy companies don't want you to know about. Invented by "two ex engineers from a large technology company" or "a student from London University" or "Martin, an Oxford University student" who "took matters in to his own hands" when revising in the cold and "their request for a new heating system was ignored"! Inventor depends which day you watch the ad'! Ended up recently buying a £15 600w version from Lidl. It's great, but just need to understand what it is, it is a 600w heater that uses 600w of electricity and gives out 600w of heat! I have a small spare room I use as an office with a small radiator and putting this on for 20 minutes to supplement the radiator helps get the room to temperature. It would also be handy if the heating failed as a backup.
Advertising standards don’t seem to apply to YT yet other ‘lies” are instantly removed.
I saw a YT ad that claimed to be able to “regrow gums and teeth” 😬
These ‘space heaters’ are never going to be effective unless you happen to live in a cupboard.
Exactly what I needed to know - thanks for this review. There are so many of these ad sites (including one in the youtube ads I got this morning, hence my doing a little digging) where they're pricing up generic heaters up at £50. I notice with that never ending 50% discount.
thats why i did this as i looked at reviews and there Cleary paid reviews and biased, there very little honest reviews out there on these things whichis why i made a honest one
@@KarlFixes: I bought two of these type of heaters from Lidl, 600w each for £8 each.
I don't find them particularly effective, certainly no where near the advertised claims made for them. I do wish that You Tube would clamp down on these marketing scams, with grossly exaggerated claims that mislead the public.
Thankyou for uploading your video.
I bought two on the Internet. By one get one half price !! Made in China. I have a huge bedroom that would probably take two double beds and a single with plenty of space. After two hours the temperature in the bedroom hadn't changed..
Silly you. Every winter you tube plaster fake ads about these heaters. As soon as you switch off room is freezing
But you had burned 2KW of heat
We bought 2..one never worked the other rubbish! Buy one and get second half price..£79.. Load of rubbish.. tried to get in touch with sellers.. nothing!
It’s that old story if it’s too good to be true, then it isn’t true. Thank you for this demonstration, it clarifies what I’ve always thought.
They are garbage. Purchased one for a campervan. Waste of money.
Just started UA-cam (!!!) on my TV and yes, there it was, the ad about this bloke who's uni was freezing so he "invented" it. Those ads are rally more and more sophisticated and scientific.
£3MN turned down crap?
That's marketing nonsense
And false.🇬🇧🇪🇺
I bought 3 of these last year. My sitting room is 20 sqm and I needed 2 of them sitting above the storage heater hight for it warm up the room (it was perishing cold lat winter) providing I kept the door shut. It was taking nearly 1 hour to warm up the room. I had only set the temp on 20 and it powered out automatically. Same in the bedroom (12 sqm) I did save on electricity (£300 per month - I do not have gas reduced to £125 for the same winter period)
This year I have invested in german heater and two radiator rechargable radiators fan and it is much more better. Had to stick heat reflactor behind the heater to reflact heat back into the heater and the fans pushes it into the room. I don't need to worry about the temp. The heater comes with a stand alone thermostat, you only have to set the desired day and night temperature and the heater swithes off at that temperature. Vey satisfied with them little bit more expensive than cermic plug in heaters as it is size of a radiator but it dose the job and so far has not been too expensive to run
I purchased one to heat my truck cap camper set up. My 2000 watt inverter just idles when heater is on. Heats the 175 Square Feet area adequately. Was thinking it was rated at 350 watts.
Best low powered heater I ever used was an old Dimplex 500 watt Coldwatcher. Old style and now probably discontinued but ideal for keeping my caravan warm at night when I used it in midwinter, it had no fan as it was just a simple convection heater consisting of an element a little like one from an oven, enclosed in a perforated enamelled steel case and fitted with both a timer and a thermostat.
Glad someone has tested one of these gadgets at last. Venders of these quoting efficiencies of 100% show that they are scammers and vulnerable customers should be protected from them. One quote I was given whilst studying thermodynamics whilst at college was “You can’t get for nought”, there’s no such thing as 100%, there are always losses.
Every year this equipment is offered for sale and those who accept these adverts know that they are part of a scam. Shame on them.
@@petergregory5286 all electric heaters should be 100% efficient as wasted energy is given out as heat.
The word is "vendors."
Most devices that run on electricity are way less than 100% efficient. TV's and Radios might be 60% efficient (just making figures up here) if so 60% of the electricity here goes to creating the sound or picture and the other 40% goes as heat so is wasted (at least in summer). Typically any inefficiency in an electrical device will be in the form of heat. With electric heaters the desired outcome is converting electricity to heat so if the fan in this heater is only 75% efficient nobody cares because most of that inefficiency creates heat. The only wasted energy in this sort of product is the noise it makes and that is the only thing that makes it less than 100% efficient.
I bought some 400W infrared panel heaters and they are awesome. I mount one above my bed and the room is quite cold but I'm toasty warm.
I live in a caravan and these are my only source of heat... they are great, I have 2 and in an hour my vans lovely and warm even when it snows outside
Heard about this kid who invented a type of heater the energy companies hate and don’t want you to know etc. His invention can power the whole of the UK with a single tea lamp candle, it’s amazing and I’m selling them for £100 and…
Was offered £3mn and told em to sod off 😂
I'm collecting farts in jam jars,, when the shit hits the fan, I'm quids in for gas..😂😂😂
Yer canney change the laws of physics Jim !
@@reggawardle4874😂😂😂
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Nobody can change the laws of physics, 1000w heater will heat the room twice more than 500w heater but it costs twice more
Some 1000wt give more heat out than others....FACT.....only think the same, is power consumption
"Ye canna change the laws of physics!"
@@oldfartinthenight9201 unless you’re on the Enterprise 😂
But switches off twice as quickly.
I've had a 3000w / 3kw blow electric heater or cold fan it heating element not used, the gas meter would go mental if it is on the 3 kw setting, on 2kw it's still in overdrive, but on 1 kw setting it doesn't warm the room. I now only use it as a fan to circulate warm air from another heating system. The most efficient system is a gas combination central heating as mine will heat my 2 bed detached bungalow ( well insulated ) within 20 minutes to 19 - 20 degrees, & keep it there for little effort & costs. That's why heat pumps are no good because they use way too much electric.
Before you ask bedroom temperature was 13c, after a hour it was up to 17.5c only running one for a hour
Where was the thermometer situated near the heater or in the middle of the room
Sorry it’s 29 pence per kilo watt hour not 0.29 = that would be nice price yes please
Yes, but how quicky does the room cool whan switched off? The heat capacity of air is low. A blower heater directly heats the room's air and speads it through the room. The fabric of the room (walls/floor/furninture etc) then soaks up the heat and the room's air cools - more quickly than a convection system would as that process happens in tandem. The end result is zero-sum.
@@philipwelsh1862He said £0•29 that's the same as what you said.
Heat your room with a hairdryer must be similar.
Wrong... I use 2 for heating my caravan that I live in all year round, after 2 hours it was warm enough to be comfortable... but yes no good for people in houses, people today expect too much 😂
You obviously havent purchased a hairdryer recently the price 😮😮😮
As for heater guess if it a miniature ceramic heater it probably what you would expect for size. I have a large John Lewis one that cost £40 and that works well and doesnt seem to use huge amounts of electric if you have it on medium setting. Gas boiler packed up so I unboxed heater and was pleasantly surprised but one big negative is safety of pets (cats) and small children compared to a conventional radiator.
Hairdryer is faster as probably 1000w
@asinglemaleinuk lol... you must not have a hair drier 🤣🤣 ceramic heating compared to a hair driers convection heating is totally different
@lisadefries6718 the name says it all as they go by "asinglemale" 🤣
Used one in a camping pod in Wales early December a couple of years ago. It did its job 🙂
A great independent review and down-to-earth suggestions. Thank You!
Good review. If you don’t run your central heating at all and take this thing with you from room to room, will it save money? Maybe. But in the end it’s not worth the hassle and it’s not clear cut that it does actually run less energy than your central heating. You are spot on calling it a top off
I think if you live on your own and maybe move between a living room and bedroom then maybe. but not for a family or large house we're multiple people are in a few different rooms. I'd more look at it that if you have a cold room in your house it would help top up heating quicker but I wouldn't rely on it to for actual heating you need much bigger unit
It is extremely unlikely on its own it could heat anything but a cupboard
Of course its cheaper than central heating its 500 watts that is 0.5 kilowatt hours which would cost 12p to run it for 1 hour, most Central Heating Systems are 24kwh lets take gas as an example.
To run a gas Central Heating System for 1 hour would cost £1.44. Gas is 6p per kwh so its 24×6 = £1.44.
An electric central heating would be more expensive than gas.
Im thinking of buying one of these to take travelling on the train, as the heating never works on the Scotrail trains here.
Great idea!
I have a similar heater from Lidl in my T3 camper van, it’s quiet & heats the van well even on the low setting. The digital thermostat works well so at night the van isn’t turning into a sauna🏁
Good test. I bought one and sent it back to Amazon. Also your Russel Hobs is identical my G.Will so not sure what that means!!
Manufactured by the same company in China, probably delivered with half a dozen different individual company names on the outside cover to be sold via different retailers around the world.
Make small holes in ceiling and squirt expanding foam in, that will warm the place up more permanently, or if there is a loft above add some insulation roll.
Just an idea to keep your bricks and mortars room warm.
I made one of these myself, I was offered £10,00000 for the design, but there’s no way I’m selling. I use it out in the garden on chilly days. It works brilliantly and we shall be enjoying a family Christmas out there, even if it is blowing a gale and temperatures are well below zero.
The only problem I have had with it is the neighbour’s kids complaining that it melted their snowman.
I'm going to offer you more money, much more, I think you've really got something here. This could revolutionise how people heat their homes and I'm impressed by your story. In fact, I think your story could be part of the marketing....
@resurgam75 Sorry mate, no can do. There are hit men, employed by the company I used to work for, who are out to stop me from sharing the secret. You are putting yourself and your family, in danger by even asking about it...
That was funny! So many people have bought these things without watching a video like this one.
Ha ha ha! It works! I warmed up so quickly , shaking with laughter after reading this post!
Thanks for showing this, it will save people money as they won’t bother to buy one as an alternative to central heating.
I bought one to take to work when I was a live in carer as my bedroom there was freezing. It made no difference to the overall temperature but if I had it trained onto myself it really warmed me up.
Well analysed Karl. YT is rapping out preposterous adds for these devices and your survey is timely. Hey, what are we talkin' about here!..the device is small, the ceramic pad is small...but the wattage is big....you just ain't gonna get major heat in a short time. However, it's compact and....eh....well, that's its only advantage as I see it. Keep up the good work!
I've got something very similar to this and it does make my sitting room less cold.
I got a russel hobbs one (700 watts) to heat the shed, raises the temp by at least 4 degrees in a couple of hours, works great. Horses for courses at the end of the day. Common sense.
Humidity in your room is high! so it will take so much longer to warm up, might be better with a dehumidifier
I had a Russel hobbs one in a 2 berth, tiny caravan, even with foil insulation over the skylight, it struggled to even keep the chill off, I had it blow through a 500 watt oil filled Rad, and the 2 just, just stopped it from freezing in there. I gave up and fitted a cheap chinese diesel heater, OK, 5 x the cost, but 10 times the heat output and after doing me sums, more btu's per pound than any electric heater after the price hikes. That's using a mix of red diesel and kerosene (89p a litre, 69p a ltr) . Absolutely no competition!!
You only get out, what you put in power wise. Very convenient for portability is all you'll get.
500W is 500W. The higher the wattage the higher the heating and the higher the heating bill. Also if it is running non stop, its going to use more electricity that an similar rated oil filled electric radiator which clicks on and off as the oil gets up to temperature. I tried one in my camper van and it barely took the chill off, where as a 600w oil filled mini radiator got it much more toasty.
The thing with oil is how long it holds its heat after the thermostat turns the heating source, whether electricity, oil or gas, off. Oil-filled rads are pretty damn good
A modern large TV uses about 40w an hour so that small heater is like running 10 TV's, I think 10 TV's would heat the room better ?
10m² is an area measurement like a carpet 10m³ is a measure of volume (space inside box or room) Good video , these adverts bug me, especially the ones on UA-cam, quite simply there aren't any shortcuts to raising the temperature of a given volume. Some methods are more efficient at turning energy into heat but the claims made about those heaters are ridiculous
They do work but only if you plug up any gaps under your doors and only use it on the low speed setting, if you use it on the high setting it doesn't get warm,have one and I love it.
Brilliant demo. Thankyou sir.
An interseting test would be how much energy it used to heat your bedroom. My guess is it would be about the same cost as a normal fan heater.
The big question is is it cost affective
Good video there is a black button next to the three pin plug that allows you to turn the heater on its side.
Use one in my campervan it does the job
Thanks
More interested in power consumption, anyone out there with some figures pls
I prefer the free standing oil filled electrical radiators, The downside is they can take a while to heat the oil inside so they can take a while to take the chill off the room but a major plus is they are silent.
Essentially the amount of heat any electrical heater gives out is totally dependent on how much energy it uses and a 500W heater isn't going to have much affect in an average sized room - in winter the only way it would be of any practical use is if you sit a few feet away from it and have it pointed directly towards you. I'm surprised it managed to heat the room up by 3C - to heat your room to 25C you'd probably have to run it continually from now to next August.
I bought a 2000W fan heater for a caravan 20 years ago and barely used it. £15 at the time in 2004. Still own the heater in its box. Two weeks ago I had reason to try it in my bedroom. I only used the 1000W setting. Noisy but quite effective at making the room feel warm enough to climb into bed on a cold night. Didn’t leave in on overnight though. From another reviewer I learned apparently the ceramic element draws less power as it gets hotter, while a wire element like mine will draw the same power all the time it is on, or so I understand. So MAYBE any ‘new’ ceramic heater is more cost-efficient than a conventional resistance wire fan heater. However my fairly big 1000W/2000W fan heater did a good job of heating my 14ft x14ft room at a cost of possibly 35p/hour while running so not cheap to run. Do not like the idea of the heater straight into a wall socket. 99% of my wall sockets are behind furniture.
My experience with a ceramic based heater is that it draws more power as it warms up. IE starts at a few hundred watts and ramps up. I think it reaches an equilibrium point that stops it getting any hotter.
If it is on it will still draw the same power. The ceramic just stores heat so if it ever gets up to temperature and the fan stlill blows then you will get some benefit from the stored heat. Not a lot though. It is the poor man's version of an oil-filled radiator.
@@matthewwakeham2206It can't do.
It is straight ohms law. The only thing that reduces the power is the thermostat which will probably never cut in due to it being underpowered.
Caravan heater would be the only use for it, you also stated this at the end of your video
I put one in my shed that I use to paint in , I have a 6 foot oil heater in but it helps to get the temperature up quicker once the shed is warm I turn it off , my shed is 8 by 6 it’s does it job but it’s no good for a big room , I use it for a quick fix to get the temperatures up before my oil heater warms up the space , I never have it on longer than twenty minutes , it’s great for what I use it for but wouldn’t want to run it for hours , that’s why I have a oil heater tube it’s cheaper and doesn’t worry me about catching fire with the paint fumes,
As others have said, you can't alter the natural laws. 100W of heat has the same warning effect on the room whatever generates it. And 1 kwhr of electricity costs the same whatever appliance is using it. Ceramic heaters have been around for many years, I've had mine for about 20. They're very efficient but no more so than any other electrical heater. Dont be scammed, if you just want a small efficient heater they're fine, their big advantage is that they're so small.
It takes a lot of energy to overcome the winter temperature drop. Just put up with cold. Adopt a ketone based diet and wear good quality warm layered clothing. I’m 65 and I open the windows in the day and let the place blow through to keep it dry. Winter is your friend not your enemy. Embrace it. Make the change. My annual fuel charges are about £500 most of that is service charge. Given it’s easy when living alone but if you haven’t damaged your metabolism cold just becomes another temperature. Your body is cleverer than you think. Most healthy people won’t die so long as you wrap up, eat an array of good quality veg and fat and most of all lay off the carbs, it makes you feel cold. Use solar to charge devices and use solar lights around your home. Candles were used in the old days. Today it’s led lights and a solar panel. Safe and relatively cheap.
No Matter what they say, you can only get out what is put in. In this case 500 watts. For single room boost my family all use oil filled 1800 Watt electric heaters with integral thermostat. Also, if you can increase air flow the effect is felt sooner.
Good review.
Agreed - useful for taking the edge off (recently used it in the garage before attempting to use rattle cans) butvnot asca replacement for normal heating)....
Maybe the old candles and plant pot trick would be cheaper but less safe option
It’s bound to heat up any room a little that’s just sense but it’s how much it warms it and the cost
There are hundreds of brands but the kit is the same thing- it will change the temperature of an average room after a few minutes to warmer than before . I have one , it take the chill off a whole average room after about 20 mins .
I don't need one of these heaters. Plenty of hot air in my house. The wife does not stop talking. When the mother in law comes over its like a fookin furnace. Still, heating bills are way low😊😊 Gonna be a cold snap next week. Going to invite the mother in law and sister in law over. Probably won't need the heating on at all next week. Result 👌
Thanks for your honest review. You have rightfully proved this can be expensive to run and certainly not the answer to use on a regular basis
3:34 in the USA these are meant to plug directly into a wall outlet. There will be a slight amount of voltage drop by plugging it into a power strip. The heat output will go down slightly by doing it this way.
Thanks I just seen the ad on on UA-cam. And the old saying is still true today 50 years later. If something seems too good to be true, it probably is!
Correct me if I am wrong. I am paying £90 per month for combined heating - Tv, computer, fridge, washing, cooking and dish washer (3 times a week), Per day that will be 90/30= £3 per day, 3/24=£0.125 per hour. Would I really save more money using this heater? I don't think so.
And this is during this winter, which was cold in December and January.
I live in a 500 sq. ft. flat without gas, just electricity.
This is my point it won't heat your so house for cheaper than normal heating. It will heat a small room or top up a room with central heating but it's not a substitute for heating a house or large room
Those small heaters are a cost saver if you use them correctly. I work from home and in the winter I just work from my small box room and have the heater on but don't heat the rest of the house until the evening. I can pop the fan heater on maybe three or four times for half an hour each for about 30p in total. That would be maybe £2 to have the full house heating on.
I've got some of these "personal" type heaters. Imo they're great for having right next to you where you are in direct line of the heat. In a bedroom, more of a single bed size room, I've got a 500w Delonghi oil heater which I leave on all the time, though usually turned down to about 3and h alf,or 4, on the out of 5 thermostat, and it definitely takes the chill out of the room. I mean it's not super warm or anything, but it's far better than waking into an icy cold room in winter!
These tiny sort of personal heaters are good for a quick blast of heat into you or to have blasting right on to you beside your chair.
I wouldn’t trust using any of those. I would be scared of it melting my plug socket? At best. Some normal fan heaters. If you run them on full power. The plug gets really hot. When unplugged the pins are super hot. Not good obv. Great vlog.👍
Wow you have scary electrics
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I have just purchased one as my kit he has no space for a rad so gets cold. Disappointed to see no thermostat ! I was hoping it would have auto on off based on temp
yeh thermostat only works when the timer is active
It won't get the room warm enough for a thermostat to kick in
The only use I could see for one of these would be to use coupled with a stats to prevent pipes in an unheated from from freezing.
I just love mine, It helps to cut down the bills a lot.
Bought one totally agree maybe good for shed or very small room but as a main source or substitute forget it
I've one, I've only used it once, I didn't notice much difference in heat!
I have a 500w ceramic heater, no timer but does have a thermostat. Rather than plugging into a socket mine has a mains lead. It's perfect for quickly heating my campervan, but I also have a low power (600 watt) oil filled radiator for background heat once the van has warmed up.
I bought two they certainly do work warm my bedroom up several degrees
Yes, but no ore than a bog standard blower heater would. It's just common-sense - 500W of energy gained via electricity is 500W whatever converts it to heat.
@@tonybanton6787You're absolutely right.
I can prove that they do indeed work. I have a big bedroom and the temp does increase.
1/2 a degree or is it running ALL the time ?
These are very good as a heater near your cats bed and near where you may dry them after the rain
i have bought two and they are brilliant, so stuff the people who say they are no good they are not a scam, so karl depending on size room it doe's take time we love it.
They ARE a scam ! You get 500 W of heat from each one that is it !
They are a scam though, because they're no cheaper to run than any other electrical heater for the same heat. All these ads saying "heat your room for practically zero cost..." etc. are full of lies. If an electric heater is cheaper to run, it's because it puts out less heat.
The Best Bathroom Heater goin. Most Bathrooms have a GFCI Protected Socket and It warms a small Bathroom nicely if You Turn It on 20 minutes prior to taking a shower in the morning. Just enough time to Piss and Start the Coffee a Brewing and Your Oats going or a Kettle.
I have one question … where is it made.
Under floor heating is the way forward, excellent ❤
OMG no having a house heated all night no thank you
As long as it takes chill of room its ok, plus not a lot of money brand name guaranteed
Yeh takes the chill of it's not something you want to use as a main substitute for central heating or a bigger oil type heater
Power it on, in other words turn it on 10 m Square?
Thanks for the info 🙏
No problem!
I think the main thing we needed to know was in the world of rising fuel prices is this quoted ‘efficient’ new modern compact heater cheaper to run than any other device, thanks for the information I expected the young nuclear wizkid that designed it needs to go back to University
My experience has been good I have three 1000 to 2000 kW fan heaters 1 in the living room 1 in the kitchen and one at the end of the stairs in the hall I have them on smart sockets I can control them separately with my phone generally I time them on for 10 minutes off for 10 minutes the house is lovely and warm they don't need to be on when we're out as they heat up very quickly our gas boiler broke down and we haven't bothered having it repaired where seriously thinking of having the gas disconnected to eliminate the standing charge our last electric bill for a 2-month period was only €70 more than normal our gas bill is usually well over 250 euro
Condensation Damp !!! The only answer as the damp on the clothes carpet !!! Dehumidification is the only answer !!!!
Now you could compare with a conventional 500W electric fan heater which cost half as much. I doubt there would be any difference.
Complaint number one from me to plug them in you need a socket that’s high up the wall anyone intending to buy one take a good look at the placement of the plug.and think about the sockets you have.most of the machine points towards the floor make sure you have enough space at the socket.
I have one mine is great and it works well I'm happy with mine and it ain't that expensive to run my room is 10 metres by 12 😊
I’ve got a just a normal fan heater for when it’s really cold
These low wattage heaters do work, but they take absolutely ages to warm up a room, these are not supposed to be used to heat up a room like you normally use a heater. They supposed to be left on and keep the room warm. You can get really low wattage big panel heaters or a bar heater (for bathrooms) that supposed to just be left on all day and night. They will work like that, but won't work well if your room is cold and you want a warm room strait away.
Gee whizz 🤦🏻♀️ I've been in the UK for the last 23 years and it's crazy how under prepared the homes here are for the freezing damp winters. I've never seen so much mould, it's practically in most homes. To think that people long ago actually lived like this without central heating. Things haven't changed much here. Unless you would like a large heating bill, you better budget well.
I can't wait to get out of here to a sunnier place!! But I guess 3°C warmer is better than hypothermia. If you weren't wrapped up warm in that 10.5°C, and fell asleep in that, you'd get early onset hypothermia.
Damp too, notice it was reading 87% humidity, not very healthy & will encourage mould growth!
Last FB advert makes a claim “will” heat 85 square metres, this is area.. Wouldn’t it be better to heat cubic metres as that denotes volume.
Is it kind on the electric meter also 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
Think it works out at about 15p an hour from what I remember without watching the video back again
You want heat? Get a Mr. Heater Big Buddy. I use one in winter time in my living room with a 20lb tank. Been doing so for last 15 seasons. 😮
The dampness level in your room is very high so it’ll be much harder to heat up the room than it would be if your room was drier.
I have an 1800 watt fan heater and it only warms the immediate area which cools instantly the moment you turn it off. My central heating is useless as my staircase is in the lounge, guess where the heat goes?
Any kind of heater that blows hot air , can make your room get damp, and mold , due to condensation. Had that problem , now use halogen heaters instead.
What is a Hee-er?
Also for some reason I cannot toggle the fan speed I just can’t get it to display!
id say faulty unit return it, you have to press both buttons at the same time for it to swap speed
@@KarlFixes was defo faulty so returned
10 square metres ~= 107.6 square feet (think 12 foot by 9 foot).
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There are online calculators for heaters vs room dimensions insulation properties etc. In most cases the insulation levels and starting (ie outside) temperature are a major factor.
I entered worst case dimensions (single room with all outside walls) and insulation properties (brick single wall, flat concrete roof) for a 10 sq metre by 2m high room. Then plugged in an outside temperature of 10°c.
I've forgotten the exact values but a 500w heater topped out around 16°c while a 1kw heater went on to around 22/23°c. The greater the output the higher the potential equilibrium point between room temperature and heat loss through walls, windows etc.
Now the heat loss from your dormer room is probably not as bad as the values I used (if nothing else the door does not look like one that leads directly outdoors). Nonetheless, by the looks of it the heater is simply underpowered for the conditions in your dormer room over the colder months.
As for the heater, other rooms and/or other months.
As for the room, better insulation and/or heater during the Winter months.
I suppose if you really wanted to have a warm room ect, you could always purchase a few. And say have around 3 on at a time. I don't really know as I've never had one. Just a guess 😊
youtube duitifully played me an advert for this exact heater whilst watching this video !
Best to buy an oil free radiator, works better than oil filled. They are cheaper to run and retain heat well, even after they are switched off they give out heat for a while as they will stay hot. They are silent too. Other good options are ceramic core electric radiators and infar red radiators, but they all come with plus and minus, no electric heating is that cheap and will be more expensive than gas. Other heaters are halogen heaters too. Halogen heaters are probably better than a fan heater and are relatively cheap to buy and run but still more expensive than gas, but the future is electric and gas heating is on the way out!
Had one - took chill off garage then it went bang. Big flash - not sure how many watts!!
We use ours to just take the chill off
Bathroom size
But we should know how much it costs to run. 1kw of electric cost the same, no matter what electric devices you use.