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Utility Room 5 Bar Radiator Indoor Clothes Airer
by carlz2001uk I've got quite a lot of rooms in my house and I hate wasting the heat in each of them when I have the heating on. They are also rooms that are used all the time, so there isn't any point in turning the radiators off by the valves, so I wanted to make use of the wasted heat in the rooms we were aren't in, in the best way possible, so I ... set about finding a clothes airer that would hang over the radiators. My mum had recommended to me that she had previously had a good one from Dunelm Mills so off I toddled. At £2.99, they are good value, and for a clothes rail with more than one rail, they were the cheapest I had seen. I had decided on a clothes rail for the radiators as I wanted something I could move between each room. I have a tumble dryer but we all know these are expensive to run and so I opted for 2 of these rails. Fitting snugly over my radiators, they each hold quite a lot of washing, more than just placing items on the radiator obviously would. I wasn't sure if items would dry if they were fully loaded, but I haven't had any problems in this respect. They don't buckle under the weight, although I still put heavier items such as towels and jeans in the tumble dryer, but the combined weight of the clothes on the 5 bars is sufficiently supported and I haven't noticed any tipping or buckling. Coated in white plastic, they are easily wiped clean, but they don't really get mucky anyway as the you are placing clean washing over them. They do tend to get a little dusty after a while, but a quick flick of the duster and this is gone. The hooks that sit on the radiator are adjustable to fit different types of radiators. The limitations of the airer are mainly due to its bulky size, meaning that it sticks out quite a way so the children are normally advised to stay out of whichever room the rails are hanging in. One of them did accidently knock into one on one occasion, and the whole thing, along with all my washing, ended up on the floor. Also, larger items, such as work trousers or skirts hang too low on the floor so end up trailing on the floor, so I don't place these on here. I use these rails practically none stop in autumn and winter when it is too cold to line dry laundry outside. It is a practical and cost friendly way of getting the most from your energy bills, and who doesn't need that at this moment in time. I also find that I don't need to keep moving the items of clothes around like you would when you place items on the radiators, as they dry sufficiently over time anyway. I normally do a wash at teatime, place them over the rails, then by the time I have come home from work the next day, they have either dried from the heating or just by being aired. I then start the process all over again! They are a space saving design, so they do fold away for the summer months or when you are just sick of the sight of them! Measurements: 52 cm (w), 35cm (l). £2.99 from Dunelm Mills. Read the complete review |
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Argos 450W Mini Grey Steel Oil Filled Radiator
by MikeBorry ~*~*~ Argos Value Range 450W Mini Grey Steel Oil Filled Radiator ~*~*~ ~ What is it? ~ This is an oil filled radiator with just one heat setting, it has a heating output of 0.45kW. It is small and compact. ~ Why did I buy it? ~ After the success with the Argos Value Convection ... heater I don't know why I opted for an oil filled radiator but it was for my kitchen and I wanted it to fit under my very small black glass kitchen table when not in use. My kitchen does get really cold at times so I wanted something I could put on quickly without the need of using the central heating and this looked like it was ideal for what I wanted. ~ Is it any good? ~ In a word - No. I was not impressed with this. In fact it was quickly returned and as they didn't have the convection heaters in stock I then opted for a small fan heater. This looked quite good, it had a decent weight to it but sadly it failed at giving off a good amount of heat. I think it would heat a cupboard and a very small cupboard at that sufficiently but anything bigger and you'll fail to notice a difference. My kitchen is by no means huge, in fact it's quite small and that is why I thought this would be an ideal solution to my problem. It looked really good. It was the perfect size for me standing at a height of 38cm, a width of 25cm and a depth of 11cm and it was quite appeasing to the eye with it's white and grey colouring - the colours of my kitchen! But it was just no good. If I stood next to it I could feel the heat, if I stood by the kitchen sink there was nothing! It has one heat setting but does have a variable thermostat and it also features a safety cut out but I didn't keep it long enough to give a more in depth review. ~ Overall Opinion ~ I used this for two days, it took an age to actually warm up and even at it's hotest it didn't give off hardly any heat, it looks good and is nice and sturdy but I wouldn't recommend it. I returned it and bought a different heater. I wish I had checked the Argos website as many of the reviews there say that it doesn't give off much heat but I didn't. My advice would be to check reviews before making a purchase, as you can see with this review, it's not a radiator I would recommend to anyone. It was easy to use and looked appeasing but due to it not giving off enough heat I feel I can only award this a one star rating. It probably serves me right for buying a heater that colour co-ordinated with my kitchen. A disappointing excuse for a radiator. Thanks for reading :o) x Read the complete review |
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Dimplex OFRC15C
by Nar2 After the impulse purchase of a small sized oil filled Pifco radiator that now takes pride of place in my study, I looked at my recent electric bill and have noticed a big drop of power and heat usage. To say I was shocked would be an understatement - clearly when buying low wattage oil radiators and using more alternative methods to ... having to heat up single rooms as opposed to the whole home, does actually make economical sense. As such I wasted no time in taking out one of the small Glen convector heaters I bought a while back to use in my bedroom during late afternoons to contain some heat before switching on the heating late at night, just before the "cheap rate" economy 7 rates kick in after midnight. However, due to constantly moving about and being in storage, one of the Glen heaters was too bashed beyond repair and one of my online friends had suggested a radiator or panel heater as convector heaters can be too expensive to run. Since its initial £15 cost price had shot up to £22-99 at a local store, I decided to look for something just like the tiny Pifco radiator instead of a convector style and I couldn't find any panel heaters except online. Through researching for the next size up, I came across the Dimplex range of castor aided portable oil filled radiators since the Pifco range seemed to have been snapped up already! ==Nar2's Quick Skip Product Spec== * Model: Dimplex OFRC15C Electric portable radiator. * Size: 28cm depth by 37cm width by 62cm height. * Total weight 8kg. * Variable thermostat dial, frost setting & two heat selection options. * 1350 watts to 1500 watts total power. * Electric element - non-oil filled & BEAB safety approved. * My price £49-99 from Home Hardware, £46 from Amazon UK, £54-99 from Argos & Sainsburys, average price £50 to £79-99. Where general impressions are concerned, one of the first aspects that I noticed when I took the Dimplex OFRC15C out of its packaging box is the fact that it doesn't have that liquid oil sound in the cylinder fins and the absence of a heavy weight associated with castor added radiators generally. The Dimplex sports 7 fins in total but they all have vents at the top, suggesting that what you get here is an electric element, copper in colour that can just about be seen at the top internally if you peer into any one of the vents. This fact would make sense to why Dimplex have added the name "Eco" along with the red badging of Dimplex found at the top of the single grab handle above the main control panel. After all, if you have ever experienced an oil radiator of similar size, they're hardly economical to run, unless they're like my mini Pifco, the size of a small mini fridge! Although my concerns at the time were that I had clearly bought a convector in disguise, the element that Dimplex have fitted here is very different to the red ring element you would find in a convector heater, thus being more economical to heat up and use in the first place. With that general information under my belt after researching this product fully, I noticed how well built the Dimplex is, especially for the £50 price I've paid and without its oil content, this baby means business when you simply plug and go instead of having to let the radiator rest before use if it had oil in it. Where design and quality is concerned though, although light beige and contrasting "office grey" are the colours of the day, the Dimplex OFRC15C is very inoffensive, able to mix in with most bedroom decors, even if it stands out like a sore thumb if your room of choice happens to be dark. Hidden away easily by its very portable design though, I have been impressed more so with the Dimplex's ability rather than its look. Dimplex produce quite a few other models in the "Eco Oil-less range," though and are available in other sizes with electronic controls, higher 2KW and 3KW choices and 24 hour timers added. However, due to the sizes available, the cost prices will be more expensive, naturally! Still, it's a good way to consider over the more expensive, heavier oil filled versions when you see what you have before you. For a start, the metal finish on this radiator is pretty good. There are no sharp corners; all angles that you would place your hand on are softened and the recess grab handle on one side of the Dimplex at least allows you to push the radiator along with the help of four castor wheels on the base. You get four cross head screws and two fins with the corresponding twin castors to fit on the first and last fin at the base of the radiator. Nothing unusual there if you are used to assembling, moving or transporting oil filled radiators around, until you realise that you're also pushing a lot less weight around, since there's no fluid. There's a handy cord storage hook recess located at the bottom of the main control panel, even if you only get 0.5 metres of cord to hand and the curvy triangular holder keeps all the excess cable out of the way when in use. The main control panel has a single orange LED light on the main two rocker switches, allowing to you to choose one heat setting on one rocker switch that acts as the frost setting whilst the other single rocker switch next to it activates the main heat settings marked by "I" and "II." Hardly technological then, but each rocker switch isn't of the more old fashioned block type, but rather sensibly and comfortably allows your finger to rest softly into the concave built in mind for fingers to release the switches. Like most heaters on the market that have a thermostat built in, the Dimplex OFRC15c has a variable clockwise actioned control dial that has waves set into the design showing the lowest amount of heat release to the highest. However, it's all in one colour of beige and unless you peer closely at the dial, it can be hard to see from a distance. Feeling the waves with your finger will get a better result , but I'm surprised Dimplex haven't added a better clarity to the actual dial, here. Although I usually have the dial set at the nearest maximum it will go to, setting the Dimplex with the dial set in the middle will activate the sensor built into the heater to cut the power incase the room or the heater gets too hot. However! The LED light does not go out, so you have to check if the radiator is on if the thermostat has been changed to anything less than the maximum the dial can go to. The Dimplex is however very fast to heat up once you put the thermostat to its highest position in a cold room and set the first heat level, this heater is able to release hot and warm heat very quickly, without burning a hole in the pocket by necessarily going for the highest heat level. In short, it isn't like a conventional convector heater at all where you have to use the highest heat in order to conserve the heat within the body's structure. Since I have bought this heater, I have not had to use the second, highest heat setting. Mind you, the room in which the Dimplex is located in is already free of draughts, is well insulated and double-glazed. So where general performance is concerned, life should be easy with the Dimplex OFRC15C - and generally it is! Purchased solely for the use of heating up my bedroom though, I've since wheeled the Dimplex for use in the larger living room, whereupon compared to both small and large sizes of rooms, the Dimplex is still pretty powerful to be able to heat up both rooms in less than five minutes! Compared to a convector heater of similar size, the Dimplex is a lot faster, has an almost silent operation and even the controls when activated have a much better quality about them, not reverberating into the metal panels if you push down a switch or turn the dial in a hurry. Feeling toasty with the Dimplex OFRC15C can be discovered in minutes and the whole heater concept is pretty good, even if it looks like an oil-filled radiator, but isn't really. After about 45 minutes, once the room gets really hot, the Dimplex will switch off and it is relatively easy to hear the click when this occurs. Bump the thermostat to its highest setting and the prolonged time can last up to an hour, but it very much depends on how hot your room gets where the Dimplex has been placed. However, I always switch off at the mains after half an hour to let the heat in the room move around and for the heater to remain off until I need it again, rather than rely on the more expensive thermostatic cut out and standby function. Apart from its same-colour as the panel thermostat that could be better labelled, there are few downsides with this eco-heater. Despite the cooper fitted element, like all kinds of radiators that have fins, the Dimplex OFRC15C cannot be used for drying clothes on. There is already a warning both in the user manual and on the heater itself that warns against using for drying damp clothing on, less so for the fact that it does state that nothing can be covered over it. I am delighted and impressed with Dimplex's "oil-less" electric radiator OFRC15C. I didn't think I would be and yet the performance and longer heating time with its super fast heat up element is far more instant than a convection heater. With it primarily not having an element that glows red, it also means the smell of old dust that clings old convector heater element rings will also be banished for good - particularly when or if the Dimplex is used occasionally and left in storage as opposed to being used once a year. Tie in its compact body, very light weight feel and easy castors to push the radiator along, and it ticks all boxes - as well as being economical to run and economical to buy - if you know where to look! Thanks for reading! (c)Nar2 2012. Video demo: http://www.isitetv.com/c335fbfdaa3108405​b2107b604242bf3-p4.htm www.dimplex.co.uk ** UPDATE ** I have been so impressed with this heater, I've gone and bought another one for use in another large room - absolutely perfect and so easy to transport. Read the complete review |
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