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Black Friday Heating Deals Every electric heater is equally efficient at turning electricity into heat, so the choice is not about efficiency at all, it is about where the heat goes and how long it stays there. Convection and fan heaters warm the air, so they heat a room quickly and lose it just as quickly when switched off, which suits a room used in short bursts. Oil filled radiators warm slowly and hold that heat for a long time after the element cuts out, which makes them the better choice for a room occupied all evening and the quieter option for a bedroom. Infrared panels warm objects and people directly rather than the air, so they feel warm immediately and work well in a room with high ceilings or poor insulation where heating the air is a losing battle. Gas heaters using bottled gas produce heat independently of the electricity supply, which makes them useful in a workshop, a garage or a power cut, though they need ventilation and are not for a bedroom. Sizing is the part that is usually got wrong, and the rough guide is 1kW for around ten square metres in an insulated room, more in an older or draughty one. Whatever the type, a thermostat rather than a simple on and off switch is what stops a heater running at full output all evening, and a timer is worth having on anything used for a fixed period. Portable Heaters The largest of the ranges here, covering fan, ceramic, convector and oil filled models. These are bought to solve one cold room, so the things to check are the thermostat, the tip over cut off if there are children or pets, and the noise, since a fan heater in a quiet room is intrusive. Reduced stock sits in Portable Heaters . Electric Radiators Wall mounted panels with a programmable thermostat, intended as permanent heating for a room with no plumbed radiator, such as an extension, a converted attic or a garden room. Sizing to the room properly matters more here than anywhere else because these are not moved once fitted. Browse Electric Radiat