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Its so great to read everyones opinions on these,after our 3rd oil heater stopped working i didnt want to get another one and the econoheaters look perfect. Thanks for the good idea!



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just brought a dimplex water column heater at mitre 10 mega on the weekend and i asked the sales assistant about the econo heaters and she said they are only good for taking the chill off and heat the equivalent of 4 lightbulbs going in the room which seemed pointless to me hence the dimplex purchase. What do people think of the econo heaters in the colder areas of NZ ie southland and otago? Cos although i havent purchased one this time as i was looking for heating a babies room i want to make sure is warmer i might look at them again when the kids are older and dont need their rooms quite as warm during the night (josh is a blanket kicker so while young i like his room at a nice temp so he sleeps better)
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Haha WRX thats exactly what I was expecting....and ended up taking blankets off DD's bed it was so warm in there! And its just a wee one. We live not that far out of Chch though.

How do you find the dimplex heater? Was it similar costwise to purchase? Because we are considering one of those for our room, don't really want to fork out for another pannel
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We have 2 econo heaters and they were a waste of money. We have very tall ceilings and they just don't pump out enough heat to warm the bedrooms.
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We just installed our Econo Heater a few days ago in Isla's room. Our house has next to no insulation. There is some under the floor of Isla's room but none in walls or ceiling and it is a 1970's concrete block house so gets VERY cold in winter (we are in CHCH). Anyway, we leave it on 24/7 and it has been sitting at an average of 17degrees in her room. (we can get it up to 20+ degrees in there if we crank the heat pump in the lounge up to 26 degrees) The coldest it has got down to is 14 degrees but that was when there was a chilly frost outside! Without the heater it would be down around 10-11 degrees on a cold day... would hate to imagine how cold it would get during a frost without the heater! I rung the Econo Heat company before buying and he said they don't kick out huge amounts of heat but will warm the room to around 5 degrees more than what it would be without the heater. I've been pretty impressed with it so far! Easy to install too! If my DF can do it, anyone can! lol
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We ended up buying two units, the larger ones as they were not much dearer then the smaller one, we paid $169 each from Placemakers.
We turn them on at about 5pm and off again first thing in the morn when the kids wake up. They work well in our situation as we have the heat pump on 19 degrees 24/7 and that heats the core of the house. All we needed was a boost in the bedrooms where the heat pump was struggling to reach.


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