Are high heat retention night storage heaters any good?
Posted by JuicedUpWalnut@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 11 comments
I am looking into renting a place but the description specifically mentions that the heating used is “High heat retention night storage heaters”. What is this and is it any good? I will hopefully only be renting for 8-10 months.
belligerentbunno@reddit
High heat retention sound like marketing speil, theyre probably near as makes no difference the same as regular storage heaters which as said are expensive and cumbersome to run, if you need it hot you'll pay $$$$$$, if you keep them closed and live with moderate you'll probably be fine for a short turn rent.
Fun_Hunter_4899@reddit
They’re just more modern insulation, that’s about it
fernofry@reddit
Storage heaters fundamentally do not work. They run out of heat by the afternoon or evening when you need it most. You also have to anticipate the next day's weather and can't just use it if it suddenly gets cold, or you potentially waste a lot of energy heating them only for it to be warm the next day.
Fuck storage heaters
techbear72@reddit
They're not, but, you're just coming to the point of the year when you theoretically shouldn't need heating, so you have maybe 6 months of that and so you'll only have these for 2-4 months, right? Shouldn't be a nightmare for that long, just check you are on the right kind of night electricity tariff, and watch those costs so you can decide quickly to stop using them if they're way too expensive (they are expensive to run). You can always just get a fan heater, or oil filled electric radiator and just heat the one room as an alternative. Still pricey, but possibly ok.
Witty_Entry9120@reddit
High heat retention means that instead of the heating being dissipated between 7am and 2pm....it hang onto it a little more until maybe 3.45.
I have lived with storage heaters for a long time and replaced old ones with new high retention ones.
They all suck. It's the worst heating system ever produced.
BoomSatsuma@reddit
If you’re only there for 8 to 10 months you’ll realise they’re pretty awful and expensive.
If there’s another choice I’d go with that.
Flussschlauch@reddit
One of the most expensive heating methods even for electric heating
semorebunz@reddit
not great , but with carefull use it shouldnt cripple you over 10 months
Jay_CD@reddit
It depends on how modern they are - the old style storage heaters tended to work well enough but consumed a lot of power therefore they cost a fair bit to operate but did mean you'd wake up to a warm home and the warmth would last into the late morning/early afternoon.
On really cold days you might need an additional source of heating as the storage heater will have cooled down. But some newer models have the flexibility to be turned on in say the evening for an hour or two.
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