• Marking: Our marks are from 1 (poorest) up to 10 (best) in each section. For noise 1 is the quietest and 10 the loudest. For more details about our testing /marking please see our article on How we test our heaters.

Never buy an Electric Convector Heater without a thermostat and overheat cut out protection.

  If you haven't used your convector heater for a few months: Before you plug it, in turn, it upside down and check the heating elements and brush or vacuum any dust, fluff etc... off. When you turn it on, there will be a burning smell as any dust settled on the elements burns off, after a few minutes the smell will go away.

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This generic Chinese made convector heater may be basic without loads of extra functions, but it is well made enough to do the job without breaking down in a week.

With a high satisfaction rate, 81% of users giving it 3 to 5 stars and 58 % of all users giving it the top 5-star rating,

At 2 Kw it's powerful enough to keep a 60m3 room warm, it has a thermostatic control and overheat protection.

Controls: There are 2 switches, 1 for 750 Watts, the second for 1250 Watts, press both and you get the full 2 kW.

Under the switches there is a variable thermostat, it's a dial with no temperature markings on it just a min and max setting. Wait until the room is at the temperature you want and turn it down until it goes off then up again until it just clicks on and it's set.

We bought one of these in early 2012 and use it in a 4X4  Metre bedroom to warm It up in the evenings and mornings, it has been used every winter since and as of Winter 2020/2021, it is still working with no problems.

It does click when the thermostat turns it on and off. If you move it around a lot, every so often you will need to tighten up the screws holding the feet on.

This is an excellent heater for the price and our top-selling budget convector heater. There are cheaper, see our best budget buy above, but this style seems the most robus.

No extended guarantee with this one. You do have refund, replace or repair protection as described by the Consumer Rights Act 2015

NB: The images may vary slightly from the product supplied depending on the supplier.

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De'longhi is famous for the design of its products, Home Furnishing News recognized De'Longhi Design Director Giocomo Borin as one of the 50 most influential designers in the world in 2006.

If our budget buys are too basic then consider the DeLonghi HCM2030, it has a high satisfaction rate with 92.8% of users giving it 3 to 5 stars and 67% of all users giving it the top 5-star rating.

This convector heater has the same heat output (2kW) as our best buy budget models but costs quite a bit more.

What you get is a sleeker fresher product, better designed,  better engineered with a 3-year manufacturers warranty.

It looks and feels more substantial. Even though this is De'longhis basic slimline model they have paid great attention to the detail.

The HSX2030 has 3 heat settings 800w, 1.2Kw & 2Kw, a 3-speed fan to assist airflow, an adjustable thermostat, integrated cool-touch handles and an anti-frost function that you can set to automatically switch the heater on if the room temperature falls below 5°C.

Suitable for rooms up to 60 m³

 Dimensions: Height 68cm, Lenght 90cm, Width 9cm. Weight 4Kg

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UK company Dimplex is the worlds leading manufacturer of heating appliances and have been making heaters since 1973. All Dimplex heaters are BEAB approved.

Dimplex has upgraded its highly regarded range of 40 series convector heaters.

Our previous 3kW 40 series test model has been in use every winter since 2003 and is still going strong. The new ones have some brilliant new technology onboard with a microprocessor-controlled intelligent Eco heat setting (the convector’s brain), which optimises energy use and avoids you using and paying for energy unnecessarily. They also have large, easy-to-read LCD screens that can be adjusted in 1°C increments.

The top of the line black (also available in white) 3kW Bluetooth model featured here can be controlled using a smartphone or tablet, enabling you to operate its electronic climate control with ease and set four programme periods per day, it also has a colour heat response LCD screen.

It has  12-hour runback and delayed start timer options (accessed via a hidden menu), allowing you to set your heater to be on for a certain period of time before automatically turning off, or to begin operating after a set amount of time.

• 3 heat settings and a temperature range of 5°C - 30°C with a safety lock
• 1.5 metres cable
• CE and BEAB certified
• Dimplex's  3-year manufacturer's guarantee (register online)

Dimensions: Length 73.3cm, Height 44.2cm, Depth  20cm. Weight 5.10Kg .

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ADAX was founded in 1948 and is owned by a Norwegian industrial concern, the Otterlei Group.

ADAX manufactures household and commercial electric heating products with contemporary design and advanced control systems under brands ADAX, GLAMOX Heating and NOREL, as well as fan heaters, portable heaters, shoe dryers and drying racks.

Today ADAX is the market leader in Norway and other Nordic countries and export worldwide. All ADAX products have full CE mark approval and 5 years warranty.

The ADAX Clea range of glass-fronted convector heaters are exceptionally well designed, very attractive and offer advanced control systems.

The Clea uses a wireless WT thermostat allowing the heaters to be fully controlled remotely by WiFi from a mobile app or computer.

The remote function allows you to:

• Display current temperature readings and compare them to the desired temperature settings (on your device screen)
• Display the preset temperature of the thermostat screen display
• Program and edit the weekly or daily temperature settings, timings etc...
• Fully adjust day and night temperature settings
• Display faults or malfunctions.

Dimensions: CLEA H series, height 340 mm, available models with 600, 800 and 1000 W outputs. CLEA L series, height 222 mm, available models with 600 and 800 W outputs. Legs sold separately

 Available in black or white.

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These are advertised as Panel Heaters and look like radiators but are really glass fronted convector heaters.

A hollow metal body with a heating element draws air through the bottom warming it and venting the hot air through a grill at the top, the workings are hidden behind the attractive glass panel front.

The best of this type of heater is the ADAX Clea range.  already reviewed here. If your budget is between £150 and £200 for a 1kW heater (the Cleas most powerful is 1.2kW) then that is what you should be buying.

For those with a lower budget there a few decent ones available. While nowhere near the build quality of the Clea they are reasonably cheaply priced and you should expect to get at least a couple of winters use out them.

We recommend  the Netta 2kW model as a decent budget buy, it is powerful enough to  keep a 23m² room warm, has 2 heat settings 1kW and 2Kw and can be used wall-mountable or freestanding Dimensions :- Width 92 cm : Height  43 cm : Depth 24 cm. Weight: 7.4 KG

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This well-engineered and nicely styled heater is very popular with 91% of users giving it 3 to 5 stars and 65% of all users giving it the top 5-star rating.

The Duronic HV is built differently from traditional wire element convector heaters.

The elements are enclosed in an array of angled mica panels, as well as drawing air over the panels to create a convection current the perforated casing allows the heater to maximize heat output by radiating heat into the room.

As a new design Duronic doesn't know what to call it, you'll find it advertised as a panel heater, radiator, radiant heater or convector heater.

It doesn't really matter how they describe it as it's a brilliant piece of kit which is well-designed, works well, heats up very quickly and has plenty of useful extras.

The   HV102  has 3 power settings 1 kW, 2 kW and 2.5 kW, an adjustable thermostat and an 18-hour programmable timer. The controls are on an easy to use touchpad with a  large digital display above it or use the fully functional remote control unit.

Safety features are a thermal overload cut out which turns the heater off if it overheats and an anti-tilt cut out which switches it off if it is knocked over.

For easy movement from room to room, there is on board power cord storage, cool-touch handles and easy-roll wheels.

For your added protection Duronic gives a free extended 2-year guarantee

Dimensions: Width 61.5 cm, Height 62.5 cm, depth 12 cm. Weight 5 Kg

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The German designed and engineered Olsberg Corona range (In Germany they are called the Confort Range ) are some of the most robust convector heaters on the market due to their unique construction, they are also suitable for  bathrooms as they are double insulated and rated  IP2/4 (splash-proof).

The specially shaped aluminium wing elements have three times the heat distribution area compared to  conventional element convector heaters, they also emit heated air three to four times faster than conventional heaters through the slatted front-mounted air-outlet grille.

The unique element design is compact allowing the heaters to be smaller, another bonus for a bathroom heater.

These heaters use Triac technology to switch silently and the electronic digital control ensures that the desired temperature is maintained to a precision of 0.1 °C.

There is an economy switch (night-reduction switch) which reduces the temperature by 4 °C.

The beautifully designed and compact housing is finished with a hard-wearing epoxy coating.

Features include

• Safety temperature monitor
• Room-temperature sensor (concealed in the rear wall
  of the heater)
• Specially shaped “RX-Silence” aluminium wing heating elements
• Electronic thermostats
• Silent Triac switching

Dimensions: See image.  Depth 8cm.

All Olsberg Corona models are covered by a 5-year guarantee. Price range from around £80 for a 500 Watt model to around £120 for a 2.5kW model

Note: These are fixed wall mounted heaters and do not have a free-standing option.

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