Dimplex Eco Chico Mini Oil Free Portable Radiator Heater, 700W, White

I needed an under the desk heater for work as my feet are always cold. I had a fan heater before that and Ben on the lower setting it was as consuming 1220W and it never heat up evenly. It would either burn my shoes or let all heat escape. This one is just above 700W and as it heats more evenly and slowly I have heat all around the underneath of my table. It also stops and starts when it gets warm so it has really halved my electricity bill so it basically it has paid itself off in possibly 2 and a half months! You can see on the graph it has reduced my daily consumption from 7.42KWh to 4.32KWh. Your cost of assuming a KWh is £0.34 will be around 25pence per hour. It creates quite a lot of heat for such a small heater. People say that the power button blows up after a while but I will replace it with a non neon button from CPC so it can last a long time. Very light too. Also no oil so no mess or fire hazard for work! Really happy with purchase.

Both my mum and myself have had one of these heaters for around 5 years now. I use mine to heat my radiator-less cold hall in the colder winters. She uses hers for extra heat in her front room. For a small little radiator they chuck out a ton of heat and don’t cane the electric bill up. Last week my mums boiler packed up. So I ordered her 2 more of these heaters. She put one in her bedroom, one in the hall and her old one in her front room where it usually goes. They worked great at keeping her rooms warm in the emergency, until the boiler was fixed. I paid postage to get the heaters delivered to her within days but they took double the amount of time to deliver. But today I have received an email from Amazon crediting the postage back to me on my next order with them. So thank you Amazon. As I was a bit disappointed over the postage issue but you have made good in the long run as usual. These little radiators are so good, we don’t mind that the extra ones were not needed for long. They are so handy to have and now my mums new spare ones for emergency will be stored away for when needed. They are a sturdy design. No oil in them to leak out. Thermostat works great, so it turns itself on and off to keep the selected temperature. I’ve only ever had to turn it half way round on the temperature setting. The sturdy wide feet make it very stable. Plus it’s easy to pick up and move.

This looks like being a good little heater — it's small and pleasing in appearance, warms up quickly, and there's a dial to adjust the heat setting rather than simply on/off or hi/lo. My only disappointment was a small fault which is only cosmetic and does not affect the function — the end casing affixed to the body of the heater, onto which the foot is screwed, is slightly malformed at one end and cannot be made to sit neatly in place. There's a gap. It's not broken, and it was carefully packaged with protective polystyrene inside the box; it must have left the factory like it, I think. We carefully unscrewed the casing and reassembled it but it's just a bit awry and we couldn't fix it. I decided it was a first-world problem, and over the top to require a delivery man to come out all over again to get a replacement; I've positioned it so that side is to the back. But it is a minor irritation, especially as this model is much more expensive than some of similar size — I bought it because I think it's so pretty. I don't know how well it will perform once the cold weather comes, but it certainly functions fine and sits neatly in the space next to my bed. It's really light to pick up and move, which I like, comes with an instruction sheet, and the on/off switch and setting dial are clear and easy to get to.

After much consideration of other similar heaters, I chose this one. I really like it, it warms up really fast and stays warm for a quite a long time after reaching temperature and the thermostat turning off. I haven't been using it long enough yet to comment on running costs, but it is only 700watts so it should be reasonable. I found it warmed up my living room really quickly (size 14ftx16ft) which surprised me for such a small sized heater, although I did have the door closed. I particularly like the size of it, it easily tucks away down the side of the sofa when not being used and is unexpectedly light and easy to lift, even for me who has joint and mobility problems. The only downside that I can think of is that the cord is short, but that is easily solved with an extension lead. Overall, I would recommend it, it would be good in a small space too, but seems to work really well in larger ones too.

This radiator has been amazing. Sturdy, well built, won’t topple over, neutral colour matches anything. So easy to use, heats up my 12’ x 15’ room in less than 20 mins from cold. I’m doing an experiment at the moment. I have turned the central heating down enough to take the chill off each room, then I’m using this to warm the room I am in. So far it’s made a huge difference to the bills. My gas bill has gone down by £20 a week and my electric bill has only gone up by £8 a week. So £12 saving a week - that’s £627.00 a year. So it’s definitely paid for itself. Cannot recommend enough.

I bought this heater as an alternative to using the underfloor heating in my second bedroom, which I use as a TV room in the evenings. Very quick and effective, warms the room in 20 minutes, where the underfloor takes two hours. The thermostat is easy to adjust so it maintains a comfortable temperature. Very compact and sits in a gap where it is not noticed. Never hear the thermostat operating off and on, very quiet "click" Very good price and much cheaper than Argos or similar.

Fantastic little heater that kicks out plenty of heat while burning only 700 watts. Even better it does not contain oil, despite looking like an oil heater. Highly recommend these units from Dimplex.

Item dimensions listed are massively different to the actual item. Do not buy this item if you are looking for a compact heater as its no smaller than a conventional one. Item itself seems to work fine but is not suitable for my original use due to the size

Bonne chauffage pour les petits espaces. Economique.