Duronic Electric Heater HV220 Oil Free Radiator Convection Heater 2000W Free Standing Radiator Mica Panel Heaters Portable Radiators with Micathermic Panels Convector for Home, Bedrooms, Offices

I do like Duronic products. In my experience they are well put together and quietly do what they have been designed to do. This is no exception. I've had the 1.5kw model which is alas no longer made. I bought that in Feb 2015 and works perfectly. I have bought this one recently for another room. When new they both smelt slighty of burning plastic after being switched on. This is covered in the instructions. The smell soon goes and I was left with a very good fire indeed. The amount of heat it generates is amazing. The type of heat they both generate is unusual too. I've had a string of different wood burning stoves in the past and the heat these electric fires generate is most like those wood burners. A very dry-warm sort of heat and nothing like conventional fan, convection, ceramic, carbon, halogen and even more esoteric fires about today. Back to the amazing heat. It is winter March 2016, frosty outside and in this average 16x12 room only one "bar" of the two available is needed to maintain the room at 20C with the thermostat cutting in and out. The fire heats up to full power in a minute after being switched on. This is documented in the instructions as well. If switched off immediately after just heating up(60secs) it stays very hot for at least five minutes and it is very hard to tell whether it is really off. This speaks of very high design and material efficiency and is an impressive performance. One very hot fire. I've not had to use both "bars" yet. There are also a number of important safety considerations documented in the manual. It must have its own socket; be sited three feet away from curtains or wall etc. Sound safety and common sense really but do read the handbook first. Wheels had to be screwed on. Four screws later and it was away. Has a lead tidy too. All in all a very good heater. signed Raver Duronic HV220 Slimline Black Mica Panel 2.0KW Radiant Convector Heater with thermostat - Oil Free Heater - Heats up in 1 Minute + 2 Years Free Warrantee

This was the first Duronic Electric Heater I have used. I have found it easy to use and the heat it emits is good. However I could not set it to an exact temperature because the temperature dial does not indicate any degrees. I must learn where to set it by trial and error. I use it as I used to use an oil filled radiator and keep it running at the 1000W until my room gets warm.It is much better than my old oil filled radiator. I have not yet tried it at the 2000W until I have an idea of how much it costs to run. The lenth of the cable is a nuisance but adequate

4.5 stars. This is a very useful heater. It heats fast, the controls are simple, it's very manoeuvrable. It deserves 5 stars but the reason it hasn't is because there is no handle fitted to safely move the unit when it is hot. This is a very simple thing to fix - so why not do it? There is one other point with heaters and that is the advice is NOT to use an extension. Well, sorry, but the regs may advise this but most people will use one. Because the regs only allow 1.50 metre of cable fitted to the fire. This means you may have to put it near something that may end up being too close to a combustable item. So the regs are in effect making it more likely to have a fire. I've fitted dozens of extensions to power leads to extend them. When the cables are extended - not bunched up - they have have never even become warm - never mind catch fire. Even if the max output is used, fitting a 13amp cable with ensure enough cooling to prevent it getting hot. As always though, if you are unsure - check with an electrician.

At first I thought this wasn't much cop but it has improved with each use to such a point I am now very pleased with it. It heats quickly and sustains that heat in my largish living room/diner. Perhaps it needs to burn off the newness but once it does, five stars.

Our flat was getting really cold during the winter even with the gas heating on, as it is quite tall. The Duronic heater helped us a lot since it's light enough to easily move it from room to room. Its built is sturdy and the plastic wheels seem to cope well with all the abuse we inflicted on them. The thing is also dead-quiet, we sometimes only notice it's on after the room got too hot to sleep in. The design also protects any unwanted burns or over-heating when placed next to other objects, since the heat can escape through the metal grid. Be careful though not to leave it next to items that might be easily damaged by heat, including food or small electronics. The heating itself is quick and doesn't consume that much energy. The only disadvantage to it is that it takes quite a while to dissipate the heat all the way to the ceiling and back, so maybe we should have opted for the fan-assisted heater. Also, when first switched on it tends to have a weird smell and cracking noises that go away pretty fast.

I liked my heater so much that I bought another one for a friend of mine who is elderly. Within an hour of plugging it in he was very surprised that it had heated his room up enough for him to take his coat off and turn the heater down. It ticks over nicely on the lowest setting to keep the temperature reasonable but I have not bothered to figure out how much it costs to run because I'd rather be warm than in credit with my bank.

It's light and quite easy to wheel around the office. It does not generate quite as much heat as I'd hoped, but it's decent enough The way the power cord is attached - the the front rather than the rear - makes it a little awkward to move and position at times.