Shoppers rave about £14.99 ‘game changer’ Amazon gadget that will heat your home without central heating this winter
BARGAIN hunters are raving about a cheap buy from Amazon that will keep your home toasty warm this winter.
So if you’re worried about rising energy bills and are reluctant to turn on your central heating, fear not, you’ve come to the right place.
Shoppers have praised a £14.99 gadget that you can buy on Amazon and claimed it can warm up a room in just five minutes.
The Rainberg fan heater, which has two heat settings, is great for those looking to stay warm on a budget.
It’s perfect for winter, as the high heat setting provides powerful, fast heating, but it also has a low heat setting too, which offers a more gentle, energy-saving heat.
If that wasn’t enough, the small fan heater also features a cool function, allowing you to enjoy a refreshing breeze on warm days.
The electric fan heaters are designed with ease of use in mind, as they come with an adjustable thermostat, so you can set the temperature to your preferred level.
The blow heater operates until the surrounding air temperature is at the set level and then will automatically switch on or off intermittently to keep a consistent temperature.
Even better, this small heater comes with built-in frost watch protection that allows complete control to keep your room warm.
You can keep the chill away using the “Frost Watch” setting, which will enable the heater to switch on automatically if the room temperature dips below 5°c.
This small heater is designed to be easy to move from room to room thanks to its compact design and there’s also a built-in handle for easy carry.
It’s made with a safe fire-retardant plastic cabinet and dual protection safety cut-off features and features an overheat protection system that automatically turns off the heater in case of overheating.
More than 1,000 were bought last month and shoppers flocked to Amazon to share their rave reviews of the affordable buy, which now has an average rating of 4.3 out of five.
Whilst shoppers praised the product’s effectiveness, many hailed it as being incredibly ‘energy efficient’ too.
Cheap gadgets to help you stay warm
MARTIN Lewis' MoneySavingExpert shared six gadgets that can help you keep the heating off but stay warm.
Heating “the human not the home” means you warm yourself instead of turning on the heating and heating the whole house.
This can save money on your heating bill and means you don’t have to sit in the cold.
- USB gloves – initial cost £10, cost to run less than 1p an hour
- Heated insoles – initial cost £10, cost to run less than 1p an hour
- USB hand warmers – initial cost £15, cost to run less than 1p an hour
- Electric gilet – initial cost £50 (including battery pack), cost to run less than 1p an hour
- Microwaveable wheat bag – initial cost £4, cost to run less than 1p per hours
- Reusable hand warmers – initial cost £5 for a pair, cost to run less than 1p per hour
One person said: “My dinning room was always like a North Pole, even in summer. Using this product was a game changer.”
Another added: “Great product for real, does the job of warming my room within five minutes.
“When I’m outside the cold, the thought of returning home and turning on my fan heater gets me excited. Silent, compact and portable.”
A third commented: “Heats up the room in less than five minutes! Very warm. I’m in a house with no heating (rented) so this is the perfect solution.”
Meanwhile, someone else penned: “Works great and is very energy efficient.”
At the same time, one happy shopper beamed: “Heats my bedroom which I would say is medium size really well in winter on the first setting.
“Setting two can actually make it too hot, great heater! It also has a fan setting that blows cool air.”
5 Money-saving tips for autumn/winter
1. Draught-proof your home
It takes time and money to heat up your home, so it’s important that you do as much as you can to keep in the warmth. Close your doors and windows, and fill any gaps with a draught excluder.
2. Dial down your thermostat
According to Energy UK, turning down your thermostat by just one degree Celsius could cut your heating bill by up to 10%, and save you around £85 per year. Plus, if you don’t have a thermostat, installing one could save up to £70 per year!
3. Move furniture around
Make sure not big, bulky furniture like sofas are blocking radiators.
4. Wash clothes on a lower temp and add an extra spin
Unless it’s bedding, towels or really dirty items, dial down the temperature to 20 or 30 degrees, and do a double spin to remove excess water.
5. Heat the person not the home
There’s not point heating up a room that no one is sitting in, so be mindful about which radiators are on.