[Mike shore]

With winter fast approaching I am looking for heaters instead of using the ducted AC. Power bill was horrendous last winter and will get worse with electricity prices going up. My home is a 2 bedroom unit, Any recommendations?

[Daisy Goat]

I have these installed in the bedrooms of our house. Use very little power and create a nice heat. They won't make a room instantly warm but they keep it warm and are very safe to run

They are also very good to have for people with allergies or asthma as they don't blow any air. Super easy to install. You just need a drill and a powerpoint

http://econo-heat.com/aus/products/eheater...l-panel-heater/

[Amanda_R]

Gas/electric/wood/hydronic?

What sort of heater do you actually want?

[jindy poss]

The Nobo or similar panel heaters are easy to install and cheap to run, about 15c an hour. I use one in ds room and it's great. It's also on wheels so can be moved anywhere we need.

[Oilucy]

You will probably find gas the most economical if you're in a unit. Rinnai make fantastic portable heaters but it just depends on whether you have gas point there already otherwise expensive to have hooked up.
Check out www.rinnai.com.au We have a 25mJ one which easily heats out 4 bedroom home. You'd probably get away with the smaller one (18mJ) and they often come up on EBAY if you want a bargain as opposed to buying new.
My SIL bought some electric panel heaters that go under the windows - they have 3 of them and their electricity bill was about $1500 despite them apparently being very economical. Plus, they only took the chill out of the air she said rather than actually heating the place (which is a small 2 bedroom granny flat on their property whilst they build the main house).

[duck-o-lah]

Second the above post. We have a Rinnai gas heater and it does our place very well. The living area is open plan and quite big, for a little heater it warms it up very quickly! Cheap to run too.

[-al-]

We have a large gas heater, I love it. It heats the house very quickly and our gas bill was only increased by about $20 a month.

[*LucyE*]

I would avoid a gas heater unless you have it flued outside.

[Oilucy]

You know we actually have no issues with our gas heater despite it not being flued. The windows are closed at night time (we live in Bowral NSW so our temps are too cold to leave windows open) and I crack them open during the day to allow fresh air to flow in. Our house doesnt get a great deal of northerly sun either yet we dont suffer from moisture or mildew issues at all....

[Leeloomina]

The Nobo or similar panel heaters are easy to install and cheap to run, about 15c an hour. I use one in ds room and it's great. It's also on wheels so can be moved anywhere we need.

I second Nobo too.