Yea man, I literally did. You know people don’t live in a vacuum under these so called perfect conditions right? There’s a multitude of factors why the oil heater is cheaper to run for me but you’re free to choose whatever works best for you personally.

EDIT: Less kilowatt hours used = lower electric bill. Nobody is arguing thermodynamics lol.

My dude, my point is in your first sentence. If I can run the heater less often, I am saving money. You can check out my break down again if you want. Pretty sure my electric company wouldn’t lower my bills if I was just mistaking it being cheaper to run though.

I’m not sure what you think needs to be explained at this point but regardless I’m certainly not going back to a fan heater that costed me more and didn’t perform as well.

I would be happy to break this down as I really recommend oil heaters! Of course, your mileage may vary if you live in a warmer climate and/or have better insulation. Let’s say I want to have my room at about 22C for 6 hours though.

The oil heater does take some time to get really hot, about 1 hour. If I run it for a total of 5 hours at 700w that’s 4 hours of heat. Then after unplugging it, the hot oil can keep my room warm for 2-3 more hours. Being conservative, let’s assume 2. That’s 6 hours of heat for 5 hours running time at 700w. The fan heater on the other hand heats up the room pretty quickly. I only need to run it for half an hour at 1500w to get to 24C. But to maintain it, it has to stay running. If we assume the low 750w setting is adequate to do so, that’s 6 hours of heat for 5.5 hours of runtime at 750w. Plus the half an hour of 1500w. In my experience the oil heater pulls ahead even more but again, in optimal conditions it may not be something you personally notice. I’ve noticed savings already though and these will only add up more significantly throughout the year.

I think the main disadvantage is that the 1500w fan heater has to be running 100% of the time to both heat up my room and keep it warm. Once I turn it off the temperature immediately begins dropping. The oil heater only needs 700w to heat the room and keep it warm. If I then turn it off, it can still give off heat from the hot oil for a few hours. Even taking into account that the oil heater takes longer to get hot, I’ve been saving money.

The one I have is energy efficient and additionally only uses 700W on the lowest setting.

It definitely takes longer but stays warmer so much longer, uses less power, is safer, quieter, and does a much better job of evenly heating up the space. I just got one a couple months ago and it’s leagues better than a fan heater. It’s -40C near me right now and this thing heats up my room on the lowest setting.