Bidex Diamond 1.9kw Electric Kitchen Plinth Heater with Room Thermostat & Timer - White Grille

Great value and works a dream

Fit's nicely under the kitchen units and seems to be able to deliver heat - as is often the case, our kitchen is the only room in the house without heating! I was concerned about overheating due to lack of airflow in a confined space, but the unit has grill holes on either side that allow it to draw in air nicely.On the high setting it is a bit noisy, around the same level as a kettle boiling, but realistically it's just a big fan heater so that's to be expected.Having the separate control unit is good. We don't use the thermostat but having the on / off at counter height is much better than having to bend down to turn it on and off

Great heater. Thermostat and timer make it an even better bargain.

Purchased for use in our kitchen. It is effective and gives almost instant heat. Fits very well. The heater was fitted to our kitchen fitter by a professional fitter but it should be fairly easy to install by anyone with practical skills. Plugs into an electric socket.

The heater works as it should. It heats our small utility room very well and quietly. The installation is straightforward using the thermostat.

Heater works very well in my kitchen. Easy to install. A little noisy but in a kitchen this is not a problem. The Thermostatic/Time controller works fine once programmed but programming is fiddly. Don't lose the user instructions because you will never remember them if you want to make a change. However the supplier emailed me a copy of the instructions the same day as I requested them. Excellent customer service.

Can't comment on the heater reliability as its early days yet. The Heater Control Unit is extremely difficult to fit and I would understand if a sparky refused to fit this item. (By the way, yes of course you need a fused DP spur unit fitted - read IEE (BS 7671) 18th edition requirements, least of all its a fixed appliance!). You have something like 9 amps flowing when on the max 1900 watt setting, so I assume the multi strand flexible cable is sized at 1.5 mm2. However its terminations will simply not fit into the connectors. You have to cut off the soldering in order to squeeze them in. Hence not fitted to design spec. The connectors are too small and very close together - more like an LED lighting circuit than a 2 kilowatt appliance. This is particularly an issue when you fit multi strand cabling. Also fitment into and out of the single gang back box is too confined. The temperature shown on the programmer was 4 degrees C less than measured room temperature! Best I can do is to ditch the Heater Control Unit and simply have a manual on/off control. If the manufacturer says don't fit a socket plug then don't fit a socket plug. (Its too big a flex cable to squeeze into the plug and its connectors). Interestingly the Control Unit is guaranteed for 1 year, but the heater for 2. Confusing. Buyer (and sparky) beware.

Purchased this for our old kitchen, reasonably small room but meant this heater was able to heat the whole space. Easy to install for the average DIY person. Like all of these types of fan heater they are expensive to run and we've since switched to a plumbed in version, however, if you don't have that option would certainly recommend this product.