Dunelm shoppers rush to buy ‘bargain’ gadget reduced to £15 from £60 – and you won’t have to put the heating on
DUNELM shoppers have been rushing to buy a massively discounted gadget scanning at just £15.
The furniture retailer is selling an oil filled radiator for a huge £44 less than its original price and people are already stocking up for next winter.
While the weather is starting to warm up a little now, it can still be pretty chilly in the mornings and evenings.
Most of us will have shut off our central heating until the autumn which means we might be looking for cheaper ways to keep toastie.
One eagle-eyed shopper spotted the portable radiator on sale at their local Dunelm and snatched up two.
Posting on the Extreme Couponing and Bargains UK Facebook group they wrote: “Wow!! Bargain!! Got a spare for the office for next winter.”
Attached to the post were two pictures of the gadgets with discount labels showing the reduction from £59 to £14.75.
Fellow bargain hunters were quick to comment on the post, noting the cheap price.
One wrote: “They’re worth the £59 i have one similar really heats up my kitchen when working from home, great bargain for £14.”
While another tagged their pal and said: “You could do with a couple of these, and they’re black so would look nice.”
The radiators are Dunelm own-brand and we could only find them available in store – not online.
You can find your nearest Dunelm by visiting the website and using the locator tool.
When items are discounted this much it’s usually because it’s coming to the end of the season and shops are trying to clear stock.
If you’re looking to pick one up it might be worth calling up your nearest store to check their stock levels.
The gadget uses 2kWh of energy and come with three heat settings.
Oil filled radiators do use an electrical element to heat up so they do cost money to use, but considerably less than central heating.
Commenters on the post were quick to point out that it would be ideal for heating smaller rooms, rather wasting cash heating the whole house.
Estimates from Which? found that running a 2kWh oil filled radiator costs around 68p an hour to run.
While, recent figures from CheckaTrade shows that the average cost of running your heating per hour is 11.51p per kilowatt-hour. This means that if you have a 24 kW boiler, it might cost you £2.76 an hour.
So for this time of year it could be the ideal thing to switch on for a few hours a day if you want to keep one room warm, perhaps while working from home.
Or, you could stock up on the bargain now and save it for winter use like the Facebook user.
The exact amount you’ll pay on running your oil filled radiator depends on the model you have and how much you use it – so do be aware of the costs.
We had a quick Google around and couldn’t find any similar items for less than Dunelm’s price.
But if you can’t get hold of the bargain we did find a similar one at B&Q for £68 and another on Very for £69.
Always shop around as well in case you miss an even better deal elsewhere.
You can use comparison tools like PriceRunner or Google Shopping to have a look at prices from similar retailers.
Meanwhile, here are four things you should always buy at Dunelm and those to avoid.
Plus, more information on how much it costs to run an oil filled radiator.
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