These are the 5 things I wish someone had told me before buying an electric heater – it would have saved me a lot of chilly nights

A group of the best electric heaters sat on a wooden floor.

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m very frugal when it comes to energy use in my home. Energy prices are no joke, after all. That’s why I try to avoid turning my heating on for as long as possible, opting for electric heaters to ‘heat the human, not the home’ instead. But there are many things I wish I knew before buying an electric heater.

Of course, you probably don’t need me to tell you that the best electric heaters are a must-have for the colder months of the year. But the reality is that there’s a lot of noise around electric heaters, from confusing information around the different types of electric heaters to the costs to buy and run them. As a result, I’ve bought a lot of heaters over the years, many of which weren’t quite right.