Will this electric radiator gove out decent heat

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It is to supplement two radiators that run off the main gas central heating on colder days as the large room just isn't cosy enough sometimes.

Also do I need a plumber or an electrician to fit it or either?

It says it has "1 x IP64 rated 1000W heating element " which is rather low powered for an electric heater.

It is certainly very expensive, about £400 more than a common, less stylish electric panel heater with two or three times the power.

If it was me I would get an oil-filled electric radiator, which gives an even heat. It is not as cheap as a plain convector, but nowhere near as expensive as yours.

If you already have two radiators and the room is not warm enough, I guess that it is a large room in an old house, and 1kW is not enough to make much difference. Are the radiators fully hot all over, top, bottom, middle and sides? They should not be scalding, but "too hot to hold for long" like a mug of tea.

But it's your money, and if you have plenty of it, I won't stand in your way.

You are spot on - a large room and an old house with really rubbish single glazed windows that are draughty (I will do my best to address this too.)
I'll look at an oil-filled option.

I don't mind spending more for this in theory as it matches the other radiators but not if it won't give out much heat!

I would get a plug in oil filled radiator, I think ours is up to 3kW, also you can put it away in the summer months, we use one in the kitchen in the winter, it is on a thermostat as we only have a small radiator in there. It gets put away in the summer.

I'd get an oil filled radiator buy have you looked into just having bigger has radiators fitted,or am extra one?

If you have the wall space where your radiators are it would probably be more cost effective to replace them than use an electric radiator, we can't do that in our kitchen as there isn't room but would if we could

Make sure the chimney isn't blocked as the warm air wooshes up it. Make sure any sunlight is allowed in eg remove bushes and trees. You can put padded lining (?bump) on curtains. Thick carpets.

Also how about secondary glazing?
Yes to triple lined curtains, draught excluders along doors, thick underlay and thick carpet.

I'm looking at improving the draught proofing including sealing up gappy windows that we don't use anyway. Secondary glazing isn't an option but we already have thick curtains over the french doors which helps at night at least.

Wood flooring and I'm not willing to change that but might get a (washable) rug.

With the oil filled plug in radiator, is it silent?

yes, oil-filled radiators are silent.

Only fan heaters make a noise.

You'll notice my granny uses a simple electric convector, probably cost about £30 in Argos.

Thanks Piglet - I will go down that route.
Never owned or used one hence the possibly stupid question about whether they are silent!

should be fine. I like them because the shell gets no hotter than a teapot. Some electric heaters can cause a fire if, say, a curtain blows against them or a newspaper falls on top, but as far as I can see, an oil-filled radiator won't do that.

Sorry I missed the photo earlier! Well if it is good enough for your 'granny' and Buckingham Palace...!