What is an electric towel warmer is better to choose ?

type heating

There are three types of heating: Cable ("dry"), a liquid ( "wet") and combined.Briefly consider the advantages and disadvantages of each species.

In the first case, the pipe is heated by insulated cable that is inside.This embodiment is recommended to select if you want only to dry towels in the bathroom.If you decide to pick up the electric towel rail and heating facilities, cable model will not work, becauseusually it has a small capacity.This is the main drawback of "dry" heating.At the same time a positive moment of choice is that the cable models are cheaper, spend less energy, faster gaining temperature and also much easier to install.

Liquid electric towel is recommended to choose in the event that you need to further heat the bathroom.Devices with "wet" heat have a higher capacity and longer stay warm, if you disable them (but at the same time and longer heat).At the same time, the disadvantage of these models is considered to be higher cost, higher power consumption and the need to strictly vertical installation.Regarding the latter, we can not call it a disadvantage, because99 out of 100 cases, the installation of an electric towel warmer is performed strictly in a vertical position for aesthetic reasons.

And last, the combined model is recommended to choose if there is enough money, becausecost devices, and operating from the central heating or AC power is much higher.The advantage of these devices is that they can work on the heating in the autumn-winter period and turned off the hot water can operate on the network.

review and comments from the experts on this issue, you can see in the video below:

With embodiments of the sorted devices.Now let's talk about how to choose the electric towel rail for the remaining parameters: power, material of manufacture, shape and manufacturer.

Power

second, no less important selection criterion - capacity towel warmer.To choose the right model of the device, it is recommended to calculate the square - 140 W / m2, which is enough to dry things, and additional bathroom heating, even if there is a small window in the room.If the room does not need heating in, for example, you decide to make an electric floor heating under the tiles in the bathroom, you can choose a smaller capacity, without applying the calculation area.

There has, again, do not forget about the fact that models with "dry" heat, and much less at the same time cheaper!

manufacturing

Material Most often electric towel warmers are made of ordinary steel, stainless steel or non-ferrous metals.As you can imagine, the first option is the execution of the budget, but at the same time, most short-lived.This is due to the fact that the steel is further coated with an enamel coating, which eventually begins to swell and disintegrate.Recommended for houses and apartments to choose from stainless steel heated towel rail, which is in addition to the chrome.Such a model will best in price and quality and at the same time durable.Devices made of non-ferrous metals (mainly copper alloys, brass or aluminum) have the highest heat transfer, but because the high rates are used much less frequently.

Form

As to the form, you can choose any electric towel rail performance.To date, the following forms of popular devices:

• ladder;
• E-shaped;
• snake;
• M-shaped;
• U - shaped;
• from the top shelf;
• turning.

considered the most popular staircase, which perfectly complements the interior of the room and also practical to use - you can hang a lot of towels and linen.We recommend that when choosing to pay attention to the product from the top shelf on which to put clean towels, save space in the bathroom.

Particular attention should be paid to movable electric towel rail.Their advantage is that the device can easily roll on the balcony or in the kitchen.In addition, during installation is not necessary to drill the wall.If the bathroom is large, think about in order to choose the outdoor heated towel rail.

Well, there are designer models of products that not only cope with drying towels, but also complement the interior bathroom.The most interesting design, we have provided in the photo below:

The size you are able to choose the appropriate option based on the area of ​​the room.It is clear that the larger the product, the better the heat will occur.

Availability

the temperature control is very important that the housing regulator has been established, through which you can set a certain temperature.In the fluid model regulators are more common than in the cable versions.This is due to the fact that the first higher power (up to 2 kW), which need to be adjusted for cost-effective operation.

strongly recommend that you choose an electric towel warmer with a thermostat so you can adjust the suitable temperature, not only for drying towels, but also to heat the bathroom.

Manufacturers

Well, the last thing I would like to tell - what manufacturers towel, working from the power supply, are considered the best in 2015-2016.To date, reliable firms considered:

• Energy
• Termosmart
• Zorg
• Navin
• Argo
• Nick

If you chose one of these manufacturers, who fell into our rating, you can not worry about thequality and reliability of the purchase.The only thing - we recommend all the same before you buy the device, read reviews on the model chosen on the forums to be sure that no mistake in choosing.

recommend further review comparing models running on the network and central heating:

Hopefully, you now know how to choose the electric towel rail for the bathroom!As you can see, the options are not too many, so choose suitable for its own conditions is not difficult!

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