What is the best electric towel warmer?

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The advantage of electric heated towel rails is that they can work autonomously when the heating season ends and, moreover, are much easier to install on the wall. Criteria for the selection of these devices are few. In general, when buying, you need to pay attention to the type of heating, power, shape and, of course, the manufacturer. Next, we'll show you how to choose an electric towel for a bathroom at a price and quality.
Contents:
  • Heating type
  • Power
  • Material of construction
  • Form
  • Presence of temperature controller
  • Manufacturers

Heating type

There are three types of heating: cable( "dry"), liquid( "wet") and combined. In brief, we will look at the advantages and disadvantages of each species.

In the first case, the pipes are heated by an insulated cable inside. This option is recommended to choose if you just need to dry the towels in the bathroom. If you decide to choose an electric heated towel and to heat the room, the cable model will not work, becauseoften has a small power. This is the main drawback of "dry" heating. At the same time, the positive moment of choice is that cable models cost less, spend less energy, get a faster temperature and, moreover, are much easier to install.

It is recommended to select a liquid electric towel warmer if you need to additionally heat the bathroom. Devices with "wet" heating have a higher power, and also stay warm longer if you disconnect them( but at the same time they heat up longer).At the same time, the disadvantage of such models is higher cost, increased electricity consumption and the need for a strictly vertical installation. As for the latter, it can not be called a disadvantage, becausein 99 out of 100 cases, the installation of the electric heated towel is carried out strictly in an upright position for aesthetic reasons.

Well, the last, combined models are recommended to choose if you have enough money, becausethe cost of devices operating both from central heating and from the grid is much higher. The advantage of these devices is that they can work from heating in the autumn-winter period and when the hot water is turned off they are able to function from the network.

For a review and feedback of experts on this subject, please see the video below:

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products The options for the devices have been sorted out. Now let's talk about how to choose an electric towel for the rest of the parameters: power, material, form, and manufacturer.

Power

The second, no less important criterion of choice - the power of the heated towel rail. To correctly choose the model of the device, it is recommended to calculate the area - 140 W / m2, which is quite enough for drying things and additional heating of the bathroom, even if the room has a small window. If the room does not need heating, for example, you decided to make an electric warm floor under the tile in the bathroom, then you can choose the power less without applying the area calculation.

Here, again, do not forget about the fact that models with "dry" heating are much weaker and at the same time cheaper!

Material of manufacture

Most often electric towel warmers are made from ordinary steel, stainless steel or from non-ferrous metals. As you know, the first variant of execution is the most budgetary, but at the same time the most short-lived. This is due to the fact that the steel is additionally coated with an enamel coating, which eventually starts to swell and collapse. It is recommended for homes and apartments to choose a stainless steel heated towel rail, which in addition to this is chrome plated. Such a model will be optimal in price and quality and at the same time durable. Devices made of non-ferrous metals( mainly copper, brass or aluminum alloys) have the highest heat transfer, but because they have a high price, they are used much less often.

Form

As for the shape, you can choose an electric towel warmer of any kind. To date, devices of the following form are popular:

  • ladder;
  • E-shaped;
  • snake;
  • M-shaped;
  • U-shaped;
  • with top shelf;
  • swivel.

The most popular is the ladder, which perfectly complements the interior of the room and is also practical in use - you can hang a lot of towels and linen. We recommend you to pay attention to the products with the top shelf, on which you can put clean towels, saving space in the bathroom.

I would like to pay special attention to mobile electric towel warmers. Their advantage is that the device can be easily rolled to a balcony or kitchen. In addition, the installation does not need to drill the walls. If the bathroom is large, think about choosing a floor heated towel rail.

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

In terms of size, you can choose the right option based on the area of ​​the room. It is clear that the more the product will be, the better will be the heating.

Presence of temperature regulator

It is very important that a regulator is installed on the body, with which you can set a certain temperature regime. On liquid models regulators are found more often than on cable versions. This is due to the fact that the former have a higher power( up to 2 kW), which must be adjusted for the economical operation of the device.

Temperature regulator photo

It is strongly recommended that you select an electric heated towel heater with a thermostat so that you can adjust the appropriate temperature not only for drying towels, but also for heating the bathroom.

Manufacturers

Well, the last thing I would like to tell you - which manufacturers of heated towel rails, working on the power grid, are considered the best in 2015-2016.Today, reliable companies are:

  • Energy
  • Termosmart
  • Zorg
  • Navin
  • Argo
  • Nika

If you chose one of these manufacturers, which falls into our rating, you can not worry about the quality and reliability of the purchase. The only thing we recommend is that before buying a device, you should review the reviews of the chosen model on the forums in order to be sure that you have made the right choice.

We recommend that you also view a comparison of models operating from mains and central heating:

Which models are better: electric or water
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We hope that you now know how to choose an electric towel for the bathroom! As you can see, there are not too many parameters, so it is not difficult to find suitable ones for your own conditions!

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