Towel radiator brands?

[Mark M]

Are they all the same or are some better than others? I've got 2 in the house, 1 looks brand new and the other the chrome has rusted a little at the bottom and the chrome plating is starting to come off.

Likely to be a chrome one that goes in.

Thanks

 

[radderfire]

I don't have detailed knowledge here, but it's probably a case of you get what you pay for. This heated towel rails page might help.

 

[Cornubia]

I had a chrome towel rail in my first house, cheap B&Q job and I went through two replacements under warranty through lin holing and corrosion.

In this place I went for stainless steel and 7 years later still going strong. Definitly worth the extra.

 

[nantucket66]

We went through 2 or 3 cheap towel rails over a few years and we eventually changed it for a Myson, it wasn't cheap (£600) but it was vastly better in terms of build quality and ability to heat the room, worth every penny imo.

 

[hotdog]

Cordivari ...

 

[Deleted User 298457]

I don't have detailed knowledge here, but it's probably a case of you get what you pay for. This heated towel rails page might help.

Are you a bot?

 

[dirtychinchilla]

Towel rails are dreadful for boiler efficiency FYI. They basically create a bypass in the system, and you drop no heat over them, creating a high return temperature back to the boiler.

If I were replacing mine, I'd get electric ones and run them for an hour every day just to get the towels dried off.