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Mine also. Is being delivered today. Don't even have prime (embarrassed)

Price only. If you give me the choice of netatmo or these at this price, I'm taking netatmo all day long. The initial setup with netatmo was a minor pain while alll the valves updated etc in order to work properly. Once done they have been excellent

Damn expired, was looking for some of these

Mine have been dispatched (party)

I just took from your comment that you would prefer this brand. Or were you just referring to price? (y) 🏻

I took a half day holiday to wait in. Was offered a free hive light bulb quite insulting really. Won't get that holiday back do complained they then offered £30 which I'm still waiting on a bit like installation

I had exactly the same thing happen to me.

British Gas customers can get a better deal, as this post doesn't include installation. British Gas are doing this with a 40% off code valid until 31/8/19 with professional installation. That works out at £149 installed... and includes is a FREE Echo Dot (3rd Generation).

Maybe because it doesn't include installation?

how is it cold? This is the cheapest at the moment !

Shame they are sooooo expensive to run. I kept thinking about getting one but can’t justify over £30 a month in running cost

I've found energy suppliers are getting particularly cheeky now. Our fix with Scottish Power is about to finish so been checking tariffs. Previously have checked using comparison sites then checked Quidco/TCB before signing up. But now they have specific tariffs only available via the comparison sites. If you go direct or via Quidco/TCB the tariffs are significantly more expensive. It's adding even more complexity to a already stupidly complex market.

Didn’t think that energy suppliers were allowed to offer cash-back directly anymore.

Spent an hour on EDF online chat trying to get a cheaper tariff. The guy made out he was taking to a manager to get me an exclusive deal. Turns out in the end he was going to reduce my DD, not my tariff & they could then up my DD again at any time, so really no deal at all! Ditched & joined Shell.

EDF were dreadful when I switched last year.......7 months to sort out my account!!!!!!

I went over to Bulb on the 13/03/19. Got £30.00 topcash back,Tracked and paid. Waiting for £40.00 bill credit from bulb, Should be paid by 13/05/19. Also £50.00 refer a friend by 05/05/19. All that on top of the best price and no leaving fees.

Yeah you can get £50 instantly using a referral I did with a friend and I’m still with them great company

Is the offer still running?

Ordered mine I see on eBay people are trying to flog their referrals and offering an extra £25 so £75

I chose the tree (y)

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Referral bonus. Nice little earner for providing a link eh? Maybe we should have a referral bonus auction to see who will be less greedy? I think that the person who will be paying the bills should have the lions share.

Very good to use. Cheapest on the market for me, great customer service and consistently being endorsed by Martin Lewis. See PM.

Is bulb good do they use smart meters if yes give ve me a referral through pm thanks

You get £30 for switching with MSE cheap energy club

Hold your horses, you can get 50 quid by switching to bulb.

Which one is better ? safe fill or flo gas the green one ? On check out safe fill is £182 ? But I don’t get why flo gas charge you additional 40+ if I don’t have a gas tank to send to them ? :/ I’m well confused

Do they come with accessories?

Fair pricing on the refillable gas (if my calcs are correct), I know natural gas is lot cheaper but compared to heating with Electricity (y) 1 Litre of Propane = 7 KWh (rounded) so at 52p litre thats around 7.43 pence per Kwh

Excellent post!

£74.29 for me and that's with a cylinder return, cheaper from a local supplier of Calor

If you're with SSE, do yourself a big favour and switch. I switched from EON to bulb lately and saved myself £400. Big 6 energy firms rip you off hard. Have a look on uSwitch today and see if there's a better deal out there. If you do want to switch to bulb / if they're also the cheapest, send me a PM. Can send you my link for friends for £50 when you switch.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/bills-and-utilities/gas-electric/energy-firms-offloading-dumb-smart-meters-make-sure-dont-get/

Which mans another dumb meter in the main, but the fickle govt tick box of "job done" (more like taxpayer bent over & took it) is complete, whilst you have & maintain the dumb, non-universal meter which you had back at square one! FFS

Enjoy reaping what you sow. (y) & your extremely cold "deal".

Just because I don't write an essay does not mean my opinion is invalid. It's a free £25 for the customer. I don't care what SSE plan to do with the data or how much money the government has wasted on the initiative.

No a "Smart meter" will not save you money by itself . It "should " help save you money by encouraging you to switch things off or turn heating down etc. It should also not cost you more as your bills depend ONLY on your tariff and usage , not on the meter/s that are measuring that usage . We are already paying £billions for these meters to be fitted in our bills (regardless of whether we have one fitted ) . I have fitted an energy monitor like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/geo-Minim-Energy-Monitor-Self-Installed/dp/B00JIMQP6Y/ref=sr_1_6?crid=HUOIJUX3FMDO&keywords=power+meter+energy+monitor&qid=1552139272&s=gateway&sprefix=power+meter,aps,160&sr=8-6 Seems expensive now ,but got mine 8 or 9 years ago from EON for £7.99 (sender just clips over the meter supply and display sits on the mantlepiece) and it does show me when I leave the oven on etc. So I'm not against what "Smart" meters do ,but against what the energy companies could do with them . There are too many urban myths (good and bad ) around these meters so stay well clear is my advice . Roll out was supposed to be complete by 2019 , then 2020 (when suppliers will face fines for not installing their quota , Really !?! ) "Technical problems" are apparently behind the delay :/ and will NOT be resolved by 2020 or even 2022 . The "reprogramming of SMETS 1 meters to SMETS 2 meters is simply "aspirational hogwash" and will only be possible with a small percentage of the newer SMETS 1 meters . "Think" reprogramming an I Phone to become an Android phone . As @J4GG4 commented this was promised 2 years ago but has yet to materialise . Differential (sometimes called Variable ) pricing is my main worry . This means the energy company could vary your unit prices dependant upon your historical usage (raising them when you use the most ) probably modified by a simple algorithm dependant upon when there is excess capacity in the system ( a Smart Economy 7 if you like) . They will , of course present this as a "Discount " as times you use the least energy will cost less per unit ! Another reason Differential pricing will hurt the consumer is that switch sites will be unable to give accurate comparisons as individual consumers will be only different rates at different times of the day , for different periods depending on their habitual usage (which the energy companies will obviously know and exploit ) . Additionally many smaller energy companies will not have the technology to join in the fun ,so many will simply disappear ,thus cutting down competition . Sorry for the long Saturday essay , a difficult read I know . However it is important that consumers understand the advantages and disadvantages of these meters . Too many , as displayed by some comments on this thread , are misinformed on this very important subject or believe the aspirational hogwash put out by the energy companies and the Government (about reprogramming SMETS1 meters and a completion date of 2020 (shock) ) not to mention the Urban myths doing the rounds .

And there’s your problem, make sure you switch as soon as your rate ends if not you will be paying more and rates will still go up. Our fix ends in May we were on such a good deal that we will pay £300 more next year even if we switch to the next cheapest rate. Nothing to do with the meter just priced going up.

From MSE: https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2019/03/-misleading--smart-meter-ad-banned/

Thanks for your advice , it’s appreciated....I understand it’s the smart meter that counts the usage but so do the older meters. It’s not just one person who has had a smart meter installed that complains about price increase, it’s every household that has had it installed that has had their bills increased. Now every smart meter cannot be faulty. I think in my case most likely is they’ve switched me over from a fixed tariff which we was on for the past 4 years plus to a variable tariff. All previous bills were based on actual meter readings taken so no way we were under charged. In fact we were paying more monthly than our families and friends which led us to installing a smart meter.

It is a shambles and clearly wasn't thought through enough before they rolled out. But everything that I've read suggests that the first gen can be updated to the second gen and will be according to the government. Whether that's via SW or hw I don't know. Lots of info here... https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2017/10/smart-meter-upgrade-programme-to-start-within-a-year/

Yeah you can get £50 instantly using a referral I did with a friend and I’m still With them great company

Octopus Energy do have a referral scheme where the current and new customer both get £50 credit to their account. However, I've not added my referral link as didn't think it wouid be allowed on HUD.

Is there any sort of referral benefits from this or not? Thanks

Anyone else apply for these and have revived a delivery email????

Brilliant ...received the confirmation email for the school i volunteer at ...thanks ..

Totally agree. Everything about them is exactly what a utility supplier should be like from customer service to pricing

Thank you. Always looking for freebies for schools!

Octopus energy is great. (y)

Unflattering report on Ovo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47092066

Agree with And1Split’s comment above. I used uswitch to compare and didn’t go with the absolute cheapest. Opted for Bulb based on reviews etc and a very happy customer one year on. The key is to compare unit charges and not go by estimates of what different providers think the energy will cost you each month. They also offer a £50 referral credit similar to some other suppliers. Any questions on Bulb or if you would like a referral, feel free to send me a private message.

OVO installed a meter at my house about 3-4 years ago, however there was a technical error and unknown to me the bills were being generated wrong, I contacted them as there was an error showing on the website and it wouldn't let me increase my DD. I noticed there was a section on the website where you can view an estimated bill and I was shocked to see it said £1700, I called and they told me my bills had been undervalued the whole time I had been with them and as per ofgen rules they can only send me a correct bill for 1 years electricity usage, I use roughly £20-£30 of electricity a month so thought it would be around £400 ish, I had £150 credit in my account so I was thinking £250 its not great but wont be too bad, they actually decided the £150 in my account was legally there's to take and put my account to -£700, I emailed them to recalculate and they replied 5-7 days later saying its correct and there's nothing I can do, I replied asking if I could have any compensation as it will be difficult to pay off, they said they don't have to as they have done the legal minimum, so now because I cant pay off at once I'm stuck paying £150 a month to pay off the debt slowly, once its payed off I'm switching, unfortunately I cant say I would recommend OVO to anyone. Bottom line is any money they direct debit from you is there's to keep should you find any issues with your account even if the billing issue is over a year, had I know I probably wouldn't had any saved in my account,

Best customer care I have ever seen but unfortunately not competitive on price now

They will not let you drop thousands on it. The T&Cs do mention that if you are found abusing it, they would automatically trigger a refund and would disable the benefit. My house gets pretty cold during the winter months and my last bill for electricity and gas was £211 (ouch..). My recommended direct debit is £135 but I set it up at £200 to ensure that I stay in credit. Also, it is worth mentioning that there is also another bonus that is the self-service reward when doing everything online and paying at least the recommended amount by DD: £7.50 per fuel/per quarter so a potential £60 off for the year.

I personally use it for an hour + before work. Usually i stand it on my table next to my chair while i check my emails or read my course books for work etc. If i dont have much free time i stand it closer (on the arm of my chair) and use for 20/30 mins. The closer it is the more powerful it is so less exposure time is needed.

How long do you use it for, every day ?

I think it's also aimed at those that don't see much sun light e.g. Office workers doing long hours, coal miners, maybe even Dracula ..... 8)

I suffer from SAD and so I bought this and my mood has improved significantly.

Voted HOT! (y) My partner bought me this for christmas after years of suffering from SAD and its great. I use it every single morning and its made such a difference to my mood. Fab item x

You only need a plug shape adaptor to use in India. They use 220v 50hz, UK items will work without issue. The advise above is incorrect.

I purchased one for £79 on black Friday from Amazon. I also tried the Pressure King Pro and there are lots of cheaper ones. However the IP is really well made, specifically the inner stainless steel pot which can be put on a hotplate with the lid on. I have a second inner pot so I can then cook more things for the same meal and of course you can get inner stackable pans as another accessory to cook multiple things at the same time. I haven't stopped using it every day since then and my wife loves that I now do most of the cooking :)

May be you are right and I dnt want to sound like an advocate for IP but I have boiled 6 eggs today in IP in 5-7mins and have made porridge in the past (with no stirring or baby sitting) in 10mins.

Also I got all my accessories online either from amazon or ebay but some here and some in USA.

The price isn't too bad if I'm honest.. And about cooking foods that need same cooking times.. You will get more confident as you use it more and understand how to find a happy medium. For example if I cook dal in one box rice in other and dry veg curry in third, I know dal needs more time so I will either soak it for few mins bef cooking or use hot water from kettle to make the cooking faster. All three things cook in 15 mins and no clean up at all other than the 3 boxes. Happy days!

I've lived in 3 houses now with Heating Oil Tanks and I've never had one with a dipstick, in the past I have always fashioned one out of either Broom handle or Garden Cane.

If the oil level drops quickly then it sets off an alarm on the receiver unit. My tanks is probably about 90 meters from where I have the receiver plugged in, the receiver is plugged into a socket next to a window but does not have a direct line of sight, the direct line of sight is through a stone wall, but I don't exactly know how the signal is transmitted/received so I can't give a definitive answer.

How does the alarm feature work? Does it sound an alarm at the tank or in the house? Also it says "200 metres line of sight range" does this mean the signal wont go through brick wall?

Have had two now. They last around 18/12 before dying a death.

Do you not get dip sticks with domestic tanks?

A deal...

According to https://www.selcobw.com/registration/create/cash/#/ "We accept a photo or scan of: business card, letterhead, compliment slip, certificate of incorporation, company invoice/order form, VAT certificate, tax document, CSCS card, tenancy agreement (landlords), tenancy deposit protection certificate, liability insurance certificate, or company bank statement. Do not upload bank or credit card information." So I guess you could get some business cards printed, setup as a sole trader https://www.gov.uk/set-up-sole-trader or register a limited company for £12 https://www.gov.uk/limited-company-formation/register-your-company or just ask a mate

any tips on getting a trade account without a real business?

Thanks