"john Smith" wrote in message
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Thanks for all your replies, I was hoping for someone to make the decision
for me
as it still seems to be 50-50.

Can any-one recommend anything else, i.e. the gas powered patio heaters
that
are now
so readily available in places like BQ and Costco

BTW, all radiant heaters are "infra red". That's because heat
radiation is just light with a frequency below red in the spectrum.
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Nick Wagg