Shop around. If you can find this one for under $300, it may be worth buying, but don't pay the full rrp.

This is a nice looking panel heater with a programmable timer and all the safety features it needs

There are cheaper panel heaters that have more features than this one - thermostat control; for instance

It is slimline and quiet, and warm my unit nicely in no time.

It heats really well. It has no moving parts, so it's completely silent. It replaced a gas heater. I prefer this one over the gas heater, because there's no gas leak and it doesn't produce carbon monoxide nor carbon dioxide inside the house which is safer in my opinion. It plugs into a standard power outlet which means it can easily be relocated as required. I only had gas bottles for the gas heater. By the time you factor in the cost of renting cylinders, I haven't found this to be any dearer to run than the gas heater anyway.

Pleased so far, waiting for my electricity bill

This panel heater warms the air with a really natural heat, if you're nearby you wouldn't even know why this room was so nice and warm. But although it is the most powerful watts in the range, it is never going to heat a large room, so make sure you know exactly what to expect when you buy, the sales people at GG were very good about explaining where they suited.

worth buying for the prize. just enough for our living room, kitchen and lounge room.