ASDA shoppers are rushing to buy an energy saving gadget that’s currently on sale for nearly half the usual price.
The supermarket giant is selling a George 3L slow cooker for just £9.50 in stores.
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It comes with three cooking settings and has a watt power of 180 watts.
It’s currently available online but for nearly double the price at £16.
That’s a £6.50 saving compared to online and not including delivery costs, which start from £2.95.
So it might be worth heading to your local Asda first to see if you can get it for cheaper there.
One happy shopper took to Facebook’s Extreme Couponing & Bargains group to share her find.
And people flocked to the comments to share their delight at the discount.
One said: “This one is brilliant, I’ve used mine for around four years, it was only £12 then which is a good price, £9.50 is even better. Really worth it.”
And another commented: “I got one of these three years ago and still works brilliantly, easy to clean!
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“For £9.50 I might go get a new one.”
Of course, stock will vary from store to store.
It might be worth phoning your local Asda first to see if they have any of the slow cookers in stock.
Remember, it’s only a bargain if you were planning to buy a slow cooker in the first place.
How much does a slow cooker cost to run?
A slow cooker could be a good investment as there are several benefits such as hand-off cooking and is designed to bring out the flavour of foods and make some meats tender.
They’re also great way to conserve energy as well as being easy to use.
It’s estimated that the average slow cooker uses roughly 1.3kWh over eight hours of cooking time.
So in order to work out the cost of making your favourite hot winter-time tea, you’ll need to do this equation.
The equation is: cost = power (kilowatt) x cost of one kWh (pence) x the length of time (just the one off meal, or over a week or month.)
For example, the Asda slow cooker would cost just 6p an hour to run.
In comparison, uSwitch worked out how much it costs to cook a boiled potato for example other appliances.
An electric oven powered at 0.97 kilowatts and used for 30 minutes costs roughly 14p under the current price cap.
So if you used it for 30 minutes every day for a year, that would cost you just over £50 a year.
It found it costs 27p in an oven, 3p in a microwave and 14p on an electric hob.
Bear in mind that this can depend on the model you’re using and how your home uses energy.
How else can I save money on my energy bills?
It’s not just cooking that could help you save cash.
You can also look at appliances in your home and change the way you use them.
For example, if you switch to spin cycle on your tumble dryer, it could slash a whopping £53 off your bill.
That’s because the setting uses recycled hot air so the machine doesn’t work as hard as it normally would.
Even your washing machine has a similar version of eco mode which could save you £63 a year.
You can also save a massive £112 a year by adjusting the flow rate on your boiler.
The controls the temperature of your heating – and it’s easy to change.
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