Glow-worm Easicom₃ Combi Boiler Review

Our detailed review of the Glow-worm Easicom₃ is a 10-minute read and includes:

Easicom₃ boiler prices
Warranty length
Glow-worm online brand reviews
Potential gas bill savings
Your options for heating controls
Noise levels

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Overview: Should You Buy A Glow-worm Easicom₃ Boiler?

The Glow-worm Easicom₃ combi boiler offers excellent value for money. Boiler prices including installation are likely to sit in the region of £2,250.

The Easicom₃ is available as a 24kW or 28kW. That’s going to mean it’s suited for a 1-3 bedroom semi-detached property with 1 shower. If you have a larger property or 2 showers, you’ll need a much larger combi.

You’ll get a 5-year warranty from a brand where 80% of reviews on Trustpilot rate Glow-worm as 5 star. And after installation, expect to save anywhere from £180-320 per year on your gas bill.

Glow-worm’s Easicom₃ is low noise (50-51 dBa) and is available with a range of heating controls.

Get prices on your new Glow-worm boiler and compare those prices directly to Worcester Bosch, Vaillant and more by using our boiler configuration tool here.

Glow-worm Easicom₃ Review

Before we cover the top reasons to buy the Easicom₃ combi boiler, we’ll look at Glow-worm boiler prices and how they compare to other leading brands.

Glow-Worm Boiler Prices

Boiler Only Prices

First, let’s look at the prices you’d expect to pay from an online plumbing and heating merchant for the most efficient boiler brands we install.

Alpa E-Tec 24kW: £950
Ideal Logic Plus 24kW: £1,000
Vaillant EcoTec 24kw: £1,000
Viessmann Vitodens 25kW: £1,050
Worcester Bosch Life 24kw: £1,200

So, you should expect to pay somewhere in the region of £1,000 for a high quality 24kW combi boiler. By comparison, the Glow-worm Easicom₃ is generally priced in the region of £750 from the same plumbing and heating merchants; that’s a huge saving.

It’s available as a 24kW or 28kW, so it’s going to be suitable for 1-3 bedroom properties that have 1 shower. For those properties that have more than 1 shower, you’ll need a bigger combi boiler (at least 35kW), so the Easicom₃ won’t be suitable.

You can use our clickable boiler installation tool to determine if the Glow-worm Easicom₃ is suitable for your property and how much it’s going to cost.

Boiler Installation Prices

Boiler installation prices for the Glow-worm Easicom₃ combi boiler are likely to be around £2,250. We say “likely” as there are plenty of variables that affect the price, including but not limited to:

The size of your boiler; a 24kW Easicom₃ is going to be cheaper than the 28kW
If your pipework or flue needs to be upgraded to comply with current Gas Safe and building regulations
The type of heating controls you plan to use; a smart thermostat could be over £100 more expensive than a basic radio frequency control

Boiler installation costs for all brands tend to sit in the £2,250-£3,000 range, meaning you’ll be at the lower end by installing a Glow-worm boiler. In comparison to the likes of Worcester Bosch and Alpha (a couple of other leading brands), expect to save around £250 on your overall installation cost.

To get exact prices for your installation and compare that price directly to other boiler brands, use our clickable boiler installation form here.

We’ve also got a guide that explains new boiler costs here, which covers all the factors that affect your overall installation cost.

Reasons To Buy The Glow-worm Easicom₃

A glow-worm boiler on a wall in a modern kitchen

Apart from the fact the Easicom₃ offers excellent value for money in comparison to other leading brands in the UK heating space, what are the other reasons to buy it?

5-Year Warranty

The warranty offered by manufacturers is incredibly important. Like any mechanical appliance, you’re going to get breakdowns over time. And when this happens, you’ll need to call a Gas Safe engineer to fix any problems.

Typical costs to repair or replace components in a combi boiler are as follows:

Auto air vent: £125
Fan: £250
Printed Circuit Board (PCB): £400
Heat exchanger: £450
Air pressure switch: £225

If your boiler is under warranty, all of the above would be fixed for free. Put simply, you want the longest warranty possible.

The Glow-worm Easicom₃ comes with a 5-year warranty, which is inline with the warranty offered by many other manufacturers. It’s actually higher than many other boilers offered at this price point (some boilers only come with a 2-year manufacturer’s warranty).

You can get prices on-screen for boilers with a 5-10 year warranty using our clickable boiler configuration tool here.

Brand Reviews For Glow-worm

If you’ve not heard of Glow-worm before, there are a couple of things you should know…

First, the company is owned by Vaillant, a leader in the UK heating space that directly competes with Worcester Bosch. That means the majority of the components used in the Easicom₃ boiler are on-par with Vaillant or in some cases, the same.

Secondly, Glow-worm reviews online are above-par, as we can see on Trustpilot.

A snippet of the Glow-worm review scores on Trust Pilot

Glow-worm gets an average review rating of 4.4 stars. More importantly, over 80% of customers rate the Glow-worm brand as 5 star.

Put simply, Glow-worm is a brand that offers boilers on a budget, yet matches brands that are more expensive in terms of product quality, warranty and after-sales care.

You can get quotes on boilers with a warranty of 5-years or higher by using our boiler configuration tool here.

Gas Bill Savings

Both the 24kW and 28kW versions of the Easicom₃ combi boiler work at 94% efficiency. That means for every 1kWh of gas they consume, they’re able to produce 0.94kWh of heat.

This is classed as an A-rated boiler, much more efficient than older boilers. Ratings for older boilers are as follows:

D-rated: 87-82%
E-rated: 74-78%
F-rated: 70-74%
G-rated: 70% or lower

A bar chart showing the annual savings of upgrading from an old to a new boiler

As you can see from the above graphic produced by the Energy Saving Trust, this could mean a huge saving on your gas bill. Depending on the rating of your current boiler - assuming you live in a semi-detached house - you could see gas bill savings of £180-320 per year.

With finance available, the savings on your gas bill would almost cover the monthly cost of your new boiler!

Our boiler tool here gives fixed prices on-screen, as well as estimates of how much you’re likely to save by upgrading to an A-rated combi boiler such as the Easicom₃.

Flexible Heating Controls

An image of the MiGo link controls for a Glow-worm boiler

The Glow-worm Easicom₃ has a clear and easy to use LCD display. Alongside this, you'll have a range of options when it comes to controlling your new combi boiler, and your heating system as a whole.

Glow-worm's Easicom₃ is compatible with the likes of the:

MiGo Select - A cheap and easy to use wireless room thermostat
MiGo Link Gateway - A device used to integrate your Easicom₃ into your smart home, allowing for heating adjustment remotely and access to energy usage stats
MiSet - A touch-screen smart thermostat
Climastat - The cheapest and simplest thermostat that Glow-worm offer

Low-Noise

Older boilers can be incredibly noisy, with most older boilers being 60 dBa or higher. If your boiler is located in an airing cupboard next to a bedroom, or even below one, the noise is going to be noticeable.

Luckily, as part of the R&D of the Easicom₃, Glow-worm focused on making this boiler as quiet as possible. And every dBa reduction makes a huge amount of difference, as you can see in this graphic produced by the Hearing Health Foundation.

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