great buy

I've had this in my fireplace for over a year. It got my basement kinda warm, but I quickly realized it wasn't the geaters fault. It took me until this winter to figure that the fireplace was the reason it wasn't warm. Even though I would cover the opening with a blanket the outer bancket would be cold. I used a temperature gun and saw the fireplace was in the 30s. When the heater was on it would get to the between 48 and 55. So I decided to get the thin reflective insulation from HD along with the foil tape as seen in the photos. I did add more to the bottom joints of the fake fireplace place brick, because cold air diverted to this area. The temp with the insert off is now between around 55. With the insert on it keeps the basement warm and insidethe fireplace is around 108 if kept on. I also nolonger need to cover the front of the fireplace with a blanket. Before applying any tape you need to clean the fireplace out. I vacuumed and used soplapy water and dried. If you don't the tape will stick and the creosote will just block it. I think that's the issue with all the people saying it doesn't keep it warm aren't prepping right. The basement is the coldest part of the house. So if you don't properly insulate the heater will be fighting the cold air. The laundry room is warm due to the furnace being in there.

My only negatives are you can only get the heater to stay on in the on setting. Any other temp setting it's timed.
The other negative is you can't run the heater with without the light. You can run the light without the heater however.

Overall this is a good buy, because we want to be able to use the fireplace in case of an emergency.

And good value
Haven't used heat is only reason 4. Could be brighter, though that might diminish "effect" , appear more fake. You won't mistake it as real. Looks great, placed a mirror behind, real fire screen in front. It works. It's easy and well priced

After getting hit with a $200 gas bill, I bought this unit to replace that costly gas fireplace. I am more than pleased with this TURBRO electric fireplace...it replaces the ambience of that gas and ceramic log unit I was using.

It's a clever piece of kit, having a rod with reflectors that turns over very bright lights to give a realistic illusion of flames at the back of the fireplace. But knowing the 'magic' of this device I was bothered by the shadow of the wheel on the front of the 'logs', showing a clear shadow of the reflectors as they turned. So I pulled off the plastic top (only 4 screws) and strategically placed paper towels inside the front of the 'logs' to diffuse the shadow of the wheel, put the top back on and Bob's your uncle it gives a great illusion of my previous setup.

The illusions so real I swear I can feel heat from it (I don't run the actually heater in it) and I am thinking I will now use my fireplace a lot longer than I did before.

This gizmo deserves 5 stars given it's low price and I only took off a star because I had to add the diffusion to the front. I highly recommend this if you like the 'ambiance' of a fireplace but want to avoid the horror of your gas bill.

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