What a piece of art/decor to someone's living room/bedroom and even office. Quite a beauty. The look is quite that old world stovetop/fireplace that you can see in a classic black and white movie and/or Charles Dicken's novel. Arrive as is, nothing to assemble really except for the additional 4 small legs (screwed and done, nothing to it).

The warm heat that projects at the bottom is substantial. You feel the warm air coming out of it in an instant. But what I love the most is the overall look and ambience of the glowing coal and the simulated fire in the background. And they can be dim as well! Enjoying the warmth of it last night while listening to some old Christmas/Holiday music. I'm very pleased! Thank You!

Heater has a large amount of output for its smaller size. It fits in the limited wall space while being safe distance from combustible materials. Very good value for the price so far.

First, this fireplace is really cute...of course, it's not a "real" flame, so don't expect it to be completely "realistic". However, it does provide a nice effect (I especially like it as a glowing night light). I do think the "coals" need a little more contrast, so I'm planning to add a bit of flat black paint to suit my own aesthetic preference.

The unit puts out a good deal of heat. I'm using it as the only heat source for a room that is about 15x15 feet with high ceilings. As long as the air is circulated with a ceiling fan, the heater keeps the room comfortably warm (70-75° F) without having to run all day and night. I don't like the bedroom "toasty", so I don't know how it would work for those who prefer a warmer room.

I've not had it long enough to determine its effectiveness during longer periods of very cold weather"”but I will say, the room stayed at a comfortable range over 3 nights of below freezing temperatures. The thermostat seems to be effective.

Additionally, I've watched my power meter with the heater on and off and can see only a slight energy consumption. Time will tell how much it will actually cost to run.

All-in-all, I would recommend the product.

I have wanted to buy an electric fireplace since I saw one at a relative's house. When I asked to see the flame effects, he said that he was sorry, but this didn't work. I wondered why, and now I know what may have happened to his electric fireplace.

My own arrived 15 days after purchase, just after the Christmas holiday. I have added a photo of the box. Nowhere on the box does it say not to turn the box on its side or not to turn upside down. However, the unit is otherwise well packaged. I do not recall seeing anything about not keeping the unit upright in the instruction and operating manual (seen in the foreground in the photo) that comes with the appliance. I noticed when I was installing the four legs on the bottom of the unit that it seemed to have something loose inside. When I turned the fireplace on, it made a thump-thump sound. When I reached over the top of the curved, plastic screen inside the fireplace, I could feel a metal rod with irregular, flanged shapes on it. This was what was loose. I contacted the importer for the fireplace by telephone and learned that I had to remove the back of the fireplace to put this piece back in place. There are about 20 screws on the back of the unit. About half of these hold the backplate in place, and the others hold the curved, plastic screen in place. Once the backplate was removed, I saw what was wrong. The rod with the irregular shapes is attached to a motor that is on a metal bracket that has plastic offsets that are supposed to be attached to the bottom of the fireplace. It seems like this piece was glued to the bottom of the fireplace instead of screwed. It would only take three more little screws on the bottom of the fireplace that fits into the plastic offsets for the motor to have avoided this problem. I found three screws to reattach this assembly horizontally, and now my electric fireplace has the desired flame effects.

I feel sorry for the importer who must be having problems with this assembly shaking loose in the fireplace and the flame effects not working. I wonder how many customers are calling the helpline on account of not having these three screws installed?

Other than this one thing and my wasted time to fix the unit, I am quite happy with the unit and will spend this evening eating dinner in front of my new electric fireplace.

I absolutely love this fireplace. Perfect size for my space and the settings for flame color, speed, log color are a great variety. Just lovely. Totally worth the price. And the heat is nice and warm.