It looks amazingly like a real wood fire in our fireplace. It's easy to install, as long as your fire box is big enough, and you have a nearby electrical outlet. The heaters can be turned off completely, for when it's warm, but you want that cozy fireplace ambiance.
For many years in the winter months, especially at Christmas time, I have made a real fire in our fireplace to get that cozy 'focal point of the room' feel. Which is great, except for the work involved buying the firewood, trying to get the kindling to light, adding more wood when necessary, and of course the long and dirty cleanup the next day. What if I could click a button on a remote to obtain the same result, and then click a button to turn it off, with no cleaning ever required? Well now I can.
This insert is a perfect fit for my fireplace and is bright enough and visible even behind the glass and metal gauze doors. While the 'flames' are not 100% realistic, they are extremely effective in getting the effect I was looking for. And it is a sheer joy to be able to turn the unit on and off simply and easily.

This is probably the best electric fireplace out there for the money and I am very happy with it - everyone who comes to my house thinks it looks very real. I spent quite a bit of time researching different models on different sites. This is the best product for the price and Amazon has it for less than other online stores.
After admiring a friend's wood stove look electric heater, I decided it would be wonderful to have an electric insert for our fireplace, which has been nothing but a large and very dark space in what should be a focal point. It took less than 10 minutes for my husband to open the box, remove the unit from the box, place it in the fireplace and plug it in. The remote needed to be synchronized with the unit but it's simple, takes about 10 seconds and the directions are in the manual. Our room is closer to 500 square feet and we keep the oil furnace thermostat in that zone at 60. We turned the unit on at high heat, found the fire look to be just fine and the temperature in the room was 70 degrees by the end of our movie viewing. We are very pleased with the product and would recommend it to anyone who has to think about budget. There are units out there for $500 and up to $1000 but I can't imagine that they would heat my room any better.
Perfect cozy winter ambience that I can turn on and off at the flick of a switch, and nothing to clean up, ever. What's not to love?
