Lovely little fireplace
4/5
Very lovely stove. The logs are good and looks decently real, especially in evenings. Ofc it won't fool people but it doesn't look cartoony - just very classy. Can control the on/off manually or with a remote, but if doing it with a remote it cant do the heat/adjust the heat. That must be done manually and then the remote will remember the setting it was on when you switch it on and off. But if you wanna alter the heat or have lights only, that's a manual thing. Not a huge deal but I think missed opportunity not to put the heat controls on the remote.
As a heater this does work well, it's kinda loud/blowy (there are two heat settings and level 2 aka max heat sounds well ... like a heater). But it does do a really good job at heating up the room so it is affective!!
All in all would recommend especially for the price, star only knocked off simply for no heat controls on the remote is all. Fireplace itself looks classy. The door opens (which is where the heating controls are hidden - took us a while to figure that out as the door was stiff first time so we thought it didn't open! But it does and that's where the controls are fyi).
We're very happy and this completes our room.
Allie