We are absolutely in love with this Electric Fireplace Heater! We have been using this to add extra warmth in our family room, and everybody loves watching the flames - especially the animals. It puts out a lot more heat than we had hoped, and the dogs and cats love curling up in front of it.It is very quiet, and we have not noticed any increase in our electric bill. In fact, we have been using less gas for our furnace, because we can turn down the heat, and just heat the room we are in. it is pretty lightweight, so I can put it wherever I need it most. It has both a high and low setting for the heat, which I really like because I can control how much heat it is putting out.Best of all - it has a dial to increase or decrease how much "flame" is showing. My little kids think that turning it up makes the room warmer, lol, so when they are "cold" we turn up the brightness first. Most of the time, they aren't really cold, they just want to see the flame ha!