How to choose an electric fireplace?
An electric fireplace gives a flame effect and heat from electricity, with no chimney, fuel or soot. You plug it into a socket and it works, so it is the easiest solution for an apartment without a chimney and for anyone who wants atmosphere without maintenance. All the electricity is turned into heat, but electricity is an expensive way to heat, so an electric fireplace is mostly used for supplementary warmth and ambience. Here is what to watch for when choosing, and the whole range is one click away.
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Decide whether you need just the flame or heating too
Electric fireplaces have two functions that work separately, the flame display and the heater. Some models are mainly for atmosphere, while others have a stronger heater for supplementary heating of a smaller space. If warmth matters to you, check the heater's power, and if you only want ambience, you can run the flame without the heating.
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Choose the installation type by the space
Electric fireplaces come as wall-mounted, built-in, freestanding and as built-in cassettes that imitate a real firebox. Wall-mounted ones hang like a TV and save space, built-in ones go into a wall or a media wall, and freestanding ones are easy to move. Decide where the fireplace goes before you choose the shape.
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Look at the quality of the flame effect
The whole charm of an electric fireplace is how convincing the flame looks. Newer models use LED technology, and some use a water vapour effect that creates a flame like a real one, with a three-dimensional look. If possible, see the flame in person or on video, because the difference between a cheap and a quality effect is visible.
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Count on the price of electricity
An electric fireplace turns almost all the electricity into heat, but electricity is the most expensive way to heat, so it isn't a solution for heating a whole apartment all winter. For supplementary warmth and atmosphere it is excellent, because the flame can run without the heater at low consumption. A thermostat and a remote control help stop the heater running longer than it needs to.
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