I just opened this but have not placed it yet because the room is not ready yet.  My husband and I put this together in about 20 minutes, it was so easy to do.  While it does not look like the real deal, it does look really nice and is a nice height.  I did not operate the heater yet but did turn it on and it looks really nice.  When you turn it off it slowly goes out so that was cool.  It also comes with an anti-topple device so you can mount it against the wall so it doesn't topple over.  I am very pleased.