I live in a third floor condo and will never haul up logs for a real fire (it's the cleanup I don't want to deal with). Converting to gas is not an option, so I bought this electric log and I am very happy with it! It's so much nicer to look at a fire (albeit not real) than an empty, dark fireplace. I think I will paint the floor of the fireplace black so the ember mat blends in better. I haven't tried the heat yet, but I'm sure that will be nice in the winter. The remote is easy to use and it's nice that you can adjust the flames, etc. to your liking. Next best thing to a real flame fireplace! Everything arrived promptly and in good shape. Would definitely buy this (and other things) from this company again.