Bought this just before Christmas. Took 10 minutes to install in my fireplace. I ran it while the wife was at work. On Christmas Day, I turned it and the Crackler on and waited for the wife to get up. She came in and asked when I had time to build a fire. Took a few minutes to get her to realize it was electric. We have been running it whenever we are in the living room. Both daughters love it and insist on having it on.