It does exactly as described. The fire flames are really gorgeous and give the room a lovely glow for atmosphere. I bought to heat our conservatory as there is no central heating in there and is unbearably cold. It does need to be on full wack but after a while the room is lovely and toasty meaning it’s now a useable room in the winter! It’s large in size, looks pleasing. You can hear the fire heater but you forget it and just becomes background noise. The flames are visible and have a lovely flicker my only negative is the coals do look false. It’s perfect for what we needed.