The photos in the manual don't match the logs in the set, so you have to guess where they should go and the velcro doesn't line up well. The logs look pretty good. Coal bed does not. I added some loose coals from a gas log and that helped a lot. Flames look ok. I bought this primarily for supplemental heat in a 3 season porch. I have a freestanding 1500 watt heater that throws a lot more heat than this 1500w heater. I'm not sure why. It might be ok for a smaller room. It looks nicer than many other electric logs, but in the end, it's just ""fine"". Not ""good"" or ""great"".