DImplex Galveston 50" Electric Fireplace

Great product. Favorably surprised. The marketing on this product is pretty bad. The only video I found was on YouTube and was very poor quality. Was difficult to get to a decision point where I was willing to take the risk to get the product, and almost didn't, but glad I did end-up getting it. Very sleek and elegant with a great fire illusion. Strangely, looks even better than a real fire. Very easy to install. We get lots of compliments and many people wanting to copy. Wish they made a version that was narrower (say 36") for another application that I have. You don't have to worry about kids touching the front surface because the front surface says cool. Switchable heat exhausts from the top. No ashes to deal with, and you don't have to deal with how the front surface of a gas insert gets a brown build-up on the inside. It's great to have it in the summer when you want a romantic fire effect without the heat. Don't know why more people don't install these in instead of a real fire place. Love it!!!!!

Easy to install if you leave some wiggle room in the opening. We sure got lots of compliments for it. The heating part not so much, It does not heat up a very big room at all. We certainly bought it for looks and we accomplished that as it is the center of the living-room where everyone in the house wants to be. Of course the nice big plasma tv above the fire place helps with that.Over all nice looking but a bit pricey.

I wanted a fireplace to provide supplemental heat in my basement. I went with electric because I have small kids and wanted something cool to the touch. I watched a YouTube video on this fireplace and decided to give it a try. I installed it flush mounted in the wall. Installation was easy once the hole was cut and the frame was built. The instructions were clear on measurements and easy to follow. The fire looks very realistic and the fireplace provides a modern looking centerpiece for the room. My basement is about 600 square feet and the fireplace puts out plenty of heat to take the chill out of the air. The product is high quality and I highly recommend it.

A total waste of money

Love the look of this fireplace and it does put out some heat, but we have a large open concept great room with high ceilings so the heat helps augment our furnace, but wouldn't replace it in this room. I think the heat would be ample for a smaller space like a bedroom. The flames are realistic and like this much better than the ones that have all the funky colors (like the Dimplex Prism). We get lots of compliment on this unit. Installation was the easiest part of this project as we had to build out a wall and recess the unit into the ledgerstone. It was a easy and plug it in and turn it on! We made the right choice with this unit!

This is our second Dimplex. The first one has the color and this one does not. We chose this one for I basement and wanted to spend a little less.So far it works fine and looks great.The heat is just okay but you should not purchase this for the heat. It is for the look in my opinion.My contractor said it was a pain to put in. He does wine alot however. When we got our first one put in there was no complaints from the builder. Either way it is a great look to a room.

The firebox is very nice however the front glass is a type of safety glass and shatters very easily. We purchased this in July and the glass broke on us while moving the fire box. When we called the vendor that this was sold threw amazon we felt like it was quite a bit of a run around to get this replaced. We ended up calling Dimplex in Canada to get this replaced. Did not get the customer service we expected.

I saw this fireplace in a house for sale featured on the New York Times and had to have it, and now I do.I bought it with a best offer on eBay for $900 shipped. My boyfriend thought that was *rhymes with started.*It is gorgeous. It doesn't stick out of the wall too far (while an in-wall mounting would be preferable - I settled for on the wall). I love looking at it.As for functionality, I appreciate that in the summer, I will be able to run this fireplace for show, but without heat. As for the heater part... My apartment building is old, and poorly maintained, and therefore not energy efficient, which is why I needed some sort of space heater, and opted for this one. That said, I'm grateful it hasn't been too cold in Boston yet... When it does get colder (like tomorrow), I'm worried that this thing just isn't going to cut it. My room is 12'x18' with a 13' ceiling. The loft bed in my room does benefit from the heat being 8' up, but the lower level doesn't quite benefit enough. I see no reason to run it on low heat - always high.Conclusion: good for show, less so for heat (very glad I didn't pay full price - which, while searching for this one at a more affordable price, seems to average $1,400 new).