Electric fireplace with a live fire effect with steam: a review, manufacturers and owner reviews

Electric fireplace with the effect of living fire will perfectly complement even a small apartment, will give it a cosiness and a designer "zest". Manufacturers offer various design options: from classics to high-tech. And from the built-in set of functions will depend on the price of the fireplace.

Types of devices for home comfort

Electric fireplace with the effect of living fire is highly appreciated by lovers of comfort and warmth, it's so nice to spend a quiet evening, watching the orange flame and listening to the crackle of logs. Therefore, before choosing a device, you need to know that the fireplaces, like other interior items, are of different types:

• Embedded;
• Angular / straight (they are also called detached);
• In the form of pictures / televisions.

Built-in electric fireplaces with the effect of living fire are more suitable for meeting rooms, because they are miniature and the function of warming up the room in them is extremely small. However, such a device will create a favorable atmosphere in a strict office interior.

Fireplaces standing separately are more dimensional, and it should be chosen under the interior of the room, because it will not be possible to modify or complement the design. Manufacturers usually make devices from metal (mainly from pig-iron), a stone and more exotic materials: ceramics, glasses or a tree.

Corner electric fireplaces with the effect of a living fire will ideally fit into small rooms and can save a lot of space for arranging furniture. In addition, these devices are able to warm up the whole room. However, when adjusting the heating power, one should also take into account the impressive power consumption.

Fireplaces in the form of paintings have only a decorative function, in which the device plays the role of a beautiful night light. The effect of the flame in such foci is created with the help of the built-in program, so this piece of interior has a thickness of only a few centimeters.

What is this device?

An electric fireplace with the effect of a live fire with steam is a device operating on an electrical system (220 V). Its main function is to heat the room and realistic imitation of a real flame.

However, manufacturers can offer more interesting features, for example, the sound of cracking logs, the decrease / increase in the intensity of the fire and the effect of slow damping of the flame when the apparatus is turned off.

Benefits of using

Electric fireplaces with the effect of living fire reviews collect positive, and this happens not only because of the decorative function of the device. The focus has other advantages, which should be told.

• Fireplaces are suitable for the arrangement of small rooms.
• They are easy to install, so the redevelopment of the apartment is not needed.
• The functions of heating and flame simulation can work not only together, but also separately. For example, if you want to watch the flames in the middle of summer.
• Care of the device - the minimum. You only need to periodically wipe the dust from the fireplace.
• Almost every model is equipped with a remote control.
• The hearth is absolutely safe, because the fire is artificial and the body does not get very hot.

In addition, if an electric fireplace with a live fire effect has an integrated steam generator, it can act as an air humidifier. And equipping the design with a thermostat will automatically turn off the device when it reaches a certain temperature in the room.

It's time to choose

Before choosing a fireplace with the effect of a living fire, you need to determine what functions this device (decorative or heating) will perform, where you want to install the fireplace and how (built into the wall, placed in the corner or in the center of the room). In addition, it should be clarified from the seller, what is the thermal capacity of the device, ask about the availability of additional functions, such as:

• sound accompaniment;
• A steam generator that converts water into steam, which emits smoke from burning firewood (in this case it will be necessary to add water to a reservoir for this purpose);
• Humidification / purification of air;
• thermostat;
• remote control.

It is from the availability of these additional features that the price of the fireplace depends.

The best device manufacturers

The Internet is full of advertisements, in which beneficial offers from manufacturers of electrical devices are painted, but in order to get high-quality products, you should pay attention to the feedback of consumers who supplement the interior with electric fire.

So, fans of hi-tech style prefer the Irish company Dimplex. For example, the device Dimplex Cube has a cube design with glass doors, inside of which the 3D flame flashes. Such an electric fireplace with the effect of a living fire is equipped with only a heating function and the type of its installation is wall-mounted.

Another company produces built-in devices, for example, the Opti-V model, which is equipped with the function of "crackling firewood" and sparks flying over the flame and gradually dying out, the control panel. The weight of such a fireplace is not more than 30 kg, and the dimensions are 760x450x325.

Producers from China offer a wider choice of electric fireplaces. Royal Flame manufactures corner devices in stone and wood in classical style, with heating function and imitation of living fire.

Classic Flame, also a Chinese manufacturer, offers to purchase a built-in electric fence with sound, flame and heat intensity adjustment, fire color change, thermostat and control panel. In addition, an electric fireplace with the effect of a living fire is equipped with lights for firewood and a back brick wall.

Installation and installation

Electric fireplace with the effect of a living fire is an ordinary furnace with heating elements installed inside, and a lighting located in the housing. Therefore, the installation and installation of the device at home is not difficult.

• For embedded devices, it is necessary to build a niche in the wall or a box in advance (for this work, plasterboard is most often used), where the fireplace should fit without any problems.
• Wall electric fireplaces are attached to the wall by means of a mounting plate (it is necessary to drill 4 holes and fix the bar with metal anchors).
• Wall-mounted devices are installed easier than others - near the wall.

When installing the fireplace, it is not recommended to move it close to the wall, but it is better to leave ventilation gaps to prevent overheating of the electrical device.

The cost of a home flame

The price of the device depends entirely on the set of built-in functions and the model. If the hearth is equipped with sound, thermostat, air humidifier, steam generator and remote control, its cost will be not less than 170 thousand rubles.

And electric fireplaces with the effect of living fire, the price of which is several times less, will be able to boast only of heating and light capabilities. Most often, the minimum cost of such devices starts from 15 thousand rubles.