Who writes the guidesMeet our editors
Three people write and edit everything on Electric Fireplace Guide. The work is reading spec sheets, installation and owner's manuals, warranty terms and buyer reviews, lining models up side by side, and updating the rankings when prices or models change. Every guide names the person who wrote it and the person who edited it.
Senior editor
Erin is the senior editor of Electric Fireplace Guide. She decides which models make each ranking, checks the width, heater output and installation type against the manual, and reads owner reviews for the complaint that keeps coming back. Her pet subject is the flame picture: what owners say about it in daylight, with the heater off.
- Choosing a type: insert, wall-mount, mantel or TV stand
- Built-in vs wall-mounted trade-offs
- Flame effects, colours and remotes
- Keeping the rankings current
Installation & power writer
Derek writes the guides on power, heat output and recessed installation. He is the one who reads the electrical section of every manual, checks whether a unit really plugs into an ordinary outlet or wants its own circuit, and lines up cut-out dimensions across listings. He isn't an electrician, and his guides say clearly when you need one.
- Recessed cut-outs and framing dimensions
- Plug-in vs hardwired: outlets and circuits
- Heater output: what 1,500 W covers
- Reading the electrical pages of a manual
Furniture & warranty editor
Paige covers the furniture side of electric fireplaces: TV stands, mantel packages, care and accessories. She is the one who reads the assembly manual and the warranty small print, counts the boxes a mantel ships in, and checks how much TV a console is rated to hold. If a finish photographs well but owners keep reporting chipped corners, she'll tell you.
- TV-stand sizing: console width vs screen size
- What a mantel package really includes
- Assembly, box count and shipping weight
- Warranty terms, care and replacement parts
- Accessories worth buying