We do not have one yet but I will have one as soon as the budget allows. We love the feel you get when you look at a fire in the fireplace. You warm up even if it is fake.

Joe and Sherri

A fireplace was on our list of options when ordering our Cedar Creek.  We enjoy it immensely and definately consider it a must have.  We wanted it for the ambience and was surprised by how much heat it puts out.  Although it won't heat the entire house during a winter's day it will take the chill off well into the fall which saves on propane.  We have a braided rug in front of it which the katts enjoy curling up on when the fireplace is on - nice Curier and Ives setting!  As a matter of fact, it is a little chilly this morning and I am sitting in the warmth of the fireplace as I write this entry.

Our unit came with the fireplace as a standard.  We asked if we could get cabinets instead of the fireplace and were told no.  Boy are we glad they didn't let us change to cabinets!

We use it way more than we ever expected.  Although the ambience is nice, we use it for the heat.

We would definitely want one again!

I agree with everyone else.  I truly love our fireplace and would want another one.  It is like once you get a trailer you never want to go back to tenting or once you have the toilet you don't want to go back to a port-a-john or bushes! LOL!  We have built many a campfire over the 35+ years in Wyoming and even though we still do, we really like the option of pushing the button and getting an instant one! 

Jan

I bought one at Lowes for around $150 and installed it myself in the wall between the living area and the garage. We love it and use it all the time. It has a remote that works from the bedroom, so can turn it on in the morning to preheat the livingroom. Helps on those cold mornings. Would be a must on a new trailer. 

I want a fireplace when we get a fifth wheel hopefully next year after we hopefully sell the house in the spring.  My husband wasn't so big on it so I will make sure he reads this forum.  Thanks for helping me:)

Our fiver came with one installed in the living room.  We really like it and makes it just a little nicer/homey.  When we are on hookups, we use it all the time.  During this last winter, we were without hookups for 2 months and had to use the Honda to power the rig.  What I did not like, was that the fireplace draws close to 15 amps, forcing the Honda to run harder, which in turn uses more fuel. 

What I did, was got myself a small ceramic heater that is only 1000 watts and placed it beside the fireplace for extra heat when we are running on the Honda.  This keeps the Honda just above idle and maintains good fuel economy.

I wonder how difficult it would be to mount a variable control on the heat setting for the fireplace?????? so that i could turn down how much power it is consuming??

I just spent the evening with friends inside their NuWa HitchHiker Champagne.  It was pouring outside and chilly, and their fireplace was wonderful.  I'm convinced! We would also consider mounting a ventless propane Wave 4 or 6 on a wall in the living room for those boondocking times.

Roy

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I used to bake cookies to warm our old camper, now I just turn the fireplace on. Much nicer.

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But I bet you miss that warm aroma of baking cookies!!!! Or do you just toss a chocolate chip cookie into the fireplace evey so often???

 I had a free-standing electric fireplace that can be run for looks, but also has the heat control of: off, low or high. It looks like an antique parlor type with the plastic around it resembling cast iron.  I found it in a second hand store, in new condition. The former owner had gotten divorce papers from his wife and in anger cut the cord off. I paid $20 for it, brought it home and had the hubby wire a new 3-prong plug to it (which was several years ago). While we are now in the process of our restoration of our coach, I brought it out and removed the extra chair behind the co-pilot seat and set the fireplace in position, plugged it in and turned it on, then called the hubby for a look-see. He liked it so much, he installed a bracket on the wall behind it and a drop hitch to the back of the fireplace. Now we can enjoy sitting in front of it watching the flames flicker, and if it gets chilly out we can turn on the heater part without having to fire up the furnace.

We just added one to our 1995 Alfa See-Ya 5th Wheel. Had a perfect spot for it.

See the photos here: http://thebearii.shutterfly.com/27

Just spent the month of July in Chula Vista RV Resort near San Diego.

Temperatures were in the 60 to 70 at night, so didn't use the heat function on the fireplace.

We did use it for ambience while watching the TV above it.

Ours has the electric fire plus glowing embers, sound of a crackling fire (including wind noise if you want it) and what they call sparkle. Sparkle is 8 randomly placed LED lights in the fake logs that light up in a random pattern, accompanied by a pop sound, so it makes it seem like the fire is shooting off little embers. This unit was the most realistic fake fireplaces we looked at.

It was kind of funny having the A/C going full blast while watching our fake fire......

It was well worth the cost and time it took to install.

We enjoyed it just like we do a campfire or our fireplace at home. It's just as relaxing to watch and listen to, as a real fire.

We have added a free standing Fire Place in our Travel Trailer we really do enjoy it. Got lucky saw it on sale at Home Depot for 50% off. Tammy really enjoy's it. It dose not take up any usable room in our trailer. Fits againts wall when slide is out.

Are you folks talking about electric fireplaces? Or propane ones?

Just curious... if we decided to yank out one of our couches, we were thinking of putting an Olympic Wave heater on that wall. Wondering now about a gas fireplace and making it kinda cozy?



-- Edited by KarenInTheWoods on Sunday 18th of October 2009 11:43:58 AM

We ordered our 5th wheel with one. We debated it and decided to go ahead and get it. After reading this thread I'm really glad we did. Thanks for all that feed back.

Hiway Ranger -- we're interested in the ventless propane.  would like to find more information -- is there a brand or such I could google?

Also interested in electric.  We'd be adding to our existing rv, not having installed in a new one.

Thanks,
Karen

-- Edited by KD on Sunday 7th of March 2010 04:57:54 PM

We like having the storage space an Electric heater does what a fireplace will do and when we want a fire we just do it outside.

Mallo

Thank-you all for the information. We had wanted a fireplace but the 5th Wheel we bought didn't have one. We discussed getting one later and now after reading this thread I know for a fact we will be getting one. Now we have to start the research, but it's all good I'm discovering!

Paula

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I know this is an old post...but we have the fireplace and we love it.  It is very nice on cool mornings.  I dont regret that option.

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Noticed you have a smaller 5th Wheel. Do you have picture of how and where you fireplace fits inside? Trying to figure out if we would be able to install an elect fireplace in our 5ver.  ~Tricia

 

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Since last post we got a 2009 Montana and traded in the 2002 Cedar Creek. Fireplace was still a "must have". An extra bonus - the fireplace sits under our 40' flat screen. While traveling or when we want more light in the room and not watching the tv, the tv slides down behind the fireplace to expose a large window.

Yep - still love the fireplace.

Phyllis

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....ohhh....really like that idea a lot!!! Happy RVing! ~Tricia

 

Great to have the feedback on 'Fireplaces' in RVs. On the KeystoneRV.org forum I found an owner of another model of Cougar who redesigned the cabinets under the TV and installed a fireplace. So...there is hope for us! Whoopee!!! It will be so cozy on chilly mornings...or chilly evenings. ~Tricia

Pictures on my Blog.

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We have one in our 2009 Montana.  Since we had one in the S&B, I wanted one in the RV.  Luckily we found one with a Dimplex electric fireplace already installed.  Had some problems with it but Dimplex took care of them hastily.  Now we just love it.  We use it for heat and the ambiance is also nice.

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We have the same Dimplex in our Montana. There was a scratch in the front panel which was promptly replaced.

We would NOT do without that fire. The combination of heat and ambiance is unbeatable.

Paul

I would suggest maybe checking with a custom cabinet maker.I'll bet they could help you.

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By the way, when camping in the cold, do any of you leave your fireplace on all night. Just wondering if it as safe to do so. Sure would save on the furnace running.

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Yes we do but, if it's really cold we also run a small electric heater at the same time. The output from our Dimplex will keep the chill off but can't seem to keep up with a freeze.

Paul

I'm kind of in the middle on this. I've seen those built in fake fireplaces in RVs and must admit it might be nice to hunker down with one on a cold rainy/stormy night, but the other half of me says it's just another "thing" that can go bump in the night. Saw one a couple of years ago in a big high end 45' DP and it was actually a real propane unit https://cozzy.org/best-central-vacuum-system-reviews/ It actually had real flames burning in it. Looked really nice but at the time I thought it might be illegal, although the owners said it wasn't. I guess if we were to buy another new RV and the dealer told us he'd throw a propane burning fireplace in to sweeten the deal, I might just go for it but for right now it's not a need or a want for us. However if he told us he throw in a nice built in wine cooler, I'd probably jump on that offer real quick like:)

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