Looking for best (most realistic) looking medium size insert for electric fireplace.

We put in a Dimplex 30" this fall. The DF3015. Sounds like the one you are looking at, only smaller. We like it. We had a 20 year old gas insert that was inefficient, built into a corner, with a regular chimney chase, vented up thru the roof (in case we wanted to switch to wood someday). My husband didn't want to update with another gas unit, and wanted to go electric. I really didn't care, altho I thought, gee that's going to look super fake. We bought it thru a local fireplace store and they removed the old gas unit and re-framed the opening. We had the chimney removed and roof repaired.(husband said a few chimney boards were starting to rot) Had a tile guy trim with rough slate. We already had slate down for the hearth and there was electrical behind in "the hole" already. So it was a bigger project due to the de-construction aspect, but glad we did it. I tried to take a photo of the "fire" but can't capture it without glare. Nighttime photos aren't any better. It's a nice quality unit with lots of adjustments to the flame and blower thru the remote control. This website gives the specs for our unit, altho we did not purchase it here. Here is a link that might be useful: DF3015

I have asthma and cannot use any burning fuel. Briefly considered a corn or pellet stove until some honest user admitted that they get a whoosh of smoke occasionally. Then I looked into gas. I can't use unsealed gas logs because the combustion products set off my asthma and even having a pilot light burning in some B-and-B rooms we have stayed at has sent us looking for the owners to turn them off. For me, a SEALED GAS unit was the only solution for using a combustion unit to add heat to a room. Not to mention, (as someone noted above) that using a regular gas log will actually suck your heated (by furnace) air right up the chimney, costing you more $ for heating than the BTUs you add to the house by burning the gas logs in the first place. Look in the research, it is all over the place. The only gas fireplace that adds heat is the sealed unit, which would start at $3000 for my fireplace size. But for $600 I got an electric Classic Flame fireplace with LED flashing lights in the logs and embers that simulate real burning, the flames that DIY GUY 419 is getting, a flickering downlight like his that makes the whole thing look real, and real SOUNDS too. I am glad the real sounds are no longer offered. You memorize the crackle pattern too fast and it gets on your nerves. Every time one of the embers in your logs spark, you hear the "pop" and you hear crackles and the wind at the top of the chimney, too , with the volume on high! I love my fake fireplace. I am not sure I will have the $ for the sealed gas one in this lifetime, and the heater keeps me warm. My family say it adds ambiance, compared to an empty black hole, which is my only alternative.

Currently, there is no such thing as a see-thru electric fireplace. Amantii offers a bay style electric fireplace, you'd have to contact your local fireplace retailer to see if they carry the Amantii line or if they know where you can get them from.