Dimplex: Revillusion Herringbone Brick 36

The electric fire that finally looks like a fire.

Quick Facts

• Heating Capacity: 0–450 sq ft
• Viewing Area: 36″ wide, portrait-tall
• Fuel: Electric.
• Controls: Built-in touch controls plus a remote for flame color and light intensity.
• Fan: Included

Who It’s For

Most electric fireplaces put a ribbon of flame on a flat panel, and from across the room it reads as light, not fire—the feature meant to anchor the room ends up looking like an appliance. You need an electric fire with depth: logs, flame, and brickwork you can see into. If you want a taller, traditional fire with no gas line, the Revillusion 36 Portrait in the Herringbone backer is the one. A flat-panel electric will glow on the wall; this one holds the room’s attention.

What Makes It Special

Dimplex’s patented Revillusion flame effect plays across a partially frosted acrylic panel set behind the logs, so the fire appears from within the logs and you can see clear through it to the herringbone brick at the back. It’s a full-depth view of a firebox, not a picture of one.

The logs are Realogs—handcrafted from real wood, with LEDs inside that pulse like live embers. The remote shifts the light color and intensity, so the fire can run from a low glow to full flame depending on the evening.

When you want warmth, Dimplex rates the fan-forced heater to warm up to 1,000 square feet; in most rooms, expect up to 450 sq ft, depending on climate and layout. When you don’t, run the flames alone and enjoy the fire in July.

Possible Downsides

• Flame and heat both need electricity, so it won’t warm the room in a power outage.
• Herringbone is the only backer on this unit; the same firebox comes in Black, Neutral Brick, and Weathered Concrete.
• Heating is fan-forced, so the fan runs whenever the heat is on.

If you’ve ruled out electric because the flames never looked real, the Revillusion 36 Portrait is the right decision. The room it’s in becomes the room the house lives in.

The Revillusion 36 Portrait comes in four backer finishes—Herringbone, Neutral Brick, Weathered Concrete, and Black—so the brickwork behind the flame can match the room, and the tempered glass front and plug kit are included.