Onlyfire Outdoor Fire Pit, Patio Heater wood pellet heater, FP042

Item is well made and works great. Unfortunately, it does not really produce a lot of heat, but it is a great addition to any patio for visual effect. Would benefit having an available rain proof cover and ash box.

Bought this for the ambiance, light, and heat. Works perfect and puts off decent heat. It is a very unique and cool addition to our patio! It is built with solid materials and as a metal fabricator myself, I am pleased with the quality. You will get a feel for how many pellets to add for what amount of time you want it to burn. They have also added an ash tray which is a nice addition so you don’t have to make your own. Yes, you cannot put it out but if you plan accordingly that isn’t a big deal. I would recommend to anyone considering buying it!

After reading other reviews that the heater drops burning pellets, I saw that my wife had thrown out a 9 x 13 cookie sheet, and I had an idea: Using a pair of tin snips and metal bending pliers, I could make a tray to catch any burning pallets that fall out of the heater. The tray can be easily mounted by punching & drilling four holes where the leg stand plate mounts to the bottom of the heater, then screwing through the tray when assembling - sorry, I forgot to take a photo of hole placement. Markings on the blue tape show my measurements and where I cut and bent the metal of the cookie sheet. Photos show all steps. Since I had the tin snips and pliers out, I decided that I could also make a shallow drawer out of 6-inch aluminum flashing to go inside the air intake to catch any burnt pellets that fell out there without obstructing airflow. More blue tape and measurements show where I bent the cheap aluminum flashing. Hopefully, photos show enough steps for others to duplicate my build. After-burn photos show that the tray and the drawer caught all burning embers. Not a one got down to the deck. Success! Video shows the heater looks great when burning. Too bad it doesn’t throw much heat. My next improvement experiment will be adding a heat deflector to the top (made from a 4-inch chimney rain cap - $12 at Ace Hardware). If that proves insufficient, then I’ll add an emitter and reflector from a square pyramid patio heater.

It smoked a lot at start up, but worked great once started. There was a vortex of flame that was quite striking! I added a metal screen at the bottom to catch the burning pellets that fall through (other reviewers have mentioned this issue) Then only remaining trouble is that the pellets just pile to the bottom and you can't modulate the feed rate! That would be a nice feature, but would obviously cost more.

Love the look of this heater! Not the best heat radiance but while it misses that mark it definitely makes up for it in ambiance! The flame is very hypnotic and cool to watch while warming up! Well made too but you will need something below to catch ash from making a mess. I also attached a chimney flue spark arrestor which help to direct more heat where you need it too.