Have to admit, I'm surprised by all the positive comments. Our house sits on a ravine lot so the backyard is "sort of" like camping ... love a wood burning campfire but bylaws here ban the practice so a couple of years ago we bought a large, propane fire ring. Frankly, it uses a lot of propane yet throws out very little heat at all, the result being we're not using it anywhere near as much as we thought we would. On the upside, it's yet one more reason to actually go camping where we can have a real wood campfire. That obviously means sourcing wood for the fire but IMO nothing beats a crackling wood campfire. :B