1. It takes about 30 seconds or so to start glowing (went turned on from cold). It then takes another several minutes to really start to generate heat - I recommend turning this on 15 min or so before you plan to be outside.
2. It doesn't generate quite as much heat as I was hoping (but my expectations might have been too high). Think of this heater as something that will "take the edge off" not necessarily "heat you up". If you are really looking to heat a space - you'll probably want more than one (and/or a bigger one). Note that if it's breezy - the heating is reduced a fair bit.

Overall love it and very happy with the purchase and very grateful for the top notch customer support from Bromic.

Awesome heater. Plan to spend $1500 for installation but once in, it is exactly what you need.

Well, what would you expect from a 6000w heater? Two 3000w elements throw down quite a bit of infrared. I wouldn't expect to use these for more than maybe 10 feet max and in my outdoor gazebo this has worked well. It's wired to two 30A switches so I can control the elements individually. I also installed a 240v 40A contactor relay prior to the switches that is controlled a 110v countdown timer so the kids don't leave the heater on overnight - which they already had!! You could also wire in a wifi switch instead of the countdown timer to operate this remotely. BTW - this is a MUCH cheaper control approach instead of the the timer switches sold by heater dealers.

The Bromic heater is very well made, really nice finish and looks cool. It gives off a pretty good glow at night when the lights are off, but nothing offensive in my opinion. If you're handy with electrical stuff this is a pretty easy install. The only thing I found annoying was the tiny box that houses the 4 hefty element wires (two 10ga stranded wires for each element). It is too small to put wire nuts on if you plan to operate the elements separately. An electrical buddy suggested screwing a handy box on top of the tiny Bromic box and doing the connections in there. Wiring is all 10ga on a 30a 240v breaker.

I'd buy another one of these if the need ever arises.

Good looking and emits a tremendous amount of it. I like that you can direct the position of the heater (manually).

Much better than the Infratech Radiant Heaters we tried. Used for outdoors, these work.