Sunnydaze 49" Heavy-Duty Black Finish Steel Wood-Burning Chiminea with Built-In Log Storage

I live in a community of historic homes and small yards. Many people have asked about my chiminea. I love it.

It was delivered in a smaller box and there are 3 sections you have to connect. Fairly straightforward except that it came pretty dinged up and scratched. Don’t expect much from the quality of the welding. I was hoping that I could have our family of 4 in front of this and get sufficient heat but you really have to be quite close to it to feel the warmth. I’d say maybe 2 or at most 3 all huddled around. It’s a lot smaller than I expected it to be. It’s also quite hard to fit standard cut wood. You could but you need to have tongs because you can’t just use your hands to fit it in while the fire is going. The bottom storage is also not going to fit standard cut wood. The chimney does a good job of diverting the smoke but also the heat but it’s also shorter than a typical adult so you can’t walk to close to it or the smoke is going to blow into your face. If you are seated, it’s fine. Overall, if this is just for yourself or with your significant other, then it’s probably going to give enough heat but more than that, it’s mostly aesthetics.

I returned this because it was dented and scratched when I received it, but it was also very thin metal.