Electric Fireplace Heater, 23 Inch (Open Box)

I like the look and size of this 23” electric fireplace but it has a few quirks. It was easy to put the four legs on with a drill but it might take some elbow grease without one. I didn’t really care about having a remote since it will be close to me in my basement office but I guess it’s nice to have. I was disappointed to learn that you actually can’t change the thermostat/set temperature on the actual unit though — instead you need the remote. I’m worried about losing the tiny remote and thus losing the ability to set and/or change the temperature. Also with no LED screen on the remote I can’t tell what the temperature is without having to open the fireplace door to see the LED setting on the unit. Kind of pointless. Same with setting the timer. Why put this functionality on the remote if I again have to open the door to see and choose a length of time?The fireplace Controls: power on, timer select, flame on/select setting (3), heater on/off only (which will show you the selected thermostat temperature but you need the remote to change it up or down). The remote has: power on, flame on/select, timer select (but you need to open door to see what duration is selected on the LED screen), heater on, thermostat temperature up & down (but you need to look at the temperature display on the fireplace lol — see attached pic). I still can’t believe they didn’t offer a way to set thermostat temp on the actual fireplace, sans the remote 🤷🏻‍♀️Also a heater/fireplace of this size really needs two fan/blower settings to help push the warm air out. In the end it’s a decent fireplace that looks great and will hopefully do an OK job of heating my basement office, I just wish it was a little more thought out for the money. I’ll probably Velcro the remote to the unit so it doesn’t get lost and use it in conjunction with the fireplace’s onboard buttons and LED screen to change settings as needed.