Touchstone Sideline Elite Outdoor 60-Inch Recessed/Wall Mounted Smart Electric Fireplace, No Heat (80049)

A Weatherproof 60-Inch Electric Fireplace for Outdoors

The Touchstone Sideline Elite Outdoor 60 is an electric fireplace built to live outside. It goes into a wall like a built-in or hangs on one, and it runs on an ordinary outlet with no flue, no gas line and nothing to vent. What it gives a patio is firelight rather than warmth, because this model has no heater in it at all.

There Is No Heater in This One, and That Is the Point

Every other Sideline carries a 1,500-watt heater. This one does not, which is what makes it safe to leave outdoors in a covered space and what keeps the frame slim. Outdoors a fan heater is close to useless anyway, because the warm air it makes drifts off before it reaches anyone. If you want the seating area actually warm, pair it with overhead infrared patio heaters and let the fireplace do the looking.

Sixty Flame and Ember Combinations, From the App or the Remote

Six flame colors and ten media bed colors give sixty combinations, with five light intensity settings, three flame speeds and a timer up to eight hours. A log set, crystals and driftwood all come in the box, so you can change what sits under the flame. Control is by the included remote or the Tuya Smart app, and it answers to Amazon Alexa and Google Home for voice.

Frame the Opening at 58 7/8 Inches Wide

Touchstone specifies a rough opening 58 7/8 inches wide, 16 inches high and 5 1/2 inches deep. The fireplace itself is 60 inches wide, 16 9/16 inches tall and 5 1/2 deep and weighs 57 lbs, and the fire display measures 57 1/4 by 13 3/4 inches. It plugs into a 120-volt outlet or an electrician can hardwire it.

Rated to 158 F, and Keep It Out of Direct Sun

Touchstone rates this fireplace for use in temperatures up to 158 F. Direct sunlight raises the temperature behind the glass well beyond the air temperature, so a spot with shade over it is worth planning for. A covered patio, a porch, a pergola or an outdoor kitchen wall all suit it; an unshaded south-facing wall does not.

Best for a Covered Patio, a Porch or an Outdoor Kitchen

This is the fireplace for the outdoor room you already sit in, where you want the look of a fire without a chimney, a gas line or anything to put out at the end of the night. It works indoors too, but indoors most people want the heat, and the indoor Sideline Elite is the model that has it.