Yeah, it's a total game changer. The install time alone makes it worth switching, like @barbarac41 said, it's easy to be wrong until you try it. The blanket forms to weird shapes firebrick never could, and the heat-up is so much faster. You also lose way less heat through the lining, which saves a good chunk on fuel over a season. Once you get past the old way of thinking, there's just no going back.

My first DVD player was hooked up with the composite cable for years before a buddy showed me the component inputs. The picture blew my mind.

Used to think those old school tips were just superstition, like checking cannon plugs first for every little glitch. But after seeing a guy waste half a day on a bad ground when the plug was fine, it clicked. The real trick is using the tip as a starting point, not the whole plan. You gotta know when a quick check is enough and when you need to dig deeper.

Try running it in a standalone Flash player.

Man, my friend's older brother got wrecked by EverQuest. He'd leave the dial-up connected all night for his crafting macros. Their family got a phone bill for like $500 because of cross-state long distance charges. His dad made him take apart the computer and carry the tower down to the basement as punishment. He had to do chores for a year to pay it back.