I also found that with regards to fumes, its all in the adjustment of the wick. i was having nasty smoke and fumes, so i actually read the instructions and it turns out i was burning with to much wick. as the heater warmed up i had to keep decreasing the amount of exposed wick. I never burned it when i was out or when i went to sleep. my girlfriends dad who gave me mine uses one in his basement to supplement his heating, keeps his costs down. he just lights it up and keeps it going all the time. the heat rises up through and warms his floors.
and with regards to cleaning, the instruction manual had a nice section on dry burning the wick and how to clean to get the optimum performance out of the heater.
its amazing what those little manuals can do for ya
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