Regency: Contura RC500E

A modern stove with a curved, three-sided view of tall flames.

Quick Facts

• Efficiency: 67.13% (steady state, natural gas).
• Fuel: Natural gas; propane conversion kit available.
• Controls: Electronic ignition with remote and modulating flame.
• Fan: Included

Who It’s For

Not every room has a fireplace, and some rooms just need a dependable fire of their own. You need heat and flame without building a chimney. The Regency Contura RC500E is for the room where a freestanding gas stove makes sense. Choose a heater with no flame and you get the warmth without the reason to sit by it.

What Makes It Special

The Contura RC500E shows its fire in a curved, three-sided panoramic view, with clean lines and monochrome colors that put the focus on tall, radiant flames.

Interior lights, a variable-speed blower, a safety screen, and a battery back-up that keeps the heat on in a power outage come standard.

Like every Regency gas stove, it runs safely without electricity and keeps warming you with radiant heat in an outage.

Possible Downsides

• Propane takes a conversion kit.

If you want a dependable gas fire without building a chimney, the Regency Contura RC500E is the right decision. The room you used to pass through becomes the one everyone settles into.

Choose black cast or white with a glass door and top, and a bed of crystals, volcanic stones, or traditional logs.