Most gas inserts give you a fire. Valor gives you the fire. From the moment the flames roll across the logs to the lazy ember-glow on a winter evening, the G3 (model 739), the G3.5 (model 700XN), and the G4 belong to a different category of fireplace — and once you've sat in front of one, every other insert in the showroom suddenly looks like a furnace with a window.

A Valor flame doesn't flicker on cue and die on low. Stainless burners and ceramic logs are tuned by Valor's AutoFire™ system to hold a clean, deep flame across the entire turndown range — so the fire stays alive at the lowest setting, not just on full output. The result is the slow, deliberate burn you'd expect from real wood: warm, present, and quietly mesmerizing.

Each of the three is offered with Valor's signature fuel beds — Traditional Logs, Birch, and Driftwood — paired with a choice of interior liners in Reflective Glass, Fluted Black, and Red Brick (the G4 and G3.5 add a fourth, Ledgestone). Whether you want a quiet West Coast cabin in driftwood and ledgestone, or a confident heritage parlour in birch and red brick, the fire becomes part of the room — not a decision you settle for.

Valor keeps the front-of-house simple on purpose. A handful of beautifully made fronts cover every interior: the minimalist Floating profiles for a clean, frameless look; the Edgemont Craftsman for traditional rooms; and finishes that range from soft Black and Pewter to Vintage Iron, Oiled Bronze, and — on the G3.5 — a quietly luxurious Champagne Brass. No overwhelming catalogue, no decision fatigue. Just the right options, done well.

Behind the fire, Valor is one of the most thoughtful machines on the market. A generous share of its output is radiant heat — the same warmth you'd feel from a wood fire, projected forward into the room rather than blown across the ceiling — and the rest moves by quiet natural convection, with no fan or blower to hum in the background. The ignition runs on four AA batteries, not house power — so when the lights go out and the neighbourhood goes quiet, your fireplace lights with a single button press. Valor calls it No Power, No Problem, and during a Vancouver winter storm it's the line you'll find yourself repeating to guests. And every Valor is built in North Vancouver, BC, by Miles Industries — a half-century-old Canadian company that backs every fireplace with a limited lifetime warranty.

Three inserts now share that fire, each sized and styled for a different kind of room. The G3 (739) is the one that started it — the insert that made the G3 a leader in its category, and still the quiet favourite of anyone who has lived with one. It is offered two ways: the Legend burner, with its tried-and-true logs and a flame you can turn all the way down to a single glowing ember on a mild evening; or the premium V-Class burner, for a fuller, richer fire. Either way it is heater-rated up to 24,000 BTU, lights on batteries like every Valor, and dresses in fronts that run from Matte Black and Clearview through Traditional Cast Iron and the FenderFire doors — in Black, Vintage Iron, or Brushed Nickel.

The G3.5 (700XN) is the everyday hero — sized for most standard masonry openings and the widest range of front styles, including the Champagne Brass. The G4 is Valor's largest insert, with roughly forty percent more glass area, built for grand living-room openings where the fireplace is meant to anchor the entire space.

All three run the same Valor fire and the same battery ignition, so the fire you choose is the fire you get — just at the scale your room asks for. Our part is the part that doesn't fit in a brochure: standing in your room, reading the wall and the light, and telling you honestly whether this is a G3, a G3.5, or a G4 space.