Even though you seem to be sold on electric, listen to Bruce. He's trying to tell you that the inexpensive electrics produced for sale to prospective newcomers such as yourself are underpowered, fragile slugs designed to separate you from a hundred dollar bill. If they fly at all, so much the better...

The people who recommend these, or tell you that they fly fine, for the most part have never flown glow and therefore have nothing to compare.

That's the bad news. The good news is that these things DO fly, after a fashion (in calm conditions, which are VERY rare), and can spark your interest sufficiently to compel you to get a real R/C model plane.

I'll reiterate the advice to visit a club. All the keyboard advice in the world can not take the place of putting eyeballs on the stuff and seeing it perform. And, ditto the caveat about securing an instructor. The odds of you teaching yourself to fly without crashing are slim to none.