Since the last time I was actively posting, Fireside Chatts took on the Blaze King line of wood stoves. Just to offer an opinion from the retailer side..
In regards to performance, I have only sold and used the Chinook model. Everyone who has bought one seems to love them. Even though there is a 30 hour + burn time claimed, I have yet to be able to do it without the cat temp dropping too low.
18-24 hours is very easy to do. Thats 20 or so hours on one load of wood, convection fans on medium (pretty quiet) and nice steady heat. 20 hours after loading to have real hot air blowing into the room with a good bed of coals is very satisfying.
Easy to use and I think worth every penny. I havent been with them long enough to experience longevity, servicing etc but so far I am a believer.
Love those stoves.
It is due to the comments on Hearth.com that I decided to give a cat stove a try. Seems like I got some sound advice.
Thanks!
In regards to performance, I have only sold and used the Chinook model. Everyone who has bought one seems to love them. Even though there is a 30 hour + burn time claimed, I have yet to be able to do it without the cat temp dropping too low.
18-24 hours is very easy to do. Thats 20 or so hours on one load of wood, convection fans on medium (pretty quiet) and nice steady heat. 20 hours after loading to have real hot air blowing into the room with a good bed of coals is very satisfying.
Easy to use and I think worth every penny. I havent been with them long enough to experience longevity, servicing etc but so far I am a believer.
Love those stoves.
It is due to the comments on Hearth.com that I decided to give a cat stove a try. Seems like I got some sound advice.
Thanks!