Waulie said:Kind of odd that the hearthstone mansfield makes so many more btus than the equinox. You can throw out all the testing misunderstandings when you have two stoves from the same company, one much bigger than the other, and the smaller one makes more heat.
The chart is based on test results from independent labs. The chart is not BS as in made up numbers. The problem is that the EPA tests are not really showing which stove "throws more heat" in the real world. Don't worry, I'm sure the Equinox will throw more heat than the Mansfield when full of cordwood. You can't throw out the testing misunderstandings because the tests are the tests. It is a specific amount of a specific kind of wood with the draft full open. That is all it is. All stoves (even from the same manufacturer) have different thermal mass, different air controls, etc.
I'm not saying the EPA tests are a great indicator. I'm just surprised that so many are "calling BS" on Woodstock for posting information obtained from an independant lab that they had to obtain by law.
Calm down man, no one has called BS on Woodstock and if I was them I would throw this chart up for marketing to, however many of us on here know that the chart in this thread is pretty far up the ridiculous scale and doesn't hold water.