Best time/place (on sale) to buy an Englander stove?

[302w]

I'm looking to buy an Englander 300L unless I find a great deal on a comparable stove somehow. I can wait a little on when I buy it.

Is there a "good" place to find Englander stoves on sale after the heating season? Lowes/HD/Tractor Supply don't carry them so I can't find one on clearance. Local mom/pop stores don't carry them either. I haven't shopped for a stove before, so I'm not sure if they are discounted in the Spring..

 

[NickW]

You MIGHT find a sale in spring, but don't bet on it. Good luck.

Get going on wood. Start getting quick seasoning hardwood like ash and some low BTU woods like pine, aspen, silver maple, box elder right now if you don't have a well seasoned stash already. Get wood now, install the stove over the summer or fall. Wood not properly seasoned will make you hate burning. Find BTU charts with seasoning times (they are just a general rule of thumb and depend on climate/location of stacks). Segregate by seasoning time/quality until you get 3 years ahead. I would never stack ash and oak in the same stack.

 

[302w]

Thank you for the candid feedback. Good to know I probably won't save any money. I may pull the trigger sooner.

I'm actually already a stove user. I'm looking to replace my Fisher!

 

[brenndatomu]

Englander got bought out by SBI of Canada, but I think they may be still made in Virginia...maybe?
The best place I have found to get a decent deal on a SBI stove is here...with free shipping. They have some sales on occasion, I have seen some pretty decent deals at times! This is basically their factory store by the way...and ships out of South Bend Indiana most times.

https://www.myfireplaceproducts.com/us/en/heaters/stoves/?sort=Size

 

[brenndatomu]

Hopefully you are already aware that there is going to be a bit of a learning curve coming from a Fisher to a modern stove...

 

[302w]

Yes, I'm going to find it very odd to not throw wood in it every half hour!

 

[NickW]

Low BTU woods are your friend in shoulder season with EPA stoves. I can get a good 6 hours out of a full load of pine, aspen and silver maple in my NC30. Smaller loads still burn hot but shorter times. Gotta get up to a good operating temperature.

 

[302w]

Adding more questions to this thread...

1. What is the longevity of the 300L? Can I reasonably expect to have it 10+ years?

2. I found a unused Madison (2000 sf model, can't read tag) on Facebook. Are the Madison stoves any more reliable or desirable than a 300L? The auto air "smart stove" feature concerns me. I admittedly don't know much about it, but it seems like one more thing to break.

3. Are any spare parts recommended for either stove? I don't know much about EPA stoves but if certain items (manifolds, burner tubes) give out after a few years I'd like to buy a spare set now.

 

[bholler]

Adding more questions to this thread...

1. What is the longevity of the 300L? Can I reasonably expect to have it 10+ years?

2. I found a unused Madison (2000 sf model, can't read tag) on Facebook. Are the Madison stoves any more reliable or desirable than a 300L? The auto air "smart stove" feature concerns me. I admittedly don't know much about it, but it seems like one more thing to break.

3. Are any spare parts recommended for either stove? I don't know much about EPA stoves but if certain items (manifolds, burner tubes) give out after a few years I'd like to buy a spare set now.

Really the baffle and gaskets are the only things that will normally need replaced

 

[brenndatomu]

I can't remember, was the Madison the one they had all kinds of door issues with?

 

[ManitobaSky]

The larger of the two Madison stoves was the one with door problems, I don’t remember the smaller one having major issues.

The 300L on legs is on sale now on the site linked earlier. I personally would go with the 300 or Drolet sister model.

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