REF1 said:None of the cats I had gave a smoldering fire. To the contrary.
But out of your five stoves which ones did you like? The one you don't have yet doesn't count.
REF1 said:None of the cats I had gave a smoldering fire. To the contrary.
stoveguy2esw said:nothing wrong with a cat stove , i ran one for years as a stand alone heat source. if anything they are a bit more complex to run as you have to "preheat" the cat before closing a bypass which allows this and settle in for a long slow burn, non- cat stoves do not have to be tended to in this way so they are a bit easier to operate.
Todd said:Funny how I go away for awhile and come back to the good old cat vs non cat debate with Brother Bart stirring the pot. :lol:
CATS RULE :coolgrin:
REF1 said:I am curious how going from one lever to two becomes a matter of complication.
REF1 said:I am curious how going from one lever to two becomes a matter of complication.
Highbeam said:Todd said:Funny how I go away for awhile and come back to the good old cat vs non cat debate with Brother Bart stirring the pot. :lol:
CATS RULE :coolgrin:
And Dennis doing his dangdest to convince folks it isn't complicated. It will always be a fact that cat stoves are more sensitive to fuel and more complicated to run. Preheat this, time that, throw thirty different levers at precisely the right time, etc. My non-cat can be run with about any fuel and only has one lever to mess with.
Just don't be bullied into thinking a cat stove is not more complicated than a non-cat.
REF1 said:I can see alot of the discussion runs around taking shots at each other. But it seems odd the discussion exists from a more serious wood burning viewpoint. Ignorant or misinformed people may always say something which causes confusion, but after all these years it seems people would just let people use what they want to burn with and not hassle about what variety of stove they use. Especially a dealer. If he doesn't want to carry any cat stoves, so be it. But running down a longstanding, viable technology is foolish.
They don't put cats in automobiles for nothing. Or, if I went to some auto forum would I find some raging discussion thread there about cats? Probably would.
Highbeam said:I honestly think that cat stoves are more complicated to run.
Highbeam said:I honestly think that cat stoves are more complicated to run. Always have and always will. Dennis might try but he will never be able to change this simple fact.
I look at it from the teaching point of view. My 7YO daughter can run the non-cat, I tell her that the lever goes one way for hotter and the other way to settle it down. To teach my 7YO to run a cat stove would be, well, more complicated and I would put it past her abilities.
What's not to understand? I've had both. My non-cat Oslo has one lever only. My old VC cat had two levers. When I reloaded the cat VC, I had to remember to open the bypass, or I'd get smoke in the house. Don't need to do that with the non-cat Oslo. With the cat VC, had to remember to close the bypass or I'd get nuclear overfire in short order. While overfire with the non-cat Oslo is possible, I suppose, you'd need to leave the single air lever wide open for an extended period, and it would be less severe anyway.BrowningBAR said:Highbeam said:I honestly think that cat stoves are more complicated to run.
I will never understand that.
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