Went to friends house just minutes ago. He wanted me to see his VC Defiant stove as he thinks it might work for me. I walked over to the stove. It was 500 degree on the top. Put my hands over it for awhile. I told him straight up....where is the heat. This is the second home I have visited with a VC. I'm sorry guys, there just isn't even the slighted comparison in heat output. I was standing close enough for my pant leg to almost touch the stove and my leg wouldn't even get warm. So he through in some wood and got er up to 700 stove top. He said what do you think now. I looked at him and said honestly. Don't feel hardly any different to me. It just ain't there. I stand 4 feet away from my stove to avoid burning my pants. Its 15 degrees out today and blowing. Now I'm not sure I want to spend time hooking up the Magnolia if thats what it will be like or worse. Wood consumption about a 10th what I burn, I like that, but so is the heat.
I'm wondering if, even given the huge difference in efficiencies heat output is still relevant to amount of wood burning and thus BTU output. Basically burn small volume of wood get small heat. Burn big volume, get big heat.
I'm wondering if, even given the huge difference in efficiencies heat output is still relevant to amount of wood burning and thus BTU output. Basically burn small volume of wood get small heat. Burn big volume, get big heat.