And put out usable heatThat's great and I hope you share the experience as it is valuable to all of us. The more you can share about why you made switches the better for the readers.
NO other stove can burn as long as a BK and that is extremely important to those of us that use their stoves for full time heat.
I just left my stove shop ,Northfield Fireplace,great people by the way,to check on the Parlor since my concerns were raised here about instability. Now I don't know whose Parlor you had an issue with ,but I can say one thing and one thing only. My new Parlor is rock steady with ZERO(0) wobble,maybe the ones that wobbled were installed incorrectly,but this issue is of no concern to me at this time whatsoever.I couldn't get mine to wobble,and I'm 6 feet 1/2 in .Anyway thanks for the interjections however not applicable in my case. tall and weigh 220,There has NEVER been any complaint, comment, concern, criticism, charge, (sorry ran out of words beginning with "c") having to do with Parlor legs or method of attachment. I personally have a King parlor which has been dragged around numerous times in 12 years, without any structural issues.
I only wish my hearth pad was so robust.