Earlier this year I created a thread about whether to buy an Accentra Insert:
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/77495/
You folks gave me very helpful responses, and I became increasingly skeptical the more dealers tried to push the Accentra Insert. In the end, we had our fireplace checked, and the cost of the Accentra Insert would have been about 2K more than the cost of the XXV. So, we are now proud owners of the XXV (I'm told this is a good "starter" stove).
Thanks also to the advice on this forum, my first burn was a bag of Okanagans. To this point, the stove is heating the downstairs of our 3000 SF house nicely -- I don't think we'll need oil heat down here again. The upstairs not so much -- I'll have to try to figure out how to move the air!
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/77495/
You folks gave me very helpful responses, and I became increasingly skeptical the more dealers tried to push the Accentra Insert. In the end, we had our fireplace checked, and the cost of the Accentra Insert would have been about 2K more than the cost of the XXV. So, we are now proud owners of the XXV (I'm told this is a good "starter" stove).
Thanks also to the advice on this forum, my first burn was a bag of Okanagans. To this point, the stove is heating the downstairs of our 3000 SF house nicely -- I don't think we'll need oil heat down here again. The upstairs not so much -- I'll have to try to figure out how to move the air!