- May 19, 2007
- 149
First, lets get the "egging" over with and roast me!!, when done with that, read on!.
First off, I just can't get this little nagging voice inside my head to stop saying "your making the wrong choice!".
As mentioned in the earlier posts, there is no local VC dealer in our area other than a local contractor running a side business with it.
As I was just set to make the final purchase of a VC Defiant, I decided to take a look at the competition one more time; this time, from a more informed perspective.
I could'nt notice that the PE Summit classic beat out the Defiant in almost every category (according to reviews and dealers feedback). They include:
. Lifetime warranty vs three years
. Much longer burn times
. Much better built (based on owners reviews and dealers input.....forum members too!).
. Greater heating capacity (as REPRESENTED BY MFG) 2400 sf vs 3000 sf.
I got to thinking that I have almost 4000 sf of "volume" to heat due to the open floor plan and open air space so the greater output unit is a plus.
While the Defiant cat is cabable of overnight burns, the Summit classic has proven itself to do this easily and guarranteed and without having to worry about screwing up the cat or the expense. I mean even though the cat extends the Defiants burn time, The *non-cat* Summit Classic burns even longer without any high tech stuff to break or babysit (and is'nt that the main goal anyway? to burn longer?).
This is important to me as I'm a horrible sleeper and once I wake up, I can't go back to sleep. NO night-time fire tending!. I'll just load it up and say "I'll see your arse in the morning"!!.
The build quality seems to be a unanimous "excellent" amongst owners as well.
So call me fickle, wishy-washy, flip flopper or whatever; I think I'm gonna commit to a PE summit classic. Now I just have to decide on matte black or RED...![shock !!! !!!](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/shock.gif)
First off, I just can't get this little nagging voice inside my head to stop saying "your making the wrong choice!".
As mentioned in the earlier posts, there is no local VC dealer in our area other than a local contractor running a side business with it.
As I was just set to make the final purchase of a VC Defiant, I decided to take a look at the competition one more time; this time, from a more informed perspective.
I could'nt notice that the PE Summit classic beat out the Defiant in almost every category (according to reviews and dealers feedback). They include:
. Lifetime warranty vs three years
. Much longer burn times
. Much better built (based on owners reviews and dealers input.....forum members too!).
. Greater heating capacity (as REPRESENTED BY MFG) 2400 sf vs 3000 sf.
I got to thinking that I have almost 4000 sf of "volume" to heat due to the open floor plan and open air space so the greater output unit is a plus.
While the Defiant cat is cabable of overnight burns, the Summit classic has proven itself to do this easily and guarranteed and without having to worry about screwing up the cat or the expense. I mean even though the cat extends the Defiants burn time, The *non-cat* Summit Classic burns even longer without any high tech stuff to break or babysit (and is'nt that the main goal anyway? to burn longer?).
This is important to me as I'm a horrible sleeper and once I wake up, I can't go back to sleep. NO night-time fire tending!. I'll just load it up and say "I'll see your arse in the morning"!!.
The build quality seems to be a unanimous "excellent" amongst owners as well.
So call me fickle, wishy-washy, flip flopper or whatever; I think I'm gonna commit to a PE summit classic. Now I just have to decide on matte black or RED...
![shock !!! !!!](/talk/styles/default/xenforo/smileys/shock.gif)