bjkjoseph said:will mcb you are 100% correct,..there is no comparison when it comes to heat transfer with iron and soapstone....i have the fireview and i really like it alot...but i bought it so i dont get cooked out of the room,it is one of 2 stoves in the house it replaced a little vc aspen that had to be reloaded every 2 hrs..but that little iron stove heated the whole house...the fireview cannot..if you need alot of heat in a large area maybe soapstone is not for that person.
I really find that hard to believe.
I have a VC Intrepid, which is larger than the Aspen. My neighbor's Fireview puts off a LOT more heat than the Intrepid.