Both of our Whitfields are "old School" manual light type stoves.
Either one can be brought from Dead cold to having a working fire in under 5 minutes.
This is to the point that the I can walk away and the stove will be operational
1 Toss in a handful of pellets (use to start fire as the shells are messy to handle by the handful)
2 Turn on the draft fan
3 Stick the propane torch in to the burn pot and get the entire pile of pellets lit
4 Close the door and allow the inducer fan to get the fire very active.
5 Switch the fuel feed to on and select heat setting.
Done
Under 5 minutes with a clean stove
If I were to use the Jello fire starter it would take a bit longer.
The torch works great and without the mess and hastle of the Jello stuff
The Quadrafire will take about 3-4 minutes on a clean pot to light itself and have a working fire.
To have heat coming from the vent (fan on) can take some time longer as the room air fan is on a snap switch and it will not come on until the heat bonnet is up to temperature.
Sounds like most stove are fairly close with the time it takes to get going.
There are things I like about the auto lighter but I still prefer the manual stuff, makes me feel like I am building the camp fire, something to do to feel "self worth"
Snowy