Paul L
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Interesting approach to spend an entire winter burning a new stove with unsatisfactory results and only after all that time join this forum to bit*h and bail. Most folks do it differently. To each his own.
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Augie
Feeling the Heat
When I was looking at stoves I always wondered why I wanted only 600lbs of thermal mass. My house weighs many hundreds of tons with all of its contents. When this mass is at 70 degrees it has more stored btu's than a measly 600lbs of stone at 500F. When I want quick heat I have it. My only change in my situation would be a cat stove vs a secondary stove, but then again I'm doing well with the cheapest option from Travis Ind.
prezes13
Minister of Fire
I am a newbie myself, only a second season with an insert so far I learned: DRY WOOD, run it hotter, run it for long time 24/7 would be perfect and the outcome is great now of its 72 or lower in my house I think it's cold before 70 was too hot.
I'm going to close out this thread, because it is a repetition of many others.
To summarize - I think the OP knows about dry wood, having burned a stove before.
Some of the points he expresses are valid - you certainly don't want to buy a stove based on forum posts (we've said that many a time, including in our stickies) or the makers marketing materials. We always suggest that folks check the stove ratings and reviews section here - or, talk to other owners, preferably those without a prejudice either way.
The OP is correct about justifying purchases - I've spoke about this as the "$800 turkey rule"...where in our shop we'd often have folks buying poor stoves mail-order (CDW was taiwan-made at the time and all mailorder) and saying they were the finest made....then making all their friends buy the same stove!
But this stuff goes almost without saying. Marketing works and we all like to think we made the proper decision.
Where I think the OP goes wrong is that....why the heck wasn't he signed up here earlier? If he saw so many posts and talked to so many owners, you would think he'd have asked questions before, during and after his purchase. Also, we have made it clear that hearth.com is not specifically a complaint board (nor, hopefully, a cheerleading one). This is the purpose for the ratings sections - so each and every person has a whack at describing their experience ONCE with their choice of stoves. We feel this is more fair than having rants on a constant basis.....although, as said before, if the OP was here earlier with questions and concerns, we'd all be glad to help.
So I'll leave with the same advice we've offered for almost 20 years - do your research. Join the forum and ask away if you have questions. Try to see though those posters, ads and companies which appear to make over-the-top claims.
To summarize - I think the OP knows about dry wood, having burned a stove before.
Some of the points he expresses are valid - you certainly don't want to buy a stove based on forum posts (we've said that many a time, including in our stickies) or the makers marketing materials. We always suggest that folks check the stove ratings and reviews section here - or, talk to other owners, preferably those without a prejudice either way.
The OP is correct about justifying purchases - I've spoke about this as the "$800 turkey rule"...where in our shop we'd often have folks buying poor stoves mail-order (CDW was taiwan-made at the time and all mailorder) and saying they were the finest made....then making all their friends buy the same stove!
But this stuff goes almost without saying. Marketing works and we all like to think we made the proper decision.
Where I think the OP goes wrong is that....why the heck wasn't he signed up here earlier? If he saw so many posts and talked to so many owners, you would think he'd have asked questions before, during and after his purchase. Also, we have made it clear that hearth.com is not specifically a complaint board (nor, hopefully, a cheerleading one). This is the purpose for the ratings sections - so each and every person has a whack at describing their experience ONCE with their choice of stoves. We feel this is more fair than having rants on a constant basis.....although, as said before, if the OP was here earlier with questions and concerns, we'd all be glad to help.
So I'll leave with the same advice we've offered for almost 20 years - do your research. Join the forum and ask away if you have questions. Try to see though those posters, ads and companies which appear to make over-the-top claims.
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