Pellet-King said:
Blew, Find a used Whitfield and restore it if needed and enjoy!, save $1000's, all I read here is about new stoves with blower and control board issue's, as the saying go's "They don't makum like they used too"
Good luck!!, If my stove ever dies, don't know why, maybe if the whole box rusted out, I would invest the money in a new Furnace and lay back.....
Look's like a wanna be Whit with that 3 sided glass....Who love's ya baby!
Whitfield's were made from 1984 to 1996 , then Lennox bought them up, and in 2007 Lennox decided it was time to retire the Whitfield, the only Whitfield you can find today are used ones, and if you need parts you will need to search for them or get them from the Lennox company. Whitfields were once upon a time one of the best stoves you could buy, unfortunately, they arent made anymore.
Rika stoves and inserts are manufactured in Austria, from the finest quality parts, . These stoves also feature an O2 sensor that automatically adjusts the air mixture to insure a cleaner burn.
Sometimes called 'The Mercedes of Pellet Stoves', these Rika stoves have motors that use ball bearings for extreme quietness of operation. They have a seven day programmable timer, and can also be controlled by text messaging from a mobile phone.
Rika was founded more than 50 years ago in Micheldorf, Austria by Karl Riener and his family. From a small company, specializing in hand made wrought iron products, grew a large, well known company recognized today as Rika Metallwarengesellsch.