Huntindog1
Minister of Fire
For some, looks are less important than price point/BTU output/efficiency. If the "industrial" look drops the price point to the degree that I can upgrade from my Fireview, I don't really care what it looks like, as long as its a) a Woodstock and b) it works. My Fireview isn't enough to heat my old drafty house once temps get into the teens or below, and I can't afford to upgrade to the PH.
I was getting ready to say the same thing but you said it just fine.
We dont really need a stove thats like 1% better in efficiency. There are stoves in Europe that burn at higher efficiencies than US designed stoves. We need to get into the upper 80's low 90's efficiency , heck this is the year 2013. You ought to see what we do with diesel engines these days as I work in research and development for a diesel engine company. Alot of secret sauce in those diesel engines.