Well, back to the best stove…

When I was trying to decide on a stove around this time last year my decision came down to:

Lopi Answer
Lopi Revere (top choice actually)
Osburn 1800i
Napoleon 1100 insert
Quadrafire (lowest insert in line...can’t remember model)
Hearthstone (Morgan)
Hearthstone (Homestead hearth mount)
Pacific Energy Vista Insert

In retrospect I do at least wish I had looked at the Hearthstones to get a perspective.

In the end I’m totally satisfied with the Osburn, so no regrets. 

The point I’m on… I’ll bet that I’d be happy with any of the above stoves.... meaning...there’s a lot of good ones out there, so buy the one that’s available, you like the looks of, and fits your life and install.

(I still want another stove for my basement!!!!!)

I stand corrected!  You’re correct about Ontario headquarters and owned by Canadian firm.  I guess it’s now like a Toyota: made in America, by Americans and sold by Americans....but not “owned” by Americans. Thanks for the correction!

Its a trick question because “The Best Stove” hasn’t been invented yet (and never will be).  Every year technology improves, this is true in most industries.  Every year or so there will be new records for efficiency, emissions, burn time, convenience, etc.  We’ll probably see woodstoves with hoppers like the pellet stoves, or stoves with electronic controls to maximize efficiency or minimize emissions or maximize draft, etc.

tradergordo - 26 October 2006 12:03 PM

Its a trick question because “The Best Stove” hasn’t been invented yet (and never will be).  Every year technology improves, this is true in most industries.  Every year or so there will be new records for efficiency, emissions, burn time, convenience, etc.  We’ll probably see woodstoves with hoppers like the pellet stoves, or stoves with electronic controls to maximize efficiency or minimize emissions or maximize draft, etc.

that’s right, so the thread should have be named

what’s the best stove of 2006

maybe we should have a vote on that

Here is a poor pic of the insert model.

It is virtually identical to the mid size avalon, but the convection chamber was C -shaped (side profile), and more of the radiant surface of the stove was exposed. This moved air MUCH better than the current mostly enclosed models....and I mean it moved air without a blower.

It was only discontinued in relatively recent years, although the name had changed.

Yep. Twenty years from now people will be posting on hearth.com about how they can’t believe somebody is still trying to heat with that old antiquated wood stove made out of metal instead of the composite plasma stoves.

castiron - 25 October 2006 10:11 PM

I stand corrected!  You’re correct about Ontario headquarters and owned by Canadian firm.  I guess it’s now like a Toyota: made in America, by Americans and sold by Americans....but not “owned” by Americans. Thanks for the correction!

It is still an American company. Last time I checked Canada was part of America.  All cast iron castings and essembly is still done in USA in Bethel VT

I vote the Corie special the best stove made
Not one poster has never registered a complaint about the Corie special, No dealer complaints, no public relations issues, no one has complained about quality control
Therefore, this must be the best stove made

BrotherBart - 26 October 2006 12:35 PM

Yep. Twenty years from now people will be posting on hearth.com about how they can’t believe somebody is still trying to heat with that old antiquated wood stove made out of metal instead of the composite plasma stoves.

I was thinking the same thing - plastic stoves! Pop those babies out of a mold or an extruder, great economy of scale. Especially pellet and biomass models which don’t get as hot.

There has recently been a competition among aerospace companies for the material to use for re-entry of next generation spacecraft - and the winner is......Rayon!

Yes, burnt Rayon. Other plastics are in the running.

elkimmeg - 26 October 2006 12:48 PM

It is still an American company. Last time I checked Canada was part of America.  All cast iron castings and essembly is still done in USA in Bethel VT

Getting tricky, Elk!

Then I guess there is no need for that fence with mexico and those jet made in Brazil are also American?

Let’s be clear - the company that sells Vermont Castings stoves is not a domestic corporation. Personally that does not matter in the slightest to me, as Canada pays decent wages and takes care of their workers with health care, etc. - they also have decent environmental laws.

Webmaster - 26 October 2006 01:40 PM

BrotherBart - 26 October 2006 12:35 PM

Yep. Twenty years from now people will be posting on hearth.com about how they can’t believe somebody is still trying to heat with that old antiquated wood stove made out of metal instead of the composite plasma stoves.

I was thinking the same thing - plastic stoves! Pop those babies out of a mold or an extruder, great economy of scale. Especially pellet and biomass models which don’t get as hot.

There has recently been a competition among aerospace companies for the material to use for re-entry of next generation spacecraft - and the winner is......Rayon!

Yes, burnt Rayon. Other plastics are in the running.

I see in the crystal ball a tiny room furnace on top of the tv. It’s actually a microwave emitter, warms everyone from the inside out and kills flying insects all at once.
(side benefit discovered that it’s also the solution to population control.    )