I had a great time reading forums on this site last weekend, and found tons of useful info about a couple of stoves in paticular. I'm currently running a Lange 6302 which took me a while to figure out, (about two winters). It's in the almost finished basement, and manages to heat the whole house (1000sq per level ranch) except on the coldest days the furnace kicks on in the morning til I can get up and get it fired back up again. There's always enough coals in it to just throw in some kd scraps and it fires right up. A friend of mine gave (loaned?) me an efel montana wood/ coal burner claiming he thinks it might be a better stove. Another friend, a chimney sweep by trade told me the best stove is the one that is working and understood. After last weekends research I came away with the impression that the efel may burn hotter and shorter. Also, I don't think my buddies claim that the efel has a bigger fire box is totally accurate ( it's taken apart at the moment.) I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on this.