Farm House follow up....thoughs on these 2 stoves.

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clemsonfor

clemsonfor

Minister of Fire
Dec 15, 2011
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Greenwood county, SC
OK many of you saw my previous thread. I have kind of narrowed down to these 2 choices. I will not go over the whole senario again, but will provide a link to those not famillar with my needs and situation for the stove.

Im trying to stay cheap so i am going with these 2 as a rough choich so far.

First is the US Stove 1,100 sqft heating model from TSC. It is $450. Which is way cheaper than lowes is selling it for at $800ish! The reviews on TSC are mostly poitive. I wish it was a tad bigger as the house is 1200sqft. But i think that includes a large closet and a porch that is not heated but enclosed.
http://www.tractorsupply.com/united-states-stove-wood-stove-small-1-100-sq-ft-epa-certified-5126762
The other is a Vogelzang Highlander on sale at NorthernTool for $499. Says it heats 1400sqft. The reviews on Amazon for this stove says it barely heats a room though. But something tells me thier draft and wood may not have been the best as others said it was good for the money and are heating thier smaller homes in my range fine?
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200316551_200316551

I would like to hear comments on these 2 stoves and others in the price range. Sure i would like a NC30 but not for $900. And i am impatient and would like it for this year. CL seems to take way to much work and for me i have to drive normally at least an hour to get to most stuff as im in a smaller rural area. Thus the time and gas have a real value to me. And it seems even the NC30 end of year deals are not garunteed? If you have other suggestions in this $$ range let me hear it i will galdly look at anything. We are going to inlaws this weekend and i will be able to look at each in the store to get a hands on look at them.

My original thread with my details...

https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/opinions-on-what-i-should-do-for-farm-house.91531/
 
Mellow, Yes both stoves will fit in the opening, i will cheat them foward a bit as well.

I should of said that. I also cant go huge cause i have to stay within the limits of the fireplace.

I have a width of 27" and a height of 33"s to work with in the opening. And i will run a flex liner up and out the chimney.
 
I know little about either stove other than the specs. Both are for a good price. Both have small fireboxes with the Highlander just slightly larger on paper. At 1.1 and 1.2 cu ft respectively, neither will likely provide all night burns, but should make adequate area heaters providing a 4-6 hr burn.

That said, do they have any larger stoves for a little more money? If so that would be a better investment IMO. Examples would be the US Stove 2000 or the Vogelzang Performer. Burning decent wood these stoves should be able to get overnight burns.
 
BeGreen i would love to get a bit bigger fireplace but the width wont allow it. I was looking at a century stove but just wont fit.

Yea Mellow this is an old hand made type fireplace , well i guess there all hand made? But it was done i think for heat. Its not deep i think maybe 23ish inches from top back to the front lip and its tall but not that wide. It really put out heat though!!

I was thinking the Volz on paper was like 1.6cuft?
 
I went to both manufacturer sites. The stoves look pretty much identical in specs. The US stove 1100b is a 1.2Cuft fire box and claims it heats 1100sqft. The Vogelzang is 1.285cuft and claims to heat 1400sqft?

So one must be boasting or one is modest?

Differences other than an inch or two in outside dimetions that i see is...

*The vogelzang can hold 18" wood the US holds 16" wood
*Vogelzang has adjustable blower (EDIT bith have Rheostat blowers)
*Vogelzang blower is 200cfm vs 100cfm in US (maybe the diff in heating area)
*US stove has a 3yr/1yr warrenty vs a 1yr on the vogelzang

I guess i need to take the wife with me to see which one passes the looks test. I knind of like the US stoves looks better although there pretty much identical looking as far as that goes.
 
Englander NC13 would fit little pricer though but made state side not overseas.
 
I was wondering about the 13NC too. It is 1.8cu ft. Or the narrower Pacific Energy True North TN19.

Also in this narrow stove range take a look at the Drolet Millenia or Eastwood 1900. Both are more like box loaders, only 20" wide, but can handle a 20" log.
 
blades said:
Englander NC13 would fit little pricer though but made state side not overseas.
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but im going to pay for it!! I looked at HD and its about $150 more than the ones im looking at. It is .5cuft larger. The real question is will that much more space give me more burn time, i dont think it will be enough to be worth it in the long run but i dont know?
 
Yes, .7cu ft is 60% larger, not a trivial difference. The other two stoves are even larger.
 
I understand you're looking to save money, but if you were to ask me what size stove to get I'd say get a larger stove. I have a 1.6 cubic foot stove and it is nice, but I'd like larger. One possible advantage of the smaller ones is that a smaller load of wood will fill the stove, and usually a stove that is close to full seems to burn better and heat up faster than a stove only part full. If I recall this is for a house you won't use all the time, so you'll be heating up a cold stove a lot.
 
Duck your correct. It is for a house that will only be used on occasional weekends. I would like a larer box which is my hang up. There will be a cold start every time i start it for a weekend. Home will not be 40F though i will have the oil burner bring it up to habitable temp and the stove to make it comfortable.
 
I have the US Stove 1100b in a 16x24 cabin that is well insulated and it will run you out of there if you let it, however it is only 384 sq ft. If I'm lucky I can get 4 to 4 1/2 hour burns out if it and the last 1/2 hour or so the temp runs down to around 250, and that is using 3 yr old oak. Just my opion but I think that you will be tending that stove quite a bit to heat that area, I'm not saying that it would not heat it but you are going to have to work at. That being said I am very happy with the stove in my small cabin even with the short burn times and we only use it on the weekends. I will say that the finish has held up very well and I have had the stove for 2 seasons and it seems to be well constructed is easy to run and easy to get secondary burns. Try this link of my stove burning from last season. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCTX1NNXhvc&list=UUKfQaY2tvm09qg1FT8RkCJg&index=7&feature=plcp Rick
 
Thanks small cabin. EVen a 4 hour burn is better than the open fireplace we have been using. Chunking wood in every hour! to barely keep a 150sqft room warm!! The next door bedroom has a fireplace on the backside of this that shares the same flue. We burn it at night to keep warm in the past, i get up 3-4x per 8 hr night to put wood on it!
 
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