United States Stoves, Good bad or ugly?

Uncle has the 2000. Not a bad stove. Hard to hold a good long overnight burn. It also seems to have a finiky air control. Lets lots of air in, even with Primary closed (I know EPA stoves still let air in, but its A LOT).

But like BeGreen said, the 30 is a Contender. Its priced right and heats like an animal. Just throwing in my "Overnight" load now. Dropping down to about 30 tonight.

For the money, Englander is hard to beat (cheap and quality) compared to other cheaper stoves. Where else can you find a 3.5 cu ft firebox for around $800 (sometimes more/sometimes less/depends on time of year)???

I had the 2015 Magnolia. I did like the build quality, had raging secondaries that came on early. Primary air when fully closed left a large hole for air to get through. No way without modding the plate to shut down the air fully. I suspect the same of the 2500. Door glass air wash was exceptional. Glass stayed unbelievably clear at all times. I only used it a month and it started to have door seal issues that seemed to me to be from the front of the stove where the door meets to be warped. Tried bigger door seal but then noticed when the stove got hot a gap would open up in the R/H top corner. I gave up on it and sent it down the road.

Greetings,

I'm new to wood stoves and wood burning in general. I just installed the 2000 model with 17' of chimney from the top of the stove to the cap. I can't believe the amount of heat this unit is putting out. Once I get it up to operating temp and damp it down the secondaries really dance! I'm very happy with it so far. I got mine at tractor supply for $599.

THese stoves come in 3 flavors, the 2000 smallest of he bunch the 2500 is another firebrick deeper and the 3000 (if you can find one) is yet another fire brick again deeper. Usually about $550, 800 + and $1000-1100 on the big one. I have the smallest one which i like, but cant get much wood in and only good for 1000 Sf or less IMO.

My dad has the smallest one the 1100b and while it puts out a little heat its not much. We have to split the wood very very small so it will fit. The most splits you can get in there are 3 although I did just get 5 in there a while ago. He has to basically chock the fire to get it to last more than 4 hours which means a lot of smoke and creosote resulting in him cleaning the flue once a week. That stove can be running full blast with no smoke out the chimney and good secondary's but the heat output to me very minimal and when it is running full blast it just eats the wood. If your considering the smallest one don't do it. Go for the country hearth 2000

My Dad has the 2000 installed in a very tight modular home w/ an OAK. The stove puts out an impressive amount of heat and uses very little wood. He won't run the stove unless it's less than 40 degrees outside or it gets way too hot.