From a 27 to a Summit

So I got my PE Summit. I built a box for it to sit on that is 11 1/2" tall. Man, I love that! One difference I've noticed between the Super 27 and the Summit is, the Summit is "lazier". It takes longer to get it going even with the air wide open. It's like the flames are never in a hurry. I've only had two nights in the upper 30's to even use it, so I don't know what it's like to have a good hot bed of coals and be able to fill er up. That will probably have to wait until next season.
I've noticed it takes longer to heat up, but it seems to be more consistent heat once it does get going. The secondaries are very impressive. Just from the little I've used it, it seems to be very efficient.
The Summit is only 5" wider than the Super 27, but I feel like a bird out of a cage with that bigger firebox.
Now I gotta sell my Super 27.

Woody Stover said:

Looks pretty handy, elevated like that. I think the 'laziness' may be a function of the larger fire box; With 'X' amount of draft, a smaller box concentrates the fire more. Coupled with less draft due to warm outside temps, Summit's gonna be slower. I'd guess that it will take longer to get the stove up to temp and the secondaries firing, too. Saw your other post; No doubt you'll get more output and longer burns to keep up when cold weather hits.
So how much you want for the 27? How many times did you over-fire it, trying to keep the heat from coming on?

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$800.00 is my bottom line on the stove. I'll hang on to it for the summer if I have to. Of course by next winter if it hasnt sold, I'll come down on the price. My stove has seen 700 degrees once, maybe twice. Never came even close to over firing.
I figured the bigger firebox and the warm temps have a lot to do with the laziness.. I only lost about 1 foot of pipe so the draw is still good.