stockdoct said:I'm reading over some of the fine print in the Freedom's user's manual, and I found a couple interesting things.
In the "Overnight Burn" section (page 18) it reads "This stove is large enough to accommodate burn times up to 8 hours" which seems to contradict Lopi's advertisements of "heating a 2250 sq ft. house for 12 hours" --- unless its 60 degrees and sunny outside, and you OVERHEAT the house and then let the temp drift down during the last 4 hours, I imagine.....
The manual also states on page 18 that to achieve an overnight burn, you need to burn enough wood to get the stove up to 500+ degrees (which I've found is NOT an inconsequential amount of wood) and when the stove is 500+ degrees, THEN "Load as much wood as possible. Use large pieces if possible." This idea is kinda is contrary to their advertisement "Heat up to 2,250 sq. ft. for 12 hours on one load of wood" since you had to use 1/3 load of wood to get the stove up to temp....
So actually, you need 1 1/3 loads of wood, packing the stove as full as possible, to get the fire up to temperature and then have an 8 (not 12) hour burn time under best circumstances according to the manual. And that's probably not including the drain on the stove that the "optional" blower draws.
The fine print in the manual seems to substantially contradict the large print in the advertisements.
I hope you are kidding with all of this. Blaming advertising over your not understanding how wood stoves work is not the right choice. THERE ARE NO MAGIC STOVES.
OF COURSE you have to use WOOD to get the stove hot and ready for a FULL load to get an overnight burn!!
After 7 to 8 hours overnight, I have a hot and coal filled stove. After 12 - 14 hours, I have enough coals to get her going again.