Not sure about cat. convertor

Not much actually. The Answer had to burn at a minimum rate (wood consumption) to do it cleanly. It took a lot of wood just to keep a fire in it, basically. The FV doesn't.

The interesting thing re stove efficiency (heat delivered) is that the amount of oil use offset by either stove is only about 250 gallons. I was going through about 850 g a year, which dropped to 600 or so with either of these stoves. The stove is upstairs, the finished basement is uninsulated. So I'm burning 600 g of oil to keep the basement warm (and make hot water). Summer project - insulate basement. If I could figure out how to paste a graphic I'd show a plot of oil use.

I've burned my Woodstock Keystone for one season and here's my list of problems:

1. Re-cemented crumbled rear firebox slab with stove cement.

2. Had to re-build the clumsy door latch.

3. Replaced the damper flap which cracked.

4. Replaced the damper arm which also broke.

I've been disappointed with the overall quality of the stove, but the people from Woodstock have been very helpful.

Gio, I don't think the stove being made of Cast Iron had anything to do with your problems, and to be fair, I've seen lots of complaints about the particular stove you mentioned. I, for one, would not buy a steel box stove for the fact that if I'm throwing that kind of money into a permanent furnishing, I want it to look good and not like a metal box in the middle of my dining room where I entertain guests.

Risser09 said:

I've burned my Woodstock Keystone for one season and here's my list of problems:

1. Re-cemented crumbled rear firebox slab with stove cement.

2. Had to re-build the clumsy door latch.

3. Replaced the damper flap which cracked.

4. Replaced the damper arm which also broke.

I've been disappointed with the overall quality of the stove, but the people from Woodstock have been very helpful.

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Sorry to hear about your problems. What did Woodstock state the cause of those problems could be?

And what did Woodstock do to correct the problems?

They've sent me the replacement parts free, under my warranty. They say it is from metal that has impurities when cast. Ones that are unnoticeable. It's just a giant PITA to have to take the stove apart to fix things.