Any thoughts on the St. Croix Lancaster?

I own a Harman, but one stove that I always seemed to like was the St. Croix Lancaster. Can anyone tell me more about this brand/ model? I know that it has no automatic thermostat on/off ignition like the Harman but you can hook up an external termostat to kick down to low burn. I wonder when the cross-over year was for burning pellets. Wasn't it a corn-only stove till a couple of years ago? I always liked this model because it was small and I live in a tiny house. I also DO like burning corn. But I am convinced that it screws up a pellet stove with sluge if you dont burn it hot enough. Also, I think burning corn is a no-no for me because I can't store it easily enough and keep it dry enough. I also think I have to get corn vent pipe (ss outside and inside).

But anyhow...back to the Lancaster...around my area there are quite a few of St Croix dealers. Every so often I think I can get a St. Croix Lancaster used or a new one on clearance (But still not that cheap). I would use the Lancaster for pellets. It's appeal to me is the compact size. But do these stoves run well? Are they fussy about pellet quality? Somehow I always got the impression st Croix had circuit board problems, maybe like Quadrafire might have. What fails on these stoves? Are they a good stove to use for pellets or maybe corn?

The Lancaster has the same control board, pot as a Auburn or Green Field. They seem to work better burning corn rather then pellets but will burn pellets. There is a pellet kit available.
The biggest problems with the Lancaster is the small ash container and the small hopper for fuel. You can buy a hopper extension.
The St Croix is a good stove but you should run it on a high setting for a short time once a day to keep carbon or soot burned up. There is a couple small holes that you can run a choke cable inside and connect it to a drill . Running it will prevent a buildup of soot. I have some pictures and information about cleaning the St Croix that would be handy if you buy one. I sold the last 3 new Lancasters for 1200.00 3 years ago. This would give you a idea of what a used one is worth.
They are supposed to be a 40,000 btu stove. Sometimes people don't know how to clean them and and will sell them cheap thinking they were worn out but just dirty inside the hidden passages.

The Lancaster is a corn stove. It has a modified burn pot to allow for wood pellets. The wood pellet version of this stove used to be called the Pepin but was discontinued. I heard they were bringing it back. The control board it the same control board in all of their stoves but needs to be factory set to 4 I think....maybe it's 2, not sure. I'm not a big fan. It's cute small stove but I'd push the Jamestown J1000 over it in a heartbeat.