BK princess that expensive?

It will be plenty large for you. With a cat stove you want big since you can run them so cool, a larger stove will give longer burn times but the same heat output.

My wife wouldnt have been too crazy about the BK if she saw a picture on the internet so I jbought it first and told her after, told her it was a great deal and I had to jump on it (true story), now she loves the stove, out house has never been warmer in the winter.

If I relied on an out house, I'd want a BK in mine too!

We had the Endeavor when I bought the BK, I showed my wife a picture and said it's not the best looking stove she asked if it would work better for us, I told her yes and the rest is history. She has always claimed she didn't/doesn't mind the looks of the BK and just says it's a black stove just like the Endeavor was. Of course the BK running circles around the Lopi doesn't hurt.

I paid around a 1/3 of retail around these parts so I can't comment of it being expensive but after burning the stove I would be willing to pay full price for it again if I had too. Deals can be found, I found a dealer remodeling their floor and they darn near gave the stove away, it was a display model that was never burned.

Haters gonna hate! I wanted the best "heater" I could get and the BK is it. I really think people don't believe just how good these BK stoves burn.

24 hours with ease when it's 30 at night and 50 during the day.

In my case, both! Looks aside, BK is not an option for me, due to overall depth. Only one that would fit is the Sirocco / Chinook 20, which is much smaller than other stoves of similar depth.

My guess is the depth is due to the square firebox they use.

Definitely, if you're out in the open. In my case, I'm trying to install into an existing fireplace, and keep it all behind the doors. The original depth of the stone fireplace is 30", but it is currently bricked in to a 27" depth. Waiting on the final chimney prognosis to decide what we're doing with that fireplace, but depth will be a factor either way.

Someone recommended Dutchwest stoves in another thread, and I'm looking into those. Might be a good option for me, even if they are owned by the same company as VC.

edit: Just took some more careful measurements of the fireplace, and found I'd actually have 33" depth with brick lining removed! They used 4" brick and spaced it 2" off the original stone rear wall of the fireplace. woot!