HotCoals said:
Wana bet on the 20 hour burn times with good heat?
Sure maybe not 10 degree f...but I have already done 17 hours with a 2/3 load and had some pieces of wood left with a lot of coals.
30-40 at night with 45-50 highs during day..over 75 at times in a 2500 sq,ft. house.
I don't care what you claim. A load of wood has a certain BTU capacity. Your not getting any more BTU's out of a load of wood that the same load of wood would get out of any other stove.
When it is below 20 degrees, you ain't heating crap putting out minimal BTU per hr over 17 or more hours. A load is a load, and you ain't getting any magical extra BTU's out of a load. LMAO, just love how folks claim to get all this heat and extended btu's out of a load of wood, in ANY stove. The one advantage you have is a larger fire box, which takes a larger load for some more BTU capacity per load. Now unless you have a super insulated house and live below the Mason Dixon line, 17, 20 hrs or more ain't going to heat a standard pre-super insulated home. at 17 hours what are you putting out on low 5k BTU an hour? 6?, 9?. Sorry, you ain't heating this house or many others with that output, period.
BTW, heating a 2500sf house at 30-40 at night and 40-50 during the day is not an amazing feat at any means.
At those temps, with my mere, non cat, none Blaze King insert, I can get 14+ hours and still read 100-200 on the thermo and have plenty of coals left for reload.
When you have single digits, with 20+ mph winds, let us know how that 17 hrs is doing heating at low?
LMFAO