Does anyone hear have the osburn matrix?

[Fishbum]

If you do can you please give me The Good The bad and The ugly....

 

[begreen]

 

[Fishbum]

Well done

 

[ABMax24]

I do.

They are draft sensitive on tall chimneys.
Need shorter wood 16" or less, ideally 15" or 14" to load north/south.
They're not the most efficient, but not terrible either. Although the 2020 upgrades have decreased the efficiency some from my 2015 model.
It heats well, but they are convective more than radiative heating.
They look good, and the big glass is nice to sit in front of and watch the fire. But you do pay a premium for that.
The Drolet Deco II or Deco Alto are the same firebox and come in at under half the price.
SBI has good tech support, and their online parts ordering system is phenomenal.

 

[Fishbum]

I do.

They are draft sensitive on tall chimneys.
Need shorter wood 16" or less, ideally 15" or 14" to load north/south.
They're not the most efficient, but not terrible either. Although the 2020 upgrades have decreased the efficiency some from my 2015 model.
It heats well, but they are convective more than radiative heating.
They look good, and the big glass is nice to sit in front of and watch the fire. But you do pay a premium for that.
The Drolet Deco II or Deco Alto are the same firebox and come in at under half the price.
SBI has good tech support, and their online parts ordering system is phenomenal.

Can you be more specific when you say they're draft sensitive

 

[begreen]

Drolet stoves in general are easy-breathing. They work ok on shorter chimneys but on taller 25'+ chimney they may need draft reduction.

 

[ABMax24]

Can you be more specific when you say they're draft sensitive

They overdraft quite easily on a tall chimney.

 

[Wood Rat]

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Came here to post exactly this clip but I see I needn't have worried. Begreen has beaten us all to the punch. 🤣

 

[Wood Rat]

Drolet stoves in general are easy-breathing. They work ok on shorter chimneys but on taller 25'+ chimney they may need draft reduction.

Today I learned...no sky climber stacks for the Drolet Stoves...Check.

 

[kborndale]

Today I learned...no sky climber stacks for the Drolet Stoves...Check.

You can, just need a damper or two.

 

[begreen]

You can, just need a damper or two.

Definitely. Otherwise, this would cut out several good Canadian stoves.