roadrunnermoore said:
Apparently it's an Enviro thing.
Actually, Of all the stoves I have checked out over the years, The air wash on the Enviros are pretty darned good. Some have the complete glass is covered in a few hours. I run my stove a whole week and I can still see the flame. Yes the top portion is covered, But the flame is still clearly visible in the center of the glass. In about a day with my Breckwell and 3 days with my Quad. You could not see thru any part of the glass.
One thing I found is low feed does cloud the glass faster than medium and High lasts the longest. This because the air being drawn in that covers the glass has more velocity in the higher feeds do to more vacuum in the firebox.
IMHO an airwash is to assist in helping to keep the glass clean to allow viewing the flame. I don't think many, If any have a perfect airwash system. If there is a perfect one out there I haven't seen it. Hard to put this nicely, But I am thinking your all being a bit over board on this. Your burning fuels that create residues that stick to your glass. Different fuel types will effect the glass build up and maybe your culprit just as much as the airwash. If you want clear glass, Burn the cleanest pellet you can find, Or shut the stove off once a day and clean it. It really is what it is and expecting more might be a bit streached. Only thing I think Enviro goofed on was the pattern is odd looking. If they had the pattern a bit more even, There might be less complaints. Expecting the glass to stay completely spotless? Probably not going to happen!
Attached is 3 pic's of my stove after 5 days. I couldn't be happier compare to other stoves I have owned. Notice the clumps of ash stuck on the baffle! These are O'malleys burning which were below average overall. I get much cleaner glass with cleaner burning pellets.