Jotul 3cb v.s Castine

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Anyone have experience with both these stoves. I have the 3CB and Love it, but I am looking for some more heat and longer burn time. I may have enough room for the Castine, but not sure if I can't justify it, looking at the numbers on the Jotul website. Is there a big difference in the heating ability? Worth it or not? I don't think I could see the 3cb go, too attached, but thats another issue.

I don't think I have the room for the F500, although, thats my dream stove.

 

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I had both stoves, one after the other. Went from 1 cu ft, to 1.5 cu ft, to 3 cu ft. in that order.

The 3CB is a respectable little heater, so is the F400. The difference is in the frequency of feeding the stove to maintain heat. The 3CB can provide maybe 2 hrs of good heat after which it is time to refeed if you want to maintain say a 600 degree stove top temp. The stove will hold hot coals for maybe 4-6 hrs, it's not putting out a lot of heat. The F400 can hold a hot top for about 3-4 hrs. and will have hot coals to about the 6-8 hr mark. And so on up the scale up to the F500 and F600. Basically it's about fuel capacity. A bigger stove can heat longer between refills because it has more fuel.

 

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[/quote]The 3CB is a respectable little heater, so is the F400. The difference is in the frequency of feeding the stove to maintain heat. The 3CB can provide maybe 2 hrs of good heat after which it is time to refeed if you want to maintain say a 600 degree stove top temp. The stove will hold hot coals for maybe 4-6 hrs, it's not putting out a lot of heat. The F400 can hold a hot top for about 3-4 hrs. and will have hot coals to about the 6-8 hr mark. And so on up the scale up to the F500 and F600. Basically it's about fuel capacity. A bigger stove can heat longer between refills because it has more fuel.[/quote]

So based on this, I'd be seeing more convinence as opposed to heat output based on my investment?

 

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The 3CB is a respectable little heater, so is the F400. The difference is in the frequency of feeding the stove to maintain heat. The 3CB can provide maybe 2 hrs of good heat after which it is time to refeed if you want to maintain say a 600 degree stove top temp. The stove will hold hot coals for maybe 4-6 hrs, it's not putting out a lot of heat. The F400 can hold a hot top for about 3-4 hrs. and will have hot coals to about the 6-8 hr mark. And so on up the scale up to the F500 and F600. Basically it's about fuel capacity. A bigger stove can heat longer between refills because it has more fuel.[/quote]

So based on this, I'd be seeing more convinence as opposed to heat output based on my investment?[/quote]
With a larger firebox, you can make the same amount of heat for longer, or more heat for the same amount of time, or somewhere in between.