First of all i was not expecting much,coming from a TSC farm supply store,from a wholly or partially made in china stove. I bought the stove based on EPA rating, size, weight, price, and mostly good looks. Paid $499 with blower fan. Other websites listed it for around $800.Stove is going in a medium sized 2nd floor apartment.
Surprisingly the Stove performs as good as it looks. Stove top went straight to 600 degrees and stayed there with just a handful of small kindling wood for break-in burn.
After burn started around 400 Stovetop and, the stove gives quite a good fire show on the lowest air setting all the way to full open.
Im not expecting overnight burns with the less than 2 CF wood capacity, that would be something its big brother model 2500 with a 3Cf capacity might achieve.
Ill give it a full run today with some seasoned oak. Listed SF rating is 2000Sf Hence the model #.
The only nitpic i can find so far is the viewing door is wide but not very tall.
Surprisingly the Stove performs as good as it looks. Stove top went straight to 600 degrees and stayed there with just a handful of small kindling wood for break-in burn.
After burn started around 400 Stovetop and, the stove gives quite a good fire show on the lowest air setting all the way to full open.
Im not expecting overnight burns with the less than 2 CF wood capacity, that would be something its big brother model 2500 with a 3Cf capacity might achieve.
Ill give it a full run today with some seasoned oak. Listed SF rating is 2000Sf Hence the model #.
The only nitpic i can find so far is the viewing door is wide but not very tall.