Anyone have an answer?

[ohlongarm]

My new King parlor first season burning,replacing it was a 5 year old King Ultra that served me beyond reproach through 2 of northeast Ohios most brutal winters.The Ultra usually took at least an hour to get settled in. Now here's the question the new King fires up and is ready in half the time,nothings changed.In 1/2 hour you can dial it in and leave it till the next reload,only exception minor is when it's very damp and raining hard tack on another 15 min.. Has Blaze King perhaps changed something we're not aware of,metal hardness ,conductivity,thermostat,larger air intake ,just wondering. Thanks

 

[begreen]

New cat?

 

[webby3650]

New cat?

That's exactly it. The catalyst will be "hyper" active for a time. It'll settle in.

Another very likely difference is your wood quality. With drier wood the stove is rocking much faster. Even with less than stellar wood, it never took an hour, 30 minutes tops. Since I built my woodshed, I'm locked down in 15 minutes!

 

[Sconnie Burner]

New cat?

That was going to be my guess. The new cat is more active than you're used too. 5 years is actually quite some time on a cat, and lots of heat cycles. Remeber with each cycle it looses a bit of its effectiveness from the load before. Not noticeable day to day but from 5 years to new is going to be a noticeable difference.

 

[ohlongarm]

New cat?

I had a new cat the last season i burned,i got 4and a half years on the first then it went south.BK warranteed it with some prorations,sent it to them it cost me 160$ for the new cat. I noticed the sluggishness in startups,and it stalled about 4 hours into the burn,heat output decreased. A quick fix,check this out E-bay i bought a brand new BK cat for my new unit in the box ,160$ shipped with money back guarantee if it was the incorrect one. I'm set for awhile ,stumbled upon it by accident a few months ago.

 

[bholler]

I thought it served you beyond reproach. To me having to buy a new cat that soon even though it only cost you $160 is not very good at all.

 

[Highbeam]

Depends on how much he burned it. 10000-12000 hours is all they're rated for and that can be just a couple of seasons.

 

[bholler]

Depends on how much he burned it. 10000-12000 hours is all they're rated for and that can be just a couple of seasons.

So it is normal for a cat to fail in a bk after only 4.5 years that is not what people here have been telling us at all. If he was in alaska I could see your point but he is in ohio.

 

[ohlongarm]

Ser

I thought it served you beyond reproach. To me having to buy a new cat that soon even though it only cost you $160 is not very good at all.

It served me beyond reproach,not you 4.5 years to me is great,considering i burn 24/7 and two of northeast Ohio most brutal winters in history.Here's my e-bay deal of the day.In 4.5 years i've got my backup.$160 for 4.5 years is nothing,the new owner of the King Ultra who incidentally lurks here can't say enough about his new

Depends on how much he burned it. 10000-12000 hours is all they're rated for and that can be just a couple of seasons.

According to my calculations my cat did a great job,in 4.5 years it gave me about 18000 hrs of burn time. and BK sends me a new cat for $160,after prorating my usage. I'm on the same page as you.

 

[BKVP]

So it is normal for a cat to fail in a bk after only 4.5 years that is not what people here have been telling us at all. If he was in alaska I could see your point but he is in ohio.

"Normal?" Where did "normal" come from? The other day a guy (not a member) called and in our pleasant conversation pointed out how quickly you, specifically you, turn on BK products. The caller suggested you must be a schill for your favorite stove brand. I told him nope, you just hate "fan boys". I realize you like to push people's buttons and you have admitted that, but your otherwise credible input on serious matters has now come into question by people that don't even have much past experience with your past.

Please contribute, not slander.

 

[ohlongarm]

So it is normal for a cat to fail in a bk after only 4.5 years that is not what people here have been telling us at all. If he was in alaska I could see your point but he is in ohio.

Sir,I believe if my King burned 30 days straight on a load of pine,and my King then crapped out you'd find a reason to blame someone. Ohio has 6 months of burn season in most cases,do the math I'm the winner in this scenario.By the way everyones scenario is unique unto them,do you believe everything you read on a public forum?Nothing is written in stone but our deaths.

 

[ohlongarm]

"Normal?" Where did "normal" come from? The other day a guy (not a member) called and in our pleasant conversation pointed out how quickly you, specifically you, turn on BK products. The caller sguusted you must be a schill for your favorite stove brand. I told him nope, you just hate "fan bos". I realize you like to push people's buttons and you have admitted that, but your otherwise credible input on serious matters has now come into question by people that don't even have much past experience with your past.

Please contribute, not slander.

Amen brother Mr. Bholler needs some more positive things to enrichen his life,other than slandering the BK,Bros,by the way Mr. Bholler what is your favorite stove and why?Thank you.

 

[ohlongarm]

"Normal?" Where did "normal" come from? The other day a guy (not a member) called and in our pleasant conversation pointed out how quickly you, specifically you, turn on BK products. The caller suggested you must be a schill for your favorite stove brand. I told him nope, you just hate "fan boys". I realize you like to push people's buttons and you have admitted that, but your otherwise credible input on serious matters has now come into question by people that don't even have much past experience with your past.

Please contribute, not slander.

For the record no one can push my buttons on anything,19, years count em in law enforcement police officer one of Ohios most dangerous cities 3 years and now 16 with a northeast Ohio city that sees some dangerous action. No one on a public forum can come close to pushing these buttons.Buy what you want burn what you want,I'm only giving my personal accounts of what I've experienced,just saying.

 

[bholler]

So to be clear you guys are saying that replacing a cat in a bk after 4.5 years is the norm for a 24/7 burner in a moderate climate like Ohio. I am not slandering anything. I am just trying to clear things up. I have heard that cats in bks last up to 10 years now. It is 2 BK fan boys here saying that it is fine for a cat to need replaced after only 4.5 years in a climate that is far from extreme.

 

[bholler]

My favorite stove still is my old cawley lemay. Not the best stove compared to modern stuff but my favorite. I am not trying to push anyone's buttons and have never said that I did. Again I have absolutely nothing against Blaze King stoves I am just trying to cut through all of the bs and find out how long cats actually last in them.

 

[begreen]

So it is normal for a cat to fail in a bk after only 4.5 years that is not what people here have been telling us at all. If he was in alaska I could see your point but he is in ohio.

Normal season for most folks is mid-October to mid-March. If one burns 24/7 then that is 3600 hrs a year which would give a 10,000hr cat a bit less than a 3 season life. But before tossing it, I would try to pickle it at that point to see if it can be resurrected.

 

[BrotherBart]

My stove can beat up your stove.

 

[tarzan]

So to be clear you guys are saying that replacing a cat in a bk after 4.5 years is the norm for a 24/7 burner in a moderate climate like Ohio. I am not slandering anything. I am just trying to clear things up. I have heard that cats in bks last up to 10 years now. It is 2 BK fan boys here saying that it is fine for a cat to need replaced after only 4.5 years in a climate that is far from extreme.

I replaced mine after two seasons. I also find it odd that you seem to be so clueless as to BK's cat life expectancy.

 

[bholler]

Normal season for most folks is mid-October to mid-March. If one burns 24/7 then that is 3600 hrs a year which would give a 10,000hr cat a bit less than a 3 season life. But before tossing it, I would try to pickle it at that point to see if it can be resurrected.

Thank you I really was not trying to start a fight Just trying to figure out what a true life expectancy was for a cat in a BK. I don't know why everyone got so worked up. Really the only negative things I have ever said about blaze kings is about the aesthetics of the king and pricess. But I have always said they are all fantastic stoves.

 

[bholler]

I replaced mine after two seasons. I also find it odd that you seem to be so clueless as to BK's cat life expectancy.

I dont own one so I have been going by the claims I see here when recommending BKs to customers. Which I do when they want low slow burns. And those claims have always been much longer than what people are saying now.

 

[BrotherBart]

Thank you I really was not trying to start a fight Just trying to figure out what a true life expectancy was for a cat in a BK. I don't know why everyone got so worked up. Really the only negative things I have ever said about blaze kings is about the aesthetics of the king and pricess. But I have always said they are all fantastic stoves.

Kinda like when I was always being called a shill for Englander. Until I offered a hundred dollars for each post with me recommending that anybody buy one. Crickets.

I do have to admit actually doing it once. Two weeks later just to see if anybody caught it. Nobody did.

 

[tarzan]

I dont own one so I have been going by the claims I see here when recommending BKs to customers. Which I do when they want low slow burns. And those claims have always been much longer than what people are saying now.

You follow the BK thread and you claim to know about BK's through customers. If you really thought a 24-7 burner would get 10 years from a cat then, I'm sorry. I know that I have posted about replacing mine as have others and then there's Highbeam. He has done such a job posting his stoves history that I feel like I know it as well as my own.

There is a ten year pro-rated cat warranty though, I believe.

 

[bholler]

You follow the BK thread and you claim to know about BK's through customers.

No I dont follow the BK thread I have better things to do with my time than read all of that. And no I absolutely never claimed to know BK's through customers. I said I have recommended them to customers. Like I said I am only going by the warantee and what people have said in response to that question here.

 

[bholler]

Really we only have 2 customers with blaze kings. So yes I have cleaned the chimneys cleaned the cats replaced some gaskets etc but I would never say I knew the stoves that well.

 

[tarzan]

Ok, fair enough! So it's safe to say that you don't really know enough about BK's too give a proper review of them either way.