I've been lurking on this site for a couple of years now, have learned a lot, but still have some questions. I'm not new to burning wood, I've had a Lopi Freedom and a Quadrafire 5100, both of which I liked. When we moved into our new house it came with a standard zero clearance Superior fireplace that is useless. After suffering through a winters worth of crushing propane bills, I decided to once again heat with wood. I went to the local stove shop, and the owner showed me a PE Summit stove. It looked nice, but by the time he added on all the bells and whistles the $1495 stove ballooned to $2500. From researching on this site, I can see the Englander 30-NC is a well respected stove, that is priced very nicely. My question is, what would I be getting for the extra $1000 to $1500, to get the PE? Other stoves have similiar premiums, Lopi, Quadrafire etc. Thanks